Towns in South East England on AboutBritain.com

Towns in South East England.

Abberton

Abbess Roding

Abbots Langley

Abbots Worthy

Abbotsbury

Abbotts Ann

Abinger
Abinger is a parish in the Mole Valley that includes the villages of Abinger Hammer, Sutton Abinger and Abinger Common.

Addington

Addlestone
Addlestone is a small town where the thousand year old crouch Oak once marked the boundary of Windsor forest and there is a legend that Queen Elizabeth I stopped to picnic beside it.

Albourne

Albury

Aldbourne

Aldbury

Aldenham

Alderbury

Alderholt

Aldermaston

Aldershot

Aldington

Aldworth

Alfold

Alfriston
Alfriston lies in the Cuckmere Valley and is the epitome of an English Village. There are a variety of shops in the village including an authentic Village Shop, several good coffee shops and various pubs.

Alkham

Allhallows

Allington

Almer

Alresford

Althorne

Alton

Alton Barnes
set in an area of Wiltshire that's steeped in tradition and mysticism, Alton Barnes has become something of a centre for crop circle spotting in recent years.

Alton Priors

Alvediston

Alverstoke

Alverstone

Amberley
Amberley is on the South Downs Way and can be reached by train. It has Sussex thatch cottages, a church and majestic castle ruins overlooking the Wild Brooks nature reserve.

Amesbury

Andover

Angmering

Anstey

Appledram

Appleshaw

Arborfield

Ardeley

Ardingly

Ardleigh

Arford

Arkesden

Arne

Arreton

Arundel
Arundel is a small hilltop town with a skyline dominated by the Castle. High on a hill, at the head of the Arun gap, stands Arundel Castle, surrounded by magnificent grounds.

Ascot

Ash

Ash Vale

Ashburnham

Ashdon

Asheldham

Ashen

Ashey

Ashford

Ashford
Ashford is a busy market town which still has many medieval houses for you to admire. It is a convient central point to tour from, to visit the numerous attractive villages.

Ashington

Ashley

Ashmansworth

Ashmore

Ashtead

Ashton Keynes

Ashurst

Ashwell

Askerswell

Aspenden

Astley

Aston

Aston End

Atworth

Avebury

Aveley

Avington

Axford

Aylesford

Ayot St. Lawrence

Ayot St. Peter

Badlesmere

Bagshot

Balcombe

Baldock

Banstead
Banstead is close to London but protected by extensive Green belt, so Banstead has managed to retain its rustic village charm.

Bapchild

Barcombe Mills Station
BR made extensive use of the route through Barcombe Mills Station for diversions from the Brighton line right up until closure, with the winter of 1968-69 being particularly busy.

Barford St. Martin

Barfreston

Barkham

Barkway

Barley

Barling

Barnham

Barns Green

Barnston

Bartley

Barton on Sea

Barton Stacey

Basildon

Basing

Basingstoke

Bassett

Batcombe

Battle

Battlesbridge

Baughurst

Baverstock

Baydon

Bayford

Beaminster
The market town of Beaminster makes a charming place to shop, browse and sample local fare. Three times devastated by fire, this prosperous little town once thrived from wool cloth and sailcloth, sackcloth and shoe-thread, rope and twine.

Bearsted

Beaulieu

Beckhampton

Beckley

Beddingham

Bedhampton
The village of Bedhampton is now a conservation area, with country lanes and winding streams. Still standing is the Norman church of St. Thomas the Apostle and also the Old Mill House where John Keats once stayed.

Beechingstoke

Beedon

Beedon Hill

Beenham

Bekesbourne

Belchamp Otten

Belchamp St. Paul

Belhus

Beltinge

Bembridge

Benenden

Benington

Bentley

Bentworth

Bepton

Berden

Bere Regis

Berkhamsted

Bersted

Berwick

Berwick Bassett

Berwick St. James

Berwick St. John

Betchworth

Bethersden

Bevendean

Bexhill

Bicknacre

Bicknor

Bidborough

Biddenden

Biddlestone

Bighton

Bignor

Billericay

Billingshurst

Bilsington

Bincombe

Binfield

Binsted

Birch

Birchanger

Birchington

Birdbrook

Birdham

Birling

Bisham

Bishop's Stortford

Bishop's Sutton

Bishop's Waltham

Bishops Cannings

Bishops Caundle

Bishopstoke

Bishopstone

Bishopstrow

Bisley

Bisterne

Bitterne

Black Notley

Blackboys

Blackbushe

Blackmore

Blackwater

Blandford Forum

Blean

Bletchingley

Blindley Heath

Bloxworth

Blunsdon St. Andrew

Bobbing

Bobbingworth

Bocking Churchstreet

Bodiam

Bognor Regis

Boldre

Bolney

Bookham

Borden

Bordon

Boreham

Borehamwood

Borley

Borough Green
Borough Green is a quiet village in Kent. Around the chapel in the centre of the village are a number of varied shops, eating places, banks and not far away the railway station with regular direct access to London.

Boscombe

Bosham
King Harold sailed from Bosham to visit Duke William, before the Norman invasion of 1066.

Botley

Botolphs

Boughton Aulph

Boughton Malherbe

Boughton Monchelsea

Boughton Street

Bourne End

Bournemouth
Internationally renowned for being one of Europe's most fashionable resorts, Bournemouth attracts millions of visitors of all ages and nationalities each year

Bourton

Bovingdon

Bovington Camp

Bowcombe

Bower Chalke

Bowers Gifford

Box

Box Hill
Box Hill overlooks the Mole Gap where the River Mole breaks through the line of the North Downs, and gives its name to a scattered village high on the Downs. It is the scene of the famous picnic in Jane Austen's "Emma".

Boxford

Boxgrove

Boxley

Boxmoor

Boxted

Brabourne

Bracknell

Bradfield

Bradford Abbas

Bradford-on-Avon

Brading

Bradley

Bradpole

Bradwell

Bradwell on Sea

Braintree

Bramber
The pretty village of Bramber regularly wins the 'South East in Bloom' competition. It features the 15th century St. Mary's House and the ruins of Bramber Castle.

