Towns in The Heart of England.
Ab Kettleby
Ab Lench
Abberley
Abberton
Abbey Dore
Abbots Bromley
Abbot's Bromley, an attractive village south of Uttoxeter has an ancient church, and
several typical, Staffordshire half timbered cottages. It is famous for the Abbot's
Bromley Horn Dance, a tradition going back to medieval times
Abingdon
You are walking with the past when you visit Abingdon. Sometimes the Thames, which flows
under the ancient bridge here, brings with it a mysterious fog.
Abthorpe
Achurch
Acocks Green
Aconbury
Acton
Acton Burnell
Acton Round
Acton Scott
Acton Scott is an ancient village below the slopes of Ragleth Hill, and the home of the
Scott family for centuries.
Acton Turville
Adbaston
Adderbury
Adderley
Addington
Adforton
Adlestrop
Admaston
Admington
Adstock
Adstone
Akeley
Alberbury
Albrighton
Albrighton
Alcester
Alderley
Alderminster
Alderton
Alderwasley
Alderwasley is a very small village just a mile from the Derwent valley Heritage Site.
There are lots of walks and fantastic views from the hill tops. There is one pub with real
ale and food in the village and three more locally at Belper
Aldridge
Aldridge is a very attractive town, in which each neighbourhood is very well looked after,
with trees and well cut grass. There is also a beautiful church, a library, and a
tree-lined courtyard including a children's play area.
Aldsworth
Aldwincle
Alfreton
All Stretton
All Stretton is the northernmost of the three Strettons that are strung out along the road
from Shrewsbury to Ludlow below the sprawling bulk of the Long Mynd.
Allensmore
Allesley
Allestree
Allexton
Allscott
Almeley
Almondsbury
Alrewas
The village of Alrewas is a charming backwater in Staffordshire, five miles north of
Lichfield.
Alsop en le Dale
Alstonefield
Alton
Mention the village of Alton in Staffordshire, and Alton Towers springs readily to mind.
Alton is just minutes away from this well-known theme park.
Alvechurch
Alveley
Alvescot
Alveston
Alveston
Alvington
Ambergate
Amblecote
Ambrosden
Amersham Old Town
Amersham Old Town is popular with visitors and locals alike, the town has a wide sweeping
High Street, half timbered buildings, picturesque period cottages and a wonderful
selection of exclusive designer and craft shops.
Ampney Crucis
Ampney St. Mary
Ampney St. Peter
Ampthill
The ancient market town of Ampthill is situated under the brow of the Greensand Ridge. It
is a town that enjoys the rural surrounds of open and wooded countryside, interspersed by
small attractive villages.
Andoversford
Annesley
Anslow
The ancestors of Anslow were forest dwellers, a hamlet in part of the once great Needwood
Forest, land owned by the Mosely family.
Anstey
Anstey's role as a southern gateway to the Charnwood Forest is shown by the 15th century
Packhorse Bridge, just a mere 5 feet wide, straddling Rothley River.
Ansty
Appleby Magna
Appleford
Appleton
Ardley
Arlesey
Arley
Arlingham
Arlingham is a delighful unspoiled village in the Horseshoe Bend of the River Severn. Off
juncton 13 of the M5, head for Frampton on Severn then go straight through the vilaage,
keep left over the canal for 3 m.
Arlington
Armitage
Armston
Arnesby
Arnold
Arthingworth
Ascott-under-Wychwood
Ash
Ashbourne
Ashbourne is one of the finest old towns in Derbyshire. Known as the Gateway to Dovedale.
Ashbury
Ashby de la Zouch
The unusual name of Ashby de la Zouch is derived from the Breton nobleman, who inherited
the estate through marriage in the 12th century. Ashby developed into a Spa town in the
19th century.
Ashby Magna
Ashby Parva
Ashby St Ledgers
Ashchurch
Ashendon
Ashford
Ashford Carbonel
Ashfordby
Ashleworth
Ashley
Ashley
Ashley
Ashover
Ashow
Ashperton
Ashton
Ashton
Ashton under Hill
Nestled on the slopes of Bredon Hill, the rural village of Ashton-under-Hill has much to
offer for the huge variety of people who inhabit and visit it.
Ashwell
Askham
Aslockton
Aspley Guise
Aspley Guise is an attractive village situated amongst sandy hills on the edge of the
pinewoods of Aspley Heath.
Asterley
Asthall
Astley
Astley
Astley Abbots
Aston
Aston
Aston
Aston
Aston Botterell
Aston Cantlow
Aston Clinton
Aston Flamville
Aston Flamville - The small church of St. Peters was considerably rebuilt in 1874, but
retained one of the original Norman windows.
Aston Ingham
Aston Pigott
Aston Pigott is a small hamlet located approximately 13 miles west of Shrewsbury and just
off the Shrewsbury to Montgomery road. It consists of three working farms called Aston
Pigott Farm, Hole Farm, and The Grove Farm.
Aston Rowant
Aston Tirroid
Aston Trussell
Astwick
Astwood
Astwood Bank
Atcham
Atherstone
Atlow
Attenborough
Attingham
Attleborough
Audley
Ault Hucknall
Aust
Austrey
Situated at the northernmost tip of Warwickshire, surrounded by rural Leicestershire,
Staffordshire and South Derbyshire, Austrey is only two miles from the National Forest.
Avening
Avon Dassett
Avonmouth
Awre
Awsworth
Aylesbury
Aylesbury, the county town of Buckinghamshire, is a lively market town steeped in history.
Located at the foot of the Chiltern Hills and at the heart of the rich agricultural Vale
of Aylesbury.
Aylestone
Aymestrey
Aynho
Bacton
Badby
Badger
Badsey
Baginton
Bagworth
Bakewell
Bakewell is a pleasant old town and has numerous tea-shops offering cream teas with the
famous Bakewell Pudding. The town was largely re-built in a surge of prosperity in the
early 19th century caused by the expansion of industry.
Balderton
Balking
Ball
Bamford
Bampton
Banbury
Banbury, a historic and lively market town - famous for its nursery rhyme, 'Ride a Cock
Horse to Banbury Cross'
Barby
Barcheston
Bardon
Barford
Barford St. John
Barford St. Michael
Barlaston
Barlborough
Barlestone
Barlow
Barnby in the Willows
Barnby Moor
Barnsley
Barnstone
Barnt Green
Barnwell
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Barrow
Barrow-on-Soar
Barrow is on the east bank of the Soar, with good mooring and shopping facilities, a
pleasant stopping point for boaters. Barrow can trace its roots back to at least Roman
times. The much restored Holy Trinity Church is of 14th century origin.
Barrowden
Barsby
Barston
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Barton
Barton
Barton
Barton in Fabis
Barton-under-Needwood
Barton-under-Needwood is a large, attractive and friendly village located just off the A38
in Staffordshire. The village has several facilities including shops, a library, bank and
several pubs.
Barwell
Baschurch
Basford
Baslow
Batsford
Battlefield
Battlesden
Baxterley
Baystonhill
Bayton
Beachampton
Beaconsfield
The picturesque town of Beaconsfield is divided into two separate and distinct parts
– the old and the new. The attractive old town, is flanked by former coaching inns
and old buildings.
Bearley
Beckbury
Beckford
Beckingham
Beckley
Bedford
Bedford is the charming county town of Bedfordshire, 30 miles west of Cambridge.
Bedminster
Bednall
Bedstone
Bedworth
Formerly a small mining town, Bedworth has grown considerably as a sought-after
residential town largely due to transport links to major cities such as Coventry and
Birmingham.
Beeley
Beeston
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Belbroughton
Belgrave
Belper
Belton
Belton
Belvoir
Benefield
Bengeworth
Benson
Bentley
Beoley
Berkeley
Berkeswell
Berrick Salome
Berrington
Berrington
Besford
Besthorpe
Betley
Beverstone
Bewdley
Bewdley is a small town set in the heart of the Severn Valley. The towns history can be
traced hundreds of years back, when Bewdley was England's second largest town.
Bibury
Bicester
Bicester - of Saxon origin (not Roman, despite the spelling), is a traditional and
thriving market town, known for being the fastest growing town in Oxfordshire.
Bickenhill
Bickford
Bicton
Biddenham
Biddlesdon
Biddulph
Bidford
Bierton
Biggleswade
The name Biggleswade is derived from Biccel - an Anglo-Saxon personal name and waed, an
old English word for ford. The Great North Road and the waterways gave rise to
Biggleswade's early prosperity.
Billesdon
Billesley
Billingsley
Billington
Bilsthorpe
Bilston
Bilton
Bingham
Binton
Birch Vale
Bircotes
Birdingbury
Birdlip
Birley
Birlingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is Britain's second largest city and is situated right in the heart of England.
Friendly, bustling and thriving, Birmingham is one of our most visited cities and welcomes
visitors all year long.
Birstall
Birstall has become a major dormitory area for Leicester, but there are several examples
of its earlier history in evidence.
Birtley
Bishampton
Bishop's Castle
On the edge of the Clun Forest, is the ancient market town of Bishop's Castle, the town
retains its medieval outline and has a long and fascinating history.
Bishops Cleeve
The large village of Bishops Cleeve is situated at the bottom of Cleeve Hill, three miles
north of Cheltenham in the picturesque Cotswolds.
Bishops Frome
Bishops Itchington
Bishops Tachbrook
Bishops Tachbrook is a small rural village, situated near to Royal Leamington Spa and
Warwick, situated close to the M40 motorway.
Bisley
Bitterley
Bitteswell
Bitton
Bix
Blaby
Much of the older part of Blaby village has been designated as a conservation area. It
includes the 12th century parish church of All Saints, a thatched and timbered inn dating
from about 1485.
Blackdown
Blackthorn
Blackwell
Bladon
Blakemere
Blakeney
Blakesley
Blatherwycke
Bleasby
Bledington
Bledlow
Blenheim
Bletchingdon
Bletchley
Bletchley in Buckinghamshire is five miles south of Milton Keynes, close to the A5 and the
M1 motorway.
Bletsoe
Blewbury
Blidworth
Blisworth
Blisworth a beautiful village in South Northamptonshire. The village contains St John The
Baptist C.O.E church dating back to the twelfth century. And the area is surrounded by
deep, lush Northamptonshire countryside. The Grand Union Ca
Blithfield
Blockley
Blore
Bloxham
Bloxwich
Blunham
Blymhill
Blyth
Blythebridge
Boarstall
Bobbington
Bockleton
Boddicott
Bodenham
Bolnhurst
Bolsover
Bolsover is a small town which was mentioned in the Domesday Book as the property of
William Peverel, a Norman knight who fought in the Battle of Hastings.
Bonsall
Bonsall is a beautiful, quiet, rural village set within the idyllic countryside of the
Peak District. Traditional limestone cottages adorn windy streets, Bonsall is a village
with a history that goes back many centuries.
Boraston
Bordesley
Borrowash
Bosbury
Bothamsall
Botolph Claydon
Bottesford
Boughton
Boughton
Bourne End
Bournville
Bourton
Bourton
Bourton on Dunsmore
Bourton-on-the-Hill
The charming Cotswold village of Bourton-on-the-Hill is in an idyllic part of
Gloucestershire, overlooking the well-known village of Moreton-in-the-Marsh from its
hillside position.
Bourton-on-the-Water
Bourton-on-the-Water is one of the showpieces of the Cotswolds, its picturesque beauty and
charm make it a favourite place for visitors. The sparkling clear water of the River
Windrush flows through the main street.
Bow Brickhill
Situated at the south east corner of the new city of Milton Keynes, the village of Bow
Brickhill nestles into the hillside, adjacent to large areas of woodland.
