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Exbury, Hampshire

Standing close to the saltmarshes and creeks along the Beaulieu River, in an area of outstanding natural beauty, Exbury must be one of the most captivating villages for miles around.....(more)

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Hever, Kent

The beautiful town of Hever is dominated by the magnificent moated castle that was the girlhood home of Anne Boleyn......(more)

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Chenies, Buckinghamshire   (Picturesque Village)

A small and pretty village in the Chess Valley that was once visited by Kings and Queens....(more)

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Breamore, Hampshire

Breamore is one of those beautiful New Forest villages which is populated almost entirely by houses of the Tudor period.....(more)

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Grantchester, Cambridgeshire   (Picturesque Village)

The village of Grantchester, is a picturesque village along the river Cam, often enjoyed by tourists and students who travel to the village by punt from nearby Cambridge, to.......(more)

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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire   (Historic Market Town)

An attractive market town on the river Nidd, set within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Twice winner of 'Britain in Bloom' and home to the oldest sweet shop in Britain........(more)

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Chesham, Buckinghamshire   (Historic Market Town)

Located in the picturesque Chess Valley along the Chiltern hills and surrounded by famland, Chesham is one of Buckinghamshire's most attractive towns.....(more)

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Moyles Court, Hampshire

Open forest surrounds this quiet hamlet which is only a few minutes drive from Ringwood, a busy market town at the western end of the New Forest.....(more)

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St Osyth, Essex

The village is noted for its medieval Priory, a Grade I listed building which started life as a foundation for Augustinian Canons around 1127, it later became an abbey which was eventually dissolved in 1539.....(more)

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East Grinstead, West Sussex

East Grinstead became notable following World War II for its Queen Victoria Hospital where remarkable plastic surgery operations were performed on badly burned servicemen.....(more)

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Sidmouth, Devon   (Seaside Town)

Early in the 19th-century the Duke and Duchess of Kent moved to Sidmouth with their daughter, Princess Victoria, the future Queen of England.....(more)

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Newtown Linford, Leicestershire   (Picturesque Village)

This picturesque village is situated in the Charnwood Forest area of Leicestershire.....(more)

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Bolsterstone, South Yorkshire

Bolsterstone is a hilltop village, about 1.000 feet above sea level, situated about 8 miles North west of Sheffield, Yorkshire. It has Anglo Saxon roots and lies on a Salt Route.......(more)

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