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St Mawes

St Mawes

in the county of Cornwall

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Warton

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Maldon, Essex   (Seaside Town)

A fine old town, beautifully set on a ridge above the Blackwater, with views across Northey Island and Osea Island.....(more)

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Cawsand, Cornwall   (Picturesque Village)

A picturesque ex-smuggling village in Cornwall....(more)

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Folkestone, Kent   (Seaside Town)

The recent building of the Channel Tunnel made Folkestone the scene of one of the largest infrastructure projects in Europe.....(more)

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Axminster, Devon   (Historic Market Town)

Famous for its carpets often likened to Turkish, Axminster was one of the first West Saxon settlements formed along the River Axe in Devon.....(more)

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Honiton, Devon

Honiton, famed for the beautiful lace to which this gracious old Market town gave its name, is also known as the gateway to East Devon.....(more)

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St Mawes, Cornwall

St. Mawes is the stuff picture postcards are made of, the sunlight reflecting on the frothy ocean waves, the warm sea breezes, dreamy thatched cottages overlooking the bay.....(more)

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Little Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire   (Picturesque Village)

Little Driffield is a small picturesque village which is burial place to Aldfrith - King Of Northumbria, who died in 705 AD.....(more)

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Bardney, Lincolnshire

The village of Bardney lies on the eastern banks of the River Witham a short distance from Lincoln.....(more)

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Hoarwithy, Herefordshire

Apart from the church, the rest of the village reflects the character of all things English. Beautiful black and white timber- framed properties, some of 16th-century origin.....(more)

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Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire

In the heart of Sherwood Forest sits the historic village of Edwinstowe. Legend has it that it was here in Edwinstowe that Robin Hood married Maid Marian at the local Church of.......(more)

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Hartington, Derbyshire

Hartington is a small village centred around a medieval market place, with attractive 18th and 19th century buildings.....(more)

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Mareham le Fen, Lincolnshire

This pleasant Fen village was mentioned in the Doomsday Book, but it's history is known to stretch far beyond 1086.....(more)

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Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester

The countryside surrounding the town offers lakes, woods and hills, with distant Winter Hill rising to a height of 456 feet.....(more)

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Sprotbrough, South Yorkshire   (Picturesque Village)

Sprotbrough lies in the valley of the River Don, it is a lovely rural location with fertile fields and meadows leading from leafy lanes whose hedgerows are full of wild plants and flowers.....(more)

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Tilton on the Hill, Leicestershire

This is a quiet rural village situated in one of the highest parts of the rolling Leicestershire countryside.....(more)

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