Bramdean

Bramfield

Bramley

Bramshaw

Bramshot

Bransgore

Brasted

Bratton

Braughing

Bray

Bray Court

Breamore

Brede

Bredgar

Bredhurst

Bremhill

Brenchley

Brent Pelham

Brentwood

Brenzett

Bricket Wood

Bridge

Bridgemary

Bridport
Bridport was once the focus for the rope and networking industry in the 13th century, hence the long, narrow rope-walks used originally for twisting and drying the cord and twine made in Bridport.

Brighstone

Brightling

Brightlingsea

Brighton and Hove
Brighton and Hove is a sparkling, stylish and very special city by the sea. Brighton and Hove has been a fashionable seaside resort since the eighteenth century.

Brightwalton

Brimpton

Brinkworth

Britford

Broad Blunsdon

Broad Chalke

Broad Hinton

Broad Town

Broadmayne

Broadstairs
Broadstairs has an old world charm all of its own. There are winding streets, and fishermen's cottages cluster round the harbour. Viking bay is the town's main beach, but there are six other bays for you to enjoy.

Broadstone

Broadwater

Broadwey

Broadwindsor

Brockenhurst

Brockhurst

Brokenborough

Bromfield

Brompton

Brook

Brookland

Brookmans Park

Brookwood

Broomfield

Broughton

Broughton Gifford

Brown Candover

Broxbourne

Broxted

Buckhorn Weston

Buckhurst Hill

Buckland

Buckland Newton

Bucklebury

Bulford

Bulkington

Bullington

Bulmer

Bulpham

Buntingford

Burbage

Burgess Hill

Burghclere

Burghfield

Burham

Buriton

Burley

Burmarsh

Burnham-on-Crouch

Burpham

Bursledon

Burstock

Burstow

Burton

Burton Bradstock

Burwash

Bury

Bushey

Bushey Heath

Buttermere

Buxted

Byfleet

Bygrave

Cadnam

Calbourne

Caldecote

Calne

Calstone Wellington

Camberley

Canewdon

Canford Cliffs

Canford Magna

Canterbury
This beautiful city with cobbled lanes and streets, is the seat of the Anglican Communion and Kent's premier tourist destination.

Canvey Island

Capel

Carisbrooke

Castle Combe

Castle Eaton

Castle Hedingham

Castletown

Caterham

Catherington

Catsfield

Caversham

Cerne Abbas
Famed for the Cerne Giant - a striking, mysterious, 180-foot high figure cut into the chalk downs overlooking the village, Cerne Abbas is popular for its picturesque streets, 15th century houses and Abbey ruins.

Chailey

Chalbury

Chaldon Herring

Chale

Chalegreen

Chalton

Chalvington

Chandlers Ford

Chapel

Charing

Charlton

Charlton Marshall

Charlwood

Charminster

Charmouth
Charmouth with its sandy beach, is world famous for the fossils formed within Jurassic rocks 200 million years ago, and now being revealed as the cliffs erode in massive landslips.

Chartham

Chatham

Chatley

Chattenden

Chawton

Chelborough

Chelmsford
Chelmsford is at the heart of social and economic life of Essex - and has been for 800 years. To this day Chelmsford is a thriving community and maintains its position as a premier commercial, retail and leisure location.

Chelsham

Cherhill

Cheriton

Chertsey
Chertsey is situated midway between Egham and Weybridge, the town has a long and distinguished history and was once the site of a Benedictine Abbey, first established in AD666.

Cheselbourne

Chesfield

Cheshunt

Chesil

Chestfield

Chetnole

Chettle

Chevening
A peaceful spot at the end of a quiet country lane, Chevening is essentially a great mansion and its estate, with a church and a small group of cottages.

Cheverell

Chichester
Chichester is the County town and one of the UK's finest smaller Cathedral cities. Its plan and walls date from the Roman occupation and it has splendid examples of late 18th and early 19th century architecture.

Chickerell

Chicklade

Chickney

Chiddingfold

Chiddingly

Chiddingstone
Chiddingstone is a beautiful Kentish village with a perfect row of Tudor houses. Their half-timbered gables, mullions and casement windows, picturesque red-tiled roofs and projecting upper storeys have provided a setting for many films.

Chideock

Chieveley

Chigwell

Chilbolton

Chilcomb

Child Okeford

Chilgrove

Chilham

Chillenden

Chilmark

Chiltern Green

Chilton Candover

Chilton Foliat
Chilton Foliat is an ancient settlement, going back to Saxon times, and beyond. The village is situated by the River Kennet, some 3 km north west of Hungerford.

Chilworth

Chippenham

Chipperfield

Chipping Ongar

Chipstead

Chiseldon

Chisledon

Chislet

Chithurst

Chitterne

Chittoe

Chobham

Cholderton

Chorleywood

Chorleywood West

Christchurch
Historic Christchurch nestles between the River Avon and Stour at their confluence and enjoys unparalleled harbour views, walks and wildlife. Close to lively Bournemouth and the tranquillity of the New Forest and rural Dorset�

Christian Malford

Chute

Clack

Clacton-on-Sea
The seaside town of Clacton-on �Sea was once upon a time a buzzing holiday hotspot on the East Anglian Essex coast.

Clanfield

Clapham

Claremont

Clavering

Claygate

Clayton

Cliddesden

Cliffe

Cliffe Pypard

Cliftonville

Clothall

Cobham

Cocking

Codford

Codford St. Mary

Codford St. Peter

Codicote

Coggeshall

Colchester

Cold Ash

Cold Norton

Coldred

Coldwaltham

Cole Green

Colerne

Collingbourne Ducis

Collingbourne Kingston

Colnbrook

Colney Heath
Colney Heath is recognised as environmentally important for the heath is a wetland habitat and home to many shrubland and aquatic animals.

Combe

Compton

Compton Abbas

Compton Bassett

Compton Chamberlain

Cookham

Cooksbridge

Coolham

Cooling

Coombe Bissett

Coombes

Copford
Copford is largely an agricultural village situated 5 miles to the west of Colchester. It is easily accessible thanks to its close proximity to the A12, being just 1/2 a mile form the A120/Stanstead turn-off.

Corfe Castle
One of the oldest castles in England, Corfe Castle still stands as a ruin, but is also one of the most well-known sights in Dorset. The castle has a lot of history, and is an excellent place to learn about itself and other castles

Corfe Mullen

Corhampton

Corringham

Corscombe

Corsham

Corsley

Corston

Coryton

Cosham

Cottered

Coulston

Cove

Cowden

Cowes

Cowfold

Cranborne

Cranborne Chase

Cranbrook
Cranbrook is a small unspoilt town, which has retained its medieval feel, through the layout of streets and alleys. Buildings date from 15th to the 19th century.

