Shaftesbury

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Gold Hill is a steep cobbled  street in the town of Shaftesbury  in the English county of Dorset.

The street is the main setting for the 1973 “boy on bike” advertisement  for Hovis bread, which has been voted Britain's favorite advertisement of all time.

 

 

Gold Hill. ( Hovis Hill ) Shaftesbury.

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Rye East Sussex

The Mermaid Inn is a Grade II listed historical inn located on Mermaid Street in the ancient town of Rye, East Sussex.

The Mermaid Inn is a Grade II listed historical inn located on Mermaid Street in the ancient town of Rye, East Sussex.

 

Burford

Burford is often known as the "gateway to the Cotswolds". Being 18 miles west of Oxford  and on the southern bank of the River Windrush. the town dates back to the 'iddle Saxon period and is recorded in the Doomsday Book as being an "agricultur…

Burford is often known as the "gateway to the Cotswolds". Being 18 miles west of Oxford and on the southern bank of the River Windrush. the town dates back to the 'iddle Saxon period and is recorded in the Doomsday Book as being an "agricultural village".

Stow on the Wold.

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St. Edwards Church Stow on the Wold.

St Edward’s Church is a great attraction and place of interest, protected as a Historic England Grade I listed building.

St Edward's Parish Church north door flanked by yew trees.

An old entrance door to St Edward’s church in Stow-on-the-Wold,

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Durdle Door

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The chalk in the area often has fossils embedded in it which often brings lots of tourist to the area. Scientist and Geologists are also often seen at this part of the coast because the fossils give an idea of what happened before humans inhabited the earth.


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Durdle Door.

The rocks that the arch is made up of is thought to be  approximately 140 million  years old (being situated on the Jurassic coastline).

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Durdle Door is probably the most famous stone arch anywhere in the world. It was created when the sea pierced through the Portland limestone around 10,000 years ago.

The chalk in the area often has fossils embedded in it which often brings lots of tourist to the area. Scientist and Geologists are also often seen at this part of the coast because the fossils give an idea of what happened before humans inhabited the earth.



Snowshill

Snowshill is a small Cotswolds village in Gloucestershire, England, located near Broadway, Worcestershire.

Snowshill is a small Cotswolds village in Gloucestershire, England, located near Broadway, Worcestershire.


During July and August Cotswold Lavender, near Broadway, allows visitors into their fields to see spectacular displays of many varieties of Lavender. There are also areas of natural wildflowers which come to life at the same time.

During July and August Cotswold Lavender, near Broadway, allows visitors into their fields to see spectacular displays of many varieties of Lavender. There are also areas of natural wildflowers which come to life at the same time.

 
Snowshill, charmingly set with the Cotswold hills rising steeply around the village on three sides, is known for its exceptional unspoilt beauty and for the views over the Severn Vale to the west.

Snowshill, charmingly set with the Cotswold hills rising steeply around the village on three sides, is known for its exceptional unspoilt beauty and for the views over the Severn Vale to the west.


The Bridge Tea Rooms. Bradford-on-Avon.

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Originally built as one storey, it had a second level added in 1675. It's been the home and workshop of a tailor, and then the local blacksmith who ran his business from the forge next door. After being used as an antique shop for a while, it eventually became a tearoom in 1989.



Anne Hathaway’s Cottage

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At the age of 18, William Shakespeare married a woman called Anne Hathaway. Anne and her family were the tenants of a one storey farm house

 on a 90-acre farm in Shottery. The house is less than one and a half miles away from the home in which Shakespeare was born and grew up. The Hathaway descendants kept the ever-expanding cottage in the family for 13 generations until it was purchased by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in 1892 and turned into a museum.

 
 
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Corfe Castle.

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Corfe Castle is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It is the site of a ruined castle of the same name. The village and castle stand over a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage.

 
Corfe Castle railway station is a railway station located in the village of Corfe Castle, in the English county of Dorset.

Corfe Castle railway station is a railway station located in the village of Corfe Castle, in the English county of Dorset.


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Chesterton Windmill

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The windmill is one of Warwickshire's most famous landmarks. It stands on a hilltop overlooking the village of Chesterton.

 

Pitstone Windmill

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Pitstone Windmill is a Grade II* listed windmill in England which is thought to date from the early 17th century. It stands in the north-east corner of a large field near the parish boundary of Ivinghoe and Pitstone in Buckinghamshire.


THE BOAT HOUSE. Lancashire

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A beautiful Victorian boat house (Grade II Listed) in the heart of the Lune Valley nestled in a secluded position on the edge of the small village of Halton-on-Lune, approximately 2.5 miles east of Lancaster and within easy access to the M6 motorway.

 
The Boat House, Halton-on-Lune, Lancaster.The delightful riverside gardens shield the house from the road and the astounding range of wildlife includes, kingfishers and heron.

The Boat House, Halton-on-Lune, Lancaster.

The delightful riverside gardens shield the house from the road and the astounding range of wildlife includes, kingfishers and heron.


Arthur’s Seat. Edinburgh.

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Arthur's Seat is an extinct volcano which is the main peak of the group of hills in Edinburgh, Scotland which form most of Holyrood Park described by Robert Louis Stevenson as "a hill for magnitude, a mountain in virtue of its bold design".


 

Dean Village.

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The Dean Village is a tranquil green oasis on the Water of Leith, only five minutes walk from Princes Street.

Dean Village. Edinburgh.

Dean Village. Edinburgh.


Stourhead Wiltshire.

Winter Scenes.

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Stourhead is a 1,072-hectare estate at the source of the River Stour in the southwest of the English county of Wiltshire, extending into Somerset.

Stourhead is the best example of a garden inspired by the great landscape painters of the seveneeenth century. Ernst Gombrich suggests it should bear the signature of an Italianized French painter: Claude Lorrain (1600-82).


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Stourhead Gardens. Beautiful in all seasons .

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A magnificent lake is central to the design at Stourhead, with the lakes edge being adorned with classical temples, enchanting grottos and rare and exotic trees.

Stourhead Estate , Stourton, nr Warminster, Wiltshire, England.


Fountains Abbey.

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Rippon Yorkshire .

The Abbey, Britain’s largest monastic ruin, was founded in 1132 by thirteen Benedictine monks from St Mary’s Abbey in York seeking a simpler life, who later became Cistercian monks. The abbey was named Fountains Abbey because of the springs of water that existed in the area.


Fountains Abbey is one of the most visited properties of the National Trust. The view of the Abbey ruins in the river valley as you approach is unrivalled.

Fountains Abbey is one of the most visited properties of the National Trust. The view of the Abbey ruins in the river valley as you approach is unrivalled.


 
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There has long been a tradition of monasticism in the North of England, especially in Yorkshire where abbeys were established as early as the 7th century. Despite repeated viking raids and the harrowing of the North by William I, these abbeys flourished.


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Bath Somerset.

Bath is the largest city in the county of Somerset, England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths. In 2011, the population was 88,859. Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, 97 miles west of London and 11 miles southeast of Bristol. The…

Bath is the largest city in the county of Somerset, England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths. In 2011, the population was 88,859. Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, 97 miles west of London and 11 miles southeast of Bristol. The city became a World Heritage site in 1987