Sonning, Berkshire
Sonning is a small attractive village on the River Thames, three miles east of Reading and just over an hour's drive from London. It is often featured in the media, due to the number of celebrities who have set...
Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
Bidford-on-Avon is a large riverside village on the banks of the River Avon, seven miles downriver from Stratford-upon-Avon and twenty-five miles away from Birmingham. For over one hundred years, residents from...
Waverley Abbey, Farnham, Surrey
Waverley Abbey is two miles south-east of Farnham town centre, situated on the flood plain of the River Wey. The ruins are in the care of English Heritage and are open to the public. Waverley Abbey was founded ...
Farnham, Surrey
Farnham is a Georgian market town in Surrey, thirty eight miles from London, on the Surrey Hampshire border. A milestone in the Woolmead area of the town states the distance from London. At one time, the stone ...
Painshill Park, Cobham, Surrey
Painshill Park in Cobham Surrey, only eighteen miles from Central London, is Europe's most important 18th century garden and is a popular day out for all ages. Between 1738 and 1773, the Honourable Charles Hami...
Bibury, Gloucestershire
Bibury is a small village in the Cotswolds, seven miles north east of Cirencester. It consists of two villages - Arlington, west of the River Coln and Bibury, east of the River Coln. The village attracts thousa...
Elstead, Surrey
Elstead is a small village between Farnham and Godalming in Surrey, not far from the A3 London to Portsmouth main road. It is surrounded by woods, heathland and River Wey water meadows. Its buildings are situat...
Box Hill, Surrey
Box Hill is on the North Downs and is easily accessible from the A24 main road, near Dorking in Surrey. Box Hill and West Humble railway station, which provides direct trains from London, is within a short walk...
Bray, Berkshire
Bray is a very pretty historical riverside village, on the banks of the River Thames, between Maidenhead and Windsor, Berkshire. It is also known as Bray on Thames. It has a wealth of cottages and very expensiv...
Lower Slaughter, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire
Lower Slaughter is one of the most beautiful villages in the Cotswolds. It is situated ten miles west of Chipping Norton. One mile away is the village of Upper Slaughter. Upper and Lower Slaughter are linked by...
Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire
Chalfont St. Giles is a pretty village with a village pond in Buckinghamshire, 25 miles from London, on the edge of the Chiltern Hills. Chalfont means "chalk spring". It is in the valley of the River Misbourne ...
Hampton Court Palace, East Molesey, Surrey
Hampton Court Palace is one of England's most popular tourist attractions. A visitor to the magnificent buildings and gardens, can experience over 500 years of English history. Situated on the banks of the Ri...
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...
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...
Remenham, Berkshire
Remenham is a hamlet on the Berkshire bank of the River Thames, east of Henley-on-Thames. The name means "home of the ravens" and is probably derived from the Saxon god, Woden, whose symbol was the raven. Most ...
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...
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, ...