What is that ever present fragrance that permeates England?

Oh my, it's a festival of goodwill here.  Thank you for your encouragement.  I've looked at a lot of places on POE in the past year and I thought the southwest and southeast looked the way one thinks England should look.  Yes, plan to visit places such as Glastonbury, Wells, Avebury, Stonehenge (my husband has never been there though I have but long ago) Seaton, Beer, Lyme Regis and Jurassic Coast, Hastings, Battle, Canterbury, Deal, Maidstone and so on.  Yes,I would like to take my husband to the north as I spent nearly a month in York city many years ago.  There's a lot to see in the area.  Robin Hood's Bay I thought was so, well, precious if that term isn't an offense.  Also Whitby with the haunted ruins of Whitby Abbey and the bay with the fishing boats moored near the peninsula.  Very picturesque.  I didn't see any ghosts...it was broad daylight though.

I am going to cut and paste John's link so I can take virtual tour of Rosehip Cottage.  We like not only the cottage but the fact we can get catering on request...breakfast, lunch and dinner.  So special.

i cant help you there linda -i know very little of the south of england but there is still a lot of nice scenery and beauty in the northern counties.

lancashire,yorkshire,cheshire and further north to cumbria.

Yes Linda, Cornwall is a land apart but suffers just the same at the hands of parlament. Yes, Cornish Pasties can be bought all over Britain and in fact in many corners of the globe BUT to be a Cornish Pasty it must have been made in Cornwall to a traditional recipe with local produce and crimped on the side Not on the top!.

     I have just seen in another thread you mentioned Arundel, I can tell you that you will get access to much of the castle. My daughter is a wheelchair user and when we visited they were very helpful there, you will be able to see hidden parts of the castle as they take you to the lifts.Unfortunatley the Keep is not accessable which was an area my daughter would like to have got to. She has through my wife's family line a direct line to William d'Albini who was the first Earl of Arundel and he built the stone keep. William married Adeliza de Louvain who was Henry 1's second wife. To get to the Baron's Hall and to look down on the Chapel there are 2 or 3 steps to go down.

      Another place to put on your list is Hampton Court and again that is very good for wheelchair users, the staff being very helpful and again lifts hidden away in areas not normally open to general public.

 I hope it is of some help.