Boylestone
Bozeat
Brackley
Bradbourne
Situated in the southeast of Derbyshire's picturesque Peak District, the ancient village
of Bradbourne is five miles northeast of Ashbourne, just off the A5056
Bradenham
Bradley
Bradley
Bradley in the Moors
Bradmore
Bradwell
Bradwell
Brailsford
Bramcote
Brampton Ash
Brampton Bryan
Brampton Bryan is a small village located on the northern boundary of Herefordshire, near
the borders of Shropshire and Wales.
Bramshall
Bramshall is a pleasant village which lies just 2 miles west of the market town of
Uttoxeter. The village benefits from its hilltop location, that provides views over the
surrounding countryside, and in particular, of the Weaver Hills.
Brandon
Bransford
Branston
Branston on the River Trent is a pleasant place to live, with its fine golf course, a
wealth of restaurants and public houses and comfortable housing with well kept gardens.
Brassington
Braunston
Braunston
Braunstone
Braybrooke
Breadsall
Bream
Bredenbury
Bredon
Bredwardine
Breedon on the Hill
Bretby
Brewood
Bridgnorth
The half-timbered buildings, the markets, shops and inns of Bridgnorth have welcomed and
enchanted visitors for centuries.
Brierley Hill
Brightwell Baldwin
Brigstock
Brill
Brimfield
Brimington
Brimpsfield
Brimscombe
Brinklow
Brinsley
Brislington
Britwell Salome
Brixworth
Brize Norton
Broad Oak
Broadwas
Broadway
The show village of Broadway lies at the foot of the Cotswold Edge. Renowned the world
over for its picturesque beauty, Broadway has been welcoming tourists since the 19th
century.
Broadwell
Broadwell
Broadwell
Brockhall
Brockhampton
Brockton
Brockworth
Bromfield
Bromham
Bromlow
Bromsberrow
Bromsgrove
Bromyard
Bromyard is a real, old-fashioned market town where everyone is friendly and the shops are
stuffed with the wildest variety of goods you can imagine.
Brooke
Brooksby
Brooksby is now home to the county's Agricultural College, but was once the seat of the
Villiers family. Its most famous son, George, born in 1592 at Brooksby, rose to be the
favourite of two Stuart monarchs.
Brookthorpe
Broom
Broom
Broome
Broseley
Broughton
Broughton
Broughton
Broughton
Broughton Astley
Brownhills
Bruntingthorpe
Bubbenhall
Bubbenhall is a small to medium sized village in the district of Warwick in the county of
Warwickshire. It has a long history and a good number of historic buildings remain.
Buckingham
Buckingham, dating back to Saxon times, the town can boast that it was once granted a
charter by the legendary Alfred the Great. The enchanting Georgian buildings of the town
centre are enlivened by the unique Old Town Gaol and Town Hall.
Buckland
Buckland
Buckland
Buckminster
Bucknall
Bucknell
Bucknell
Budby
Bugbrooke
Buildwas
Bulkington
Bulley
Bullingham
Bulwell
Bulwick
Bunny
Burbage
Burford
Burford is situated in north Oxfordshire, twenty miles north of Oxford, and is considered
the southern gateway to the Cotswolds.
Burghill
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Burley
Burlton
Burnaston
Burnham
Burnham is an ancient township that was referred to in the Domesday Book. North of the
village lies Burnham Beeches, purchased in 1880 by the Corporation of the city of London,
for use by the public 'forever'
Burntwood
Burrington
Burslem
Burton Joyce
Burton Latimer
Burton on the Wolds
Burton Overy
Burton upon Trent
Burton upon Trent, the largest town in the National Forest, is internationally known as
the capital of British brewing. The River Trent and the Trent and Mersey canal wind their
way majestically through the town.
Burwarton
Buscot
Bushbury
Bushley
Butterton
Buxton
The market town of Buxton is the highest town in England at 1,000 feet (307m) above sea
level. It is a historic spa town in Derbyshire, famous for its spring waters.
Byfield
Byford
Byton
Caddington
Cadeby
Caldecote
Caldecott
Calke
Callow
Calton
Calverton
Calverton
Cam
Cambridge
Campton and Chicksands
Canley
Cannock
Cannock is the largest town on Cannock Chase in Staffordshire. It is situated in an area
of Outstanding Natural Beauty, nine miles north east of Wolverhampton.
Canon Frome
Carburton
Cardeston
Cardington
Cardington is a quiet village among the Shropshire hills. It was founded in Saxon times,
and is mentioned in the Domesday Book as the property of the Viscount Rainald, the
greatest of all the nobles who owned the Earl of Shrewsbury
Cardington
Carlby
Carlton
Carlton is a small town in Nottinghamshire, four miles north east of the city of
Nottingham.
Carlton
Carlton
Carlton-on-Trent
Carsington
Although Carsington is not by any standards, one of the nicer parts of the Peak District,
the reservoir does provide a feature worth visiting.
Carterton
Cassington
Casterton
Castle Ashby
Castle Bromwich
Castle Bromwich retains a village atmosphere despite growing in size over recent decades
and forming part of the Solihull Metropolitan Borough. Centred around a village green
given to the residents by Viscount Newport.
Castle Donington
Castle Frome
Castlemorton
Castlethorpe
Castleton
Catthorpe
Cauldon
Caunton
Caversfield
Caverswall
Caynham
Chaceley
Chacombe
Chaddesden
Chaddesley Corbett
Chadlington
Chadshunt
Chadwell
Chalfont St. Giles
Chalfont St. Giles is a small and very historic village, famous for its connections with
John Milton, who lived here whilst fleeing from the Plague of London
Chalfont St. Peter
Chalfont St. Peter, often described as the gateway to the Chilterns, is a picturesque
village situated at the South East corner of the Chiltern district.
Chalford
Chalgrove
Chalvey
Chapel Brampton
Chapel en le Frith
Charfield
Charlbury
Charlecote
Charlesworth
Charlton
Charlton
Charlton Abbots
Charlton Kings
Charlton-on-Otmoor
Charney Basset
Chartley Castle
This is the story of Chartley, a prehistoric encampment since the dawn of Time. The ground
upon which it stands has yielded up bronze age weapons proving that from the earliest of
times, the instinct to get up on the high ground was conside
Charwelton
Chasetown
Chatterley
Cheadle
Chearsley
Chebsey
Checkendon
Checkley
Cheddington
Cheddleton
Chedworth
Chellaston
Chellington
Chelmorton
Cheltenham
Cheltenham is one of Britain's finest Spa towns, set in a sheltered position between the
rolling Cotswold Hills and the Severn Vale, it enjoys a mild and pleasant climate.
Cheltenham became famous as a Spa in the late 18th century.
Chelveston
Chenies
Chenies is a picturesque village with a pretty green, surrounded by an old school, chapel
and ancient parish church.
Cherington
Cherington
Cherrington
Chesham
Chesham is the largest town in the Chiltern district, located amidst the steep green
Chiltern Hills.
Chesterfield
Chesterfield is Derbyshire's largest town, situated close to the M1 and on the rivers
Rother and Hipper.
Chesterton
Cheswardine
Chetton
Chetwode
Chetwynd
Chetwynd Aston
Chicheley
Chilcote
Childrey
Childs Ercall
Childs Wickham
Chilton
Chilton
Chilwell
Chinley
Chinnor
Chipping Campden
The historic town of Chipping Campden in north Gloucestershire is a Mecca for visitors,
from home and abroad. Chipping Campden is set on the edge of the Cotswolds.
Chipping Norton
To the visitor passing through Chipping Norton seems just like any other Cotswold Town,
honey coloured cottages and quaint back lanes with old buildings, but it holds a secret
Chipping Sodbury
Chipping Warden
Chirbury
Chislehampton
Cholesbury
Cholsey
Christmas Common
Church Brampton
Church Broughton
Church Eaton
Church End
Church Gresley
Church Hanborough
Church Honeybourne
Church Langton
Church Leigh
Church Lench
Church Pulverbatch
Church Stowe
Church Stretton
Church Stretton's glorious setting in a narrow valley earned the name 'Little Switzerland'
from the Victorians when they tried to establish it as a spa, and visitors today are still
refreshed by its beauty.
Churchdown
Churchill
Churchill
Churchover
Cinderford
The town at the heart of the Forest of Dean. Cinderford grew up at the point where the
Littledean to Coleford Road crossed Bideford Brook (known also as Cinderford or Soudley
Brook).
Cirencester
Cirencester is a busy market town, situated in the southern Cotswolds, often referred to
as the Capital of the Cotswolds.
Claines
Clanfield
Clapham
Clapton
Clarborough
Claverdon
Claverley
Clay Cross
Clay Cross began as a mainly farming community until in 1837, whilst George Stevenson was
building his railway from Leeds to Derby, tunnelling began beneath the town and found vast
deposits of coal and iron ore were found.
Claybrooke Parva
Claydon
Claypits
Clayworth
Clee St. Margaret
Cleeve Prior
Clent
Cleobury Mortimer
Cleobury Mortimer - (pronounced Clibbery) The name derives from the great Norman family of
Mortimer established here in 1086.
Cleobury North
Clifford
Clifton
Clifton
Clifton
Clifton
Clifton Campville
Clifton Hampden
There's something wonderfully English about Clifton Hampden. On a blustery day, the swifts
snapping up the mayfly, cow parsley almost at shoulder height
Clifton upon Dunsmore
Clifton upon Teme
Clipsham
Clipston
Clipstone
Clive
Clodock
Clophill
Lying in the Vale of the River flit, surrounded by woodlands is the village of Clophill.
Entrance to the village from the A6, takes you past the Flying Horse pub, an important
station during the stage coach era.
Clowne
Clun
Clun is a town in miniature, lying in the valley of the River Clun. The ruined Norman
castle, built in the 12th century to defend the Welsh border dominates the town.
Clun Forest
Clunbury
Clungunford
Clungunford is a small village, witn no shops or pubs that is why it is a very peacefull
place. The river clun runs through the village.
Clunton
Coalbrookdale
Coaley
Coalport
Coalville
Coates
Coberley
Cockayne Hatley
Cockshutt
Coddington
Codnor
Codsall
Cofton Hackett
Cogenhoe
Cold Ashby
Cold Ashton
Cold Brayfield
Cold Brayfield, in the ancient hundred of Bunsty, lies in flattish arable land in a loop
of the Great Ouse.
Coleford
The market town of Coleford, known to have been in existence from 1275, has an attractive
centre. The Clock Tower is all that remains of the original church built in 1821and
demolished in 1882.
Colemere
Coleorton
Colesborne
Coleshill
Coleshill
Collingham
Collington
Collingtree
Collyweston
Colmworth
Coln Rogers
This idyllic Gloucestershire village takes its name from the fast flowing River Coln,
which flows from the Cotswolds and eventually feeds into the mighty Thames.
Coln St. Aldwyns
Coln St. Dennis
Colston Bassett
Colton
Colwall
Colwich
Colwick
Combrook
Compton Verney
Compton Wyniates
Condicote
Condover
Congerstone
Coombe Hill
Cople
Coppenhall
Corby
The modern industrial town of Corby is in north east Northamptonshire in the East
Midlands.
Coreley
Corley
Cornwell
Corse
Cosby
It is difficult to trace exactly where the name Cosby stems from, but it first appears in
the Domesday Book when it was spelt by the scribes as Cossebi. Historian John Nicholls,
writing in 1810, described it as a 'considerable village'.
Coseley
Cosford
Cosgrove
Cossall
Costock
Coston
Cotesbach
Cotgrave
Cotham
Coton
Coton in the Elms
Cottam
Cotterstock
Cottesbrooke
Cottesmore
Cottingham
Coughton
Cound
Coundon
Countesthorpe
The name Countesthorpe comes from the 11th century when the area formed part of the
marriage dowry of the Countess Judith niece of William the Conqueror, 'thorpe' having the
gothic meaning of 'land'.
