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
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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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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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 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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"If there is not any piece of land prettier than this, henceforth my name shall be upon it, that is Dolydd Elen (Dolwyddelan)"
Excerpt from Gweithiau Gethin (1884) about Dolwyddelan
"Macbeth shall never vanquish?d be until
Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill
Shall come against him."
Macbeth, Act 4 Sc. 1 Shakespeare about Birnam
"We conquered the Saxon at Hastings, and a nice little handful it is."
Rudyard Kipling about Hastings
"Shaston, the ancient British Palladwr, was, and is, in itself the city of a dream."
Thomas Hardy's description of Shaftesbury in Jude the Obscure. about Shaftesbury
