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Warwick

Warwick in the county of Warwickshire
Warwick offers its visitors the chance to explore England's fascinating history with fine medieval buildings and a truly magnificent castle.
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Old Toll House (18th century)

Trowbridge in the county of Wiltshire
Trowbridge is a historic town crammed with attractive stone buildings. It originated as a settlement along the Biss and flourished from the wool and weaving trades and from these periods there remain many magnificent merchant houses.
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A view of Tewkesbury Abbey from with a street in the town of Tewkesbury.

Tewkesbury in the county of Gloucestershire
Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire is an historic market town, situated near the Cotswolds, it has a beautiful Abbey over 500yrs old and lots of historic buildings and ancient alley ways to explore.
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The Old Market Hall

Shrewsbury in the county of Shropshire
Shrewsbury is a wonderfully atmospheric town which beguiles the visitor with sights of bygone centuries and much a great charm is to be found in its narrow streets and medieval buildings.
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George Street, Saffron Walden, Essex

Saffron Walden in the county of Essex
The outstanding feature of Saffron Walden is its rich variety of properties tangled around its web of ancient streets.
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High Street

Malmesbury in the county of Wiltshire
The town stakes its claim to be the oldest borough in England on the fact that it was granted a charter in the year 924 by King Edward
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The Feathers

Ludlow in the county of Shropshire
Nestling on the banks of the rivers Corve and Theme Ludlow is a joyous town to visit at any time of year.
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Town centre

Faversham in the county of Kent
There is record of settlements in the area in pre-historic times, it is known that the Romans and the Anglo-Saxons both established villages.
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St John's Church, Devizes

Devizes in the county of Wiltshire
Devizes is a small market town situate on the edge of the great expanse of Salisbury Plain.
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Colchester Castle

Colchester in the county of Essex
Fascinating historic Essex town in which there was probably a settlement in both the 5th-century BC, and the Ist-century AD. The invading Roman's occupied Colchester in AD 43, and...
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Haymaking

Cirencester in the county of Gloucestershire
Originally known in Roman times as Corinium Dobunorum, the town of Cirencester in those far off day's was the second largest town in England.
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