ENGLAND

England’s history is long and rich. Settled by prehistoric man, inhabited by Celtic tribes, conquered by the Romans, and invaded by the Normans, the country prospered through medieval and Victorian times bringing its rich heritage into the 21^st century for all to enjoy today.

Remnants of early civilizations are everywhere from the Roman Hadrian’s Wall in the north to prehistoric Stonehenge and Sutton Hoo. From the great cathedrals of York and Lincoln to Westminster Abbey to the wool churches of the Cotswolds to countless small village churches, man’s testimony to his Christian heritage lies scattered across the land.

From Northumbria’s Alnwick to Cornwall’s Tintagel, castles mark strategic military sites. Castle Howard and Blenheim Palace are but two of many stately homes, examples of a time of unaccounted wealth and prosperity of the few.

Villages and country towns—Lacock in Wiltshire, Eyam in Derbyshire, Corfe in Dorset are three of many thousands—still echo their humble rural origins and the architecture of a bygone day. Large cities—London, Manchester, and Birmingham—teem with life.

Footpaths and cycle ways lead through valleys, alongside rivers, and over the hills bringing the best of the countryside into view. From the craggy Peak District to the gentle Cotswolds, England’s green and pleasant land beckons.

Elsewhere the land has been tamed, and the famous British garden brought to full flower. Rhododendrons colour Cragside’s hills. Kew’s acres speak of royalty, and Stourhead’s landscaped follies tell of man’s desire to landscape parkland for a perfect view.

An ancient burial mound, a Roman mosaic, a thatched cottage, the ruins of an industrial past—all survive to enrich our journeys today.

South-west Counties
	Cornwall
	Devon
	Dorset
	Gloucestershire
	Somerset
	Wiltshire
South-east Counties
	Berkshire
	Buckinghamshire
	East and West Sussex
	Hampshire
	Isle of Wight
	Kent
	Oxfordshire
	Surrey
Greater London
	London
Eastern Counties
	Bedfordshire
	Cambridgeshire
	Essex
	Hertfordshire
	Norfolk
	Suffolk
East Midlands
	Derbyshire
	Leicestershire
	Lincolnshire
	Northamptonshire
	Nottinghamshire
	Rutland
West Midlands
	Greater Birmingham
	Herefordshire
	Shropshire
	Staffordshire
	Warwickshire
	Worcestershire
North-west Counties
	Cheshire
	Cumbria
	Greater Manchester
	Lancashire
	Merseyside/Liverpool
North-east Counties
	Durham
	Northumberland
	Tyne and Wear (Tyneside)
	Yorkshire
Isle of Man
	Isle of Man