Stourton is noted for the church dedicated to St. Peter where you can see many memorials to the famous Hoare banking family and for the house which was the families ancestral home...
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East Knoyle is situated where the Wiltshire countryside blends into Dorset. The landscape is quite stunning, it has a dramatically changing face of sweeping pastures and hillsides...
Shaftsbury is Dorset's only hill-top town, with its long history and good views it is particularly attractive to tourists...
Tisbury is a picturesque village set amidst delightful Wiltshire countryside where you will find friendly villagers and a calm, peaceful atmosphere...
This is a former wool and corn town with a fascinating history stretching back to Saxon times. It sits comfortably beneath the chalk downland of the Salisbury Plain at the head of the beautiful Wyle Valley...
A small attractive Market Town in Dorset...
Fovant is most noted for its dramatic hillside where huge regimental badges are carved into the chalk downs and clearly seen from the road...
This is a delightful small village situated in the picturesque Blackmore Vale where the Dorset and Somerset boundary meets...
A picturesque village in the county of Dorset..
The softly glowing Ham stone of which most of the town properties are built, lends warmth and atmosphere to what is already a unique and attractive place...
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...
The town was initially the town of Brian de Lisle, a Baron at the court of King John...
Wilton was once a county town, it has also been a bishopric, a Royal residence and is one of the oldest boroughs in England...
Beautiful old town with a rich mixture of mellow Bath stone properties to be seen along ancient winding streets...
Wells, situated at the foot of the picturesque mendip hills, is most certainly one of England's most delightful cathedral cities...
Milton Abbas is a superb thatched village which has the distinction of being the first planned village of its kind in England...
It is a pleasant resort village made famous by the glittering limestone cavern known as "Wookey Hole" which comprises of several dramatic chambers...
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This little town now enjoys world renown for its annual music festival which attracts thousands of visitors from all over the globe. None-the-less, this still remains very much a.....
Designed by Henry Hoare II, Stourhead is one of England's most picturesque landscape gardens with classic temples and palladian.....
On entering the great grounds of Longleat House through the entrance known as "Heaven's Gate" visitors are immediately struck by.....
A tradition exists that Nunney Castle's sole pig was subject to daily torture when the castle came under siege in 1645 during the.....
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Many fascinating tales remain from the time when Sherborne Castle was lived in by Sir Walter Raleigh, a favourite of Elizabeth I......
Without doubt this magnificent Abbey built centuries ago of creamy Ham stone ranks amongst the finest Abbey churches anywhere in.....
In 1383, the then Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Thomas Hungerford had to be pardoned for building Farleigh Hungerford.....
The Fleet Air Arm Museum houses Europe's largest Naval aviation collection. Go on-board Concorde and be transported by a.....
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Intimate manor house with Arts & Crafts-style garden. Tudor great hall and 14th-century chapel, this was home to medieval.....
Wells Cathedral is the most perfect example of an ecclesiastical city from the days when the order of life was God, King and.....
The Bishop's Palace in the enchanting tiny cathedral city of Wells where there is a predominance of beautiful buildings, is.....
Swirling mists rise over the Somerset Levels, where approaching the town of Glastonbury, suddenly above the mist you catch a.....
Capability Brown had a hand in establishing the stunning landscape of Prior Park. His services, together with the advice of.....
There are many associations with Chalice Well covering countless centuries; it is a timeless and sacred place, full of legend,.....
Stonehenge is one of the most famous prehistoric monuments in the world and one of England's most iconic landmarks, consisting.....
This is believed to be the site of the oldest Christian Church in the world, for centuries it has been the focus of Christian.....
These dazzling show caves offer a glittering experience in floodlit chambers deep underground. This is the spiritual home of the.....
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.....
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