Picturesque Villages in England

Abbotsbury in the county of Dorset
Abbotsbury is a small picturesque and historic village in the county of Dorset.
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Ablington in the county of Gloucestershire
Graceful, picture-postcard Cotswold village where little seems to have changed for centuries. The River Coln snakes through Ablington, it's silvery, reed strewn waters reflecting glorious silky stone houses which have stood in this lovely landscape for centuries.
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Alfriston in the county of East Sussex
Alfriston occupies a favoured position in the beautiful Cuckmere Gap and serves as a tourist village to which hoards of visitors flock to enjoy the many well preserved fine old buildings to be seen, one of the most important being the local church.
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Alnmouth in the county of Northumberland
Alnmouth lies on a coastline famed for its outstanding natural beauty, thus one of its greatest pleasures is found in wandering the coastal paths enjoying uninterrupted sea and coastal views.
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Ambleside in the county of Cumbria
Ambleside, meaning "Shieling" or summer pasture by the riverbank, lies next to the northern shore of Lake Windermere. A busy victorian town ideal as a base when visiting the Lake District
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Ashleworth in the county of Gloucestershire
This is a lovely pastoral village set beside the west bank of the River Severn, in the middle of a typical rural Gloucestershire landscape.
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Barton Le Clay in the county of Bedfordshire
The attractive village of Barton-le-Clay nestles at the foot of the beautiful Barton Hills, it is ringed by beautiful...
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Bibury in the county of Gloucestershire
William Morris, the 19th-century artist and poet thought Bibury to be the most beautiful village in England.
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Bisbrooke in the county of Rutland
Bisbrooke lies amidst a landscape of gentle hills dotted with rolling farmlands, rivers, reservoirs and woodland.
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Bledlow in the county of Buckinghamshire
This is one of Buckinghamshire most attractive villages. Anyone visiting the area could be forgiven for thinking they had seen it somewhere before because the village has been the setting for scenes in the T.V. drama Midsommer Murders. Take a close look at the Church of The Holy Trinity - in one episode this became St.Michael's church.
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Boscastle in the county of Cornwall
Boscastle is favoured with the only natural harbour along a rugged rock strewn twenty mile stretch of North Cornish Coast.
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Bossington in the county of Somerset
The lovely village of Bossington lies on the edge of Exmoor and from Bossington Hill there are fantastic views overlooking Porlock Bay, Hurlstone Point and the sands of Minehead Bluff
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Bourton on the Water in the county of Gloucestershire
'The Venice of the Cotswolds'. Bourton is a favourite amongst tourists and is a beautiful place to visit all year round.
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Bray in the county of Berkshire
Bray is a pretty place lying on a bend of the Thames a short distance from Monkey Island where there was once a fishing lodge belonging to the Dukes of Marlborough.
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Brent Knoll in the county of Somerset
Brent Knoll occupies an ancient landscape dominated by the Iron-Age fort on the summit of an isolated little round hill which rises to around 457 feet high.
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Briantspuddle in the county of Dorset
This remarkable village owes much to the agricultural experiment carried out by Sir Ernest Debenham during the years between the two World Wars.
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Brill in the county of Buckinghamshire
17th-century windmill and ancient church are a feature of this green and pleasant village.
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Broadway in the county of Worcestershire
The village of Broadway in the Cotswolds richly deserves the prestige of being the "show village of England"
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Burton Bradstock in the county of Dorset
This in one of the most enchanting villages to be found along the sweeping Dorset coast. It has gorgeous little lanes where...
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Cadgwith in the county of Cornwall
Cadgwith, is in a truly beautiful area, it lies next to Ruan Minor and close to the overwhelming magnificence of Lizard Point.
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