South West England

[This section is in the early stages of development: 18 October 1999]

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Cornwall

: Looe, Liskeard, Bodmin Moor, The Cheese-wring, Kit Hill, Lanhydrock Park, the lost gardens of Heligon.

Devon

 Dartmoor, Tavistock, Plymouth, Salcombe, Bolt Head, Exeter, Sidmouth

Somerset

 Quantock Hills, Clevedon

Bristol and Avon

Bristol old docks, Clifton suspension bridge

Midsomer Norton: the Old Priory

Bath: ancient Abbey (see picture below); Roman Baths and Pump Room; 18th century architecture; [The Royal Crescent]

Gloucestershire

  Westonbirt Arboretum

  Cirencester, Corinium Roman Museum

 The Cotswold Hills: beautiful rolling countryside:

 Cotswold towns and villages: Stow-on-the-Wold; Bourton-on-the-Water, including the New Inn and Birdland; the Rare Breeds Farm near Guiting Power; Upper and Lower Slaughter, Broadway (Worcs.).

Sudeley Castle, associated with Lady Jane Grey.

Wotton-under-Edge (see photo below): Pitman, of shorthand fame, was from here.

Dursley: town centre, Hetty Peglar's Tump, Stinchcombe Hill, Cam Peak; Slimbridge Wildfowl Trust

 Painswick, Nailsworth, Stroud, Slad (the photo below is near Slad, where Laurie Lee, who wrote Cider with Rosie, was born and raised).

Gloucester: Cathedral

Cheltenham: 18th century architecture; home of Gustav Holst (composer of The Planets Suite)

Tewkesbury: Abbey, river Severn

Upton-upon-Severn

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