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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

Alcester
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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
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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

Alsop en le Dale

Alstonefield

Alton

Alvechurch

Alveley
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Alvescot

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

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

Ashover

Ashow

Ashperton

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 Abbots

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

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

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
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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

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

Belbroughton

Belgrave

Belper

Belton

Belvoir

Benefield

Bengeworth

Benson

Bentley

Beoley

Berkeley

Berkeswell

Berrick Salome

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

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

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

Bourne End

Bournville

Bourton

Bourton on Dunsmore

Bourton-on-the-Hill

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 in the Moors

Bradmore

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

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

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

Broome

Broseley

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
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Buckland

Buckminster

Bucknall

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

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

Byfield

Byford

Byton

Caddington

Cadeby

Caldecote

Caldecott

Calke

Callow

Calton

Calverton

Cam

Cambridge

Campton and Chicksands

Canley

Cannock
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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-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 Abbots

Charlton Kings

Charlton-on-Otmoor

Charney Basset

Chartley Castle

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

Cherrington

Chesham
Chesham is the largest town in the Chiltern district, located amidst the steep green Chiltern Hills.

Chesterfield

Chesterton

Cheswardine

Chetton

Chetwode

Chetwynd

Chetwynd Aston

Chicheley

Chilcote

Childrey

Childs Ercall

Childs Wickham

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

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 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

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

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

Coxbench

Coxwell

Crabbs Cross

Crackleybank

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

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
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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

Donisthorpe

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 in the Moors

Drayton

Drayton Bassett

Drayton St. Leonard

Droitwich

Dronfield

Drybrook

Ducklington

Dudbridge

Duddington

Dudley

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

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 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

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

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

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 Green

Forton

Fotheringhay

Four Ashes

Four Oaks

Fownhope

Foxton

Foy

Framilode

Frampton Cotterell

Frampton on Severn

Frankley

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

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

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

Goodrich

Goring

Gornalwood

Gotham

Grafton Flyford

Grafton Underwood

Granby

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 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 Washbourne

Great Witcombe

Great Witley

Great Wyrley

Greatworth

Greet

Greetham

Grendon

Grendon Underwood

Gretton

Grimley

Grimston

Grindleford

Grindley

Grindon

Gringley on the Hill

Grinshill

Grosmont

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

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

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

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

Harworth

Hasbury

Haselbech

Haselour

Hasfield

Hassop

Hatfield

Hatford

Hathern

Hatherop

Hathersage

Hatton

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
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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

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

Horsepath
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Horsley

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

Huntley

Hurley

Husbands Bosworth

Husborne Crawley

Hyssington

Ibstock

Ibstone

Idbury

Idridgehay

Idstone

Ifton Heath

Ightfield

Ilam

Ilkeston

Illey

Illston on the Hill

Ilmington

Ingestre

Inkberrow

Innsworth

Ipsden

Ipstones

Irchester

Ireton Wood

Iron Acton

Ironbridge

Irthlingborough

Isham

Islip

Iver

Iver Heath

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

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

King's Cliffe

King's Newton

Kingham

Kings Bromley

Kings Norton

Kings Pyon

Kings Sutton

Kingsbourne Green

Kingsbury

Kingscote

Kingsey

Kingsland

Kingsley

Kingsthorpe

Kingston

Kingston Bagpuize

Kingston on Soar

Kingstone

Kingswinford

Kingswood

Kington

Kinlet

Kinnerley

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

Langham

Langley

Langley Mill

Lapley

Lapworth

Lasborough

Lassington

Lathbury

Latimer

Launton

Lavendon

Lawley Bank

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

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

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

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

Long Buckby

Long Clawson

Long Compton

Long Crendon

Long Eaton

Long Green

Long Itchington

Long Lawford

Long Marston

Long Newton

Long Whatton

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

Longford

Longhope

Longley Green

Longney

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

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

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 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

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

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 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

Marsh Gibbon

Marshbrook

Marshfield

Marston

Marston Green

Marston Montgomery

Marston Moretaine

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

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
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Middle Claydon

Middle Tysoe

Middleton

Middleton on the Hill

Middleton Stoney

Milcote Station

Milford

Millbrook

Millers Dale

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

Moreton Corbet

Moreton on Lugg

Moreton Pinkney

Moreton Say
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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

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

Newbold

Newbold on Avon

Newbold on Stour

Newbold Verdon

Newborough

Newcastle

Newcastle-under-Lyme

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

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

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

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
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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 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