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Windsor, Berkshire

Windsor, or rather Royal Windsor, is a seductive mix of history and romance with a unique atmosphere. It is a place where the sense of history is never far away, it is a town.......(more)

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Cheddar, Somerset   (Picturesque Village)

Often called 'Englands Grand Canyon' Chedder Gorge was carved out by a river that now runs underground.....(more)

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Upper Slaughter, Gloucestershire   (Picturesque Village)

Tranquillity is the keynote for this enchanting hamlet which is best explored on foot.....(more)

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Haworth, West Yorkshire   (Picturesque Village)

Haworth is famous the world over for its connections with the Bronte sisters, the famous novelists.....(more)

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Alcester, Warwickshire   (Historic Market Town)

Alcester developed as a market town in Roman times. It grew out of a settlement at the meeting point of two roads and two rivers, the Arrow and the Alne.....(more)

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Holmfirth, West Yorkshire

This is a place that will forever be associated with the gentle, romantic comedy "Last of the Summer Wine" which has graced our TV screens for more than a quarter of a century.....(more)

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Avebury, Wiltshire   (Picturesque Village)

The village of Avebury is world famous for its spectacular stone circle, which some consider more spectacular than Stonehenge. The pretty village also has a 15th century church,.......(more)

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Keswick, Cumbria   (Historic Market Town)

Keswick is a pretty Market Town that nestles between the spectacular Skiddaw Mountains and the northern end of the serene Derwentwater Lake within the Lake District National Park.......(more)

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Glastonbury, Somerset   (Historic Market Town)

This little town now enjoys world renown for its annual music festival which attracts thousands of visitors from all over the globe. None-the-less, this still remains very much a.......(more)

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Leicester, Leicestershire   (Historic City)

Leicester is famed amongst other things for its fine parish church which was raised to Cathedral status in 1927.....(more)

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Shaftesbury, Dorset   (Historic Market Town)

Shaftsbury is Dorset's only hill-top town, with its long history and good views it is particularly attractive to tourists.....(more)

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Warwick, Warwickshire   (Historic Market Town)

Warwick offers its visitors the chance to explore England's fascinating history with fine medieval buildings and a truly magnificent castle.....(more)

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St Ives, Cornwall   (Seaside Town)

There is a magical quality surrounding the whole of the Cornish coast of which St.Ives is a small but special part.....(more)

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Exeter, Devon   (Historic City)

Exeter is a bustling city in the heart of the county of Devon. It's mix of modern and functional with old and cultural makes for an interesting place to live, and to visit.....(more)

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Askrigg, North Yorkshire

In 1587, Queen Elizabeth II granted a charter to this lively little village and in the 20th-century Askrigg claimed its place in history as the setting for the T.V. series based on the James Herriot stories of a vet's life in the Yorkshire Dales.....(more)

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Hawes, North Yorkshire   (Historic Market Town)

This is a thriving, friendly market town at the heart of Wensleydale, it shows beautiful old stone properties, quaint shops, galleries, craft workshops and cafe's arranged around winding cobbled streets.....(more)

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Eastbourne, East Sussex   (Seaside Town)

Eastbourne, is a genteel town, that owes it's distictiveness to the 7th Duke of Devonshire.....(more)

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Saffron Walden, Essex   (Historic Market Town)

The outstanding feature of Saffron Walden is its rich variety of properties tangled around its web of ancient streets.....(more)

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Lincoln, Lincolnshire   (Historic City)

This fine cathedral City was called Lindon by the Ancient Britons' and later the Romans' knew it as Lindum. In AD48 a Roman garrison was set up to command the meeting of the.......(more)

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Battle, East Sussex

Battle is a unique town in the county of Sussex built on the very site where William the Conqueror defeated king Harold of England and his Saxon army in 'The Battle of Hastings' in 1066.....(more)

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