24 June 2023 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General
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Chipping Campden is a
market town in the
Cotswold district of
Gloucestershire , England. It is notable for its terraced High Street, dating from the 14th century to the 17th century. (“Chipping” is from
Old English cēping , ‘market’, ‘market-place’; the same element is found in other towns such as
Chipping Norton ,
Chipping Sodbury and Chipping (now High
Wycombe ).
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19 June 2023 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General
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Biddestone is a village and
civil parish in northwest
Wiltshire , England, about 3 miles (5 km) west of
Chippenham and 2 miles (3.2 km) north of
Corsham . The parish includes the smaller settlement of
Slaughterford .
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15 June 2023 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General
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Mevagissey (
Cornish : Lannvorek) is a village, fishing port and
civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated approximately five miles (8 km) south of
St Austell . The parish population at the 2011 census was 2,015, whereas the ward population at the same census was 4,354.
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8 June 2023 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks , UNESCO World Heritage
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Greenwich Park from the observatory © Mx. Granger
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Greenwich Park is a former
hunting park in
Greenwich and one of the largest single green spaces in south-east
London . One of the
Royal Parks of London , and the first to be enclosed (in 1433), it covers 74 hectares (180 acres), and is part of the Greenwich
World Heritage Site . It commands views over the
River Thames , the
Isle of Dogs and the
City of London (
Simon Jenkins rated the view of the
Royal Hospital with
Canary Wharf in the distance as one of the top ten in England).
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26 May 2023 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General , Living, Working, Building
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Row houses of Cotswold stone © Peter K Burian/cc-by-4.0
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Broadway is a large village and
civil parish in the
Cotswolds , England, with a population of 2,540 at the 2011 census. It is in the far southeast of
Worcestershire , close to the
Gloucestershire border, midway between
Evesham and
Moreton-in-Marsh . It is sometimes referred to as the “Jewel of the Cotswolds”. The village is overlooked by Broadway Hill, the highest point in the northern Cotswolds at 1,024 ft (312 m) above sea level, which is popular with hill walkers.
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30 March 2023 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General , London , Shopping
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Rolls-Royce on New Bond Street © flickr.com – 35mmMan/cc-by-2.0
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Bond Street in the
West End of London links
Piccadilly in the south to
Oxford Street in the north. Since the 18th century the street has housed many prestigious and upmarket fashion retailers. The southern section is
Old Bond Street and the longer northern section
New Bond Street —a distinction not generally made in everyday usage.
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25 March 2023 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General
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Lambourn is a village and
civil parish in
Berkshire , England. It lies just north of the
M4 Motorway between
Swindon and
Newbury , and borders
Wiltshire to the west and
Oxfordshire to the north. After
Newmarket it is the largest centre of
racehorse training in England, and is home to a rehabilitation centre for injured jockeys, an
equine hospital, and several leading
jockeys and trainers. To the north of the village are the
prehistoric Seven Barrows and the nearby
long barrow . In 2004 the
Crow Down Hoard was found close to the village.
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24 March 2023 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General
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Slough is a town in the
unitary authority of the same name in
Berkshire , England, bordering
Greater London . It lies in the
Thames Valley , 20 miles (32 km) west of central
London and 19 miles (31 km) north-east of
Reading , at the intersection of the
M4 ,
M40 and
M25 motorways. It is part of the
historic county of
Buckinghamshire . In 2020, the built-up area subdivision had an estimated population of 164,793. In 2011, the district had a population of 140,713.
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23 March 2023 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General
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Newbury is a
market town in the county of
Berkshire , England, and is home to the administrative headquarters of
West Berkshire Council . The town centre around its large
market square retains a rare
medieval Cloth Hall , an adjoining half timbered
granary , and the 15th-century
St Nicolas Church , along with 17th- and 18th-century
listed buildings . As well as being home to
Newbury Racecourse , it is the headquarters of
Vodafone and software company
Micro Focus International . In the valley of the
River Kennet , 26 mi (42 km) south of
Oxford , 25 mi (40 km) north of
Winchester , 27 mi (43 km) southeast of
Swindon and 20 mi (32 km) west of
Reading .
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