Courteenhall
Coventry
Coventry, dominated by its stunning state of the art Cathedral, has wide pedestranised
streets, modern architecture, good shopping facilities, fashionable restaurants, luxurious
modern hotels, parks and gardens, theatres, and sports venues.
Coventry Canal
Cowley
Cowley
Coxbench
Coxwell
Crabbs Cross
Crackleybank
Cradley
Cradley
Cranfield
Cranford
Craven Arms
Craven Arms is named after its restored Georgian inn. A quiet little market town, which
becomes busy during its annual sheep auctions held from August - October.
Crawley
Credenhill
Creslow
Cressage
Cresswell
Creswell
Crich
Crick
Croft
Croft is a village of interest and character dominated by extensive quarry working which
provide high quality granite. These workings are reputed to have been used for the Fosse
Way.
Croft
Cromford
Cromford is Richard Arkwright's town. He was the great pioneer of the modern factory
system, using water power to drive production machinery for the first time and
revolutionising the textile industry.
Cromhall
Cromwell
Situated on the old Great North Road, 130 miles North of London between the
Nottinghamshire market towns of Newark and Retford, the little village of Cromwell was
known to the Romans who built a Villa here close to their two mighty highways
Cropredy
Cropston
Cropston is a picturesque village, close to the late 19th century reservoir, which takes
its name from the village.
Cropthorne
Cropwell Bishop
Cropwell Butler
Crossway Green
Croughton
Crow Hill
Crowden
The small hamlet of Crowden, also known as Crowden-in-Longdendale, is in the far northern
tip of Derbyshire.
Crowell
Crowle
The parish of Crowle comprises three quite distinct settlements: Crowle itself, Crowle
Green and a part of Sale Green hamlet. Geographically Crowle lies on the top of a hill
known locally as Crowle Bank.
Crowmarsh Gifford
Croxall
Croxden
Croxton
Croxton Kerrial
Crudgington
Cublington
Cuckney
Cuddesdon
Cuddington
Culham
Culmington
Culworth
Cumnor
Curbar
Curborough
Cutsdean
Cuxham
Dadlington
Daglingworth
Dale Abbey
Dallington
Darlaston
Darley Abbey
Darley Dale
Darlton
Daventry
Dawley
Deanshanger
Deddington
Deene
Deenethorpe
Deerhurst
Defford
Delph
Denby
Denchworth
Denford
Denham
Denham Village survives as a peaceful and unspoiled area of historic buildings.
Denstone
Denton
Derby
Derby is a busy industrial city, home of the famous Royal Crown Derby Porcelain. Derby
lies on the west bank of the River Derwent close to its junction with the Trent.
Derrington
Derrington, Stafford is a picturesque village west of the County Town of Stafford. It
boasts a Millenium Green which has a wild meadow, fruit and nut trees, herb garden, willow
maze and walkways.
Desborough
Desford
Didcot
Diddlebury
Didmarton
Dilhorne
Dilwyn
Dinmore
Dinton
Diseworth
Ditton Priors
Docklow
Doddenham
Dodford
Dodford
Donisthorpe
Donnington
Donnington
Dorchester
If you're a fan of ‘Midsomer Murders' you might be unaware that you are gazing at a
few of ancient Dorchester's fine views in some of their episodes.
Dordon
Dorney
Dorridge
Dorrington
Dorstone
Dorton
Dove Holes
Doverdale
Doveridge
Dowdeswell
Down Ampney
Down Ampney is the birthplace of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. In the bell tower of the
old church, there is a modest exhibit about his life.
Down Hatherley
Downton
Doynton
Drakelow
Draughton
Draycott
Draycott
Draycott in the Moors
Drayton
Drayton
Drayton Bassett
Drayton St. Leonard
Droitwich
Dronfield
Drybrook
Ducklington
Dudbridge
Duddington
Dudley
The large town of Dudley in the West Midlands is 11 miles north west of Birmingham city
centre and six miles south of Wolverhampton.
Duffield
Dumbleton
Dunchurch
Dunham
Duns Tew
What a marvellous name for an Oxfordshire village. People are genuinely intrigued with
villages' name of Duns Tew.
Dunstable
Dunstable is the oldest charter town in Bedfordshire. Located on the beautiful Downs, in a
gap within the Chilterns, it is proud of its rich history and heritage.
Dunstall
Dunston
Dursley
Dymock
Dyrham
Eakring
Eardington
Eardisland
Eardisley
Eardiston
Earl Sterndale
Earls Barton
Earls Croome
East Bridgford
East Challow
East Claydon
East Farndon
East Haddon
East Hagbourne
East Hanney
East Hyde
East Kirkby
East Langton
East Leake
East Markham
East Norton
East Retford
East Stoke
Easthope
Eastleach
Eastleach Martin
Eastleach Turville
Eastnor
Easton
Easton Neston
Eastwell
Eastwood
Crouched atop of a windy hill straddling the Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire border, Eastwood
is a vibrant ex-mining town northwest of Nottingham.
Eaton
Eaton
Eaton Bishop
Eaton Bray
Ebrington
Eccleshall
Eccleshall is also an old coaching centre - and it's easy to imagine yourself back in the
days of horse-drawn travel in one of its original coaching inns.
Eckington
Eckington
Ecton
Edale
Edensor
Edgbaston
Edgcott
Edgeworth
Edgmond
Edgton
Edingale
Edingley
Edith Weston
Edlesborough
Edmondthorpe
Edstaston
Edwalton
Edwin Loach
Edwinstowe
Edworth
Egginton
Eggington like many villages, developed round an estate and hall owned by the Every
family. In 1902 the hall was visited by royalty, King George V11 and Queen Alexanda, over
the next 50 years the hall slowly fell into decay.
Egmanton
Elberton
Eldersfield
Elford
Elkesley
Elkstone
Ellastone
Ellenhall
Ellesborough
Ellesmere
Set on the largest and most spectacular of nine glacial meres, Ellesmere was the
birthplace of the Llangollen Canal, which was designed and built by Thomas Telford from
his offices in the town and funded by money raised in a local hotel.
Elmbridge
Elmesthorpe
The parish of Elmesthorpe has strong connections with King Richard III and the Battle of
Bosworth.
Elmley Lovett
Elmore
Elmton
Elsfield
Elston
Elstow
Elton
Elton
Elton
Emberton
Empingham
Enderby
Enderby - The St. Johns area of the parish is separated from the main village, which is
where the ancient village of Aldeby stood. Mentioned in the Domesday Book, this village
was deserted probably in the 12th century.
Endon
Enstone
Enville
Epwell
Erdington
Essendine
Etruria
Ettington
Etwall
At first, Etwall seems like any other Derbyshire village. However, beneath the surface
hides a village of great historical interest, dating back to the 16th century.
Evenlode
Eversholt
Everton
Everton
Evesbatch
Evesham
Evesham nestles at the foot of the Cotswold Hills, on the banks of the River Avon, at the
heart of the fruit growing industry of the Vale of Evesham. An old market town, Evesham is
still a lively shopping centre.
Evington
Ewelme
Ewen
Ewyas Harold
Exhall
Exton
Eyam
Eydon
Eye
Eynsham
Eyton
Eyton upon the Weald Moors
Fairfield
Fairford
Falfield
Fallings Park
Farewell
Faringdon
Farlow
Farmington
Farnborough
Farndish
Farndon
Farnham Royal
Farnsfield
Farthinghoe
Farthingstone
Fauld
Fawley
Fawsley
Faxton
Fazeley
Feckenham
Fenngreen
Fenny Compton
Fenny Stratford
Fenton
Fernhill Heath
Fifield
Filgrave
Fillongley
Filton
Findern
Finedon
Finedon is a Saxon Village with a great history. Finedon Hall, now converted into several
homes is the grand building seen in the picture there are many historic buildings around
the old end of the town...
Fingest
Finmere
Fishponds
Fiskerton
Fitz
Flackwell Heath
Flackwell Heath is a bustling village on the edge of the Chiltern Hills. Once famed for
its cherry orchards, its' success now is having good schools and great transport links
with London and the Midlands.
Fladbury
Flagg
Flash
Flaxley
Fledborough
Flintham
Flitton
Flitwick
Floore
Flore
Foleshill
Ford
Ford
Ford Green
Forton
Fotheringhay
Four Ashes
Four Oaks
Fownhope
Foxton
Foy
Framilode
Frampton Cotterell
Frampton on Severn
Frankley
Frankton
Frankton
Freeby
Frenchay
Fringford
Frisby on the Wreak
Fritwell
Frocester
Frodesley
Frodesley is a tranquil hamlet on the edge of the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding
Natural Beauty, commanding good views on all sides of the surrounding hills and farmland.
The main street is a quiet cul-de-sac.
Froggatt
Froghall
Fulford
Fulmer
Fulwell
Furness Vale
Gaddesby
Gailey
Gamston
Garford
Garsington
Garway
Gawcott
Gaydon
The village of Gaydon in Warwickshire is 10 miles south east of Leamington Spa and in 2001
it had a population of just 376 residents.
Gayhurst
Gayton
Geddington
Gedling
Gerrards Cross
Gilmorton
Glaisdale
Glapthorn
Glascote
Glazeley
Glen Parva
Glen Parva - The Manor House is of interest, dating back to the 14th century and local
records suggest that the ill-fated King Charles I stayed there after the Battle of Naseby.
Glenfield
Glenfield has a prominent place in railway history, with the opening of the Swannington
Leicester line, the first railway line south of Manchester.
Gloostone
Glossop
Set within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, Glossop is a market town midway between
Sheffield and Manchester.
Gloucester
Overlooked by the Cotswold Hills, in the lush Severn valley, the city of Gloucester is
perfectly located and easily accessible, from all corners of the country. Whatever you're
length of stay, you'll find there's so much to see and do.
Gnosall
Gnosall (pronounced Knowsall) is a large Staffordshire village lying on the A518 between
Stafford and Newport Shropshire. It has a thriving community with a primary school and a
variety of services (doctors, vets, hairdressers) and shops.
Goadby
Goadby Marwood
Gobowen
Golden Cross
Golden Valley
Golden Valley
Goodrich
Goring
Gornalwood
Gotham
Grafton Flyford
Grafton Underwood
Granby
Grandborough
Grandborough
Gravenhurst
Greasley
Greasley, was once the largest parish in Nottingham, nowadays you could drive through it
and not even realise that you had been there!It now consists of a rural area of scattered
farmsteads and houses.
Great Addington
Great Alne
Great Badminton
Great Barford
Great Barr
Great Barrington
Great Billing
Great Bolas
Great Bowden
Great Brickhill
Great Bridgeford
Great Brington
Great Chatwell
Great Comberton
Great Creaton
Great Cubley
Great Dalby
Great Doddington
Great Easton
Great Everdon
Great Glen
Great Glen is a historic village located in the beautiful South Leicestershire
countryside. Perfect for a great day out, Great Glen offers visitors many things to
visit/do, including: Wistow Maze and Rural centre, a large village Library
Great Hampden
Great Haseley
Great Horwood
Great Houghton
Great Hucklow
Great Kimble
Great Linford
Great Longstone
Great Longstone is a small village in the Peak District National Park.It is a very old
settlement and was mentioned in the Domesday book in 1086 as Langesdune.
Great Milton
Great Milton is a village just 7 miles east of Oxford surrounded by pretty South
Oxfordshire countryside. There was an established community here as long ago as 1086.
Great Missenden
Great Missenden at the head of the Misbourne valley is an attractive small town, with a
long curving High Street of half timbered and Georgian shops, a graciously proportioned
Baptist Church and a number of traditional pubs.
