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Eton

Eton

in the county of Berkshire

Broadstairs Beach, 2013, just before a brief rain-storm.

Broadstairs

a Seaside Town in the county of Kent

Castle Rising Castle

Castle Rising

in the county of Norfolk

Towns in Bedfordshire

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Ampthill, Bedfordshire

The lovely town of Ampthill lies sheltered by hills in the sandstone belt of Bedfordshire...

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Barton Le Clay, Bedfordshire

The attractive village of Barton-le-Clay nestles at the foot of the beautiful Barton Hills, it is ringed by beautiful Bedfordshire countryside and is famous for its impressive.....

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Bedford, Bedfordshire

Bedford is the historic County town of Bedfordshire with a beautiful riverside setting on the great River Ouse. John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's has strong associations with this town...

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Biddenham, Bedfordshire

Lying ensconced within a loop of the River Great Ouse in the beautiful Ouse valley, yet within easy reach of Bedford, this pleasant rural place was recorded in the Doomsday Book of 1086...

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Cardington, Bedfordshire

The rural town of Cardington has a double claim to fame..

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Clophill, Bedfordshire

A village surrounded by woodlands and famous for the art of straw plaiting used to make straw boater hats. Legend has it that Dick Turpin stopped here on his famous ride to York......

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Dunstable, Bedfordshire

Henry I gave Dunstable its first "Royal" charter making it a market town, this was at the time he founded the town's Augustinian priory in 1131...

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Elstow, Bedfordshire

Elstow's fine Moot Hall is a building of 1500, this is a medieval market hall which is open to the public, it houses a collection illustrating John Bunyan's life and times...

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Felmersham, Bedfordshire

A winding river almost totally encircles Felmersham, the Great Ouse sweeps over the hill and flows in a loop around this most picturesque of villages...

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Maulden, Bedfordshire

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Old Warden, Bedfordshire

Old Warden is a sleepy Bedfordshire village with pretty honey-coloured thatched cottages and a wealth of other interesting buildings...

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Potton, Bedfordshire

Potton is a small market town lying close to the Cambridgeshire border. It has a long history, holding its first market in the 13th century when much of the land on which the town stood belonged to the Earls of Huntingdon...

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Sandy, Bedfordshire

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Silsoe, Bedfordshire

Silsoe is mostly noted for Wrest Park, a mansion in French Chateaux style which was the home of the de Grey family...

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Willington, Bedfordshire

Willington lies on the south east outskirts of Bedford, it is most notable for its Dovecote, an oblong structure with nesting chambers and several stepped gables. Its stables are.....

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Woburn, Bedfordshire

The picturesque village of Woburn has an mixture of delightful old cottages and the magnificent Woburn Abbey...

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Yelden, Bedfordshire

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