Quintessential English village within striking distance of London
Mar 23rd, 2013, 11:02 AM
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It depends hat you want to see and what you are interesting in...and how you define village. Check out www.waljs.com for good ideas about day trips from London.
Mar 23rd, 2013, 11:07 AM
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jamikins - do you mean http://www.walks.com/
Mar 23rd, 2013, 12:25 PM
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I have been on London Walks before. Unfortunately the bulk of their village walks do not begin until May and their weekly Cotswold walk is on Wednesdays which the only day I won't be there. Traveling alone, don't want to rent a car. Would like to take a train ride thru beautiful countryside to a cute village.
Maybe I should just go to Stratford or Salisbury? Would like to walk around a charming village that has gardens and cottages.
Also was thinking of High Clere Castke, of course their tours are all sold out but it appears the gardens are open to the public. Anybody been? Is it easily accessible by train?
Maybe I should just go to Stratford or Salisbury? Would like to walk around a charming village that has gardens and cottages.
Also was thinking of High Clere Castke, of course their tours are all sold out but it appears the gardens are open to the public. Anybody been? Is it easily accessible by train?
Mar 23rd, 2013, 12:42 PM
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Salisbury is lovely, and the cathedral is worth the visit...but it's not what I would call a village. If you are looking for smaller cities or towns consider Canterbury, Bath, Salisbury, Cambridge, Oxford...
Mar 23rd, 2013, 01:47 PM
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1. Train from Victoria to Otford and walk the Otford to Eynsford section of this route - two villages, some pretty countryside and a Roman villa en route - picking up the return train at Eynsford station:
http://www.gps-routes.co.uk/routes/h...-walking-route
2. Train from Waterloo to Alton, take a ride on the Watercress Line heritage steam railway to Alresford, and walk around Alresford before taking the steam train back to the main line at Alton:
http://autolycus-london.blogspot.co....rain-sets.html
3. Train from Kings Cross to Ashwell & Morden, walk a mile or so into Ashwell village. I walked the long way from Baldock station, but Ashwell & Morden is much closer if you don't fancy trying to navigate your way through the fields:
http://autolycus-london.blogspot.co....and-about.html
http://www.gps-routes.co.uk/routes/h...-walking-route
2. Train from Waterloo to Alton, take a ride on the Watercress Line heritage steam railway to Alresford, and walk around Alresford before taking the steam train back to the main line at Alton:
http://autolycus-london.blogspot.co....rain-sets.html
3. Train from Kings Cross to Ashwell & Morden, walk a mile or so into Ashwell village. I walked the long way from Baldock station, but Ashwell & Morden is much closer if you don't fancy trying to navigate your way through the fields:
http://autolycus-london.blogspot.co....and-about.html
Mar 24th, 2013, 04:05 AM
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In the BBC Miss Marple, with Joan Hickson, "St Mary Mead" was Nether Wallop, which is quite a trek from London (train and bus); the ITV series with Geraldine McEwen and Julia McKenzie, used Chilham in Kent (about an hour and a half by train from Charing Cross) and the village of Turville, in Buckinghamshire, which was also used for the Vicar of Dibley, but is a couple of infrequent buses from High Wycombe station.
Come to think of it, also in Buckinghamshire, Haddenham has been on TV occasionally, since it has the quintessential village green and church, and some pretty thatched cottages and gardens:
http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...am-england.cfm
and it's barely an hour by train from Marylebone.
www.nationalrail.co.uk
www.transportdirect.info
Come to think of it, also in Buckinghamshire, Haddenham has been on TV occasionally, since it has the quintessential village green and church, and some pretty thatched cottages and gardens:
http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...am-england.cfm
and it's barely an hour by train from Marylebone.
www.nationalrail.co.uk
www.transportdirect.info
Mar 24th, 2013, 04:23 AM
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many "period" pieces are filmed in Chiddingstone, in Kent - no telegraph poles or wires, etc. plus some very quaint round oast-houses, cobbled village street etc.
only problem, it's a bugger to get to! you could get the train to Hever, but I'm not sure after that.
I like Patrick's suggestion of Otford to Eynesford - lovely countryside and relatively easy to get to an, just as important, to get back from.
only problem, it's a bugger to get to! you could get the train to Hever, but I'm not sure after that.
I like Patrick's suggestion of Otford to Eynesford - lovely countryside and relatively easy to get to an, just as important, to get back from.
Mar 24th, 2013, 04:56 AM
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Chiddingstone is lovely, as in Penshurst nearby, IF you can get there (train from London Bridge to Edenbridge, and bus from there, which may not be that frequent)
http://autolycus-london.blogspot.co....anderings.html
http://autolycus-london.blogspot.co....anderings.html
Mar 24th, 2013, 05:03 AM
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sadly, Edenbridge is a bit of a blot on the landscape, but the surrounding countryside of the Weald of Kent is lovely and i still miss it. [i used to live about 2 miles north of Edenbridge, in the village where Octavia Hill, one of the co-founders of the National Trust, is buried].
Ide Hill is another very pretty place and Chartwell is very close by.
Ide Hill is another very pretty place and Chartwell is very close by.
