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Castle Combe, Wiltshire   (Picturesque Village)

Tucked away in the Cotswolds, Castle Combe is a quintessential English village with honey-colored stone houses, a medieval market cross, and a peaceful ambiance. It's an idyllic destination for a relaxing countryside getaway.....(more)

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Bath, Somerset   (Historic City)

Bath is an elegant city famous for its beautiful Georgian architecture and its Roman attractions from which it got it's name. The traveller James Boswell who visited the city.......(more)

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Bibury, Gloucestershire   (Picturesque Village)

William Morris, the 19th-century artist and poet thought Bibury to be the most beautiful village in England.....(more)

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Bourton on the Water, Gloucestershire   (Picturesque Village)

Bourton on the Water is a beautiful Cotswold village often referred to as ‘The Venice of the Cotswolds’ or ‘Little Venice’ as it center’s around the river Windrush, a.......(more)

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York, North Yorkshire   (Historic City)

One of the most historic cities in Britain with overs 2000 years of history.......(more)

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London, Greater London   (Historic City)

London is one of the top cities in the world, full of history and so many beautiful and fascinating places to visit.You will never tire of all the many fascinating and exciting.......(more)

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Liverpool, Merseyside   (Historic City)

World famous for it's football team and the birthplace of the Beatles , from early humble origins Liverpool, over the centuries has grown and developed to become one of the most.......(more)

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Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire   (Historic Market Town)

Immediately appealing, this is certainly one of the most picturesque small towns in the northern reaches of the Cotswolds....(more)

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Canterbury, Kent   (Historic City)

Canterbury is an exquisite joyous place, it is submerged in history and is considered to be the birthplace of English Christianity. It glows with an abundance of charm, mostly.......(more)

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Oxford, Oxfordshire   (Historic City)

Oxford's fame is perhaps second only to Windsor, it is an acclaimed seat of learning with a University whose first college was founded in 1249, almost half a century after the first charter granted to the town by Henry II.....(more)

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Abingdon, Oxfordshire   (Historic Market Town)

Interesting town, developed around the gates of an abbey founded in 675.....(more)

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Broadway, Worcestershire   (Picturesque Village)

The village of Broadway in the Cotswolds richly deserves the prestige of being the "show village of England"....(more)

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Whitby, North Yorkshire   (Historic Market Town)

This historic small fishing town is part of the Heritage Coast of North East England. It is a place of historical interest and was the home of the most famous 18th century explorer and voyager; Captain James Cook. Whitby also has one of the finest examples of Anglo Saxon churches in England.....(more)

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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire   (Historic City)

Cambridge has an abundance of magnificent buildings, and these together with riverside walks, wonderful museums and quaint old streets.....(more)

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Burford, Oxfordshire   (Historic Market Town)

Burford is an attractive Cotswold town in the Oxfordshire part of the Cotswolds, with a famous High Street that slopes down to a three-arched medieval bridge that carries traffic.......(more)

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Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire   (Historic Market Town)

Stratford Upon Avon is a beautiful historic market town in the County of Warwickshire. Famous as the birthplace of the legendry playwright William Shakespeare....(more)

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Rye, East Sussex   (Seaside Town)

Rye is a picturesque and historic town with cobbled streets, medieval architecture, and panoramic views of the surrounding countryside.....(more)

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Salisbury, Wiltshire   (Historic City)

The soaring grace of Salisbury Cathedral's slender spire rises majestically over the town. Higher than any other in the land, at 404 feet, the spire can be seen against the.......(more)

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Clovelly, Devon   (Picturesque Village)

Clovelly is beautiful, it retains an 'Olde Worlde' charm that even along this breathtaking coastline, is simply incomparable.....(more)

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Ambleside, Cumbria   (Picturesque Village)

Ambleside, meaning "Shieling" or summer pasture by the riverbank, lies next to the northern shore of Lake Windermere. A busy victorian town ideal as a base when visiting the Lake District....(more)

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