Castle Combe is a quintessentially English village often named as the ‘prettiest village in England.’ The village sits in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in north west Wiltshire.
Castle Combe has featured regularly as a film location, most recently in The Wolf Man, Stardust and Stephen Spielberg’s War Horse. It was also used in [...]
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Castle Combe
1 Comment CherryPie on Dec 3rd 2020
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
William Blake
4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 30th 2020
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Brodsworth Hall Gardens
Take a stroll in the labyrinthine ‘grand gardens in miniature’ now restored to their Victorian heyday. Enjoy the garden vistas and discover enchanting features like the pleasure grounds with their fountain centrepiece or the classical summerhouse or the fern dell and pet cemetery.
With snowdrops and winter evergreens, spring tulips and laburnum and summer roses and [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Nov 29th 2020
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Conisbrough Castle
The magnificent keep at Conisbrough Castle is one of South Yorkshire’s most striking landmarks. The castle was the centre of a great Norman lordship, given by William the Conqueror to William de Warenne. The keep was probably built in the 1170s or 1180s. Escaping damage in the Civil War, it became a picturesque ruin in [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 25th 2020
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Bebra Gardens – Knaresborough
Bebra Gardens is a small, attractive park close to Knaresborough Castle.
This hidden gem, which provides a haven from the hustle and bustle of the town centre is named in honour of the town’s links with Bebra, Germany.
The gardens are on a steep slope and there are sloping, meandering pathways leading through mature trees and conifers. The [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 24th 2020
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Knaresborough War Memorial
The memorial commemorates the residents of Knaresborough who were killed or missing in World War I (155 names) and World War II (54 names).
6 Comments CherryPie on Nov 23rd 2020
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
When you are going to hike – pack a light heart
Dan May
6 Comments CherryPie on Nov 22nd 2020