Great Ness
Great Oakley
Great Oxendon
Great Oxendon is a small village on the A508 just south of Market Harborough. It mainly
dates from around 1800 and is built in red brick and local Northamptonshire sand stone.
Great Packington
Great Rissington
Great Rollright
Great Rowsley
Great Stretton
Great Tew
Great Tew is an ancient village five miles east of Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire.
Great Washbourne
Great Witcombe
Great Witley
Great Wyrley
Greatworth
Greet
Greetham
Grendon
Grendon
Grendon Underwood
Gretton
Gretton
Grimley
Grimston
Grindleford
Grindley
Grindon
Gringley on the Hill
Grinshill
Grosmont
Grove
Grove
Guilsborough
Guiting Power
Gumley
Guy's Cliffe
Habberley
Hackleton
Haddenham
Hadfield
Hadley
Hadnall
Hadnall is a small village about 4 miles North of Shrewsbury on the A49. Just south of the
village is the site of the 140' battle of Shrewsbury where Henry IV defeated Harry Hotspur
at the bloodiest of battles ever fought on English soil.
Hagley
Hailey
Halesowen
Halesowen is a town in the West Midlands, nine miles south west of Birmingham city centre
and close to the M5 motorway.
Halford
Halford
Halfpenny Green
Hallaton
Hallen
Halloughton
Hallow
Halston
Halton
Hambleden
Visit Hambleden, where Lord Cardigan (of Light Brigade fame) was born in the Manor House.
You can see his sea chest, which accompanied him to the Crimea, preserved in the beautiful
old church.
Hambrook
Hammerwich
Hampnett
Hampton
Hampton Bishop
Hampton in Arden
Hampton Lucy
Hamstall Ridware
Hanbury
Hanbury
Handsworth and Smethwick
Hanley
Hanley Castle
Hanley Child
Hanslope
Hanwell
Hanwood
Harborne
Harborough Magna
Harbury
Harbury is an ancient, prehistoric village sitting on a hill near the Fosse Way Roman road
in Warwickshire. The area has a large number of old quarries that were used to extract
lyas limestone used in the manufacture of cement.
Harby
Hardingstone
Hardstoft
Hardwick
Hardwick
Hardwicke
Harecastle
Harescombe
Haresfield
Harewood
Hargrave
Harlescott
Harlestone
Harley
Harlington
The village of Harlington sits on the southern edge of the district, bordered by an area
of natural beauty including the chalk downs of Sundon Hills Country Park and the vale of
the River Flit.
Harpole
Harpsden
Harringworth
Harrold
Harrowden
Hartington
Hartlebury
Hartpury
Hartshorne
Hartwell
Harvington
Harwell
Harwell
Harworth
Hasbury
Haselbech
Haselour
Hasfield
Hassop
Hatfield
Hatford
Hathern
Hatherop
Hathersage
Hatton
Hatton
Haughton
Haughton
Haversham
Hawkesbury
Hawksworth
Hawling
Hawridge
Hawton
Hay Mills
Hayfield
Haynes
Hayton
Hazelwood
Hazlemere
Headington
Headless Cross
Headon
Heage
Healthton
Heanor
Heath
Heath and Reach
Heather
Hedgerley
This small but picturesque old village was once a famous brick making centre in the 17th
and 18th centuries.
Hednesford
Hedsor
Hellidon
Helmdon
Hemington
Hempstead
Henbury
Hendred
Henley
Henley in Arden
Do you want to eat or have a drink at a 16th century coaching inn or in a 15th century
timber framed building? Then, come to Henley-in-Arden!
Henley-on-Thames
Henley-on-Thames is the epitome of a perfect English town, located on the north side of
the scenic River Thames. It is brimming with delightful homes, flower-filled gardens,
quaint shops, waterfront pubs and places of historic interest.
Henlow
Henwick
Hereford
A city on the banks of the River Wye, Hereford is one of the largest cities in the county
of Herefordshire. The city has a very fine heritage, with many historic buildings and
modern shops.
Hergest
Hethe
Hethe is aquiet little village, where there are buses out to Bicester and Brackley, then
if you'd like to go further out to Oxford, or Banbury.
Hethel
Hewelsfield
Heythrop
High Ercall
High Offley
High Wycombe
Situated in the heart of the Chilterns, High Wycombe is the largest town in
Buckinghamshire, having grown up during the 18th and 19th centuries around the furniture
industry, and was once known as 'the furniture capital of England.'
Higham Ferrers
The town of Higham Ferrers is one of the gems of Northamptonshire. It contains a number of
historic buildings and has a scenic market place. Its most famous son, Henry Chichele
became Archbishop of Canterbury and adviser to Henry V
Higham on the Hill
Highley
I have lived in Highley all of my life & I would not like to live anywhere else.
Highley has a lot of countryside and the River Severn flows though it. Highley has a lot
to offer: shops, churches, golf courses, hair dressers, takeaways etc.
Highpeak Junction
High Peak Junction is the start of the High Peak Trail, which follows the track of the
former Cromford and High Peak Railway. Built in 1830, it was one of the earliest railways
in the world and was designed on canal principles.
Hilderstone
Hill
Hillmorton
Hillsley
Hilton
Himbleton
Himley
Hinckley
Hindford
Hindlip
Hinstock
Hinton
Hinton on the Green
Hinton-in-the-Hedges
Hoarwithy
Hoby
Hockerton
Hockley
Hockliffe
Hodnet
Hoggeston
Hognaston
Holbeck
Holberrow Green
Holbrook
Holcot
Hollington
Hollingwood
Hollinsclough
Holly Lane
Holme
Holme Lacy
Holme Pierrepont
Holmesfield
Holmewood
Holt
Holwell
Holwell
Honeybourne
Honiley
Honington
Hook Norton
What makes Hook Norton (Hooky to the locals) so special is the location, set in rolling
countryside between the famous town of Banbury and Chipping Norton (home to the late
comedian, Ronnie Barker).
Hope
Hope Bagot
Hope Bowdler
Hope under Dinmore
Hope Valley
Hopesay
Hopton
Hopton Cangeford
Hoptonheath
Hopwood
Horderley
Hordley
Horley
Horninghold
Horninglow
Once a farming village, urban expansion means Horninglow is now a suburb of Burton.
Hornton
Horsehay
Horsley
Horspath
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of Horsepath is currently being prepared for publication and will appear on this page
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Horton
Horton
Horton
Hose
Houghton Conquest
Houghton on the Hill
Houghton Regis
Hoveringham
Hucclecote
Hucknall
Hucknall Torkard
Hugglescote
Hughenden
Hughley
Hulcott
Hulland
Hulme End
Humber
Humberstone
Hungerton
Huntington
Huntington
Huntley
Hurley
Husbands Bosworth
Husborne Crawley
Hyssington
Ibstock
Ibstone
Idbury
Idridgehay
Idstone
Ifton Heath
Ightfield
Ilam
Ilkeston
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is currently being prepared for publication and will appear on this page within the next
few days.
Illey
Illston on the Hill
Ilmington
Ingestre
Inkberrow
Innsworth
Ipsden
Ipstones
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is currently being prepared for publication and will appear on this page within the next
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Irchester
Ireton Wood
Iron Acton
Ironbridge
Irthlingborough
Isham
Islip
Islip
Iver
Iver Heath
Iver Heath is in south east Buckinghamshire and is part of the Iver parish. The word Iver
means “brow of the hill”. It is approximately 20 miles west of London, close to
the M25 and the M40, with the M4 about two miles to the south.
Ivinghoe
Jordans
Kedleston
Keele
Kegworth
Kelham
Kelmarsh
Kemberton
Kemble
Kempley
Kempsey
Kempsford
Kempston
Kencot
Kenilworth
Kenilworth is a small town with an exceptionally good choice of restaurants and smaller
shops. Enjoy excellent English, French, Chinese, Italian, Indian or even Thai cuisine.
There are some good English pubs too!
Kenley
Kensworth
Kentchurch
Keresley
Kerne Bridge
Kersall
Ketley
Kettering
The market town of Kettering is in Northamptonshire, on the west bank of the River Ise
between Corby and Northampton.
Ketteringham
Ketton
Keysoe
Kibworth Harcourt
Kiddemore Green
Kidderminster
Kidderminster situated about 20 miles from central Birmingham is a town which grew up
(probably in Saxon times) around a crossing on the river Stour in Worcestershire.. Later
the waters from the river attracted weavers of cloth and from t
Kiddington
Kidlington
Historic Kidlington, a 1930's 'Garden' community, is a picturesque, original 'greystone'
village with modern day origins, just 4.5 miles from Oxford City.
Kidsgrove
Kilburn
Kilby
Kilby - A medieval village once surrounded the church at Kilby. The church itself was
built on the site of an earlier structure in the year 1858.
Killamarsh
Kilpeck
Kilsby
Kilvington
Kimberley
Kimbolton
Kineton
Kineton
King's Cliffe
King's Newton
Kingham
Kings Bromley
Kings Norton
Kings Pyon
Kings Sutton
Kingsbourne Green
Kingsbury
Kingscote
Kingsey
Kingsland
Kingsley
Kingsley is situated along the A52 Stoke to Asbourne road and is the southern most village
in the Peak District and part of the Staffordshire Moorlands.
Kingsthorpe
Kingston
Kingston Bagpuize
Kingston on Soar
Kingstone
Kingswinford
Kingswood
Kingswood
Kingswood
Kington
Kington
Kinlet
Kinnerley
Kinnersley
Kinnersley
Kinoulton
Kinton
Kinvere
Kirby Muxloe
One of the country's most important monuments is in the parish of Kirby Muxloe. Built in
the late 15th century by Lord Hastings, who was executed in 1483 before the building was
completed, Kirby Muxloe Castle now has a Grade I listing.
Kirk Ireton
Kirk Langley
Kirkby in Ashfield
Kirkby Mallory
Kirklington
Kirtlington
Kislingbury
Kneesall
Kneeton
Knightwick Station
Knipton
Kniveton
Knockin
Knossington
Knotting
Knotty Green
Knowle
Kyre
Ladbroke
Lambley
Lamport
Lane End
Laneham
Laneham Parish is a small, Trent side village which has a total population of
approximately 300 people. It is sited 13 miles due west of the city of Lincoln and 8 miles
East of the market town of Retford. Laneham is split into two villa
Langar
Langford
Langford
Langham
Langley
Langley Mill
Lapley
Lapworth
Lasborough
Lassington
Lathbury
Latimer
Launton
Lavendon
Lavendon is perhaps not a typical Home Counties village, although it is in
Buckinghamshire; reportedly the most northerly village in that county.
Lawley Bank
Laxton
Laxton
Lea
Lea Marston
Leafield
Leagrave
Leaton
Lechlade
Leckhampstead
Leckhampton
Ledbury
Ledwell
Lee
Lee Brockhurst
Leebotwood
Leek
Leek Wootton
Legion Cross
Leicester
Leicester is one of the few cities in England that can trace its growth from the Iron Age.
In Leicester you can travel through the ages, and learn about the history of the city in
its excellent Museums, and by taking an Old Town Heritage Trail
Leigh
Leigh
Leighterton
Leighton
Leighton Buzzard
Leinthall Earls
Leinthall Starkes
Leintwardine
Leominster
Leominster is a small market town on the border between England and Wales. It has a number
of attractive buildings in the High Street and a plethora of unusual and interesting
shops.
Letcombe Bassett
Letcombe Bassett is a pretty little village, arranged around a steep-sided Oxfordshire
valley that is the source of the Letcombe Brook.
Letcombe Regis
Letcombe Regis is a small Oxfordshire village, based along the sides of the Letcombe Brook
which meanders through from Letcombe Bassett to Wantage just two miles away, and then on
to join the Thames.
