- Britain : Southern England
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- Southern England
is one of the most beautiful, diverse and captivating areas in
the country. It is an area of contrasting features from idyllic
countryside, tranquil rural villages and traditional seaside
resorts to dramatic cliff top coastlines, meandering waterways
and canals and vibrant cosmopolitan cities steeped in history
and heritage.
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- The
world-famous prehistoric monument of Stonehenge was built as
a ceremonial centre over 5000 years ago.
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- The
massive stone lintels are mortice- and-tenoned to the upright
stones and are curved to follow a circle. Some of the stones
weigh over 50 tons each & were brought from the Preseli Mountains
in Wales.
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- Due
north of Stonehenge, the prehistoric site of Avebury is one of
the country's most impressive and most mysterious environments.
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- The
village of Avebury is set in a landscape of earthworks and megalithic
standing stones and Silbury Hill lies just southwest.
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- Aerial
view of Old Sarum - an old Norman city c. 1130
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- Old
Sarum ruins
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- Salisbury
Cathedral - built between 1220 & 1258
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- The
Site of King Arthur's Tomb in Glastonbury.
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- Glastonbury
Abbey is traditionally the oldest Christian sanctuary in Britain.
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- Glastonbury
Abbey
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- A
popular spa since Roman days, the timelessly elegant Georgian
city of Bath, just southeast of Bristol, is one of Britain's
greatest architectural treasures.
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- The
Roman Baths Museum
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- Views
of the stunningly beautiful university town of Oxford.
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- Blenheim
Palace, Oxfordshire.
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- a
riverside Petrol Station - Oxford
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- June
& Fiona cruising on the River Isis and River Cherwell
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- An
Oxford College Boat House
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- Iffley
Lock, Oxford
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London
Southern
England
Heart
of England
Northern
England
Wales
Southern
Scotland
Glasgow
S.W. Scotland
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N.E.Scotland
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Scotland
Western
Isles
Orkney
Islands
Shetland
Islands
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