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A Sign of Sunset

Hereford in the county of Herefordshire
Hereford is a town in the west of England bordering wales. It has a beautiful cathedral which was established in the 7th century and a medieval bridge over the River Wye. Famous...
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Cotswold Way

Winchcombe in the county of Gloucestershire
To experience the quintessentially English town of Winchcome, is to part-take of a miscellany of pure delights.
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Broadway Tower

Broadway in the county of Worcestershire
The village of Broadway in the Cotswolds richly deserves the prestige of being the "show village of England"
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Burford

Burford in the county of Oxfordshire
Burford is an attractive Cotswold town in the Oxfordshire part of the Cotswolds, with a famous High Street that slopes down to a three-arched medieval bridge that carries traffic...
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Winchester Cathedral, Winchester

Winchester in the county of Hampshire
This is an old town which was a tribal town long before the Romans landed in Britain, under their leadership it flourished to become the 5th largest city in the land, and was later heralded as the capital of King Alfred.
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Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire

Salisbury in the county of Wiltshire
The soaring grace of Salisbury Cathedral's slender spire rises majestically over the town. Higher than any other in the land, at 404 feet, the spire can be seen against the...
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Mitre Inn, Hampton Court Bridge, East Molesey

East Molesey in the county of Surrey
This picturesque pleasant place is fortunate to lie between the waters of the historic River Thames and the River Mole. It is perhaps best known for Hampton Court Palace, the building started by Cardinal Wolsey in 1514.
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Henley

Henley on Thames in the county of Oxfordshire
Henley held the very first regatta in 1839 and in the year 1851 Prince Albert became Patron of the Regatta, thus giving the event the pretigious title of Royal Henley Regatta.
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Windsor Castle

Windsor in the county of Berkshire
Windsor, or rather Royal Windsor, is a seductive mix of history and romance with a unique atmosphere. It is a place where the sense of history is never far away, it is a town...
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St Ives Harbour

St Ives in the county of Cornwall
There is a magical quality surrounding the whole of the Cornish coast of which St.Ives is a small but special part.
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Lewes on the Downs

Lewes in the county of East Sussex
Lewes is the boyhood home of the famous diarist, John Evelyn (1620 - 1706) He lived at Southover Grange, an Elizabethan house, which is close to the castle.
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