Cranleigh

Crawley
With Gatwick Airport on its doorstep and an express rail link to London, Crawley is one of South East England's premier shopping centres. The County Mall, provides parking for 1800 vehicles, provides the ultimate in shopping convenience.

Crawley

Cressing

Cricklade

Crockham Hill
Crockham Hill is a small village which can be found on the way from Oxted to Edenbridge.

Crondall

Cross in Hand

Crowborough

Crowdhill

Crowhurst

Crowthorne

Croxley Green

Crudwell

Crundale

Cuckfield

Cuffley

Curdridge

Cuxton

Daggons

Dallington

Damerham

Danbury

Darenth

Dartford

Datchet

Datchworth

Dawesgreen

Deal

Debden

Dedham

Deepcut

Dengie

Denton

Deptford

Detling

Devizes

Dewlish

Dibden

Dibden Purlieu

Digswell

Dilton

Dinton

Ditchling

Doddington

Dogmersfield

Donhead St. Andrew

Donnington

Dorchester
The county town of Dorchester has much to offer the visitor, with its bustling shopping precincts, elegant 18th century houses and vital cultural life.

Dorking
Dorking is a town of special charm and character, it is particularly well known for its thriving antiques trade in West Street where more than 20 shops represent over 100 dealers.

Dormans Land

Dover
Dover, the closest town in Kent to the continent, is the gateway to England. Now the world's busiest ferry port, it is famed for its range of defences and military architecture.

Dovercourt

Downend

Downside

Downton

Draycot Foliat

Droxford

Dummer

Duneton

Dunkirk

Dunsfold

Durley

Durnford

Durrington

Durweston

Dymchurch

Earley

Earls Colne

Earlswood

Earnley
Situated in rural West Sussex, close to the historic city of Chichester and just a few minutes from the sea, the village of Earnley is certainly one of the more calm and quiet villages of West Sussex.

Eartham

East Barming

East Clandon

East Cowes

East Dean

East Everleigh

East Farleigh
East Farleigh is a wide spread, but small village, with a lively and close knit community.

East Garston

East Grimstead

East Grinstead
East Grinstead, on the edge of Ashdown Forest at the very east of the county and only 30 miles from London, has a High Street with the longest continuous run of 14th century timber-framed buildings in England.

East Guldeford

East Hanningfield

East Harting

East Hoathly

East Horndon

East Horsley

East Ilsley

East Kennet

East Knoyle

East Lulworth

East Malling

East Marden

East Meon

East Molesey

East Orchard

East Parley

East Peckham

East Preston

East Shefford

East Stoke

East Stour

East Stourmouth

East Tilbury

East Tisted

East Wellow

East Wittering
Head southwards from the beautiful West Sussex Cathedral City of Chichester and signposts indicate �The Witterings'.

East Woodhay

East Worldham

Eastbourne

Eastbury

Eastchurch
Eastchurch on the Isle of Sheppey was itself once the home of the early pioneers of aviation. Lord Brabazon of Tara, holder of Pilot's Licence No.1, and the late Sir Winston Churchill were both taught to fly at the old Eastchurch aerodrome.

Eastdean

Eastergate

Easthampstead

Eastleigh

Eastling

Eastney

Easton

Easton Grey

Eastry

Eastwell

Eastwood

Ecchinswell

Edenbridge

Edington

Edmondsham

Effingham

Egerton

Egham
Egham - A busy coaching town in the 18th and 19th centuries, the town is now by-passed by heavy traffic and this, together with the recently pedestrianised town centre, makes it a favourite shopping place.

Elham

Eling

Ellingham

Elmley

Elmsted

Elmstone

Elsenham

Elstead

Elsted

Elstree

Elvington

Empshott

Emsworth
Emsworth is a picturesque little fishing village with narrow streets, Georgian houses, high walled gardens and swans on the mill pond. Emsworth was the home of PG Wodehouse.

Enborne

Enford

Englefield

Englefield Green

Enham-Alamein

Epping

Epping Green
Epping Green is a small village situated on the B181 between Epping and Harlow The village is in the parish of Epping Upland which stretches from the Wake Arms near Upshire to the outskirts of Harlow.

Epsom

Erlestoke

Esher

Essendon

Etchingham

Eton

Evershot

Ewell

Ewhurst

Exbury

Exton

Eynsford
Eynsford is a pretty Kentish village in the lovely Darenth valley. Its ancient ford and a hump-backed mediaeval bridge across the river are still in use.

Eythorne

Faccombe

Fairlight

Fairmile

Falmer

Fareham

Farleigh

Farleigh Wallop

Farley

Farnborough

Farnham
Farnham stands on the River Wey, with unspoiled river meadows running through it, an architectural jewel with several outstanding art galleries.

Farnham
As you walk from the top of the fielded hill into the beginning of Farnham you will find your self walking amongst delightful assorted cottages.

Farnham

Farningham

Faulkbourne

Faversham
Faversham is a picturesque medieval market town. Many of the buildings, which were built in the 18th century, have been restored and are on view today.

Fawham Green

Fawkham

Fawley

Faygate

Feering

Felbridge

Felpham

Felsted

Ferndown

Fernhurst

Ferring

Figheldean
Set in almost the heart of Salisbury Plain, Figheldean is a quiet tranquil place that offers peace and quiet and unrivalled views of the surrounding plain.

Finchampstead

Finchingfield

Findon

Fingringhoe

Fishbourne

Fisherton de la Mere

Fittleton

Fittleworth

Five Oaks

Flamstead

Flaunden

Fleet
Fleet is a dramatically growing town in the borough of Hart. It's held to be one of the best place in the country to live for quality of life, amenities and services.

Fleetland

Fletching

Fobbing

Folkestone
Folkestone has recently become famous as the town adjacent to the Channel Tunnel entrance, it is one of England's most elegant Edwardian resorts.

Folkestone Harbour

Fonthill Bishop

Fontmell Magna

Ford

Fordham

Fordingbridge

Fordwich
The historic Town of Fordwich lies on the Great Stour river, about two miles east of Canterbury. Its history traces from Roman times.

