A picture of Loughborough in the county of Leicestershire
Submitted on 7th November 2014

A picture of Loughborough in the county of Leicestershire
Submitted on 7th November 2014

A picture of Loughborough in the county of Leicestershire
Submitted on 7th November 2014

A picture of Birmingham in the county of West Midlands
Submitted on 9th March 2012

A picture of Newcastle upon Tyne in the county of Tyne & Wear
Submitted on 8th March 2012

A picture of Oundle in the county of Northamptonshire
Submitted on 7th March 2012

A picture of Barnwell Country Park in the town of Oundle, in the county of Northamptonshire
Submitted on 7th March 2012

A picture of Birmingham in the county of West Midlands
Submitted on 7th March 2012

A picture of Buckminster in the county of Leicestershire
Submitted on 6th March 2012

A picture of Lyme Regis in the county of Dorset
Submitted on 6th March 2012

A picture of Lubenham in the county of Leicestershire
Submitted on 5th March 2012

A picture of Lyme Regis in the county of Dorset
Submitted on 5th March 2012

A picture of Buckminster in the county of Leicestershire
Submitted on 5th March 2012

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J R R Tolkien, author of 'The Hobbit' and 'Lord of the Rings', spent his childhood in the village of Sarehole, Birmingham. The tiny village is said to have been the model for the Shire, home of Bilbo Baggins in the book The Hobbit.

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