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Melbourne Parish Church, Melbourne, Derbyshire

Melbourne in the county of Derbyshire
Attractive small market town with a confection of quintessentially English thatched and whitewashed cottages and Georgian houses, dotted around ancient lanes and old streets.
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Greenstead Church, said to be the world's oldest wooden building, in Greenstead, England

Greenstead in the county of Essex
Greenstead Church is said to be the oldest wooden building in the world. Well worth a visit..
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Daffodils

White Roding in the county of Essex
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Kibworth

Kibworth Harcourt in the county of Leicestershire
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Village cottages

Smarden in the county of Kent
This enchanting village was established in around the 14th-century at the time when the forests of the Weald of Kent were being cut down to make way for permanent villages.
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The Quay at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk

Wells-next-the-Sea in the county of Norfolk
This is an enchanting seaside resort with old houses, shops and pubs lining the maze of narrow streets leading to the quayside.
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Polegate Windmill, East Sussex

Polegate in the county of East Sussex
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Dembleby in the county of Lincolnshire
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Wenhaston War Memorial

Wenhaston in the county of Suffolk
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Pretty pink house in the lane.

Blythburgh in the county of Suffolk
This is a peaceful, pleasant place that was once a 15th-century port.
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Lavenham Church

Lavenham in the county of Suffolk
Considered to be Britain's best preserved medieval village, Lavenham, with its wonderful clusters of fine Tudor houses offering the visitor a glimpse of just how a prosperous wool...
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Sutton Courtenay Village Green, Oxfordshire. (Spring 2005)

Sutton Courtenay in the county of Oxfordshire
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Upper Slaughter, Gloucestershire

Upper Slaughter in the county of Gloucestershire
Tranquillity is the keynote for this enchanting hamlet which is best explored on foot.
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Village scene

Lower Slaughter in the county of Gloucestershire
Lower Slaughter is one of the Cotswold's most idyllic villages where you should abandon your car and roam around on foot.
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Stow-on-the-Wold, one of the most popular cotswolds towns.

Stow on the Wold in the county of Gloucestershire
"Stow on the Wold, where the wind blows cold"
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Arlington Row

Bibury in the county of Gloucestershire
William Morris, the 19th-century artist and poet thought Bibury to be the most beautiful village in England.
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The Broad Walk in Cirencester Park, Cirencester, Gloucestershire

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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The Market Hall

Chipping Campden in the county of Gloucestershire
Immediately appealing, this is certainly one of the most picturesque small towns in the northern reaches of the Cotswolds
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Wallingford bridge, Wallingford, Oxfordshire

Wallingford in the county of Oxfordshire
Wallingford is a market town and riverside resort, it was originally built as a walled town at a strategic crossing of the River Thames by William the Conqueror. In fact, the...
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Cheddar Gorge

Cheddar in the county of Somerset
Often called 'Englands Grand Canyon' Chedder Gorge was carved out by a river that now runs underground.
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