Forest Row

Forton

Fortuneswell
Fortuneswell is a village on the northern side of the Isle of Portland. Its streets wind their way up steep hills which rise from sea level near Chesil Beach to a height of 500 feet at the top of the isle.

Fosbury

Foulness

Four Marks

Fovant

Foxham

Foxley

Framfield

Frampton

Frant

Fratton

Frensham

Freshwater

Freyerning

Frilsham

Frimley

Frinton-on-Sea
Frinton-on-Sea is a seaside town, fifteen miles from the historic town of Colchester on the Essex Coast.

Friston

Fritham

Frittenden

Frogmore

Frome St. Quintin

Froxfield

Froyle

Fullerton

Funtington

Furneux Pelham

Fyfield

Galleywood

Garlinge

Garsdon

Garston

Gatton

Gestingthorpe

Gillingham

Glanvilles Wooton

Glynde

Godalming
Godalming is a charming town of timbered buildings and cobbled streets, the first town in the country to have electric street lighting.

Godmanstone

Godmersham

Godshill

Godstone

Goff's Oak

Goldhanger

Gomshall

Good Easter

Goodnestone

Goodworth Clatford

Goring-by-Sea

Gosfield

Gosport

Goudhurst

Graffham

Grafton

Grain

Grateley

Graveley

Graveney

Gravesend

Grays
Grays, situated on the North bank of the Thames, 4 miles East of the M25 and Dartford, is only about 25 miles from London. The 2,872 metre QEII Bridge, also some 4 miles away, is the longest cable stayed bridge in Europe.

Great Amwell

Great Baddow

Great Bardfield
Great Bardfield is a small village near finchingfield.It has its own museum in the centre and Bardfield cage, which was used for the punishment of unsavoury characters. It has a beautiful church and a fine collection of houses.

Great Bedwyn

Great Bentley

Great Bookham

Great Braxted

Great Bromley

Great Burstead

Great Canfield

Great Chart

Great Chesterford

Great Clacton

Great Dunmow

Great Easton

Great Gaddesden

Great Hallingbury

Great Holland

Great Horkesley

Great Hormead

Great Leighs

Great Maplestead

Great Mongeham

Great Munden

Great Oakley

Great Offley

Great Parndon

Great Saling

Great Sampford

Great Shefford

Great Somerford

Great Tey

Great Totham

Great Wakering

Great Waltham

Great Warley Street

Great Wigborough

Great Wishford

Great Wymondley

Great Yeldham

Greatham

Greenhill

Greenhithe

Greensted

Greywell

Grimstone

Grittleton

Groombridge

Grove

Grove Ferry

Guestling

Guildford
Guildford - Surrey's county town - has all the richness and amenities of a city and yet remains compact enough to explore and enjoy with ease.

Gurnard

Gussage St Michael

Hackington

Hadleigh

Hadlow

Hadlow Down

Hadstock

Hailsham

Hale

Halling

Halstead

Halstock

Ham

Ham Street
The village of Hamstreet is situated where the Kentish Wealden hills meet the flatlands of Romney Marsh and there are plenty of traditional Kentish weather-board buildings in the village centre.

Hamble-le-Rice

Hambledon

Hammoon

Hampreston

Hampstead Norris

Hamworthy

Handcross

Handley

Hanging Langford

Hankerton

Hannington

Harbledown

Harbrough

Hardenhuish

Hardham
In the village of Hardham you will find the tiny 11th century St. Botolph's Church. St. Botolph's contains one of the UK's earliest and most complete schemes of mediaeval wall paintings.

Harlow
The Essex town of Harlow is one of number of "new" towns constructed largely in the 1950's/60's. It was designed to be one of a number of satellite towns which were built to facilitate the overspill population from London.

Harmer Green

Harpenden
Harpenden is a busy commuter town, and retains its charm with a tree-lined High Street and many 17th and 18th century buildings. The town centre offers several small interesting shops, excellent pubs and restaurants.

Harrietsham

Hartfield

Hartley

Hartley Row

Hartley Wintney

Hartshill

Harwich

Hascombe

Haselbury Bryan

Haslemere

Hassocks

Hastingleigh

Hastings

Hatch

Hatfield

Hatfield Broad Oak

Hatfield Heath

Hatfield Peverel

Havant
Once a leading leather, glove and parchment-making centre, Havant evolved around an ancient network of springs and an old Roman crossroads which linked Arundel to Winchester and Hayling Island to Rowlands Castle.

Haven Street

Hawkhurst

Hawkinge

Hawkley

Hawkwell

Hawley

Hawthorn

Haydon

Hayling Island

Haywards Heath

Headbourne Worthy

Headcorn

Headley

Heathfield

Heckfield

Helion Bumpstead

Hellingly

Hemel Hempstead

Hempstead

Henfield

Henham

Henley
Henley is a small hamlet with 16 houses in the middle of the 15,000 acre Cowdray Estate. Henley is well known for its idyllic setting on the side of a north-eastward facing sandstone hill...

Hermitage

Herne

Herne Bay

Hernehill

Herongate

Herriard

Hersham

Herstmonceux

Hertford

Hertingfordbury

Hever

Hextable

Hexton

Heybridge

Heyshott

Heytesbury

High Easter

High Halden

High Halstow
This ancient village is set on the highest point of the Hoo Peninsula and has a wide variety of scenery within its boundaries.

High Ongar

High Roding

High Welwyn

Higham

Highclere

Highcliffe
Lying four miles to the east of Christchurch, Highcliffe is just over a century old and during recent years has developed into a thriving and attractive area with beautiful, clean beaches, an excellent range of accommodation and good parking facilities.

Highgate

Highway

Highworth

Hilcott

Hildenborough

Hill Head

Hilmarton

Hilperton

Hilsea

Hilton

Hindhead

Hindon

Hinton

Hinton Ampner

Hinxhill

Hinxworth

Hitchin

Hoath

Hockley

Hoddesdon

Holborough

Holdenhurst

Hollingbourne

Hollington

Holmbury St Mary

Holmwood

Holt

Holton Heath

Holwell

Holybourne

Hoo

Hooe

Hook

Hooke

Hookwood

Horam

Hordle

Horley
Horley is a traditional market town blending the old with the new, offering good convenience shopping to a large residential area.

