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...
Avoncliff, near Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
Avoncliff is a small, picturesque village of less than thirty homes and a pub, nestling in the Limpley Stoke Valley, one and a half miles from Bradford on Avon. At this point, the Kennet and Avon Canal crosses ...
Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire
Bishops Cannings is a small village of only 1,500 inhabitants, in the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, two and a half miles north east of Devizes. The Kennet and Avon Canal, with its famous swing bridge, is close to ...
Westward Ho! Devon
Westward Ho! is a popular seaside resort in north Devon, near Bideford and has the distinction of being the only place name in the British Isles that has an exclamation mark in its official name. It has a long...
Lustleigh, Dartmoor, Devon
Lustleigh is a small village on Dartmoor in Devon, nestling in the Wrey Valley, eight miles north west of Newton Abbot. Its deeply thatched pretty granite cottages lie on moorland, surrounded by huge granite b...
Bickleigh, Devon
Bickleigh is an attractive riverside village, four miles downstream of Tiverton on the main road to Exeter. Photographs of its thatched cottages, situated by a five arched stone bridge, are often chosen to ador...
Appledore, Devon
Appledore is a quaint fishing village in North Devon, situated where the Rivers Taw and Torridge meet. Sailing is very popular and the view at low tide across a vast spread of sandbanks to the open sea, is par...
Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire
Long Crendon is an attractive village with its many sixteenth and seventeenth century thatched cottages, timber-framed houses and mellow stone walls. It was once an important lace-making centre. Needle-making, ...
Brill, Buckinghamshire
Brill is situated on a hill six hundred feet above the Vale of Aylesbury and commands magnificent views into Oxfordshire. On top of the hill, stands one of the oldest post-mills in England, dating from 1689. It...
Turvey, Bedfordshire
Turvey is a pretty village seven miles west of Bedford. Many of the buildings were built by the Lord of the Manor in the nineteenth century, from locally quarried limestone. The history of Turvey is dominated b...
Silsoe, Bedfordshire
Silsoe is a small village south of Bedford. It has a long High Street, lined by brick built cottages right on the pavement. At the end is the George Hotel, a Georgian coaching inn, which was a staging post betw...
Pavenham, Bedfordshire
Pavenham is a picturesque village north-west of Bedford, where the traditional craft of rushwork is still carried on. Matting made in Pavenham was supplied to the Houses of Parliament. The common bulrush has be...
Felmersham, Bedfordshire
Felmersham stands on a hill above the River Great Ouse. It has a five arch stone bridge, which was built in 1818.
In the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Felmersham has one of the best examples of medieval arc...
Church Norton, Sussex
Church Norton is a small village in West Sussex, famous for St. Wilfred's Church, and is an ideal place to start a walk to Pagham Harbour.
Where in England is Church Norton?
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Itchenor and Chichester Harbour, Sussex
Itchenor is a sailing village on Chichester Harbour reached by a lane which leads to a cottage-lined street, where there are lovely views across to Bosham.
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Wilmington, Sussex
Wilmington is situated at the foot of the South Downs, in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is renowned for the Long Man of Wilmington, a great figure 70 metres (231 feet) tall, cut out of the turf of W...
East Wittering and West Wittering, Sussex
East and West Wittering, often referred to as The Witterings, are large expanses of sand on the south coast of England and are popular holiday destinations.
East Wittering
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East Dean, Sussex
East Dean is a small village about five miles from Eastbourne in East Sussex, situated in a steep valley, well hidden in the South Downs. Please note, it is quite often confused with another village of the same...
Ditchling, Sussex
Ditchling is a beautiful village at the foot of the South Downs in East Sussex. View photos of the village including, St. Margaret's Church, Wings Place and Crossways.
Where in England is Ditchling?
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