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Arnside, Cumbria   (Picturesque Village)

This pretty village has all the ingredients of an old style fishing village with a delightful mix-match of charming properties rising up from a beach of firm golden sand littered with colourful sailing boats.....(more)

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Chiselhampton, Oxfordshire   (Picturesque Village)

Dreamy village where the River Tame is crossed by a 16th-century stone bridge.....(more)

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Bolton, Lancashire

The clogs and black smoke image of Bolton has long since gone, in its place is a fine city with beautiful buildings and a diverse range of attractions sufficient to satisfy the most demanding tourist.....(more)

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Zennor, Cornwall

This hauntingly beautiful village stands starkly above cliifs that in parts are over 300ft above the sea.....(more)

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Powerstock, Dorset

The village is completely pastoral and appears to be protected by a maze of deep lanes which once negotiated, reveal a gracious collection of orchards, gardens and enchanting cottages set at angles on a series of knolls.....(more)

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Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex

The coast along this stretch of Essex beaches may be somewhat urbanised, but it remains full of surprises with reminders of the times when smugglers would stealthily enter the creeks between the mudflats to distribute their illicit cargoes at local inns.....(more)

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Hawkshead, Cumbria   (Picturesque Village)

The pretty village of Hawkshead is full of old-world picturesque charm throughout its traffic-free streets where one can roam freely to investigate all it has to offer in the way.......(more)

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Bovey Tracey, Devon   (Historic Market Town)

The pretty town of Bovey Tracey borders with the beautiful landscape of Dartmoor.....(more)

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Barton Le Clay, Bedfordshire   (Picturesque Village)

The attractive village of Barton-le-Clay nestles at the foot of the beautiful Barton Hills, it is ringed by beautiful Bedfordshire countryside and is famous for its impressive.......(more)

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Athelhampton, Dorset

Athelhampton lies close to the little River Piddle which almost entirely encircles Athelhampton House which was built in the 15th-century by Sir William Martyn who was granted the lands and a license to build upon them by King Henry VII in the year 1483.....(more)

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