Hungerford, Berkshire
Hungerford is a small historic market town, nine miles west of Newbury, situated in the North Wessex Downs, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The name, Hungerford, originates from the Saxon name, "Hanging ...
Kintbury, Berkshire
Kintbury is a small village, but has a railway station providing services to Reading and London. It is situated between the Lambourn Downs to the north and Hampshire Downs to the south. In the Sunday Times news...
Kennet and Avon Canal, Hungerford Wharf to Kintbury, Berkshire
Hungerford Wharf is a good place to start a walk along the Kennet and Avon Canal towpath, which leads out of the town into the surrounding Wiltshire countryside. Hungerford is a market town, nine miles west of ...
Kennet and Avon Canal, Newbury Wharf to Marsh Benham, Berkshire
Newbury is an ideal start for a walk along the Kennet and Avon Canal. The walk along the towpath is very pretty. The town prospered from the canal transporting cloth from the various weaving houses and later, g...
Kennet and Avon Canal, Aldermaston Wharf to Woolhampton, Berkshire
Aldermaston Wharf, on the Kennet and Avon Canal between Newbury and Reading, was once a major trade centre. Two hundred years ago, goods were transported from here all over the world. Horse-drawn barges carried...
Kennet and Avon Canal, Pewsey Wharf to New Mill, Wiltshire
Pewsey Wharf in Wiltshire, on the Kennet and Avon Canal, is almost one mile from Pewsey town itself and seven miles south of Marlborough. The Canal was once a busy industrial canal, but is now tranquil. The W...
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
Stratford-upon-Avon on the west bank of the River Avon in Warwickshire, is known all over the world for its association with William Shakespeare. It is not to be confused with Stratford in East London, where th...
Hambleden, Buckinghamshire
Hambleden is an attractive Buckinghamshire village in the Chiltern Hills, three miles north-east of Henley-on-Thames and a short distance from the River Thames. It is one of the prettiest villages in the Chilte...
Much Hadham, Hertfordshire
Much Hadham is regarded by many, as the most attractive village in Hertfordshire. It has a long main street, filled with well preserved Elizabethan cottages and fine quality gentlemen’s residences of the 18th a...
Quainton, Buckinghamshire
Quainton is a small village, six miles north-west of Aylesbury. The Old English spelling, Cwene-tun, means Queen's manor. The half-timbered thatched cottages for which the village is known, line The Green in th...
Sandwich, Kent
Sandwich in Kent, is a well preserved medieval town, rich in 16th and 17th century architecture. It is now two miles from the sea, but was once one of the most important naval bases in England. Before the River...
Whitstable, Kent
Whitstable is a seaside resort on the north coast of Kent. The name is a combination of ancient British words for salt (whit) and market (stable). Oyster fishing on this coast, has been important since Saxon ti...
St Ives, Cornwall
St Ives, near Penzance, is one of the most popular Cornish holiday resorts. It has breathtaking coastal scenery, with four white sandy beaches which have been awarded European Blue Flag clean water status. Port...
Eastwood, Nottinghamshire
Eastwood is a former coal mining town, eight miles north-west of Nottingham. It was important in the 19th century as a major producer of coal, but the last pit closed in 1985. The majority of the men who lived ...
Bournemouth, Dorset
Bournemouth in Dorset, is a cosmopolitan seaside resort on the south coast of England. It has many enormous natural advantages and attracts over five million visitors every year, not only in the summer months, ...
Uffington and White Horse Hill, Oxfordshire
Uffington is a village in the Vale of the White Horse, four miles south of Faringdon and seven miles west of Wantage. Although below the Berkshire Downs, it is now within Oxfordshire. The village is built almos...
East Hendred, Oxfordshire
East Hendred is a pretty Oxfordshire village, four miles east of Wantage, below the Downs, in the Vale of the White Horse. It does not have a through road, as it is south of the A417 and consequently, has windi...
Blewbury, Oxfordshire
Blewbury in Oxfordshire is a lovely village, three miles south of Didcot and fourteen miles south of Oxford. It is situated at the foot of the Berkshire Downs, close to the Ridgeway. London Street is the main r...
Lavenham, Suffolk
Lavenham claims to be England’s finest medieval town. The historic buildings have been well maintained and restored as required. Most of the buildings date from between 1400 and 1500 and it is easy to imagine h...
Kersey, Suffolk
Kersey is one of the most picturesque villages in Suffolk. It is situated between two hills, two miles north-west of Hadleigh in Suffolk - not Essex. It dips from Church Hill, down to the ford across the stream...