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Harefield in the county of Greater London
Harefield is a village in Greater London, famous for its hospital where pioneering heart surgery techniques were developed. The church cemetery at St. Mary the Virgin contains the...
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Ipswich in the county of Suffolk
This is a town that can trace its history back to the Stone-Age, it has been a successive settlement throughout the ages and has been populated by settlers from the Iron-Age,...
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Kidderminster in the county of Worcestershire
This town was once the carpet capital of England, with carpets from its mills transported to all parts of the world.
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Keighley in the county of West Yorkshire
This is an industrial town in West Yorkshire. It lies in a fold between the fine countryside of Airdale and Keighley Moors.
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Leeds in the county of West Yorkshire
In the middle ages Leeds was a wool centre and it flourished. The sheep on the Yorkshire moors providing the wool for the cottage craft industry of spinning and weaving. The...
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Lancaster in the county of Lancashire
This is a city which long ago lost it's grim clogs and mill image to give way to a fast growing city with a fine reputation as a centre of commerce and culture where bright, modern University buildings sit comfortably with Lancaster's historic areas.
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Lacock in the county of Wiltshire
Gatherings of graceful medieval houses line the streets of Lacock
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Mansfield in the county of Nottinghamshire
During the war, both Mansfield and the surrounding region provided sanctuary for Midlander's fleeing the destruction of Hitler's bombs.
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Maidstone in the county of Kent
Interestingly, there was a time when the most important factor about Maidstone was its 5 watermills..
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Newcastle upon Tyne in the county of Tyne & Wear
This important City was known as Pons Aelii in Roman times; the Romans built the first bridge over the River Tyne, it was guarded by a Roman fort which was replaced by a castle...
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Newbury in the county of Berkshire
Newbury is a lovely town, it is rich in 17th century buildings with the Tudor granary building being of immense attraction.
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Nantwich in the county of Cheshire
Today, Nantwich is a busy bustling place of business and commerce that still manages to retain its unique 'Elizabethan' flavour.
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Oxford in the county of Oxfordshire
Oxford's fame is perhaps second only to Windsor, it is an acclaimed seat of learning with a University whose first college was founded in 1249, almost half a century after the first charter granted to the town by Henry II.
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Oswaldtwistle in the county of Lancashire
This is a large, typical Lancashire village lying close to the urban sprawl of Blackburn and Accrington.
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Padiham in the county of Lancashire
Padiham is a thriving Lancashire town lying on the Calder River. It is most famous as the home of Gawthorpe Hall, a noted country estate built early in the 17th-century for the...
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Richmond upon Thames in the county of Greater London
Standing as it does between two large areas of parkland and being set on an exceptionally attractive reach of the River Thames is Richmond's special blessing, for it is this that...
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Reigate in the county of Surrey
This is a bustling part of the Surrey landscape, it is easily reached via the M25 from London and is right on the North Downs Way.
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Reading in the county of Berkshire
This town lies on the extremities of the Berkshire Downs and the Chiltern Hills at a point where the waters of the rivers Thames and Kennet meet making the River Thames a major river for the rest of its journey to the sea.
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Northleach in the county of Gloucestershire
The town is utterly beguiling, it has many beautiful old timber frame cottages and some handsome houses of mellow cotswold stone.
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Canterbury in the county of Kent
Canterbury is an exquisite joyous place, it is submerged in history and is considered to be the birthplace of English Christianity. It glows with an abundance of charm, mostly...
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