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Richmond, North Yorkshire   (Historic Market Town)

Richmond is a lovely old market town on the River Swale in North Yorkshire.....(more)

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Leatherhead, Surrey   (Historic Market Town)

This is an ancient town, where the parish church of St.Mary and St.Nicholas has existed since Anglo-Saxon times.....(more)

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Postbridge, Devon

Postbridge is a tiny hamlet, yet this richly wooded area, at the heart of the moor has become a natural starting point for the thousands of visitors who annually come to explore the splendour and wonders of the moor.....(more)

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Littlehampton, West Sussex   (Seaside Town)

Littlehampton is a pleasant holiday resort that offers miles of golden sands for sunbathing, or for children to have a fine time building sand castles!....(more)

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Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire   (Picturesque Village)

The village was a centre for candle making, noted for lead mining and made famous by the discovery of Ashford marble which was first quarried by Henry Watson in 1748.....(more)

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Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire

Chapel is a well preserved, picturesque place. It has a lovely old church dating back to the 14th-century which stands on the spot of an earlier church built by foresters a century or so before.....(more)

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Edgbaston, West Midlands

Edgbaston is a district of wide leafy roads lined with elegant houses, lately these have become interspersed with more modern buildings, yet the suburb has somehow managed to retain much of its 19th and early 20th century charm.....(more)

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Harden, West Yorkshire

Harden lies in the famous countryside area between Cullingworth and Bingley surrounded by rivers and meadows. It is a favoured commuter base for those working in nearby Bradford.....(more)

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Queniborough, Leicestershire

A lovely village, where round every corner there is another visual delight.....(more)

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Southrey, Lincolnshire

This is a pleasant place which grew up along the banks of the River Witham, within site and sounds of some famous abbey's.....(more)

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Tickhill, South Yorkshire

This is a pleasant, somewhat sprawling village lying in rural countryside a short distance from the market town of Maltby....(more)

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Manningtree, Essex   (Historic Market Town)

The town shows fine examples of weavers cottages and walks through the town reveal fine Georgian facades behind which are Tudor and Elizabethan houses.....(more)

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Ashbury, Oxfordshire   (Picturesque Village)

The village of Ashbury is located in a lovely scenic area where the borders of south Oxfordshire meet with Wiltshire. It is one of a string of villages along the White Horse.......(more)

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Didcot, Oxfordshire

All the romance of the steam age is gathered here in Didcot at the fine museum of the Great Western Society and the old locomotive depot makes an interesting setting for a sparkling collection of GWR engines and relics from the past.....(more)

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