Monks Eleigh, Suffolk
Monks Eleigh is a small picturesque village, surrounded by open countryside, four miles from Lavenham.
Like many rural villages, it no longer has the range of shops and facilities it once enjoyed. Although t...
Boxford, Suffolk
Boxford is a large attractive village of pastel coloured cottages. It is situated four miles west of Hadleigh and six miles east of Sudbury in Suffolk. The River Box weaves through the centre of the village. Th...
Nayland, Suffolk
Nayland is a Suffolk village, seven miles north of Colchester, near the mouth of the River Stour. In the 16th century, it was a prosperous cloth town and The Old Guildhall in the High Street demonstrates this. ...
Cavendish, Suffolk
Cavendish is a large village near Long Melford and one of the most attractive in Suffolk. The extensive Village Green is famous for the view of the 14th century St. Mary's Church tower and the 400 year old pink...
Old Leigh, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
Old Leigh, Leigh-on-Sea is a small fishing village in Essex, thirty miles east of London on the River Thames Estuary. It is known locally as, "The Old Town". In the sixteenth century, it was a prosperous port c...
Canvey Island, Essex
Canvey Island is an island in the Thames Estuary and although only approximately five miles by three miles, it has a population of over 50,000. The whole of the island is below sea level, which has obviously be...
Saffron Walden, Essex
Saffron Walden is a picturesque medieval market town in north-west Essex, 18 miles south of Cambridge. A market has been held here since 1141 and is held on Tuesdays and Saturdays. The town has many notable his...
Littlebury, Essex
Littlebury, in north-west Essex, is a small village with many attractive cottages. It stands on the River Cam, two miles north-west of Saffron Walden and fifteen miles south of Cambridge. It is close to Audley ...
South Benfleet, Essex
South Benfleet is a small town in Essex, thirty miles east of London and north of Canvey Island. It is separated from Canvey by the Creek, a stretch of water which is also known as Hadleigh Ray. It is now desig...
Finchingfield, Essex
Finchingfield is a small village in north-west Essex, six miles from Thaxted. The name, Finchingfield, means, “land belonging to Finc or his family”. It has been described as the most photographed village in En...
Thaxted, Essex
Thaxted is a small town, seven miles south-east of Saffron Walden. It has several significant buildings, including the Guildhall, St. John the Baptist Church and John Webb's Windmill, as well as many traditiona...
Cobham, Surrey
Cobham is a large village, only seventeen miles from central London, but which has a charming rural atmosphere. It is situated just inside the M25 motorway, ten miles north-east of Guildford, on the River Mole....
Shere, Surrey
Shere is a small picturesque village situated below the North Downs, six miles south-east of Guildford and approximately twenty miles from London. It is regarded by many as the prettiest village in Surrey and i...
Compton, Surrey
Compton is a small village of only one thousand inhabitants, three miles south-west of Guildford. The Pilgrims' Way lies just to the north of the village. It has retained much of its original charm, with thirty...
Gomshall, Surrey
Gomshall is a small village close to the North Downs Way, situated on the A25 road between Dorking and Guildford. The River Tillingbourne flows through the village, including the most significant building in th...
Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Gunwharf Quays is a large shopping outlet on the quayside at Portsmouth. There are over ninety outlet stores, thirty restaurants, bars and cafes, as well as a cinema, bowling alley, hotel, casino and nightclub,...
Whitchurch, Hampshire
Whitchurch is a small town situated on the River Test, eight miles from Andover. The name means, "White Church", as the original Saxon Church was built of limestone or chalk. It was replaced by a Norman struc...
Chawton, Hampshire
Chawton is a delightful village which lies within the South Downs National Park, close to Alton.
Jane Austen, the novelist, moved to this lovely Hampshire village in 1809. The house had been an inn and was l...
Stockbridge, Hampshire
Stockbridge is a village between Andover and Romsey, close to the cathedral cities of Winchester and Salisbury. It is set in the famous Test Valley, which has some of the best fly-fishing in England. The Grosve...
Nether Wallop, Hampshire
Nether Wallop is a small village with pretty thatched cottages, four miles north-west of Stockbridge. Readers of the Agatha Christie 'Miss Marple' novels, know the village as "St. Mary Mead", as most of the ori...