Towns in England

Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire

Ross-on-Wye is a beautiful market town, with a rising main street culminating at the well worn stone slabs beneath an ancient market house...

Rosthwaite, Cumbria

Small as Rosthwaite may be, it has magic and serenity coupled with some of the most unforgettable sights in the Lake District National Park..

Rotherham, South Yorkshire

This town was formerly a Saxon market town which remained largely unaltered until the Industrial Revolution...

Rothley, Leicestershire

Rothley is a delightful village with two village greens, one is flanked by some of the country's finest timber framed houses. The village shows a graceful selection of architecture including pretty Cruck Cottages...

Rothwell, Northamptonshire

Interesting market town, with a long history, its market charter was granted in 1204...

Roudham, Norfolk

This is a delightful village set in the famous Brecks. It is a lovely place for country lovers, offering miles of attractive country walks...

Rous Lench, Worcestershire

This lovely village takes it name from the Rouses, a local family, who in the 19th-century built most of the attractive houses surrounding the tree lined village green...

Rowston, Lincolnshire

The village of Rowston is perhaps best known for its historic church. The church, dedicated to St.Clement has church records dating back to 1566...

Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

This town has a history stretching back to the Doomsday Book, but it was Queen Victoria who put the "Royal" into Leamington Spa when she bestowed the title in 1838...

Rudyard, Staffordshire

A pretty village with a delightful cluster of cottages and houses with lovely gardens, bordered by woods at the south end of the picturesque Rudyard Reservoir...

Rufford, Lancashire

Noted for its picturesque late-medieval manor house Rufford Old Hall, the village of Rufford occupies a fine setting on the fertile Lancashire Plains...

Rugby, Warwickshire

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...

Runcorn, Cheshire

Runcorn is a lively urban town at the side of the great Mersey River. It began in the 10th-century when Alfred the Greats' daughter, Aethelfleda, built a fort at a site along the.....

Runham Vauxhall, Norfolk

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Runswick Bay, North Yorkshire

Runswick Bay lies at the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, the village is tucked between rising cliffs at the western end of a lovely sweep of sand...

Rushton, Northamptonshire

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...

Rydal, Cumbria

Rydal in the lake district will be forever associated with the poet William Wordsworth who lived here and whose works reflect the beautiful landscape that so vividly captured his imagination almost from the moment he was born...

Ryde, Isle of Wight

One of the Island's most popular resorts and is situated on the north-east coast. The town is the first port of call from the mainland on the south-east side...

Rye, East Sussex

Rye is a picturesque and historic town with cobbled streets, medieval architecture, and panoramic views of the surrounding countryside...

Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire

Located in the countryside between Rugby and Coventry, this delightful village is probably best known for it's ancient parish church...