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Baliffscourt Hotel & Falconry - Sussex	Churchill's Chartwell	Cornwall/Devon
East Anglia	East Anglia in Winter	Hever Castle in Kent
Kent inc. Sissinghurst	Kent in the Winter	John Constable Country
Leeds Castle - medieval display	RHS Wisley Gardens	The City of Wells
Sussex	The Cotswolds in Spring	The Cotswolds in Winter
Yorkshire, Cumbria and The Lake District
Please note: Some of the businesses you see in the slideshows may no longer exist as these photographs have been taken over a period of time.

Collections of photographs across the UK taken by explorethecountry.com with cottages in the vicinity.

Monks Eleigh from across the valley in Suffolk - Winter scene

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Sample of photographs from the collections on this page

Arlington Cottages

National Trust Properties

Bibury Cottages

Wells Cathedral	The Royal Pavilion - Brighton

Cobb Harbour

Lyme Regis

Cane Shop - Arundel

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Bibury is steeped in history with parts of the church dating back to Saxon times. Overlooking the village of Bibury is the famous Arlington Row of 17th Century Weavers’ Cottages owned by the National Trust. The river between Arlington Row and the Mill is now a National Trust bird and wildlife reserve and is the scene of the Bibury Trout Farm, which is a tourist attraction in its own right. The valley portrays an English village landscape at its best.

The village of Monks Eleigh

Cottages in Monks Eleigh

Cygnet Cottage

Situated ten minutes drive from Lavenham, Monks Eleigh is a little English Village consisting of a small collection of houses, a pub, grocery store and rather magnificent church. Its pleasant and relaxing atmosphere makes it an ideal location to secure a self catering cottage close to Lavenham when bookings are difficult. Its location is ideal for exploring the countryside of East Anglia. We stayed at Cygnet Cottage - the pink one.

John Constable Country - where Constable painted

Spring scene at Flatford

The Dock on the Stour

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Flatford in the heart of Dedham Vale, East Bergholt, Suffolk is where John Constable painted his masterpieces, here you can walk along the banks of the River Stour and identify the locations and views that he painted.

Photographs of roses

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Happy Child - click image to view large size.

Click here to go to a page of photographs of roses from the garden of the Webmaster in Nelson New Zealand and elsewhere. Click photo thumbnail above to view full size - click back button to return.

The town of Lavenham

Wisteria on Cottage in Lavenham

Lavenham - Crooked House Gallery

Lavenham is a famous medieval town in Suffolk with a population of around 2,000 and consists of half timbered Medieval and Tudor buildings. It has narrow streets and is very popular with tourists in the summer months.

Hever Castle

Dating from 1270 the castle has had an interesting history becoming the home of Anne Boleyn for a while then Henry's fourth wife Anne of Cleves. Its ownership passed through other hands until William Waldorf Astor purchased it in 1903 when he spent a lot of time and money restoring it to its former glory and added the Tudor Village for his many guests. He also built the magnificent gardens and the lake. In the 1980's it was purchased by a private company which operates it today as a major tourist attraction. Hever Castle is situated in Kent not far from the M25

The Cathedral City of Canterbury

The square in the centre of Canterbury

You can spend a day exploring the Cathedral City of Canterbury situated in the heart of Kent. Be prepared to leave your car on the outskirts of the city and take a free bus into the city because the streets are narrow, parking is difficult, and some streets are closed to traffic during the day.

Cobb Harbour - Lyme Regis

Cobb pier embraces a small harbour at the Southern end of the village of Lyme Regis. The limestone cliffs on either side of the town are the site of some of Britain’s richest sources of fossils and some of the first dinosaur skeletons in the world were discovered here.

The town of Rye

Rye in the East Sussex countryside, in the south east of England is a quaint town with its roots steeped in history. It is situated on a hill overlooking the Rother River with a port at its mouth, and The Romney Marsh. Its cobbled streets and ancient buildings from medieval Tudor and Georgian times are very popular with the tourists

The County of Kent

Bluebells in Coppiced Wood

Canterbury Farmland

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Kent is known as the garden region of the UK. In addition it contains many fine castles like the famous Leeds castle, Chartwell the Family home of Sir Winston Churchill, with its rose & water garden, magnificent views over the Weald of Kent & Sussex. Sissinghurst the home of Vita Sackville-West and her husband Sir Harold Nicholson is a place well worth visiting.

Sissinghurst - Lime Walk

Sissinghurst owes its existence to diplomat and politician Sir Harold Nicolson and his wife, writer and poet Vita Sackville-West who purchased the ruinous buildings and gardens in 1930 and chose to make their home and garden there.

Located in Kent they created a collection of gardens that attract large numbers of garden lovers throughout the spring and summer. Sissinghurst has gardens that change throughout the seasons, so you can re-visit regularly and enjoy the changing scene. Our visit in spring 2005 was our fourth return visit and the magnificent display of roses in the various gardens had not yet bloomed due to the late spring.

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The National Trust

If you do not know much about the National Trust their website is well worth checking out. The National Trust owns a huge collection of historic homes, and other properties of significant historical interest. Generally they charge for admission and it is well worth becoming a member so that you can gain free admission to their numerous properties located through the UK. Whether you reside in the UK or are visiting from overseas, National Trust properties offer everyone young and old the opportunity to gain an invaluable insight into the richness of the history of the United Kingdom.

National Trust website

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