Hidden amongst leafy lanes and glorious poppy fields of the undulating Northamptonshire countryside, lies the peaceful village of Guilsborough...
The landscape of Northampton is dotted with reminders of its illustrious history. Despite the great fire of 1675 when much of Northampton was destroyed, it was rebuilt in such a.....
Interesting market town, with a long history, its market charter was granted in 1204...
The picturesque village of Rushton set between Desborough and Rothwell is famous for the Rushton Triangular Lodge built in 1593 by Roman Catholic Sir Thomas Tresham to symbolise the Holy Trinity...
Picturesque village straddling the banks of the River Avon...
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Lying just south of Northampton this beautiful canal village offers a wealth of interest to any boating enthusiast or any country lover...
Badby is an attractive village spread around a hillside. It shows a confection of pretty cottages, some of which are thickly thatched with creeper climbing up to pretty dormer windows...
Amongst other things the small town of Olney in Buckinghamshire is famous for its hymns - Amazing Grace was one of the so-called Olney Hymns written by the rector John Newton, and William Cowper, the poet...
This town is the home of Rugby public school, the place where William Webb Ellis carried the ball instead of kicking it, and thus, in 1823 the game of Rugby football was born...
Easter Monday sees the villages of Hallaton and Medbourne engaged in a riotous 'bottle kicking' contest which is said to have pagan origins...
Dunchurch is located south of Rugby and just a short distance from the pleasures of the Oxford Canal. It was once famous as a stopping point for the coach travellers of the 18th century...
Visitors here can find plenty to interest them, the town has the worlds oldest iron-bridge still in use for motorised traffic...
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The pretty market town of Stony Stratford is an ancient town built around the Roman road 'Watling Street' which runs through the middle of the town. It is well worth a visit with.....
USA President George Washington's ancestral home in England...
Bisbrooke lies amidst a landscape of gentle hills dotted with rolling farmlands, rivers, reservoirs and woodland...
Of interest to visitors to the town is Milton Keynes Museum, this preserves the history of the town and its area from the early 19th century through to the present day...
This is a quiet rural village situated in one of the highest parts of the rolling Leicestershire countryside...
Althorp (said Althrup) has been in the Spencer family since 1508. It has undergone many major changes over the generations and.....
"This is a beautifully maintained garden of exceptional charm...there is something for everyone here. This garden could not fail.....
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The magnificent building of Castle Ashby House is guarded by a pair of splendid 18th-century wrought iron gates. The castle was.....
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Beautiful forest, with massive oaks over 500 years old, situated a short distance from Ravenstone, close to Stoke Goldington. .....
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This house was originally part of an Augustinian Priory, it was only converted into a charming Elizabethan manor house during the.....
This magnificent ruin is a rare romantic survival from the great Elizabethan period. The landscape on which the relic of this.....
Looking around the romantic ruin of Kirby Hall it is easy to imagine the splendour of an age when romance was all, and great.....
Draycote Water, Warwickshire's largest reservoir was created in the 1960's. Not only does it provide drinking water for Rugby,.....
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This delightful Tudor house is the very epitome of the comfortable English country home, and yet it embodies all that is best of.....
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This is Leicester's leading Museum of Archaeology, showing an extensive range Roman finds as well as other unique historic relics.....
