Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire
Lee-on-the-Solent, often called Lee-on-Solent, is a small seaside town five miles west of Portsmouth, on the edge of The Solent. The Solent is a twenty mile long stretch of water that separates the Isle of Wig...
Places to visit in England
Burnham Beeches, Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire
Burnham Beeches is a National Nature Reserve and Special Area of Conservation, extending to 540 acres of woodland, heath and wetland. It is situated west of Farnham Common in the village of Burnham, Buckingham...
Piddinghoe, Sussex
Piddinghoe is a small picturesque village in East Sussex, in the valley of the River Ouse, five miles south of Lewes. It is close to the port of Newhaven. The River Ouse, which runs alongside the village, is ...
Rodmell, Sussex
Rodmell is a small village in the South Downs of Sussex, four miles south of Lewis and a few miles north of the coast at Newhaven. It has many lovely old buildings. The Abergavenny Arms is a traditional famil...
Runnymede – The Birthplace of Modern Democracy
Runnymede - The Birthplace of Modern Democracy and a good place to walk the dog
Runnymede can quite justifiably claim to be the most famous meadow in the world. Here, twenty-five miles from London, on 15th Ju...
Cookham, Berkshire
Cookham is a village in Berkshire in a lovely setting on the River Thames, four miles north of Maidenhead, between Marlow and Taplow. The village is distinct from Cookham Rise, which has a railway station and ...
Castle Combe, Wiltshire
Castle Combe is a breathtakingly beautiful village, which is recognised around the world from photographs printed on calendars and chocolate boxes. It is situated on the southern edge of the Cotswold Hills, tw...
Canadian War Memorials, Bramshott and Grayshott, Hampshire
There is a brown tourist sign after the Hindhead Tunnel, at the side of the main A3 London to Portsmouth Road. It says, "Canadian Memorial Planting". Many of the drivers who notice this sign do not have any k...
Cadsden and The Ridgeway to Chequers, Buckinghamshire
Cadsden is a tiny village, two miles north east of Princes Risborough, in Buckinghamshire. The origin of the name, Cadsden, is uncertain, but the word "Catsdean" was used in Anglo-Saxon times, when it meant va...
Singleton, Sussex
Singleton is a small pretty village just off the main A286 Chichester to Midhurst Road, near the source of the River Lavant. The river bed is dry most of the year, but flows in the winter in a short valley to ...
Weald and Downland Living Museum, Singleton, Sussex
The Weald and Downland Living Museum is on a forty acre site at the pretty village of Singleton, Sussex, seven miles north of Chichester. Visitors can examine the collection of more than fifty historic buildin...
D.H. Lawrence and Eastwood, Nottinghamshire
Where was D.H. Lawrence born and what was the greatest influence and inspiration for his work?
Eastwood is a former coal mining town, eight miles north-west of Nottingham. It was important in the 19th centur...
Titchfield Abbey, Titchfield, Hampshire
Titchfield Abbey is a grand ruined building, on the outskirts of Titchfield village. It was founded in the 13th century by the Bishop of Winchester for Premonstratensian Canons, an Order which was founded at P...
Titchfield, Hampshire
Titchfield is a very attractive small village alongside the River Meon in Hampshire, close to Fareham. It has a long history stretching back to the 6th century. In the Domesday Book in 1066, it was known as T...
Portchester Castle, Portchester, Hampshire
Portchester Castle is a remarkable well preserved castle, in the care of English Heritage. Within the nine acre site, there is also the 12th century St. Mary's Church, which is the only surviving building of a...
Portchester, Hampshire
Portchester is a suburb of Portsmouth, four miles from the City. In medieval times, it was a small village of only a few hundred inhabitants, but is now part of the expanding conurbation along the main A27 roa...
Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
Clifton Hampden is a quiet, attractive village on the River Thames, less than five miles from Abingdon. The 1885 edition of Charles Dickens's, Dictionary of the Thames, stated, 'this picturesque little village...
Hampton Court Palace Events
Hampton Court Palace has been attracting visitors from all over the world since 1838, after Queen Victoria opened the Palace to all her subjects and is one of England's most popular tourist attractions. A visi...
East Hagbourne, Oxfordshire
East Hagbourne is an extremely attractive village, one mile south of Didcot and eleven miles south of Oxford, close to the Berkshire Downs. It contains a variety of lovely old cottages, red-bricked Georgian an...
Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Oxfordshire
Brightwell-cum-Sotwell is a pretty village in Oxfordshire close to Wallingford, located just off the A4130 road which by-passes the village. The unusual name of the village dates from 1948, when the two separa...