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Cilgerran Castle

Cardigan in the county of Ceredigion
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Windsor, Berkshire

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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View of the Thames from the Boulters Lock Bridge, Maidenhead, Berkshire.

Maidenhead in the county of Berkshire
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Broad Street, Reading

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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The Pantiles at Royal Tunbridge Wells

Tunbridge Wells in the county of Kent
Also known as Royal Tunbridge Wells and only a short distance from London, this popular spa town gained a reputation as the place to see and be seen during Georgian Times frequented by royalty and fashionable members of aristocracy. It also happens to be surrounded by some of the most beautiful countryside in England.
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Crooked door of Sir John Boys House

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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Dover

Dover in the county of Kent
The white cliffs of Dover, the view that has stirred the hearts of English travellers for centuries.
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Nets hung out to dry

Folkestone in the county of Kent
The recent building of the Channel Tunnel made Folkestone the scene of one of the largest infrastructure projects in Europe.
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A giant redwood in polecat copse, Haslemere, Surrey. One of the biggest in the UK

Haslemere in the county of Surrey
This is an attractive old town was granted a market charter by Richard II in 1394.
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Basingstoke, Ruins of the Chapel of the Holy Ghost

Basingstoke in the county of Hampshire
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Dusk at Swindon

Swindon in the county of Staffordshire
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Salisbury Cathedral Cloisters

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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Bernard Street in Southampton, Hampshire

Southampton in the county of Hampshire
Southampton has many lovely gardens right in the city centre with picnic tables, flower beds and shady walks. In the spring the rhododendrons are a lovely sight.
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Weymouth Seafront

Weymouth in the county of Dorset
It was King George III who first put Weymouth on the map as a popular tourist destination after making it his summer holiday residence between 1789 and 1805, where he would bath...
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Peaceful waters

Dartmeet in the county of Devon
A popular tourist and beauty spot on Dartmoor. It is the meeting point of the two major tributaries of the River Dart: the East Dart and West Dart.
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Penzance

Penzance in the county of Cornwall
A jolly town with a year round holiday atmosphere, where everyone is made to feel welcome.
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Breathe deeply

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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What a day, what weather.

Ilfracombe in the county of Devon
Here, you have it all; magnificent cliffs rising to great heights above a sea that glistens copper in the sun, a natural harbour bright with gaily coloured fishing craft and beautiful yatches
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The Circus

Bath in the county of Somerset
Bath is an elegant city famous for its beautiful Georgian architecture and its Roman attractions from which it got it's name. The traveller James Boswell who visited the city...
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In the city gardens

Royal Leamington Spa in the county of Warwickshire
This town has a history stretching back to the Doomsday Book, but it was Queen Victoria who put the "Royal" into Leamington Spa when she bestowed the title in 1838.
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