Letton
Lewknor
Lewsey
Lichfield
Located in southern Staffordshire, Lichfield has grown rapidly since the 1950s but retains
a peaceful and stately charm due to its historic streets and buildings. The town's most
famous son was Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
Lickey End
Liddington
Lidlington
The name 'Lidlington' derives from the Old English meaning 'the farm of Lytel's people'. A
record of the village appears in the Domesday Book of 1087.
Lighthorne
Lilbourne
Lilleshall
Lillingstone Dayrell
Lillington
Linby
Linby is pretty and idyllic. Great effort has been expended in preserving its condition
and character from the listed buildings and old fashioned sign post to the cast iron
street lighting.
Lindridge
Lingen
Linley
Linslade
Linton
Linton
Litchborough
Little Barford
Little Barrington
Little Brickhill
Little Bridgeford
Little Comberton
Little Compton
Little Cowarne
Little Dalby
Little Dean
Little Dewchurch
Little Dodford
Little Eaton
Little Faringdon
Little Hampden
Little Haseley
Little Horwood
Little Hucklow
Little Kimble
Little Linford
Little Malvern
Little Marcle
Little Marlow
Little Milton
Little Missenden
Little Ness
Little Oakley
Little Packington
Little Rissington
Little Rollright
Little Staughton
Little Stretton
Little Stretton
Little Stretton is in the heart of the Shropshire Hills, nestling at the foot of the Long
Mynd and looking across the valley to Ragleth Hill.
Little Tew
Little Washbourne
Little Witcombe
The small hamlet of Little Witcombe is in Gloucestershire, just off the M5 and within
striking distance of Gloucester.
Little Witley
Little Wittenham
Littleborough
Littlemore
Littleover
The oldest property in Littleover is the Thatched Cottage down in the Hollow, it may have
been a labours cottage in the 16th century, Later it was an Inn now a private residence,
lower down the Hollow is a ancient stone trough.
Littleton-upon-Severn
Littleworth
Llancillo
Llandogo
Llanfair Waterdine
Llangarren
Llanrothal
Llanveynoe
Llanwarne
Llanyblodwel
Llanymynech
This small, pretty village straddles the border between England (Shropshire) and Wales
(Powys). Once upon a dry time (in the days when you couldn't drink in Powys on Sundays)
the lounge bar in the pub was shut on the Sabbath
Llynclys
Lockinge
Lockleywood
Loddington
Loddington
Long Buckby
Long Clawson
Long Compton
Long Crendon
Long Eaton
Long Green
Long Itchington
Long Lawford
Long Marston
Long Marston
Long Newton
Long Whatton
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Long Wittenham
Long Wittenham, or ‘Witta's Ham' is a small village near the Thames in south
Oxfordshire, apparently named after a Saxon known as Witta, who settled in the area in the
6th century.
Longborough
Longbridge
Longdon
Longdon
Longford
Longford
Longford
Longford
Longhope
Longley Green
Longney
Longnor
Longnor
Longport
Longton
Longtown
Longville in the Dale
Longwick
Longworth
Loppington
Loudwater
Loughborough
Loughborough, with its unique atmosphere and wealth of historic buildings, is the
principal town of the Borough of Charnwood, which is one of the largest Boroughs within
Leicestershire.
Loughton
Loughton
Lound
Lowdham
Lower Assendon
Lower Brailes
Lower Bullingham
Lower Cam
Lower Gornal
Lower Heyford
Lower Lemington
Lower Oddington
Lower Penn
Lower Shelton
Lower Shuckburgh
Lower Shuckburgh is a small historical village set in East Warwickshire near the
Northamptonshire border.
Lower Slaughter
Lower Soudley
Lower Stonnall
Lower Swell
Lower Winchendon
Lowesby
Lowick
Loxley
Lubenham
Luddington in the Brook
Ludgershall
Ludlow
Medieval Ludlow - Capital of the Marches - Ludlow is often called the 'perfect historic
Town'. The castle is perched high on a cliff above the picturesque River Teme and breathes
history at every turn.
Lugwardine
Lullington
Luston
Luton
Luton is a large town in Bedfordshire with a population of around 240,000. It is 30 miles
north of London and is best known for its airport.
Lutterworth
Lutterworth is an attractive town with some well preserved half-timbered buildings and an
18th century bridge, which spans the River Swift in a series of three arches.
Lutton
Lydbrook
Lydbury North
Lydham
Lydney
There has been a settlement at Lydney ever since Roman times. It is thought that Lydney
Park was a significant Roman settlement with a temple, bath house and guest house dating
back to the 4th century.
Lye
Lye is a leafy suburb between Stourbridge and Halesowen. It is less than two miles from
open country, and the landscape is hilly. Lye itself consists chiefly of a main high
street, containing all manner of shops.
Lyonshall
Lyonshall is a large parish in north-west Herefordshire, close to the Welsh border town of
Kington. It has a population of some 750 people in around 280 dwellings.
Mackworth
Madeley
Madeley
Madeley Court
Madeley Heath
Madley
Madresfield
Maer
Maer is a rural village located on the borders of Staffordshire, Cheshire and Shropshire,
to the west of the pottery manufacturing town of Stoke-on-Trent.
Maesbury Marsh
The original plan by the Ellesmere Canal Company (later The Shropshire Union Railways and
Canal Company) was to build a canal from the Mersey across the Wirral to Chester then up
to Wrexham and thence south
Maidford
Maidford is a small, compact village on the slopes of a shallow upland valley on the
former main road between Northampton and Banbury and is designated as a conservation
village.
Maids Moreton
Maidwell
Maidwell is a small village situated on the edge of the Northamptonshire Leicestershire
borders, approximately 4 miles from the market town of Market Harborough and 10 miles from
Northampton.
Mainstone
Maisemore
Malins Lee
Malvern
The name Malvern is derived from the ancient British language spoken by the people who
lived in the area about 2000 years ago, before the Roman invasion. The words 'Moelbyrn' of
'Moel Vern' mean 'bare hill'.
Malvern Link
Malvern Wells
Mamble
Mancetter
Mangotsfield
Mansel Gamage
Mansfield
Mansfield is a large town in Nottinghamshire, second in size only to the city of
Nottingham.
Mansfield Woodhouse
Manton
Mapledurham
Marcham
Marchamley
Marchington
Marchington Woodlands
Marefield
Market Bosworth
Market Bosworth, was recorded in the Domesday Book and has been an important market town
since the middle ages. The famous Battle of Bosworth, which ended the Wars of the Roses in
1485, took place nearby.
Market Drayton
Market Drayton is Famous for being the birthplace of Robert Clive - Clive of India;
visitors can take a town trail and discover his 'Boyhood Haunts'.
Market Harborough
Market Harborough is a rare example of a planned medieval 'new town'. Market Harborough
was created in the 12th century especially to be a market and promote local trade.
Market Overton
Market Warsop
Markfield
Marlow
Marlow is a pleasant Georgian town, situated on a beautiful stretch of the River Thames,
midway between Reading and Windsor. Marlow is surrounded by the lovely countryside of the
Chiltern Hills which are designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Marlpool
Marsh Baldon
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Marsh Gibbon
Marshbrook
Marshfield
Marston
Marston Green
Marston Montgomery
Marston Moretaine
The village of Marston Moretaine, also spelt Marston Moreteyne, with its 3,700 residents
is in a scenic part of Bedfordshire, between the major conurbations of Milton Keynes and
Bedford.
Marstow
Marsworth
Martin Hussingtree
Martley
Marton
Mathon
Matlock
Matlock is on the River Derwent, at the eastern edge of the Derbyshire Peak District and
at the southern end of the Peak National Park. The coming of the railways transformed
Matlock from a small hamlet whose main occupations were farming
Matlock Bank
Matlock Bank is the name given to the steep hillside to the east of the River Derwent,
where Bank Road rises steeply from Crown Square in the centre of Matlock. This was once
the site of the steepest tramway in the world.
Matlock Bath
Matlock Bath enjoys a dramatic location in the deep gorge of the River Derwent. It has
been a tourist resort since 1689 when warm springs, at a constant temperature of 68
degrees F, were discovered. Few people take the waterers today
Matson
Mattersey
Maulden
Maxstoke
Mayfield
Meadowtown
Measham
Medbourne
Medmenham
Meerbrook
Melbourne
Melchbourne
Melton Mowbray
The Market town of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, perhaps most famous for its Pork
Pies, is situated in Fox Hunting country, where the three hunts The Quorn, The Belvoir and
the Cottesmore meet.
Melverley
The village of Melverley is off the beaten track, a quiet village with houses and farms
scattered over a large area.
Mentmore
Meole Brace
Meppershall
Meriden
The village of Meriden is situated between Coventry and Solihull in the West Midlands.
Merrington
Merton
Meysey Hampton
Michaelchurch Escley
Mickleover
You could be forgiven for thinking that Mickleover is just another overspill residential
area of Derby with it's row of busy shops and business serving the ever expanding housing
developments but Mickleover hides a secret.
Mickleton
Middle Aston
Middle Claydon
Middle Tysoe
Middleton
Middleton
Middleton
Middleton on the Hill
Middleton Stoney
Milcote Station
Milford
Millbrook
Millers Dale
Milton
Milton
Milton
Milton Bryant
Milton Ernest
Milton Keynes
In Milton Keynes, you'll never be short of something to do. The city offers some of the
most exciting activities and some of the best entertainment experiences anywhere in the
UK, Milton Keynes is a truly exceptional destination to visit.
Milverton
Milwich
Minchinhampton
Minster Lovell
Minsterley
Minworth
Miserden
Misson
Misterton
Mitcheldean
Mitton
Mixbury
Moccas
Moddershall
Moggerhanger
A hill top village dominated by the Church of St. John The Evangelist, which was built in
1860-61, of French influence. The Church has a chancel tower with a pyramid roof and high
apse adjoining.
Moira
Mollington
Mongewell
Monkhopton
Monks Risborough
Monmore Green
Monyash
Moorhampton
Morcott
Mordiford
More
Moreton Corbet
Moreton on Lugg
Moreton Pinkney
Moreton Say
Moreton-in-Marsh
Moreton-in-Marsh, the lovely old market town in the north Cotswolds, grew up around the
Fosse Way, the old Roman road which runs through the wide main street.
Morton
Morton
Morville
Mosborough
Moseley
Moulsford
Moulsoe
Moulton
Mountsorrel
Mountsorrel is situated on the old A6 route, seven miles north of Leicester and four miles
from Loughborough.
Mowsley
Much Birch
Much Cowarne
Much Dewchurch
Much Marcle
Much Wenlock
Stay in Much Wenlock and you will discover the rustic charm of a medieval market town
complete with historic buildings and speciality shops.
Mucklestone
Mugginton
Munslow
Mursley
Muxton
Myddle
Nailsworth
Napton on the Hill
Narborough
Naseby
Nash
Nassington
Naunton
Neen Savage
Neenton
Nether Broughton
Nether Whitacre
Nether Worton
Netherton
Nettlebed
New Bilton
New Mills
New Passage
Newark-on-Trent
Newark-on-Trent is a historic market town about 16 miles north east of Nottingham in the
East Midlands and 15 miles from the historic city of Lincoln.
Newbold
Newbold on Avon
Newbold on Stour
Newbold Verdon
Newborough
Newcastle
Newcastle-under-Lyme
The town of Newcastle-under-Lyme is part of the Potteries in Staffordshire.
Newent
Newent is the smallest of the four towns in the Forest of Dean District and lies in the
North West corner of the county of Gloucestershire, known for many years as the capital of
the Ryelands.
Newhall
Newland
Newmill End
Newnham
Newnham
Newport (Telford)
One of the most unspoiled market towns in the district, Newport has a fascinating history
as a twelfth century planned town, which was largely rebuilt in the 17th century after a
great fire in 1665.
