Normans Bay is on the East Sussex Coastline between Eastbourne and Bexhill and centrally located between the two large seaside towns. Normans Bay is a small settlement of houses that spread along the sandy shore. There is a campsite there that drastically increases the number of people in the summer months. What makes the area special is the tranquillity that …
Arisaig – A Safe Place with a Chequered History
Arisaig is a village at the south-western tip of the Arisaig peninsula, at the head of Loch nan Ceall. It’s a typical Highland village with widely spaced houses and dry stone walls and is a short drive from Oransay. The name Arisaig means the Safe Place, and it is centred on the sheltered shore of Loch nan Ceall or Loch …
Stackpole – South Pembrokeshire
Stackpole is an area within the Pembrokeshire National Park and is known for its beautiful beaches. Stackpole is a small village located close to the Stackpole Estate. Here we will explore the Stackpole area as a whole. What makes Stackpole so special is its diversity; there is heathland, woodland, farmland, plus a mixture of rugged and gentle coastline. There are …
Wales
Portmeirion – Absolutely Unique
Portmeirion was designed and built by Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis over a fifty year period between 1925 and 1975. Williams-Ellis left Cambridge without finishing his degree and worked for an architect company for a short time before at the age of just twenty-two he decided to leave and set up his own architect business. His story is entwined with Portmeirion, and …
England
Port Isaac – A Film and TV Location
Port Isaac is a small fishing village on the north coast of Cornwall. It is about 8 miles from Wadebridge and nine miles from Camelford close to Lundy Bay and Pentire Point landmarks. Like so many fishing villages on the Cornish coast, Port Isaac is located in a natural sheltered inlet. Despite that, the port was so important that during …
Bossington – Stunning Scenery, Tranquil and Evocative
Situated close to the border with North Devon in Somerset, close to Porlock and a few miles from Minehead lies the village of Bossington. The shingle beach offers views to Porlock Hill and out over the Bristol Channel towards Wales. From nearby Bossington Hill, the far-reaching views take in Hurlesone Point, Porlock Bay, and the sands of Minehead Bluff. Bossington …
Wales
Rhossili – An Ancient Landscape with so much to offer
Rhossili is a small coastal village within the Gower Peninsula Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) it is situated approximately 17 miles west of Swansea and 23 miles east of Llanelli. Rhossili is best known for its long sandy beach enjoyed by walkers, surfers and swimmers. Rhossili Beach is a 4.5 kilometre stretch of clean, golden award-winning sandy beach that …
Scotland
Aberdour – A Castle, A Harbour and Two each of some other things!
Aberdour is just across the forth bridge from Edinburgh eighteen miles away by road. Dumfries is the nearest town approximately seven miles away inland. It’s on the north shore of the Firth of Forth overlooking Inchcolm and Inchcolm Abbey. As is so often the case with seaside villages, the origins of the village lie with its harbour, which is situated …
Wales
Reynoldston – Views to Remember and close to great beaches
Reynoldston is situated 12 miles to the west of Swansea. Reynoldston features in a Daily Telegraph article as having one of Wales’ best beaches, yet it is not right on the coast. The area is of gentle wooded valley’s dappled sunlight and dappled wild Welsh ponies. However, the beauty of Renoldston for marine lovers is its proximity on the Gower …
The Kingdom of the Eastern Angles – Dunwich
Situated on the East Coast above Felixstowe and below Lowestoft in a region known as East Anglia, Dunwich is an isolated village on a stretch of coastland close to RSPB Minsmere. Depending on which way you choose to travel to the village; Dunwich is accessed either by a narrow lane that crosses attractive heathland with bracken and scrub and some …