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Rotherham
Rotherham ( ) is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies at the confluence of the River Rother, from which the town takes its name, and the River Don. It is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham.
Cleethorpes
Cleethorpes () is a seaside town on the estuary of the Humber in North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England with a population of 29,678 in 2021. It has been permanently occupied since the 6th century, with fishing as its original industry, and then developing into a resort in the 19th century. Before becoming a unified town, Cleethorpes was made up of the three small villages of Itterby, Oole and Thrunscoe.
Greystoke
village and civil parish in Cumbria, England
Watchfield
Watchfield is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse in on the edge of southwest Oxfordshire, southern England, about southeast of Highworth in neighbouring Wiltshire. Watchfield is about north of the village of Shrivenham. Both villages used to be on the main road between Oxford and Swindon, which is now the A420 road. The Vale of White Horse was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes administratively transferred it to Oxfordshire.
Badminton House
country house in Gloucestershire, England, UK
Weston under Penyard
village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, UK
Rodborough
Rodborough is a large village and civil parish in the district of Stroud, Gloucestershire, in South West England. It is directly south of the town of Stroud, north of the town of Nailsworth and north-west of the town of Minchinhampton. The parish includes the settlements of Bagpath (not to be confused with Bagpath in the Ozleworth valley), Butterrow, Kingscourt, Lightpill and Rooksmoor, and is adjacent to the Stroud suburb of Dudbridge. The population taken at the 2011 census was 5,334.
West Ashton
village in Wiltshire, England, UK
Sledmere
thumb|The civil parish within the East Riding of Yorkshire Sledmere is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, about north-west of Driffield on the B1253 road.
Radway
Radway is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England, about north-west of Banbury in neighbouring Oxfordshire. The population taken at the 2011 census had reduced to 238. The village is at the foot of Edge Hill and is notable for the Battle of Edgehill, one of the early major engagements of the English Civil War, which was fought in fields around the village.
Stowe House
country house located in Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Carn Brea Castle
former hunting lodge in Cornwall, England, UK
Seaton Sluice
village in Northumberland, England, UK
Croome Court
Grade I listed historic house museum in Malvern Hills, United Kingdom
Stainland
Stainland is a village in the civil parish of Stainland and District, in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. The village is part of the Greetland and Stainland ward of Calderdale Council and is approximately west of Elland, south of Halifax and north-west of Huddersfield.
Mow Cop Castle
folly on the Cheshire and Staffordshire border, England, UK
Wentworth Castle
Grade I listed historic house museum in Stainborough, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Severndroog Castle
Grade II* listed folly in Oxleas Wood, on Shooter's Hill in the Royal Borough of Greenwich
Sham Castle
folly in Bathampton overlooking the city of Bath, Somerset, England, UK