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Looking down the river Avon.
Bath, Somerset

Bath is an elegant city famous for its fascinating history, its beautiful Georgian architecture and its Roman remains...

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Victoria Square, Birmingham
Birmingham, West Midlands

Birmingham, Britain's second city, known as the city of a thousand trades, has long been recognised as one of the World's most important manufacturing and commercial centres...

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Bristol Bridge. Bristol, Somerset
Bristol, Somerset

Bristol Zoo is not this great city's only claim to fame..

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River Cam, Cambridge
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Cambridge has an abundance of magnificent buildings, and these together with riverside walks, wonderful museums and quaint old streets, quickly draw the visitor under the spell of this historic and charming City..

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Canterbury, Kent
Canterbury, Kent

Canterbury is an exquisite joyous place, it is submerged in history and is considered to be the birthplace of English Christianity. It glows with an abundance of charm, mostly.....

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Chester Race Course and Stand - September 2009
Chester, Cheshire

Chester, the county town of Cheshire, is one of the oldest and most complete walled cities with fantastic architecture and history...

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Victorian post box
Durham, County Durham

Durham as a town reflects the long history of its magnificent castle and cathedral with its winding streets, ancient market place and alleyways and other old churches to discover.....

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Ely Cathedral
Ely, Cambridgeshire

The early life of Ely began with a monastry and town situated on an island in the midst of a vast expanse of marshland in the middle of the Fens...

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Exeter Cathedral, Devon
Exeter, Devon

Exeter is a bustling city in the heart of the county of Devon. It's mix of modern and functional with old and cultural makes for an interesting place to live, and to visit...

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Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester, Gloucestershire

Looking at the lively City we see today, it is hard to believe that Gloucester was once a tiny port on the River Severn...

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Town Hall in Leicester - June 2005
Leicester, Leicestershire

Leicester is famed amongst other things for its fine parish church which was raised to Cathedral status in 1927...

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Cathedral Reflected in Minster Pool
Lichfield, Staffordshire

The Lichfield Markets have been held on the historic Market Square since King Stephen granted the first charter for a market in 1153. In the past martyrs were burnt at the.....

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Sefton Park, Liverpool
Liverpool, Merseyside

From early humble origins Liverpool, over the centuries has grown and developed to become one of the most exciting cities to visit in Europe. Liverpool, rich though it is in.....

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Diana and Dodi Memorial Harrods
London, Greater London

London is one of the World's most exciting, cultural destinations where visitors can walk with history whilst enjoying all that is best of modern day facilities, shops, theatres.....

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Ho Ho Ho!
Manchester, Greater Manchester

A thriving truly cosmopolitan city with a great mixture of new and old. The capital of the north..

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Millenium Eye, Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear

This important City was known as Pons Aelii in Roman times; the Romans built the first bridge over the River Tyne, it was guarded by a Roman fort which was replaced by a castle.....

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Peter Mancroft Church, Norwich
Norwich, Norfolk

Norwich is one of England's most beautiful cities, it is a rich tapestry of modern style mixed with plenty of echoes of the past, all preserved for future generations to come...

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St Marys Church on listergate with a view of Nottingham Council House in the foreground .
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

The City of Nottingham is famed for fine lace, the romance of Maid Marion and Robin Hood and as the birthplace of the founder of the Salvation Army, General William Booth (1829-1912)...

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Chimney at Keble College, Oxford
Oxford, Oxfordshire

Oxford's fame is perhaps second only to Windsor, it is an acclaimed seat of learning with a University whose first college was founded in 1249, almost half a century after the first charter granted to the town by Henry II...

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Lake at Hampton Hargate
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

The magic of Peterborough lies in the richness of its beautiful Cathedral. It is a glorious historical treasure house, it is unique and quite beyond compare...

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