Hormead

Horndean

Horndon on the Hill
Horndon-on-the-Hill is listed in the Doomsday Book as Horninduna. This name appears on a Saxon coin of Edward the Confessor (1042-1066AD) and suggests that Horninduna was once the site of a Royal Anglo-Saxon mint.

Horne

Horningsham

Horringford

Horsebridge

Horsell

Horsham
Rich in history, Horsham District in the north east of the county, is a showcase of rural England, an inspiration for poets, artists and film makers alike.

Horsmonden

Horsted Keynes

Horton

Horton Kirby

Hothfield

Hougham

Houghton

Hove

Huish

Hullavington

Hungerford

Hungerford Newton

Hunton

Hurley

Hurn

Hursley

Hurst

Hurst Green

Hurstbourne Priors

Hurstbourne Tarrant

Hurstburne Tarrant

Hurstpierpoint

Hutton

Hylands

Hythe

Hythe
Hythe is a member of the Cinque Port federation, Hythe today is a pleasant seaside town. Once a thriving port, the old town, separated from the sea as a result of silting, it now lies 1.5 km inland.

Ibsley

Ibthorpe

Ibworth

Ickleford

Icklesham

Ide Hill
Ide Hill is one of the highest villages in Kent, perching on the top of the Greensand ridge at 800 feet above sea-level. It is a most attractive village grouped around its wide green, with a Victorian church on the edge of a wood.

Iden

Idmiston

Ifield

Iford

Imber

Ingatestone

Ingrave

Inkpen

Inworth

Iping

Ippollitts

Isfield

Isle of Grain

Isle of Oxney

Itchen

Itchen Abbas

Itchingfield

Ivychurch
Ivychurch is a sleepy village in the heart of the Romney Marsh. While it may not be awash with amenities, it does offer some interesting sights and historic buildings.

Iwade

Iwerne Minster

Jevington

Kearsney

Keevil

Kelshall

Kelvedon

Kelvedon Hatch

Kemsing

Kennington

Kent

Key Street

Keymer

Kilmeston

Kilmington

Kimmeridge

Kimpton

Kings Langley

Kings Somborne
King's Somborne is a pretty and peaceful village nestling in the Test Valley three miles to the south of Stockbridge in Hampshire. It is recorded in the Doomsday Book, where its name was Somborne Regis.

Kings Walden

Kings Worthy

Kingsclere

Kingsdown

Kingsgate

Kingsley

Kingsnorth

Kingston

Kingston near Lewes

Kingswood

Kingswood Manor

Kingswood Warren

Kintbury

Kippings Cross

Kirby Cross

Kirdford

Knebworth

Knockholt
Knockholt enjoys an airy situation on the crest of the North Downs. It is an old village, and over the years its focus has shifted from the original centre round the church to its offshoot Knockholt Pound a mile away.

Knole

Knook

Knowlton

Lacock

Laindon

Laleham

Lamarsh

Lamberhurst

Lambourn

Lancing

Landford

Langdon Hills

Langford
Langford is a tiny hamlet situated between Hatfield Peverel and Heybridge on the B1019. It has been an agricultural village for centuries, but is perhaps more famous now for the Waterworks which was built in 1927

Langley

Langley Marish

Langstone
The Ship Inn and the Royal Oak on the harbour side at Langstone are said to have once been smuggler's haunts.

Langton Matravers

Lark Hill

Lasham

Lashenden

Latchingdon

Laughton

Lavant

Laverstoke

Lawford

Layer de la Haye

Layer Marney

Lea

Leatherhead
Leatherhead ';The Gateway to the Surrey Hills', provides an excellent base for visitors wishing to explore the beautiful Surrey countryside and variety of nearby attractions.

Leaveland

Leavesden Green

Leckford

Lee-on-the-Solent

Leeds

Leigh

Leigh-on-Sea

Leith Hill
Leith Hill is not a town but a hill, the highest in the South East of England. On its shoulder perches the attractive little village of Coldharbour.

Lenham

Lepe

Letchworth

Leverstock Green

Lewes
Lewes is the county town of East Sussex. The castle overlooks the town and is open to visitors, as is the Barbican Museum opposite it. In such an historic town as Lewes there is obviously much to see.

Lexden

Leysdown
Leysdown on the Isle of Sheppey is a traditional seaside resort with award-winning beach and facilities.

Liddington

Lilley

Lillington

Limpley Stoke

Limpsfield

Linchmere

Lindfield

Lindsell

Lingfield

Linkenholt

Linton

Liphook

Liss

Liston

Litchfield

Litlington

Little Amwell

Little Baddow

Little Bedwyn

Little Bentley
Little Bentley is a small village situated between the A120 (Colchester - Harwich) and the A133 (Colchester - Clacton). Little Bentley has won the Essex Best Kept Village Award a number of times.

Little Berkhampstead

Little Bookham

Little Bredy

Little Bromley

Little Burstead

Little Canfield

Little Chart

Little Chesterford

Little Clacton

Little Dunmow

Little Gaddesden

Little Hadham

Little Hinton

Little Hormead

Little Horsted

Little Langford

Little Munden

Little Oakley

Little Somborne

Little Wakering

Little Walden

Little Waltham

Little Warley

Little Wigborough

Little Wymondley

Littlebourne

Littlebury

Littlehampton

Littleton

Locks Heath

Loders

Lodsworth

London Colney
London Colney is a large village sited on the old coaching route between London and St. Albans. The village has a thriving historic centre with a hypermarket to the south. With 1,800 car parking spaces, it is one of the largest hypermarkets in the UK.

Long Bredy

Long Burton

Long Crichel

Long Ditton

Long Sutton

Longbridge Deverill

Longcross

Longfield

Longham

Longparish

Longstock

Longstreet

Loose

Loughton

Low Street

Lower Beeding

Lower Farringdon

Lower Froyle

Lower Halstow

Lower Hardres

Lower Kingswood

Loxwood

Luckington

Luddenham

Luddesdown

Ludgershall

Ludwell

Lulworth Camp

Lurgashall
Lurgashall, north west of Petworth, is a classic Sussex village with a triangular cricket green overlooked by the Noah's Ark, a friendly pub with a strong cricketing connection.

Lydd

Lydden

Lydiard Millicent
Lydiard Millicent is a small village and parish in the far North-East corner of Wiltshire, it is part of the District of North Wiltshire, but is close to the western edge of the Borough of Swindon.

