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Newent, Gloucestershire

This gracious market town is set in glorious countryside, and springtime sees the leafy lanes that snake around the town a riot of vivid yellow as wild daffodils carpet grassed verges and fields.

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Newhaven, East Sussex

Best known for its cross channel ferries and for its fort built in the 1860's as part of Britain's coastal defences, but which is now a fascinating museum offering visitors the opportunity to experience a massive fortress at first hand.

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Newington, Kent

Newington is a village in the borough of Swale, Kent. It has its own railway station situated on the Chatham main line between Sittingbourne and Rainham. Its parish church of...

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Newmarket, Suffolk

You can hardly drive through this handsome town without seeing some reminder that the history of the town

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Newport, Isle of Wight

County Town, being sited on the River Medina, about 5 miles from the sea. Despite its name, the town became the 'New Port' and was given its charter by Richard de Revers, Lord of the Island, as early as 1180.

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Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire

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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Newquay, Cornwall

What a rare blessing Newquay has in its mile upon mile of sheltered, golden beaches that offer a safe haven for sun-worshippers and surfers alike.

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Newtimber, West Sussex

A small village in the South Downs area. It has church and a Manor House but no pub or shops

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Newton Ferrers, Devon

A place of sheer enchantment with narrow streets crammed with characterful properties, leading down to the estuary where many small boats are beached and moored.

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Newtown, Isle of Wight

The village lies at the head of the picturesque Newtown estuary and is surrounded almost entirely by a Nature Reserve owned by the National Trust.

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Newtown Linford, Leicestershire

This picturesque village is situated in the Charnwood Forest area of Leicestershire.

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Normanton, Rutland

Normanton lies in a landscape of rolling farmlands, broken only by rivers and patches of woodland. It is a tranquil place, with the waters offering scope for sailing and other water-sports, bird-watching, fishing, and cycling.

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North Bovey, Devon

North Bovey is a picturesque village in Dartmoor. It boasts a shaded village green, 18th century thatched cottages, a thatched pub dating from the 13th century, and a wonderful...

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North Scarle, Lincolnshire

The village is small and unspoilt, it has pleasant leafy lanes and a quiet High Street. Of its most picturesque aspects apart from the church, is a George V Post Box.

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Northampton, Northamptonshire

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...

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Northleach, Gloucestershire

The town is utterly beguiling, it has many beautiful old timber frame cottages and some handsome houses of mellow cotswold stone.

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Northwich, Cheshire

The fortunes of this exceedingly attractive town have for centuries been founded on the production of salt. Northwich sits above Cheshire's vast rock-salt beds, appropriately the...

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Norton in the Moors, Staffordshire

Norton-in-the-Moors is exactly what its name implies - it is an old village set on the side of a windswept hill with far reaching views over rolling countryside towards the Peak District.

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Norwich, Norfolk

Norwich is one of England's most beautiful cities, it is a rich tapestry of modern style mixed with plenty of echoes of the past, all preserved for future generations to come.

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Notgrove, Gloucestershire

A small picturesque village in the Cotswolds region of England. The village contains around 30 stone cottages, with the Notgrove Estate first mentioned in the Doomsday book, now a...

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