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Hayling Island, Hampshire

Hayling Island is a true Island connected to mainland England by a bridge. Although largely residential it is also a popular holiday destination. It is also popular as a...

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Heacham, Norfolk

At the heart of Norfolk's Lavender growing industry lies the pretty seaside village of Heacham.

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Headington, Oxfordshire

Headington is a pleasant Oxfordshire suburb famous for its stone quarries which between the 14th and 18th centuries supplied most of the stone for the Oxford colleges and churches.

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Heage, Derbyshire

The village lies a short distance from the beauty spot Carsington Water, between the market town's of Ripley and Belper.

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Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire

This beautiful old town grew up close to the River Hebden at the point where a stone bridge was built as part of a pack-horse route in the 16th century.

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Helford, Cornwall

Favoured by its prime loacation on the delightful banks of the Helford River, this is a chosen haunt of anglers and yachtsmen.

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Helmsley, North Yorkshire

The town itself is very pretty with lots of interesting stone buildings set around a market square where visitors can find attractive craft and gift shops, as well as cafe's and no less than four former coaching inns.

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Helpringham, Lincolnshire

Helpringham is a richly rewarding walking area, with walks around old villages and waterside walks giving visitors a lovely glimpse of the regions natural wildlife and variety of scenery.

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Helsby, Cheshire

Helsby is famous for Helsby Hill which rises to a height of 462ft, and has traces of an Iron-Age camp.

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Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

Set in a delightful valley of the Chilterns, formed by the River Gade, the town is noted for its variety of old buildings which include the Norman church dedicated to St.Mary.

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Hempstead, Essex

The village of Hempstead lies a short distance from the delightful town of Saffron Walden. It is the place where the highwayman, Dick Turpin is said to have been born the son of parents who kept the Bell Inn.

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Hemsby, Norfolk

Hemsby is located close to Great Yarmouth, within easy reach of the fine network of waterways covering the landscape of the Norfolk Broads.

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Henley in Arden, Warwickshire

Hidden deep amonst the leafy lanes of Warwickshire, close to what little remains of the ancient Forest of Arden, lies the pleasant Market town of Henley-in-Arden.

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Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire

Henley held the very first regatta in 1839 and in the year 1851 Prince Albert became Patron of the Regatta, thus giving the event the pretigious title of Royal Henley Regatta.

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Hereford, Herefordshire

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...

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Herne Bay, Kent

Herne Bay is a town that has fortunately kept its Victorian atmosphere. The principal feature of the seafront is the town's lofty clock tower, dating from 1837.

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Hest Bank, Lancashire

Hest Bank makes an interesting alternative to crowded Morecambe, it is ideal as a base for touring coast and the old cotton towns of Lancashire.

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Heswall, Merseyside

Heswall, although situated on the banks of the River Dee remains very much part of Merseyside. It is fortunate to occupy a spacious area fringed by green wooded countryside, and is close to sands commencing at near-by Thurstaston.

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Hever, Kent

The beautiful town of Hever is dominated by the magnificent moated castle that was the girlhood home of Anne Boleyn..

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Hexham, Northumberland

Historic market town where for centuries the sheep and cattle farmers of Northumberland gathered for the Tuesday market beside Hexham Abbey.

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