A quick guide to Longtown The small market town of Longtown is situated just south of the English/Scottish border, 3 miles (5 km) east of Gretna Green and 9 miles (14 km) north of Carlisle. This makes it the ideal place for a stopover if travelling north into Scotland or south into England for…
A guide to the beautiful Cumbrian town, Penrith located in the Eden Valley
Skipton, sometimes known as Skipton-in-Craven, is a smallish market town located in North Yorkshire, just to the south of the Yorkshire Dales in the North of England. Situated on the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, it lies about 27 miles (43 km) northwest of Leeds and 38 miles (61 km) west of…
Melksham is a market town and civil parish in west Wiltshire, southwest England. Situated on the River Avon, its about 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Trowbridge and 6 miles (10 km) south of Chippenham. It’s the fifth biggest settlement in Wiltshire by population after Swindon, Salisbury, Trowbridge and Chippenham. The town has a strong…
Trowbridge is an ancient market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, southwest England. Situated on the River Biss, its 8 miles (13 km) south-east of Bath, 38 miles (61 km) south of Gloucester and 20 miles (32 km) south-east of Bristol. Although it’s only the third biggest settlement in Wiltshire by population, it holds the…
Camborne in Brief Camborne is a busy market town in the west of Cornwall, southwest England. It’s located just 3 miles southwest of Redruth and 12 miles west of Truro. Camborne is perhaps best known for once being a major centre of Cornwall’s thriving tin and copper industries of the late 18th and early 19th…
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