Newport Pagnell
Newport Pagnell is an established market town in Buckinghamshire, four miles north of
Milton Keynes and close to the M1 motorway.
Newstead
Newton
Newton Longville
Newton Regis
Newton Solney
Newtown
Newtown Limford
Newtown Linford
Newtown Linford is set against a backdrop of the Charnwood woodlands, making it a very
photogenic village with its thatched dwellings and timbered style buildings.
Norbury
Norbury
Norbury
Normanton
Normanton
Normanton on Trent
Normanton upon Soar
Normanton on Soar is a small, pretty, well kept 12th century village which sits on the
border of Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire.
Normanton-on-the-Wolds
North Aston
North Cerney
North Clifton
North Crawley
North Hinksey
North Kilworth
North Leigh
North Leverton
North Leverton with Habblesthorpe is a small village in North Nottinghamshire with a Big
name. In fact North Leverton with Habblesthorpe is the longest place name in the country.
North Luffenham
North Marston
North Marston is A village in Buckinghamshire 3 Miles south of Winslow and 4 miles North
of Waddesdon. Marston literally means farm-by-marsh - referring to the clay soils of the
village that hold water whenever it rains.
North Moreton
North Muskham
North Nibley
North Stoke
North Wheatley
North Wingfield
Northampton
Northampton is a large market town of around 200,000 people, about 50 miles southeast of
Birmingham. It was initially a farming community around the 7th century and later became
the centre of the ancient kingdom of Mercia.
Northend
Northfield
Northill
The parish of Northill encompasses Ickwell, Lower and Upper Caldecote also Hatch and
Thorncote, all in the heart of market garden country, Northill was originally known as
North Givell meaning the northern part of territory of the River Ivel.
Northleach
Northmoor
Norton
Norton
Norton
Norton
Norton
Norton
Norton Bridge
Norton Canes
Norton Canon
Norton in Hales
Norton juxta Twycross
Norton juxta Twycross today is a quiet and peaceful little village in Leicestershire,
close to the Warwickshire border and is bounded on the east side by the Ashby Canal.
Norton Lindsey
Norwell
Notgrove
Nottingham
Welcome to Nottingham, a vibrant friendly city - where the past and present harmonise
perfectly to create a unique destination, offering something for everyone.
Nuffield
Nuneaton
Nuneaton is the largest town in Warwickshire. It is best known for its connections with
Victorian novelist Mary Anne Evans, who wrote under the pen name of George Eliot.
Nuneham Courtenay
Nymphsfield
Oadby
Oakamoor
Oakamoor is a very picturesque small village a few miles from the Peak District. The River
Churnet runs through the village and summer days can be passed, just having a picnic on
its banks.
Oakengates
Oakengates is now part of Telford - Once a small, self-contained industrial town with a
long history of coal mining and iron foundries. The town is now generating a reputation
for itself as a centre for evening entertainment.
Oakham
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Oakle Street
Oakley
Oakley
Ocker Hill
Ocle Pychard
The rural Parish of Ocle Pychard in the Deanery of Bromyard, in Hereford diocese, is
situated on the main road between Hereford and Bromyard and is about 7 miles equidistant
from both.
Oddington
Odell
Offchurch
Offenham
Okeover
Old Brampton
Old Dalby
Old Hill
Old Warden
Old Warden's history can be traced back to Roman times. A Cistercian Abbey was situated
near the Cardington Road and a small part still stands, identified by its Elizabethan
chimney.
Oldbury
Oldbury is at the centre of Sandwell, both geographically and as the site of the borough's
Council House. The town dates from the 13th century, and for most of its history it was
part of the parish of Halesowen in Worcestershire.
Oldbury
Oldbury on the Hill
Oldbury-on-Severn
Ollerton
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Olney
Olney is a traditional market town on the Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire borders, just a
short drive from Milton Keynes.
Olton
Olveston
Ombersley
Ompton
Onecote
Onibury
Onneley
Orleton
Orlingbury
Orston
Orton-on-the-Hill
Osgathorpe
Osmaston
Ossington
Oswestry
Unspoiled by progress, Oswestry is a bustling market town with an individual character
formed over centuries. Narrow passageways link streets whose names conjure up images of
the past: English Walls, Welsh Walls, The Bailey and The Horsemarket.
Oundle
The market town of Oundle sits on the banks of the River Nene in Northamptonshire, about
12 miles southwest of Peterborough.
Over Whitacre
Over Worton
Overbury
Overseal
Overstone
Oving
Owston
Oxford
Oxford, (the city of dreaming spires) is renowned the world over, as the home of one of
the oldest and most highly revered Universities in Europe.
Oxhill
Oxton
Packington
Packwood
Padbury
Pailton
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Painswick
Pant
Papplewick
Parkend
Parkside
Parwich
Parwich is an attractive, historic village. Its stone cottages - many dating back over 200
years - are packed into the valley bottom and spread up the lower slopes of the
surrounding hills.
Passenham
Patchway
Pattingham
Pattishall
Paulerspury
Pauntley
Pavenham
Peak Forest
Peatling Magna
Peatling Parva
Pebworth
Pedmore
Pelsall
Pembridge
Few places in Herefordshire are lovelier than Pembridge. This small village is located on
the sloping sides of the valley above the River Arrow, seven miles west of Leominster.
Pencombe
Pencoyd
Penkridge
Penn
Penn is extensively wooded and criss-crossed by lanes and footpaths.
Pensax
Pentrich
Peopleton
Peplow
Perry Barr
Pershall
Pershore
The delightful market town of Pershore is located on the banks of the River Avon and is
famous for its Georgian architecture in Bridge Street and Broad Street.
Pertenhall
Peterchurch
Peterstow
Petton
Picklescott
Piddington
Piddington
Pilning
Pilsley
Pilton
Pinxton
Pipe Gate
Pipe Ridware
Pirton
Pishill
Pitchford
Pitsford
Pitstone
Platt Lane
Plealey
Pleasley
Plowden
Plumtree
Podington
Polebrook
Polesworth
Pontesbury
Pontrilas
Potsgrove
Potterspury
Potton
Potton is an ancient market town centred around a very attractive Market square adorned by
redbrick 18th century buildings. Dominating the square is the neo-Georgian Clock House,
built in 1956 it now houses the library.
Poulton
Poundon
Powick
Prees
Preesgreen
Presthope
Preston
Preston
Preston
Preston Bagot
Preston Bisset
Preston Capes
Preston Gubbals
Preston on Wye
Preston upon the Weald Moors
Preston Wynne
Prestwood
Once the home of the late Prime Minister Atlee, Prestwood has grown tremendously in the
last twenty years. Just a mile up the hill from Roald Dahl's home town of Great Missenden,
Prestwood has much to offer.
Princes Risborough
Princes Risborough lies in the lee of the Chiltern Hills, mid-way between Aylesbury,
Buckinghamshire's County Town, and High Wycombe, the County's largest town. It is
approximately 35 miles north west of London and 25 south east of Oxford.
Princethorpe
Priors Marston
Pulloxhill
Purton
Pusey
Putley
Puttenham
The beautiful County of Hertfordshire extends a peninsula westwards into Buckinghamshire,
a borough that was given the name of ‘Dacorum' under the 1974 Local Government
changes.
Pyrton
Pytchley
Quainton
Quarndon
Quatford
Quatt
Quedgeley
Queniborough
Queniborough is a pleasing conservation village with visible links back to the Civil War
period. A 175 feet high crocketed spire, acknowledged by Pevsner to be one of the finest
in Leicestershire, caps St. Mary's Church.
Quenington
Quinton
Quinton
Quorn
Quorn is known world-wide for its link with Hugo Meynell, a dominant figure in English
foxhunting who lived at Quorn Hall from 1753-1800.
Radbourne
Radcliffe on Trent
Radcot
Radford
Radley
Radnage
Radstone
Ragdale
Rainworth
Rampton
Ramsden
Ranby
Randwick
Rangeworthy
Ranskill
Ranton
Ratcliffe
Ratcliffe is sited between the banks of the River Wreake and the main A46 highway. Home to
Ratcliffe College, started by Pugin in 1844 as the first Roman Catholic College in England
since the Reformation.
Ratcliffe on Soar
Ratley
Ratlinghope
The small village of Ratlinghope and its equally tiny offshoot Bridges lie in the
beautiful valley of the Darnford brook, which rises at Wildmoor Pool on the Long Mynd. Its
name is pronounced "Ratchup" by some locals.
Raunds
Ravenstone
Ravenstone
Rearsby
Redditch
The town of Redditch is in north east Worcestershire about 15 miles south of Birmingham.
Redmarley D'Abitot
Redmile
Rednal
Redwick
Rempstone
Repton
Ribbesford
Riddings
Ridgmont
Ridlington
Ringstead
Ripley
Ripple
Risbury
Riseley
Risley
Roade
Rocester
Rock
Rockingham
Rodington
Rodmarton
Rolleston
Rolleston
Romsley
Romsley
Rosliston
Ross-on-wye
Herefordshire is known for its pretty villages and Ross-on-Wye surely tops the list. This
small market town has just over 10,000 residents and the picturesque streets, shops and
quaint market square draw many more thousands of tourists.
Rotherfield Peppard
Rothersthorpe
Rothley
Rothley is another stop on the Great Central Railway, a quiet village on the eastern edge
of the Charnwood Forest, originally built around Rothley Brook, a tributary of the Soar.
Rothwell
Rough Close
Rous Lench
Rousham
Rowington
Rowley Regis
The secret of Rowley Regis' success is its firm foundations. The Romans first came to the
area 2,000 years ago, attracted by the hard rock of the Rowley Hills; the legacy of
quarrying is still part of the local landscape.
Rowlstone
Rowton
Roxton
Royal Leamington Spa
Just three miles from Warwick, Royal Leamington Spa is a fashionable town with its
Georgian and Victorian architecture, tree lined avenues and squares and glorious gardens.
Rubery
Ruddington
Rudyard
Rugby
Rugby is a pretty market town in Warwickshire with a population of around 62,000 people.
It is on the eastern edge of the county, about 13 miles east of Coventry.
Rugeley
Rushall
Rushbury
The village of Rushbury lies in Apedale below the ridge of Wenlock Edge. It has a 19th
century school, a half-timbered manor house, the earthworks of a Norman castle and an
ancient church.
Rushden
Rushden, called Risedene in the Doomsday Book, apparently takes its name from the stream
or brook that can be seen in Rushden Hall Park before it disappears under the modern Duck
Street.
Rushock
Rushton
Rushton Spencer
Rushton Spencer is a rural area between the market town of Leek and Macclesfield. Rushton
is home to the delightful timber framed church of St Lawrence.
Ruyton of the Eleven Towns
Ryeford
Ryhall
Ryton
Ryton-on-Dunsmore
Saddington
Salford
Salford
Salford Priors
Salperton
Salt
Saltby
Saltley
Sandford On Thames
Sandford St Martin
Sandhurst
Sandiacre
Sandon
Sands
Sandwell
Sandy
For centuries Sandy was the centre for market gardening and it still remains vital to the
town today. Excavations indicate that Sandy was once a Roman settlement.
Sapcote
The name Sapcote could have an agricultural connection with Sheepcote or with Soapwell, a
well in Station Road where in 1806 a bath house was built by John Frewen Turner.
Sapperton
Sarnesfield
Saundby
Saunderton
Sawley
Saxby
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into the very fabric of its landscape.
Saxelby
Saxondale
Scaftworth
Scalford
Scarrington
Scofton
Scrooby
Scropton
Sea Mills
Seagrave
Seagrave is situated just minutes from the busy A46; it is a secluded and picturesque
village, with red roofed houses and distinctive church.
