• Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset. Famous cobbled street that is often described as "one of the most romantic sights in England".

  • Crovie in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Small picturesque villiage on the beautiful North Aberdeenshire coastline.

  • Conwy Castle in Conwy, Wales. Built by Edward I, during his conquest of Wales, between 1283 and 1289.

  • Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent. Part of a World Heritage Site it was rebuilt between 1070 and 1077

Travel Guide

Greenwich

Lying in the southeast of London, Greenwich provides a wonderful diversity of attractions to wile away your time on a sunny afternoon. Increasingly, more and more locals and tourists make their way here to pick up a bargain at the markets. However, the real attraction lies along the river with the Baroque, former Royal Naval College and adjacent famous tea clipper, the Cutty Sark...

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Anstruther

Situated in the east corner of Fife between Crail and Pittenweem, Anstruther, known locally as Ainster, is a picturesque port. Anstruther's harbour once thrived on the herring trade but nowadays its berths are mostly occupied by pleasure vessels. The village is a beguiling place to explore with its cobbled streets, narrow wynds, white washed cottages, crow stepped gables and red pantiled roofs...

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Barmouth

Its gorgeous blue flag beach is a populated with families and bathers but the vast expanse of sand ensures that you are never cramped for space. While kids spend their time hunting for crabs, Barmouth is also a popular sailing spot. The annual Three Peaks Race takes off from Barmouth in late June every year. This highly competitive competition is an amateur event which...

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Kirriemuir

Kirriemuir is best known as the birthplace of "Peter Pan", a heritage proudly commemorated with the Peter Pan fountain in the centre of Kirriemuir. It was here that J.M. Barrie, the son of a weaver grew up in a simple cottage. From as young as 7, Barrie used the washroom opposite the Kirriemuir house to put on plays and charged his friends coins and marbles for the privilege of watching them...

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Famous Quotes

"And specially, from every shire's end Of Engleland, to Canterbury they wend, The holy blissful Martyr for to seek, That them hath holpen, when that they were sick."
Geoffrey Chaucer about Canterbury

"Delicious to do anything at Boscastle, except to come away from it."
Mrs Maxwell, Boscastle, Cornwall, An English Engadine about Boscastle

"dawn clouds to the east and glorious sunsets to the west...the loveliest skies in Europe"
J.M.W. Turner about Margate

"The world is a great book; he who never stirs from home, reads only a page."
St. Augustine about Ramsgate

Map of England



map of England

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