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Ipswich, Suffolk

This is a town that can trace its history back to the Stone-Age, it has been a successive settlement throughout the ages and has been populated by settlers from the Iron-Age,.......(more)

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Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire   (Picturesque Village)

This is a delightful village set beside the River Thames at a point where the historic river is joined by the lesser known River Thame. The village is renowned for its Abbey.......(more)

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Oare, Somerset   (Picturesque Village)

Thus, it was unsurprising to learn that this was the setting for R.D.Blackmore's famous novel, Lorna Doone.....(more)

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Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire   (Historic Market Town)

The delightful market town of Moreton has welcomed visitors for many centuries.....(more)

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Alston, Cumbria   (Historic Market Town)

At a height of over 1,000 feet in the far reaches of the Pennines, this is one of England's highest market towns. Alston is a lively bustling place of steeply rising narrow.......(more)

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Tintagel, Cornwall

Legendry seat of King Arthur, graced with spectacular cliff scenery and the ruins of a castle built for the Earl of Cornwall in 1145, and of a Celtic Monastery. King Arthur's.......(more)

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Lichfield, Staffordshire   (Historic City)

The Lichfield Markets have been held on the historic Market Square since King Stephen granted the first charter for a market in 1153. In the past martyrs were burnt at the.......(more)

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Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire   (Seaside Town)

So settled is this coastal town that it is difficult to imagine that the Middle Ages saw the first parish of Mablethorpe swallowed up by the sea.....(more)

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Reading, Berkshire

This town lies on the extremities of the Berkshire Downs and the Chiltern Hills at a point where the waters of the rivers Thames and Kennet meet making the River Thames a major river for the rest of its journey to the sea.....(more)

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Aldeburgh, Suffolk   (Seaside Town)

Aldeburgh is a seaside retreat with boundless charm. The history of the resort quite possibly reaches back to Saxon times, certainly during the Middle Ages it was a prosperous port and later it became known as a fishing centre.....(more)

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Nailsworth, Gloucestershire   (Historic Market Town)

Nailsworth is a handsome town that has a history stretching back to beyond Roman times.....(more)

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Derby, Derbyshire

This is the premier town of the Shire, it is steeped in history with roots stretching to Roman times - the legions had a camp near the east bank of the Derwent, but the town was.......(more)

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Duddington, Northamptonshire   (Picturesque Village)

This is a gem of a village that is all gracious houses and cottages of stone, roofed with stone slates, that are spaciously interspersed around enchanting country lanes backed by mile after mile of glorious rich pasture and meadowland.....(more)

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Eardisland, Herefordshire

Voted as 'the prettiest village in the Midlands' by a TV poll, Eardisland is well worth a visit. It is favoured as being one of a trio of Black and White villages along the valley of the River Arrow.....(more)

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Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire   (Historic Market Town)

Whittlesey is an old area of Cambridge, it is mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086.....(more)

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Portloe, Cornwall   (Picturesque Village)

"One of the least spoiled and most impressive of Cornish fishing villages" - Sir John Betjeman (famous poet 1906-1984)....(more)

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Southampton, Hampshire

Southampton has many lovely gardens right in the city centre with picnic tables, flower beds and shady walks. In the spring the rhododendrons are a lovely sight.....(more)

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Stamford, Lincolnshire   (Historic Market Town)

Of the 17 churches, only 6 now remain in Stamford, which is without doubt, one of the finest medieval towns in the British Isles, if not in Europe.....(more)

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Farnham, Surrey   (Historic Market Town)

It was King Caedwalla of Wessex who, in 688 bestowed the Manor of Farnham on the Bishop's of Winchester.....(more)

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