Seaton
Sedgeberrow
Sedgley
Seighford
Seisdon
Selattyn
Sellack
Selly Oak
Selston
Severn Stoke
Sewstern
Shabbington
Shackerstone
Shalstone
Shardlow
Shareshill
Sharnbrook
Sharnford
Sharpness
Shawbury
Shearsby
Sheen
Sheepy
Shefford
Sheldon
Shelford
Shelsley Beauchamp
Shelswell
Shelton
Shelve
Shenington
Shenley Brook End
Shenley Church End
Shenstone
Shenton
Sheperdine
Shepshed
Shepshed stands to the west of the M1 motorway and was formerly dominated by the hosiery
industry. It still offers factory outlet shopping for knitwear and sports clothing.
Sherbourne
Sherbourne
Sheriff Hales
Sherington
Shifnal
Shillingford
Shillington
Shilton
Shilton
Shiplake
Shipley Gate Station
Shipston on Stour
Shipston-on-Stour is a small town and civil parish within the Stratford-on-Avon district
of the southern part of Warwickshire, England. It is close to the borders with Oxfordshire
and Gloucestershire.
Shipton
Shipton
Shipton Moyne
Shipton-under-Wychwood
Shirburn
Shirebrook
Shirehampton
Shireoaks
Shirland
Shirley
Shobdon
Shottery
Shotteswell
Shrawardine
Shrawley
Shrewley
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury is one of the country's most famous and picturesque market towns. In an idyllic
border location, it is cradled by the rolling hills and plains of Shropshire. Famous for
being the birthplace of Charles Darwin.
Shrivenham
Shugborough
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Shugborough and discover a bygone era as our costumed living history characters bringing
the past to life.
Shurdington
Shustoke
Shuttington
Sibbertoft
Sibdon Carwood
Sibson
Siddington
Sileby
Sileby is situated on the eastern side of the Soar Valley, it is a mix of residential and
light industry.
Silsoe
Silverdale
Silverstone
Silverstone is a highly desirable village in Northamptonshire, best known as the location
of the Silverstone Racing Circuit and home of the British Grand Prix.
Silvington
Simpson
Siston
Skeffington
Skegby
Skenfrith
Slapton
Buried deep in the heart of England, the Northamptonshire village of Slapton is a small
settlement with much to offer a wide range of visitors and residents alike.
Slapton
Slawston
Sleightholme
Slimbridge
Slindon
Slough
Small Heath
Smalley
Smethwick
Smethwick - From a rural community of farms and cottages, through the transformation of
the Industrial Revolution to the bustling community of today - in many ways Smethwick is
Sandwell in microcosm.
Smisby
Snarestone
Snead
Sneinton
Snelston
Snitterfield
Snowshill
Solihull
Solihull is a vibrant, stylish and friendly place to live, work and visit. It has many
shops, pubs, resturants, bars and parks for everyone to enjoy.
Somerby
Somerford Keynes
Somersal Herbert
Somerton
Sookholme
Sotwell
Soulbury
Souldern
Souldrop
South Cerney
South Clifton
South Collingham
South Hinksey
South Leigh
South Leverton
South Littleton
South Luffenham
South Moreton
South Muskham
South Newington
South Normanton
South Scarle
South Stoke
South Wheatley
South Wingfield
Southam
Southam
Southill
Southrop
Southwell
Spelsbury
Spetchley
Spon End
Spondon
Spratton
Sprowston
Sproxton
St. Briavels
St. Margaret's
St. Martin's
St. Weonards
Stadhampton
Stafford
You can experience England's heritage at its richest in Stafford and the surrounding area.
This ancient borough reveals history at its most colourful.
Stagsden
Stakenbridge
Stanbridge
Standish
Standlake
Standon
Stanford Bishop
Stanford in the Vale
Stanford on Avon
Stanford on Soar
Stanford on Teme
Stanion
Stanley
Stanlow
Stanton
Stanton
Stanton by Dale
Stanton Gate
Stanton Harcourt
Stanton in Peak
Stanton Lacy
Stanton Long
Stanton St. John
Stanton upon Hine Heath
Stanway
Stanwick
Staple Hill
Staple Hill is a suburb of Bristol which comes under the administrative control of the
South Gloucestershire Local Authority. The strange name 'Staple Hill' may derive from the
old English word 'steap' meaning 'steep'
Stapleford
Stapleford
Stapleton
Stapleton
Stathern
Staunton
Staunton
Staunton
Staunton in the Vale
Staunton on Wye
Staveley
Staverton
Staverton
Staythorpe
Steane
Stechford
Steens Bridge
Steeple Aston
Steeple Claydon
Steppingley
Steppingley is a rural village in Bedfordshire, England. It stands on high ground in the
centre of a small parish of about 562 hectares on the Greensand Ridge, and is mentioned in
the Doomsday Book.
Steventon
Stevington
Stewkley
Stinchcombe
Stivichall
Stockerston
Stockingford
Stockton
Stockton
Stockton
Stockton on Teme
Stoke
Stoke Albany
Stoke Bliss
Stoke Doyle
Stoke Edith
Stoke Gifford
Stoke Golding
Stoke Goldington
Stoke Hammond
The village of Stoke Hammond is to be found in the north eastern quadrant of the great
County of Buckinghamshire.
Stoke Lacy
Stoke Lyne
Stoke Mandeville
Stoke on Tern
Stoke Poges
Stoke Poges is famous for its association with Thomas Gray. The poet lies in the simple
tomb of his mother and sister in the churchyard of the Church of St Giles.
Stoke Prior
Stoke Prior
Stoke St. Milborough
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent is a conurbation of six small towns - Tunstall, Burslem, Hanley, Stoke,
Fenton and Longton - which make up The Potteries Staffordshire.
Stokeham
Stokenchurch
Stokesay
Stondon
Stone
Stone
The attractive town of Stone received its market charter in 1251, and built its fortunes
on shoemaking, brewing coaching and canals.
Stone
Stone
Stonehouse
Stoneleigh
Stonesby
Stonesfield
Stoney Middleton
Stoney Stanton
Stoney Stanton has a long history of stone quarrying going back to the Romans. After the
Second World War the quarrying business came to an end, but not before thousands of tons
of rock had been extracted, leaving deep water filled areas.
Stonnall
Stony Stratford
The small market town of Stony Stratford is in north Buckinghamshire on the banks of the
Great River Ouse.
Stopsley
Stotfold
Stottesden
Stourbridge
The historic glass-producing town of Stourbridge is in the West Midlands, 13 miles west of
Birmingham between Dudley and Kidderminster.
Stourport-on-Severn
Stourport-on-Severn is, uniquely, the only town in Britain to be built solely as a
consequence of the coming of the canals. Before the growth of the town there existed a
small hamlet called Lower Mitton.
Stow
Stow-on-the-Wold
Stow-on-the-Wold is the highest of the Cotswold towns, situated at the meeting place of
eight roads. Stow was the most important market town in the north Cotswolds when the sale
of the sheep and wool was at its height.
Stowe
Stowe-by-Chartley
Stratford-Upon-Avon
Beautifully situated on the River Avon, Stratford-Upon-Avon has a number of attractions
linked to the famous Bard. Explore this historic market town and its surroundings and
discover where Shakespeare was born and grew up.
Stratton Audley
Streatley
Streetly
Strensham
Stretford
Stretton
Stretton
Stretton under Fosse
Stretton-on-Fosse
Stretton-on-Fosse is a small quiet village, which has fewer than 200 houses, most built of
Cotswold stone and locally-made red brick.
Strixton
Stroud
The Gloucestershire market town of Stroud is ten miles south of Gloucester and is a
popular destination for tourists visiting the scenic Cotswolds.
Studham
Studley
Studley
Sturton le Steeple
Styrrup
Suckley
Sudborough
Sudbury
Sugnall
Sugnall is a hamlet of Saxon origin in the parish of Eccleshall, and is almost all within
the Sugnall Estate. Topographically it is part of the attractive headwaters of the River
Sow
Sulgrave
Summertown
Sundon
Sunningwell
Sutton
Sutton
Sutton
An historic and picturesque village situated a few miles from Potton. A tributary of the
River Ivel crosses the road where Sutton's medieval twin arched packhorse bridge spans the
ford.
Sutton Bonington
Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands is about eight miles northeast of Birmingham City
Centre.
Sutton Courtenay
Sutton in Ashfield
Sutton Maddock
Sutton on the Hill
Sutton on Trent
Sutton Scarsdale
Sutton Wick
Sutton-under-Brailes
Swadlincote
Swadlincote is the southern most town in Derbyshire, the main street is a busy traffic
free shopping precinct, furnished with ample seating, shaded under trees. The focal point
of the town is the market square.
Swalcliffe
Swan Village
Swanbourne
Swannington
Swanwick
Swarkeston
Swerford
Swinbrook
Swindon
Swineshead
Swinford
Swithland
Swithland is a pleasant Forest village close to both the Woods and Reservoir, which also
bear its name. The village is known well beyond Charnwood for its dark blue slate, which
produced roofing material from the times of the Romans to the 19th century.
Swyncombe
Swynnerton
Syde
Syresham
Syston
In Victorian times Syston was a busy cattle dealing town. There is still evidence of the
late 18th century development in its conservation area around the parish church of St.
Peter.
Sywell
Tackley
Taddington
Tadmarton
Tamworth
The Staffordshire town of Tamworth has a beautiful historic town centre. It is situated on
the River Tame, 14 miles northeast of Birmingham.
Tansley
Tansley is in Derbyshire, 1.5 miles east of Matlock, in the south-east of the Peak
District, just outside the Peak District National Park in the centre of England. The
village has one shop (for sale), a primary school, an Anglican church,a
Tansor
Tanworth
Taplow
Taplow is a small, quiet village separated from Berkshire by the River Thames.
Tardebigge
Tatenhill
Tatenhill and surrounding countryside includes Rangemore and Callingwood in the National
Forest. Tatenhill church of St Michaels and All Angels contains a fine alabaster monument
to Sir Hugh Griffiths with his wife.
Taxal
Taynton
Tebworth
Teddington
Tedstone Delamere
Telford
Telford is named in honour of renowned eighteenth century road builder and engineer Thomas
Telford, Shropshire's first county surveyor.
Temple Balsall
Temple Grafton
Temple Guiting
Tempsford
Tenbury Wells
Tenbury lies in the northern part of the Malvern Hills District and borders Shropshire to
the north and Herefordshire to the south and west. It is on the south side of the Teme
Valley and is built on the valley's flood plain.
Tendring
Ternhill
Tetbury
Tetsworth
Tettenhall
Teversal
Tewkesbury
Tewkesbury is a medieval gem famed for its timber framed buildings. An ancient settlement
situated at the meeting of the rivers Avon and Severn, a delight for those seeking 'Olde
England'
Thame
Theddingworth
Thornborough
Thornbury
Thornbury
Thornby
Thorney
Thornton
Thornton
Thoroton
Thorpe
Thorpe Constantine
Thorpe Langton
Thorpe Satchville
Thorpe Waterville
Thorpe Waterville in Northamptonshire is a quiet little village, with a nice country pub,
which has been very updated.
Thrapston
Thrapston is a delightful small town in Northamptonshire Near the River Nene, with a
population of just over 5,000 residents. It is just off the A14 between Kettering and
Huntingdon.
Thringstone
Throckmorton
Thrussington
Thrussington has some interesting 18th century properties surrounding the village green.
It is the birthplace in 1782, of artist, John Ferneley, who depicted much of
Leicestershire's 19th century hunting scene.
Thruxton
Thurcaston
Thurcaston claims to be the birthplace of the martyred Tudor Bishop, Hugh Latimer. As a
youth, he may well have been familiar with All Saints Church, parts of which date back to
Norman times.
