Tucked away in the Cotswolds, Castle Combe is a quintessential English village with honey-colored stone houses, a medieval market cross, and a peaceful ambiance. It's an idyllic destination for a relaxing countryside getaway...
Chippenham is a large historic market town in northwest Wiltshire, England, that was established on a crossing of the River Avon. It is believed that some form of settlement has.....
The town stakes its claim to be the oldest borough in England on the fact that it was granted a charter in the year 924 by King Edward..
Tetbury is a market town in the Cotswolds known for its historic woolen mills, charming independent shops, and the iconic Chipping Steps. It has a quintessentially English atmosphere...
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Gatherings of graceful medieval houses line the streets of Lacock..
Bath is an elegant city famous for its beautiful Georgian architecture and its Roman attractions from which it got it's name. The traveller James Boswell who visited the city.....
Dursley is an ancient place, set in lush greenery to the edge of the Cotswolds in the midst of the beautiful Vale of Berkley, close to the River Severn...
Visitors will find this a restful place, there is a serene atmosphere, pleasant properties in lovely country lanes, and a nice friendly village inn...
Nailsworth is a handsome town that has a history stretching back to beyond Roman times...
Beautiful old town with a rich mixture of mellow Bath stone properties to be seen along ancient winding streets...
Bristol Zoo is not this great city's only claim to fame..
Uniquely, Minchinhampton is reached only by a narrow winding road that climbs upwards and travels across remote and windswept common land..
The town is mostly Georgian, with the most dominant feature being its centuries old castle, surrounded by buttressed walls which are 14 ft-thick in parts...
Trowbridge is a historic town crammed with attractive stone buildings. It originated as a settlement along the Biss and flourished from the wool and weaving trades and from these periods there remain many magnificent merchant houses...
A visit to Slimbridge in the county of Gloucestershire not only offers the opportunity to explore a wealth of wildlife habitation, but the chance to savour some of the loveliest scenery in the Shire...
Eastcombe is a beautiful hilltop village nestling in the heart of the Cotswolds...
Stroud, on the western edge of the Cotswolds, is a town set steeply at the center of the Stroud Valleys, 5 valleys that are peppered with gorgeous cottages, old cloth mills,.....
Sharpness is best known for the fascinating waterway of the Gloucester and Sharpness canal, and the Victorian bonding houses built alongside it at Gloucester...
The village of Bisley is all charm. It has an excellent collection of very fine buildings as well as some interesting local folklore...
This engaging house sits serenely in a beautiful wooded Gloucestershire valley, surrounded by an old deer park. It is built of.....
A magnificent arboretum which is a joy to visit at any time of year. It is run by the Forestry Commission and has a dazzling.....
Former Tudor hunting lodge later converted to fashionable home...
Malmesbury Abbey is built on the site of a former Saxon monastery of AD700, by the 12th-century it was an important Benedictine.....
William Stumpe, the wealthy merchant responsible for giving Malmesbury Abbey back to the town following the Dissolution was also.....
Designed by Henry Edmund Goodridge in 1825 for William Beckford, one of the nation's most accomplished and interesting characters.....
"The Best Treat in Bath" - The Daily Telegraph Discover how the City of Bath was transformed from a small provincial spa town.....
Bath museum of costume is a great experience, especially for anyone interested in either history or fashion. The collection.....
Bath's magnificent 18th century Assembly Rooms were opened in 1771. Known as the New or Upper Rooms they were designed by John.....
Lacock is one of the most beautiful villages in England, with houses dating from the 15th-century to the 18th-century. At the.....
Jane Austen, the famous novelist is perhaps the best known and best loved of Bath's many famous residents. She paid two long.....
Bath Abbey is a beautiful building. The building is sited on the remains of a Norman Cathedral which itself replaced an 8th.....
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Bath has some of the best preserved Roman remains in Britain, with the most spectacular of these being the Roman Baths - A Roman.....
Bath is an important Spa and cultural centre, one of its most famous buildings is the elegant Pump Room of the baths built.....
A one minute stroll from Bath Abbey you will find the oldest house in Bath - Sally Lunn's. Sally Lunn was a young french refugee.....
Capability Brown had a hand in establishing the stunning landscape of Prior Park. His services, together with the advice of.....
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This wonderful historic castle standing a short distance inland from the River Severn estuary has long been associated with the.....
In 1383, the then Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Thomas Hungerford had to be pardoned for building Farleigh Hungerford.....
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