http://england.worldtraveldb.com Travel to Great Britian Tours Attractions Destinations Videos Clips Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:28:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sitting snugly between the brooding North York Moors to the east and the dramatic Lake District to the west are the Yorkshire Dales (from the Viking word dalr, meaning ‘valleys’), a marvellous area of high hills and moors, cut through by rugged stone walls and spotted with extravagant houses and ... http://england.worldtraveldb.com/yorkshire/yorkshire-dales-national-park/ York is the kind of place that makes you wish – if only for an instant – that the Industrial Revolution never happened, and reminds us of a world before the machines. A city of extraordinary cultural and historical wealth, its medieval spider’s web of narrow streets is enclosed by ... http://england.worldtraveldb.com/yorkshire/york/ Verdant hills honeycombed with springs and crisscrossed by beautiful walking trails thrust up alluringly over the south and west sides of serene Worcestershire. Though the northern and eastern plains offer little to visitors, plump in its regional heart is the capital, Worcester, boasting a fascinating cathedral and the world-renowned Royal ... http://england.worldtraveldb.com/the-marches/worcestershire/ An ancient cathedral city on the banks of the River Severn, Worcester (woos-ter) is sprinkled with stark reminders of its eventful history, though postwar city planners have hardly set out to highlight them. Turn a blind eye to the chain stores and multistoreys that nuzzle its architectural gems however, and ... http://england.worldtraveldb.com/the-marches/worcester/ Conveniently close to Oxford, yet a quintessential rural retreat, the charming village of Woodstock makes a wonderful day trip from the city. The big draw here is Blenheim Palace, the opulent country pile of the Churchill family, but the village itself is full of picturesque creeper-clad cottages and elegant town ... http://england.worldtraveldb.com/oxfordshire/woodstock/ Windsor and the adjacent college town of Eton are two of the most visited destinations in the country, and with good reason. Windsor Castle, with its romantic architecture, superb state rooms and traditional changing of the guard, is an absolute must-see. It's so prominent, you'd be hard pressed to visit ... http://england.worldtraveldb.com/southeast-england/windsor-and-eton/ Framed by fells and encircled by a wooded shoreline, Lake Windermere is the largest natural lake in England, stretching in a silvery north–south line all the way from Ambleside to Newby Bridge for a distance of some 10½ miles. Ever since the arrival of the steam railway in 1847 – ... http://england.worldtraveldb.com/cumbria-and-the-lakes/windermere-and-bowness/ The ancient, wistful and often eye-wateringly lovely cathedral city of Winchester is a must for all visitors to the region. A capital of Saxon kings and power-base of bishops, the city’s rich history is reflected in heroic statues, handsome Elizabethan and Regency buildings, narrow winding streets and above all, the ... http://england.worldtraveldb.com/southeast-england/winchester/ Capital of the Saxon kingdom of Mercia and one of the most important towns in the Cotswolds until the Middle Ages, Winchcombe is now a sleepy place with the timeless charm of a typical Cotswold town. Beautiful houses line the streets, and the picturesque cottages on Vineyard St and Dents ... http://england.worldtraveldb.com/the-cotswolds/winchcombe/ Britain’s ancient history comes to life around the fields, plateaus and plains of rural Wiltshire. It’s a place that teases and tantalises the imagination, littered with more ancient barrows, processional avenues and mysterious stone rings than anywhere else in Britain; the stunning prehistoric sites of Avebury and Stonehenge understandably receive ... http://england.worldtraveldb.com/southwest-england/wiltshire/