Lydiard Tregoze

Lydlinch

Lyme Regis
The dramatic coastline of Lyme Regis is an area of great natural beauty, criss-crossed by good rambling paths, and home to many kinds of flora and fauna.

Lyminge

Lymington

Lyminster

Lympne

Lyndhurst

Lyneham

Lynsted

Lytchett Matravers

Lytchett Minster

Maddington

Madehurst

Maiden Bradley

Maiden Newton

Maidenhead

Maidstone
Maidstone is the County Town of Kent and a thriving commercial centre with excellent shopping, sports and leisure facilities.

Maldon

Malling

Malmesbury

Manningford Abbots

Manningford Bohune

Manningford Bruce

Manston

Manton

Manuden

Mappowder

Marchwood

Marden

Maresfield

Margaret Roding

Margaretting

Margate
Margate has a lovely sea front and a fun fair. Donkey rides were first introduced on the sands of Margate in the early 19th century. Margate is also the birthplace of the Bathing Machine; Thomas Barber, a local man, made the first one in 1736.

Mark Cross

Market Lavington
Market Lavington is a large, friendly and thriving village on the northern slopes of Salisbury Plain, about five miles south of Devizes.

Marks Tey

Markshall

Markyate

Marlborough

Marnhull

Marshwood

Marston Meysey

Martin

Martyr Worthy

Matching

Matfield

Mayfield

Mayland

Medstead

Meesden

Melbury Abbas

Melbury Bubb

Melcombe Regis

Melksham

Meonstoke

Meopham

Mere

Mereworth

Merrow

Mersham

Merstham
Merstham is a North Downs village of ancient origin but modern attributes: It is more residential than commercial but is far from being a sleepy dormitory village. It is conveniently located in a gap of the North Downs on the London to Brig

Merston

Merstone

Messing
A very tidy village steeped in history, this small Essex village is a very pretty place that doesn't resemble its name in the slightest! This was how a magazine started its feature on our village recently.

Micheldever

Micheldever Station

Michelmersh

Mickleham

Middle Street

Middle Wallop

Middle Winterslow

Middleton

Middleton-on-Sea

Midgham

Midhurst
Midhurst has its origins in the middle ages. The buildings round the Market Square are particularly attractive and include Elizabeth House, a rare example of a four-story timber-framed house.

Milborne St. Andrew

Mildenhall

Mile End

Milford

Milford on Sea

Millbrook

Milston

Milton

Milton Abbas

Milton Regis
Milton Regis, a suburb of Sittingbourne, offers a tourist attraction with a difference. At Milton creek you will find an old sailing barge yard, which still carries out this type of work on a commercial basis.

Minety

Minstead

Minster
At Minster, the Isle of Sheppey's history is again brought to life at Minster abbey Gatehouse Museum, part of one of Kent's earliest Benedictine nunneries.

Minster

Mistley

Molash

Molesey

Monk Sherborne

Monkton

Monkton Deverill

Monxton

Morden

Morecombelake

Morestead

Moreton

Moreton
Quiet, peaceful, off the beaten track, Moreton is a mixture of village styles - linear in parts with a little thatched street, dispersed in others.

Mortimer Common

Mortimer West End

Mosterton

Motcombe

Mottisfont

Mottistone

Mount Bures

Mountfield

Mountnessing

Much Hadham

Mudeford
Only two miles from Christchurch, Mudeford is a charming fishing village lying at the entrance to Christchurch Harbour, a mecca for water-sports enthusiasts and fishermen.

Mundon

Murston

Mytchett

Navestock

Nazeing

Nether Cerne

Nether Wallop

Netheravon

Netherbury

Netley Abbey

Netley Marsh

Nettleton

Nevendon

New Alresford

New Chapel

New Milton

New Romney

Newbridge

Newbury

Newchurch

Newdigate

Newenden

Newgate Street

Newhaven
The coastal port of Newhaven is situated at the mouth of the River Ouse. Newhaven still has a daily ferry service to Dieppe and the harbour is always busy and a fascinating place to visit.

Newick

Newington

Newnham

Newport

Newton Tony

Newtown

Ninfield

Niton

Norleywood

Normandy

North Bradley

North Fambridge

North Hayling

North Marden

North Mimms

North Mundham

North Mymms

North Ockendon

North Stoneham

North Tidworth

North Waltham

North Weald

North Weald Bassett

North Wraxall

Northaw

Northbourne

Northchapel

Northchurch

Northfleet

Northiam

Northington

Northwood

Norton

Norton Bavant

Norton Heath

Nursling

Nutfield

Nuthurst

Nutley

Oak Hangar

Oakley

Oaksey

Oare

Oatlands Park

Ockham

Ockley

Odiham

Odstock

Offham

Ogbourne St. Andrew

Ogbourne St. George

Old Romney

Old Sarum

Old Town

Old Windsor

Ongar Station

Orcheston

Ore

Orlestone

Orsett
Orsett was the original seat of local government for the area and the site of a palace of the Bishop of London in medieval times. The village lock-up last used as a prison in 1848, and the animal pound still exist.

Osborne

Osmington

Ospringe

Otford

Otterbourne

Otterden

Ottershaw

Over Compton

Over Wallop

Overcombe
Overcombe is a quiet beachfront area on the eastern side of Weymouth. It is about 2 miles from the town centre and harbour, with a frequent bus service. There is adequate parking. The beach itself is sand and shingle and is safe.

Overton

Oving

Ovington

Ower

Owermoigne

Owslebury

Oxenwood

Oxshott

Oxted

Paddlesworth

Paddock Wood

Pagham
Pagham is a small, sea front town boasting a nature reserve located close to Pagham Lagoon. It has enough interesting wildlife to attract both the amateur and serious birdwatcher.

Panfield

Pangbourne

Panshanger

Parham

Park Street
Park Street Village is situated between Radlett and St Albans. There is a beautiful Nature Reserve, which was once chalk pits, and now there are 3 man-made lakes which are home to many species of birds and insects.

Parkeston

Parkstone

Partridge Green

Patcham

Patching

Patney

Pattiswick

Peasemore

Peasmarsh

Pebmarsh

Peldon

Pembury

Penhurst

Penselwood

Penshurst

Penton Mewsey

Pentridge

Peper Harow

Perham Down

Petersfield

Petham

Pett

Petworth
The magnificent Petworth House dominates Petworth; one of Sussex's most important country towns.

