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Malmesbury

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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Autumn colours

Batsford in the county of Gloucestershire
Batsford is a village in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire very close to Moreton in the Marsh. It is famous for the Batsford Arboretum there is also a falconry Centre...
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Castle view at night.

Leicester in the county of Leicestershire
Leicester is famed amongst other things for its fine parish church which was raised to Cathedral status in 1927.
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The River Aln from Alnwick  Castle

Alnwick in the county of Northumberland
Set magnificently in the heart of the beautiful northern countryside is the great castle that has dominated the life and times of Alnwick for centuries.
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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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View across the Thames at St Helen's Church, Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

Abingdon in the county of Oxfordshire
Interesting town, developed around the gates of an abbey founded in 675.
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