Thurgarton
Thurlaston
Thurleigh
Thurnby
Thurning
Tibberton
Tibberton
Tibshelf
Tickencote
Ticklerton
Ticknall
Tiddington
Tidenham
Tideswell
Tile Hill
Tilley
Tillington
Tilstock
Tilton on the Hill
Tingewick
Tintwistle
Tinwell
Tipton
Little is known of Tipton's earliest history, the area was once part of the Royal Forest
of Cannock, and records survive of land ownership in Norman times. By the 12th century
there was a church (St. John's) and a moated manor house.
Tirley
Tissington
Titchmarsh
Tithby
Titley
Tixall
Toddington
Toddington
The idyllic Cotswolds village of Toddington in Gloucestershire it is 12 miles north east
of Cheltenham.
Todenham
Toll Bar
Tollerton
Tong
Tonge
Toot Baldon
Tormarton
Torton
Tortworth
Torworth
Totley
Totmonslow
Toton
Totternhoe
Towcester
Tredington
Trefonen
Trench
Trent Vale
Trentham
Trescott
Treswell
Trowell
Trusley
Trysull
Tugby
Tugford
Tur Langton
Turkdean
Turnastone
Turnditch
Turvey
Turville
Visitors to the tiny village of Turville, in Buckinghamshire may find themselves with a
weird sense that they have been there before. In fact this village is better known as
Dibley from the BBC TV series the Vicar of Dibley
Tutbury
Tutbury - The Historic village on the banks of the River Dove, is dominated by the remains
of the imposing Tutbury Castle, where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned three times.
Tuxford
Twycross
Twyford
Twyford
Twywell
Tyberton
Tyburn
Tyringham
Tyseley
Tytherington
Uffington
Ufton
Uley
Ullenhall
Ullesthorpe
Ullingswick
Underwood
Unstone
Upleadon
Upper Arley
Upper Boddington
'The Boddingtons' - we are one village comprising of Upper and Lower Boddington. Together
we are very quiet and very rural.
Upper Brailes
Upper Broughton
Upper Dean
Upper Elkstone
Upper Hambleton
Upper Heyford
Upper Hulme
Upper Kinsham
Upper Langwith
Upper Langwith or Langwith Bassett as it is also known is a rural area of dispersed
farmsteads & individual houses that encompass an extremely pretty village with a
village green which the landscaped River Poulter runs through.
Upper Oddington
Upper Penn
Upper Sapey
Upper Slaughter
The village of Upper Slaughter lies two miles beyond the better-known Lower Slaughter,
just off the A429 trunk road between Bourton-on-the-Water and Stow-on-the Wold. This area
is, without any doubt, one of the most beautiful in England
Upper Stonnall
Upper Sundon
Upper Swell
Upper Winchendon
Uppingham
Upton
Upton
Upton Bishop
Upton Magna
Upton Snodsbury
Upton upon Severn
The historic town of Upton upon Severn is a thriving town, a perfect specimen of a Severn
River port and a place of beauty. Here you will find a mix of half timbered and Georgian
buildings, whilst the bridge connects the town with the modern marina.
Upton Warren
Uttoxeter
Uttoxeter - The visitor will find a friendly market town of great attraction. Colourful
outdoor markets are held on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Victoria
Vigo
Wacton
Wadborough
Waddesdon
Wadenhoe
Wakerley
Walcot
Walesby
Walford
Walford
Walgrave
Walkeringham
Wallingford
In 1066 William the Conqueror came to Wallingford and ordered the building of the castle
which must have been impressive; it was to dominate the town for the next 600 years.
Walsall
Walsall is an important industrial town in the West Midlands, about 13 miles northwest of
Birmingham city centre and close to the M6.
Walsall Wood
Walsgrave on Sowe
Waltham on the Wolds
Walton
Walton
Walton-on-the-Wolds
Walton-on-the-Wolds was the home in the 19th century of Augustus Hobart-Hampden, better
known as Hobart Pasha, who had an adventurous naval career.
Walton-on-Trent
Wantage
The market town of Wantage is probably most famous for its illustrious resident King
Alfred the Great and there is a wonderful statue of him dominating the quaint market
square.
Wappenham
Warborough
Wardington
Warkworth
Warmington
Warmington
Warmley
Warrington
Warslow
Warsop
Wartnaby
Warton
Warwick
Warwick is probably best known for its magnificent castle - one of England's top
attractions set in gardens landscaped by Capability Brown. The historic town itself is
well worth exploring.
Wasperton
Watchfield
Water Orton
Waterfall
Waterhouses
Waterperry
Watford
Watlington
Watnall Cantelupe
Watnall Chaworth
Wavendon
Wednesbury
Wednesbury is one of the oldest parts of Sandwell. The 'bury' part of the name indicates
there may have been an Iron Age fort or 'beorg' on Church Hill as long ago as 200BC.
Wednesfield
Weedon
Weedon Bec
Weeford
Weekley
Weethley
Welbeck
Weldon
Welford
Welland
Wellesbourne
Wellesbourne Mountford
Wellingborough
Wellington
Wellington (Telford)
Now part of Telford, Wellington still retains its character as an historic market town,
set against the backdrop of the Wrekin Hill.
Wellow
Welshampton
Welton
Wem
The small market town of Wem, is famous for being the birthplace of the modern Sweet Pea.
Visitors come from far and wide, to attend the annual show held in July.
Wendlebury
Wendover
Wendover is a picturesque town, one of its jewels being the Red Lion, whose former guests
include Oliver Cromwell and Robert Louis Stevenson. The focal point of the town is the
Clock tower, built in 1842.
Wentnor
Weobley
West Bridgford
West Bromwich
West Bromwich is the borough's largest town and is mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086.
At the time Bromwich - 'the little village on the heath of broom' - was among the
possessions of William Fitz-Ansculf, Baron of Dudley.
West Challow
West Drayton
West Felton
West Haddon
West Hagbourne
West Hallam
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description is currently being prepared for publication and will appear on this page
within the next few days.
West Hanney
West Leake
West Stockwith
West Wycombe
Picturesque West Wycombe has belonged to the National Trust since 1934. Most of the
buildings lining its one main street date from the 17th and 18th centuries and the Church
is a very well-known landmark, with its golden ball dominating the village.
Westbury
Westbury
Westbury-on-Severn
Westbury-on-Severn is an attractive rural village situated, as its name suggests, on the
River Severn. It is noted for its most unusual parish church which has a separate steeple.
Westcote
Westcott
Westerleigh
Westfield
Westhide
Westhouses
Weston
Weston
Weston
Weston
Weston Favell
Weston Lullingfields
Weston Subedge
Weston Turville
Weston under Penyard
Weston Underwood
Weston Underwood
Weston-on-Avon
Weston-on-the-Green
Weston-on-Trent
Weston-under-Lizard
Weston-under-Lizard is a small but charming village in a scenic rural part of
Staffordshire, close to the border with Shropshire.
Westoning
Westwell
Westwood
Wetleyrocks
Wetton
Whaddon
Whaley Bridge
Whatcote
Whatstandwell
Whatton
Wheatley
Wheaton Aston
Whelford
Whetstone
Whetstone - The 1086 Domesday Survey records Whetstone as having 24 peasants, 11 villeins,
one man at arms and a windmill.
Whipsnade
Whiston
Whitbourne
Whitchurch
Whitchurch
Whitchurch is a bustling market town and an ideal base for a holiday whatever your
interests. It is the home of J. B. Joyce, the oldest tower clockmakers in the world.
Whitchurch
Whitchurch
Whitecroft
Whitfield
Whitgreave
Whitherley
Whitley
Whitmore
Whitnash
Whitney
Whittington
Whittington
Whittington
Whittington
Whittlebury
Whitwell
Whitwick
Whixall
Wibtoft
Wick
Wick
Wicken
Wickwar
Widmerpool
Wigginton
Wigginton
Wigmore
Wigston
Wigston Parva
Wilbarston
Wilby
Wilcote
Wilcott
Wilden
Wilford
Willen
Willenhall
Willersley
Willey
Willey
Willington
Willington
Willoughby
Willoughby-on-the-Wolds
Willstone
Willstone is a tiny hamlet in the parish of Cardington. It lies on the South-East slope of
a ridge called The Wilderness, overlooked by higher hills - Caer Caradoc and The Lawley.
South of Willstone rises Willstone Hill, with the rock tow
Wilmcote
Wilnecote
Wilstead
Wilton
Winchcombe
Winchmore Hill
Windley
Windrush
Winforton
Wing
Wing
Wingerworth
Wingrave
Winslow
Winslow is a small town of immense charm and character. The most prominent building is
Winslow Hall, designed by Sir Christopher Wren in the early 18th century.
Winson
Winster
Winterbourne
Winthorpe
Wirksworth
Wishaw
Wistanstow
Withcote
Withington
Withington
Withington
Withybrook
Witney
Wittenham
Witton
Wixford
Woburn
Woburn is surrounded by wooded countryside and parkland with the Greensand Ridge running
through the north western part of the parish. The town takes its name from its Saxon
settlers - Wo meaning twisted or crooked - Burn meaning a stream.
Woburn Sands
Wolfhamcote
Wolford
Wollaston
Wollaston
Wollaston
Wolstanton
Wolston
Wolverhampton
The city of Wolverhampton is in the West Midlands, 18 miles northeast of Birmingham<
and close to the M6 and M54. It is on the main railway line to London with one of the
largest national interchanges at Birmingham New Street Station.
Wolverley
Wolverton
The small town of Wolverton is on the outskirts of Milton Keynes, between Stony Stratford
and Newport Pagnall.
Wolverton
Wolvey
Wombourne
Wombridge
Wooburn
Woodborough
Woodchester
Woodcote
Woodford
Woodhouse
Woodhouse Eaves
Woodhouse Eaves is at the heart of the Charnwood Forest. Close to Beacon Hill (818 feet
high), where once existed an Iron Age settlement.
Woodnewton
Woodside
Woodstock
Woodville
Woofferton
Woolaston
Woolhope
Woolstaston
Woolstone
Woolstone
Woolstone
Woonton
Woore
Wootton
Wootton
Wootton
Wootton
Wootton Wawen
Worcester
The historic Cathedral City of Worcester stands on the banks of the River Severn. It can
be said that the English civil War began and ended at Worcester, earning the City its
motto - 'The Faithful City', for its support of the Stuarts.
Wordsley
Wordsley is situated between Stourbridge and Kingswinford in the heart of The Black
Country, West Midlands. It is a village community with a host of shops and eateries and
more fine ale houses than you can shake a stick at.
Worfield
Worksop
The town of Worksop in Nottinghamshire is on the edge of Sherwood Forest, 31 miles east of
Sheffield.
Worminghall
Wormington
Wormleighton
Worthen
Worthington
Wotton Underwood
Wotton-under-Edge
Wrestlingworth
Wrockwardine
Wroxall
Wroxeter
Wroxton
Wychnor
Wyck Rissington
Wyken
Wylde Green
Wymeswold
Wymeswold lies a few miles to the north east of Loughborough. It is now a large and
popular conservation village, with some fine Georgian buildings, over 30 of the houses are
now Grade 2 listed buildings.
Wymington
Wymondham
Wysall
Wytham
Yanworth
Yardley
Yardley Hastings
Yarnton
Yarpole
Yate
Yatton
Yazor
Yeaveley
Yelden
Yelford
Yelvertoft
Yockleton
Yorton
Youlgreave
The village of Youlgreave (pronounced Youlgrave) is a popular starting point for walks in
the White Peak. It lies on a narrow limestone shelf, with houses spilling down the steep
slope to the river Bradford.
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