Pevensey

Pevensey Bay

Pewsey

Piddlehinton

Piddletrenthide
In the year 1002, Emma, the daughter of the Duke of Normandy, received, on her marriage to Ethelred (The Unready), land in the village of Piddletrenthide, in the valley of the River Piddle.

Pilsdon

Pimperne

Pirbright

Pirton

Pitsea

Pitt

Pitton

Plaistow

Plaitford

Plaxtol
Plaxtol is a little gem nestling in a fold in the Bourne Valley just South of the A25 and to the west of Tonbridge. It is a small village, the Millenium Stone planted in the grass verge adjoining the Parish Church.

Playden

Pleshey

Pluckley

Plumpton

Plumpton Green

Polegate

Poling

Poole

Popham

Port Victoria

Portchester

Portesham

Portland Harbour

Porton

Portslade

Portsmouth

Postling

Potter Street

Potterne

Potters Bar

Powerstock

Poxwell

Poynings

Preston
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Preston

Preston Candover

Privett

Puckeridge

Puddletown

Pulborough
Pulborough is the home of Parham House and Gardens, set in the heart of an ancient deer park, on the slopes of the South Downs. The house and gardens have been lovingly restored by the Pearson family.

Puncknowle

Purfleet
Purfleet features in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula in which the famous vampire buys a house called 'Carfax' and lives in Purfleet.

Purleigh

Purton

Purton Stoke

Puttenham

Pyecombe

Pyrford

Quarley

Queenborough
Queenborough, with much to remind visitors of its long history as a seafaring town, is well worth exploring. In the High Street is the Guildhall on the site of an earlier courthouse captured by the Dutch in 1667.

Quendon

Radipole

Radlett

Radwell

Radwinter

Rainham

Rake

Rampisham

Ramsbury

Ramsden Heath

Ramsey

Ramsgate
Ramsgate is a busy maritime centre, with a maritime museum. Parts of the town are conservation areas and it has some fine architecture.

Ratton Village

Rawreth

Rayleigh

Rayne

Reading
Reading is the county town of Royal Berkshire, situated in beautiful countryside in the heart of the Thames Valley, with the Rivers Kennet and Thames running through the town.

Reculver

Redbourn
Redbourn was a strategically positioned roman settlement along Watling Street and is famous locally as the scene of the first recorded cricket match in Hertfordshire in 1666.

Redbridge

Redhill

Redlynch

Reed

Reigate
The historic market town of Reigate nestles at the foot of the North Downs which provide a magnificent backdrop.

Remenham

Rettendon
Rettendon is a quite widely spread village and includes the hamlet of Battlesbridge which is on the tidal River Crouch. The parish church is All Saints and sits on the hill just off the main road to Chelmsford.

Richborough Castle

Rickmansworth

Ridge

Ridgewell

Ridley

Ringmer

Ringstead

Ringwood

Ringwould

Ripe

Ripley

Rivenhall

River

Robertsbridge

Rochester
Rochester is often referred to as 'the City of Great Expectations' due to its association with Charles Dickens. There is a Dickens Centre, as well as Dickens festivals in the summer and at Christmas.

Rochford

Rockbourne

Rodmell

Rodwell

Roffey

Rogate

Rollestone

Rolvenden

Romney
New Romney is the largest town on Romney marsh, and an ancient Cinque Port. Old Romney is an unspoiled village lying to the west.

Romsey

Rookley

Ropley

Rotherfield

Rotherwick

Rottingdean

Roundway

Rowde

Rowhedge

Rowlands Castle

Rowledge

Roxwell

Royal Tunbridge Wells
Royal Tunbridge Wells remains one of the most elegant towns in the country, and was considered a rival to Bath when it was a fashionable spa from the 17th to 19th centuries.

Roydon

Royston

Ruckinge

Rudgwick

Rudloe

Rushall
Rushall is an ancient settlement set next to the River Avon in Wiltshire's beautiful Pewsey Vale.

Rushden

Rusper
The parish of Rusper dates back to at least the 12th century A.D. The parish is nestled between Crawley and Horsham and is home to around 1,500 people.

Rustington

Ryarsh

Ryde

Rye

Rye Harbour

Sacomb

Saffron Walden

Salcott

Salfords

Salisbury

Saltdean

Sandgate
Sandgate spans 2 ½kms of Kent coastline between Folkestone and Hythe. It fringes the English Channel and clusters beneath steep wooded slopes.

Sandhurst

Sandleheath

Sandon

Sandown

Sandridge
Sandridge lies north-east of St. Albans, and was recorded in the 1086 Doomsday Book. Sandridge Village is a conservation area centred around St Leonards Church, which is open most summer weekends.

Sandwich
Sandwich is one of the most complete medieval towns in England, it has great charm and character, with its network of narrow streets and alleys; it is one of the five ancient Cinque Ports established by Royal Charter in 1155.

Sarratt

Sarre

Savernake Station

Sawbridgeworth

Seabrook

Seaford
Seaford is a seaside town on the south coast situated between Brighton and Eastbourne. The coast and countryside attract many visitors to this area.

Seagry

Seal

Seale

Seasalter

Seaview

Sedghill

Sedlescombe

Seend

Selborne

Selham

Sellindge

Selling

Selmeston

Selsey

Selstead

Semington

Semley

Send

Sendmarsh

Sevenhampton

Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks is believed to have derived its name from a group of seven oak trees which once grew in the area, long since gone; but to keep the legend alive, seven oaks were taken from Knole Park and ceremoniously planted on the common in 1955.

Shadoxhurst

Shaftesbury
Arriving in Shaftesbury from the north-east, one may well be given the impression that it is much like many others - a bustling and pleasant little town situated on the borders of Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire.

Shalbourne

Shalden

Shalfleet

Shalford

Shanklin

Shapwick

Sharnal Street

Shaw

Shawford

Shedfield

Sheering

Sheerness

Sheet

Shell Haven

Shenfield

Shenley

Shephall

Shepherdswell

Shepperton

Sherborne
Sherborne is a mellow-stoned living pageant of history. The ancient Abbey Church has one of the most graceful and delicate fan-vaulted roofs in England, and some fine stained glass.

