Members Favourite Towns and Villages to Visit in England

Appledore is as enchanting as its name. It is a pretty place that shows a host of colourful fishermens cottages in the narrow streets beyond the quay....(more)

This is a most delightful Lincolnshire village with dreamy stone cottages, a picturesque village green, and a sparkling beck around which well fed ducks and moorhens colonise.....(more)

Birmingham, Britain's second city, known as the city of a thousand trades, has long been recognised as one of the World's most important manufacturing and commercial centres.....(more)

The lovely market town of Gainsborough flourishes along a sweep of the River Trent which opens up pleasant riverside walks revealing much of the areas flora and fauna as well as interesting pieces of modern sculpture.....(more)

Historic market town where for centuries the sheep and cattle farmers of Northumberland gathered for the Tuesday market beside Hexham Abbey.....(more)

Sheep graze on the course grasses that surround the greystone houses of this straggling moorland village....(more)

This is a large, typical Lancashire village lying close to the urban sprawl of Blackburn and Accrington.....(more)

Bristol Zoo is not this great city's only claim to fame....(more)

Hereford is a town in the west of England bordering wales. It has a beautiful cathedral which was established in the 7th century and a medieval bridge over the River Wye. Famous.......(more)

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Bamburgh, is known as the ancient capital of the Northumbrian coast and it is home to probably the finest Castle in England.....(more)

A town of picturesque buildings, with many relaxing places in which to quietly roam.....(more)

This tiny stone village is beautifully set between the tranquil waters of Grasmere Lake and the jagged heights of Helm Crag and Nab Scar....(more)

When today you look at the thriving metropolis of Middlesbrough it seems impossible to believe that less than two hundred years ago it was a tiny fishing village with a minute community, but it was.....(more)

Nettlebed is a lovely English village in the heart of rural Oxfordshire.....(more)

For centuries the countryside around Oakham has echoed to the sound of hunting horns, for the vales and rolling farmland surrounding this sedate market town, have been the stamping ground for the counties hunting fraternity.....(more)

Blackpool, long famous for its vast illuminated Golden Mile, commenced its rise to fame way back in the Victorian Era when the famous seafront consisted of no more than a single row of houses.....(more)

Thornton-le-Dale is a lovely village lying at the foot of the North Yorkshire Moors.....(more)

The tranquillity of this attractive little village is owed to its seclusion. Telscombe rests in a fold of beautiful Sussex countryside, and the fact that it is difficult to reach from the coast, adds to its charms.....(more)

For a romantic day out and a trip into England's rich historic past you can do no better than visit the pastoral village of Leeds.....(more)