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Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire

This is a large, typical Lancashire village lying close to the urban sprawl of Blackburn and Accrington.....(more)

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Bristol, Somerset   (Historic City)

Bristol Zoo is not this great city's only claim to fame....(more)

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Hereford, Herefordshire   (Historic City)

Hereford is a town in the west of England bordering wales. It has a beautiful cathedral which was established in the 7th century and a medieval bridge over the River Wye. Famous.......(more)

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Bamburgh, Northumberland   (Picturesque Village)

Bamburgh, is known as the ancient capital of the Northumbrian coast and it is home to probably the finest Castle in England.....(more)

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Beccles, Suffolk   (Historic Market Town)

A town of picturesque buildings, with many relaxing places in which to quietly roam.....(more)

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Grasmere, Cumbria   (Picturesque Village)

This tiny stone village is beautifully set between the tranquil waters of Grasmere Lake and the jagged heights of Helm Crag and Nab Scar....(more)

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Truro, Cornwall   (Historic Market Town)

Truro, today is Cornwall's unofficial capital and adminstrative centre but in the Middle Ages Truro was one of the towns which controlled Cornwall's flourishing tin mining industry.....(more)

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Devizes, Wiltshire   (Historic Market Town)

Devizes is a small market town situate on the edge of the great expanse of Salisbury Plain.....(more)

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Bowness on Windermere, Cumbria

This is the principal resort on Lake Windermere, it is a town crammed with quaint narrow streets jammed full of summer tourists which sprawls along the shores of the lake somewhere between Waterhead and Lakeside.....(more)

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Burton Bradstock, Dorset   (Picturesque Village)

This in one of the most enchanting villages to be found along the sweeping Dorset coast. It has gorgeous little lanes where there are eye catching thatched cottages with walls.......(more)

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Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Cheltenham, the very mention of this grand old town conjurs up not only images of gracious georgian houses but also of superb thoroughbred horses thundering round the town's.......(more)

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Maidstone, Kent

Interestingly, there was a time when the most important factor about Maidstone was its 5 watermills......(more)

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Winsford, Somerset   (Picturesque Village)

One of the prettiest and most unspoilt of villages, steeped in history and mentioned in the Domesday book....(more)

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Hay-on-Wye, Powys

Hay-on-Wye, as its name implies is picturesquely situated on the River Wye at a point where Herefordshire meets with the border of Wales....(more)

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Snowshill, Gloucestershire   (Picturesque Village)

For anyone looking for a peaceful retreat in which to spend a few idyllic days in glorious countryside, could do no better that visit the picturesque village of Snowshill, high on the Cotswold escarpment above Broadway and the old town of Evesham.....(more)

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Edensor, Derbyshire   (Picturesque Village)

It was the 6th Duke of Devonshire who looked out of his window one day from Chatsworth House, and realised that the magnificent view of the park in front of him was blocked by a.......(more)

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Flamborough, East Riding of Yorkshire   (Seaside Town)

Sea, sand and solitude, or rather sea, rocks and solitude can be found in the grandeur of this picture postcard stretch of chalky cliffs where a retreating sea reveals picturesque little coves and sea caves.....(more)

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Northampton, Northamptonshire   (Historic Market Town)

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.......(more)

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Wimborne Minster, Dorset   (Historic Market Town)

Wimborne Minster is a magnificent Georgian town in the valley of the delightful River Stour.....(more)

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