Sherborne St. John

Shere

Sherfield English

Sherfield on Loddon

Shermanbury

Sherston

Shide

Shillingstone

Shinfield

Shipborne

Shipley
The village of Shipley, has views of the South Downs and the iron age Chanctonbury Ring camp. The church was built by the Knights Templar around 1125.

Shoeburyness

Sholden

Sholing

Shootend

Shoreham

Shoreham
A short car ride from Shoreham is Shoreham Airport, officially opened in 1911, was host to the British pioneers of air flight. The oldest licensed airport in the world.

Shorncliffe Camp

Shorne

Shorwell

Shottermill

Shrewton

Shroton

Sible Hedingham

Sidlesham

Sidley

Silchester

Silton

Singleton

Sissinghurst

Sittingbourne
Sittingbourne is a modern day market town, but has very strong links with the sailing barge history in its past, which is still very much in evidence today.

Slaugham

Slaughterford

Slindon
Slindon is on the South slopes of the Downs and mostly in the care of the National Trust. Charming and unspoiled, with brick and flint houses there are walks through the surrounding beech woods and open downland.

Slinfold

Slough

Smarden
Smarden is a wonderful place to live and to visit. It is a beautiful Kentish weavers' village with around 200 buildings of architectural and historical note dating from the '4th Century.

Smeeth

Snargate

Snave

Snodland

Soberton

Sole Street

Sompting

Sonning

Sopley

Sopworth

South Benfleet

South Fawley

South Hanningfield

South Harting

South Hayling

South Lancing

South Marston

South Mimms

South Mundham

South Newton

South Nutfield

South Ockendon

South Perrott

South Stoneham

South Tidworth

South Wraxall

Southampton
Southampton has been an important port for centuries, situated on England�s south coast and is a fascinating place to visit.

Southborough

Southbourne

Southend

Southfleet

Southminster

Southsea

Southwater

Southwell

Southwick

Sparsholt

Speen

Speldhurst

Spetisbury

St. Albans
St Albans has been welcoming visitors from far afield for 2000 years. First built as Verulamium by the Romans, the city was renamed St. Albans after the first British Christian martyr.

St. Helens

St. Ives

St. Lawrence

St. Leonards

St. Margaret's at Cliffe

St. Mary Bourne

St. Mary Hoo

St. Michaels

St. Nicholas at Wade

St. Osyth

St. Paul's Walden

Staines

Stalbridge

Stalisfield

Stambourne

Standon

Stanford

Stanford le Hope

Stanford Rivers

Stanmer

Stanstead Abbots

Stanstead Abbotts is a large village in Hertfordshire, north of London. The Greenwich meridian passes through the centre of the village, which is recorded by marker posts.

Stansted

Stansted Mountfitchet
When wondering how best to describe the Saxon village of Stansted Mountfitchet to a possible tourist, the phrase, " big things come in small packages" springs to mind.

Stanton Fitzwarren

Stanton St Quintin

Stanwell

Staple

Staple Cross

Staplefield

Stapleford

Stapleford Abbots

Stapleford Tawney

Staplehurst

Stebbing

Stedham

Steep

Steeple

Steeple Ashton

Steeple Bumpstead

Steeple Langford

Stelling

Stevenage
Stevenage was the very first of the constructed New Towns of Britain, primarily built to house post-war Londoners who had either lost their houses, or needed a boost in morale and a cleaner, safer alternative to London.

Steventon

Steyning
Steyning lies inland from Shoreham-by-Sea, it has a wealth of timber framed buildings, including Woodhouse Cottage in Mouse Lane, and 14th and 15th century half type houses with projecting first floors in the High Street.

Stifford

Stisted

Stoborough

Stock

Stockbridge

Stockbury

Stockcross

Stocking Pelham

Stoke

Stoke Abbott

Stoke D'Abernon

Stone

Stonewood

Stony Cross Inn

Stopham

Storrington

Stoughton

Stour Provost

Stourpaine

Stourton

Stourton Caundle

Stowting

Stratfield Mortimer

Stratfield Saye

Stratton

Stratton St. Margaret

Streatley

Strethall
Anyone with any doubts about the beauty of the Essex countryside should visit Strethall in mid August on a day when the sun is shining down on the golden cornfields and the harvest is well and truly underway.

Strood

Studland

Studley

Sturmer

Sturminster Marshall

Sturminster Newton

Sturry

Sulham

Sulhampstead

Sulhampstead Abbots

Sunbury

Sundridge

Sunningdale

Sunninghill

Sunninghill Park

Sutton at Hone

Sutton Benger

Sutton Bingham

Sutton Scotney

Sutton Valence

Swalecliffe

Swallowcliffe

Swallowfield

Swanage

Swanley

Swanmore
Swanmore is a small village set amid beautiful countryside in rural Hampshire. It's a pleasant place with a good atmosphere and friendly people.

Swanscombe

Sway

Swaythling

Swindon

Swingfield

Swyre

Tadley

Tadworth

Takeley

Tandridge

Tangley

Tangmere

Tarrant Gunville

Tarrant Hinton

Tarrant Keynston

Tarrant Monkton

Tarrant Rushton

Tarring Neville

Tatsfield

Teffont Magna

Temple Ewell

Tenterden
Tenterden is a delightful country town with wide tree lined streets, historic buildings, inns and shops. It has been described as ' the Jewel of the Weald'.

Terling

Tewin

Teynham

Thakeham

Thames Ditton

Thames Haven

Thannington

Thatcham

Thaxted

Theale

Therfield

Theydon Bois

Thorley

Thorncombe

Thornwood Common

Thorpe
Thorpe is mentioned in the Doomsday Book as 'Torpe'; the village has not changed much in 900 years

Thorpe le Soken

Thorrington

Three Bridges

Three Legged Cross

Thruxton

Thundersley

Thundridge

Thurrock
Thurrock is situated in the south-west of Essex and borders the north bank of the River Thames. Thurrock is the gateway to London with easy access to both Kent and Essex via the M25 motorway.

Thursley

Ticehurst

Tichborne

Tidcombe

Tidmarsh

Tidworth

Tilbury

Tilehurst
Tilehurst is a suburb of Reading in Berkshire, bounded by the River Thames in the North, Sulham woods to the west and the A4 to the south.

Tillingham

Tillington

Tilmanstone

Tilshead

Tilty