• 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

"in that wood which slopes down to the sea"
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner about Minehead

"They found a naked child upon the sands Of dark Tintagil by the Cornish sea; And that was Arthur; and they fostered him Till he by miracle was approven King:"
Tennyson, Idylls of the King about Tintagel

"Tintagel, which is the most romantic place in Cornwall did not disappoint us...The ruins are impressive because of their situation and the traditions connected with them. We entered a cavern (Merlin'"
Robert Southey, Letter to Miss Katherine Southey, 1836 about Tintagel Castle

"One burnished sheet of living gold, Loch Katrine lay beneath him rolled, In all her length far winding lay, With promontory, creek, and bay, And islands that, empurpled bri"
Lady of the Lake, 1810 by Sir Walter Scott about Aberfoyle

Map of England



map of England

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