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Great Bradley, Suffolk

This is a spacious, well spread out village occupying a rural landscape between the Suffolk town's of Newmarket and Haverhill.

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Great Dunmow, Essex

Great Dunmow in Essex is a pretty market town, also known as a 'Flitch' town, due to the unique flitch trials that are held there every four years during a leap year. The name...

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Great Haseley, Oxfordshire

Great Haseley is a picturesque village in South Oxfordshire, about 4.5 miles from the market town of Thame. It has many listed buildings and thatched stone cottages. The name is...

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Great Livermere, Suffolk

It is mostly noted for Ampton Water, home to a wealth of wildlife, and for its ancient church dedicated to St.Peter which has an interesting thatched roof covering its Norman nave.

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Great Longstone, Derbyshire

This picturesque village lies tucked into the fold of Longstone Edge, an escarpment of some five miles long which rises to around 1300 feet.

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Great Malvern, Worcestershire

Malvern is famous for its beautiful hills that offer outstanding views across 3 counties, its famous spring water and the Morgan motor car. It also has strong associations with the famous composer Edward Elgar

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Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire

Lying in a favoured position within the sweep of the glorious Chilterns, Great Missenden is an attractive village of charm and character, and was the home to Roald Dahl who wrote many of his best loved stories there.

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Great Snoring, Norfolk

There are two Snoring villages, Little and Great Snoring, between them they share one of the many quaint names in which Norfolk abounds.

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Great Tew, Oxfordshire

Mellow Oxfordshire village with cottages built by Lord Falkland in the 17th-century.

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Great Witley, Worcestershire

The great palladian mansion of Witley Court and the splendid Baroque Church that lies within its grounds have been central to the life of the rural village of Great Witley for centuries.

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Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

This is one of Norfolk's premier holiday resorts. Its main attraction is its miles of lovely golden sands backed by dunes and a broad seafront walk amongst pretty flower beds.

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Greenhithe, Kent

Greenhithe is an area of Kent found sandwiched between the River Thames and Watling.

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Greenstead, Essex

Greenstead Church is said to be the oldest wooden building in the world. Well worth a visit..

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Greenwich, Greater London

The might of british sea-power and the historic town of Greenwich are inseparable. Two famous English sea-faring vessels are here, one is the Cutty Sark, a famous old clipper that shipped tea from China in the 19th-century, and the other, from the 20th-century is Gypsy Moth 1V, sailed round the world by Sir Francis Chichester.

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