Chawton, Hampshire
Chawton is a delightful village which lies within the South Downs National Park, close to Alton.
Jane Austen, the novelist, moved to this lovely Hampshire village in 1809. The house had been an inn and was l...
Nether Wallop, Hampshire
Nether Wallop is a small village with pretty thatched cottages, four miles north-west of Stockbridge. Readers of the Agatha Christie 'Miss Marple' novels, know the village as "St. Mary Mead", as most of the ori...
Durdle Door to Swyre Head, Dorset
The South West Coast Path in this part of Dorset, attracts many visitors. Walkers generally leave their cars at Lulworth Cove, or the Durdle Door Holiday Park. The views here of the Jurassic Coast are spectacul...
Lulworth Cove to Durdle Door, Dorset
The South West Coast Path is considered to be one of the world's greatest walks. It includes all of the 95 miles of the Jurassic Coast, declared a World Heritage Site in 2001. It is the only place in the world ...
Lulworth Cove, Dorset
Lulworth Cove in Dorset, is a world famous horse-shoe shaped cove, at the end of the picturesque village of West Lulworth. It is geologically spectacular and a gateway to the World Heritage Jurassic Coast. At S...
Swanage, Dorset
Swanage in Dorset, is a small popular seaside resort, with a beautiful setting facing east to Swanage Bay in the Purbeck Hills, between Ballard Down and Peveril Point. The golden sandy beach has been given Euro...
Corfe Castle, Dorset
Corfe Castle is one of the most spectacular ruined castles in Britain, from whatever direction it is viewed. The name is also given to the village in which the castle is set. One of the best views clearly demon...
Middle Beach, Studland, Dorset
Middle Beach, Studland in Dorset, is a very popular sandy beach between Knoll Beach and South Beach. If offers good safe bathing and there are plenty of refreshment facilities. The National Trust own the Studla...
Shell Bay, Studland, Dorset
Shell Bay is the northern part of Studland Beach in Dorset, just across the entrance to Poole Harbour from Sandbanks and can be reached by the Sandbanks Chain Ferry. It was known as South Haven. Local fishermen...
Montacute, Somerset
Montacute in Somerset, is a village of exceptional interest. The buildings are almost entirely of golden coloured Ham Hill stone, including Montacute House, one of the finest Elizabethan houses in Britain. Th...
Marlborough, Wiltshire
Marlborough is a market town in Wiltshire, situated on the A4, the old London to Bath Road. It is famous for its High Street, one of the widest in Europe and is lined with buildings full of character from diffe...
Avebury, Wiltshire
Avebury is a place of mystery and is one of the most important prehistoric sites in Europe. Larger than Stonehenge, covering twenty-nine acres and surrounded by an earth bank over fifteen feet high, this Neolit...
Norton St. Philip, Somerset
Norton St. Philip is a small attractive village, only six miles from the City of Bath. From about 1230 until the dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII in 1539, it belonged to the Carthusian monks at Hin...
Farleigh Hungerford Castle, Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset
Farleigh Hungerford Castle, near Bath, is on a hillside above the Somerset bank of the River Frome, the other bank being in Wiltshire. Originally a manor house, it was sold to Thomas Hungerford in 1369, who pr...
Bath, Somerset
Bath in Somerset, on the edge of the Cotswolds, is a World Heritage City. It attracts thousands of visitors from all over the world every year to see the fine Georgian buildings, beautiful parks, riverside walk...
Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
Bradford on Avon is a small attractive town in Wiltshire, eight miles from Bath. Its name means 'broad ford', which, in the Middle Ages, was replaced by a stone bridge across the River Avon. This dates from the...
Kennet and Avon Canal, Devizes to Caen Hill Locks, Rowde, Wiltshire
Caen Hill Locks, on the Kennet and Avon Canal near Devizes in Wiltshire, provide an impressive sight. These 16 locks, taking the Canal up Caen Hill, create the steepest canal lock flight in the world, a rise o...
Devizes, Wiltshire
Devizes is an historic market town in Wiltshire, with almost 500 "listed" buildings. The Kennet and Avon Canal, with the spectacular Caen Hill Flight of 29 locks, is close by. Wadsworth Brewery is prominent at ...
St. Albans, Hertfordshire
St. Albans is a city that once was the largest Roman town in Britain, known as Verulamium. It has Roman remains dating back over 2,000 years. Only twenty miles north of London, it is a compact city with a magni...
Twickenham, Middlesex
Twickenham is a town south west of London, on the River Thames. It is famous for Twickenham Stadium, the largest rugby union venue in the world, with a capacity of 81,605, the home of English Rugby Union. It ...