Locales
This section of the website contains a lot of information about various towns,
cities and villages around the United Kingdom. Most of these places have lots of
history, and quite a few have a good deal of beauty.
Most of the places in this section are in Leicestershire and Rutland, where Blue Badge Guide Colin Crosby lives, but some are in other parts of the country, in particular Essex, where he was born and lived for many years.
The thing that they all have in common is that they are all places where Colin leads Guided Walks, or are destinations for his Coach Trips, or both.
Hopefully, you will find these descriptions interesting and valuable, and will want to join Colin to find out more.
All Locales
Abergavenny, Aberystwyth, Aldeburgh, Aldershot, Alrewas, Amberley, Anstey, Arundel, Ashbourne, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Ashingdon, Ashover, Attleborough, Avebury, Aylesbury, Bagworth, Bakewell, Bamburgh, Bangor, Barkby, Barmouth, Barnsdale, Barrow-upon-Soar, Barwell, Basildon, Bath, Beacon Hill, Beaulieu, Beaumaris, Beddgelert, Bedford, Bedfordshire, Bedhampton, Belton (Lincolnshire), Belvoir, Benfleet, Berkshire, Betws-y-Coed, Beverley, Bewdley, Bexhill, Billericay, Billesdon, Birchington, Birmingham, Birstall, Bishop`s Waltham, Blaby, Blackpool, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Blake End, Blaston, Blenheim, Bocking, Bognor Regis, Bolsover, Borley, Boscombe, Bosham, Boston, Bottesford, Bournemouth, Bourton-on-the-Water, Bovey Tracey, Bowness-on-Windermere, Bracknell, Bradford, Bradgate, Bradwell-juxta-Mare, Braintree, Brandon, Brecon, Breedon-on-the-Hill, Brentwood, Bressingham, Bridgnorth, Bridlington, Brighton, Bristol, Brixworth, Broadstairs, Broadway, Broughton Astley, Buckinghamshire, Bucklers Hard, Burbage, Burford, Burley, Burley-on-the-Hill, Burnham-on-Crouch, Burton Lazars, Bury St. Edmunds, Buxton, Caernarfon, Camberley, Cambridgeshire, Canewdon, Canterbury, Canvey Island, Carbis Bay, Carlisle, Carnforth, Carrog, Castle Acre, Castle Donington, Castleton, Cavendish, Charnwood Forest, Chatham, Chatsworth, Chelmsford, Cheltenham, Chepstow, Cheshire, Chester, Chesterfield, Chichester, Chilham, Chingford, Chipping Ongar, Christchurch, Church Langton, Cirencester, Clare, Cliffsend, Cliftonville, Clipsham, Clitheroe, Clumber Park, Coalbrookdale, Coalville, Coggeshall, Colchester, Cold Overton, Colden Common, Coleford, Coleshill, Colne Engaine, Conisbrough, Constable Country, Conwy, Cornwall, Cosby, Cosford, Cosham, Cotes, Cotswolds, Countesthorpe, County Durham, Coventry, Coverack, Cowes, Crich, Croft, Cromer, Cromford, Crowland, Croxton Kerrial, Cumbria, Darlington, Dartmoor, Deal, Dedham, Deerhurst, Denby, Denmead, Derby, Derbyshire, Dereham, Devon, Diseworth, Dishley, Donington-le-Heath, Dorset, Dovedale, Dover, Downham Market, Draycott, Dudley, Dungeness, Dunmow, Dunsop Bridge, Dunstable, Durham, Earl Shilton, Earls Colne, Easby, East Bergholt, East Horsley, Eastwood (Essex), Edwinstowe, Elvaston, Ely, Empingham, Emsworth, Enderby, Enfield, Epping, Epping Forest, Epsom, Essex, Evesham, Exeter, Fairford, Fakenham, Falmouth, Fareham, Finchingfield, Fishbourne, Flamborough Head, Flatford, Fleckney, Folkestone, Fordwich, Forest of Dean, Fotheringhay, Foxton, Gaddesby, Garendon, Gaydon, Geddington, Glastonbury, Glen Parva, Glenfield, Glooston, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, Gosport, Grasmere, Gravesend, Great Ayton, Great Bowden, Great Dalby, Great Maplestead, Great Oxendon, Great Wakering, Great Yarmouth, Greenstead Green, Greenstead-juxta-Ongar, Greenwich, Greetham, Gretna Green, Groby, Guildford, Guisborough, Hadleigh (Essex), Hadleigh (Suffolk), Hallaton, Halstead, Hambledon, Hamilton, Hampshire, Hampton Court, Hardingstone, Hardwick, Harlow, Harpenden, Harrogate, Hartlepool, Hastings, Hatfield Heath, Hathern, Hatton, Havant, Hawkshead, Hawkwell, Haworth, Hayle, Hayling Island, Heacham, Hebden Bridge, Helmsley, Helpston, Helston, Hemingford Grey, Henley-on-Thames, Hereford, Herefordshire, Herne Bay, Hertford, Hertfordshire, Hexham, Hinckley, Hockley, Hoddesdon, Holkham, Holmfirth, Holt, Horninghold, Horseshoe Pass, Horsham, Houghton-on-the-Hill, Hucknall, Hugglescote, Hunstanton, Huntingdon, Hythe, Idsworth, Ingarsby, Ingoldmells, Ipswich, Ironbridge, Isle of Thanet, Isle of Wight, Kedleston, Kegworth, Kelvedon, Kendal, Kenilworth, Kent, Kersey, Keswick, Kettering, Keyham, Kibworth, Kidderminster, Kilby, Kings Lynn, Kingsgate, Kingston-upon-Thames, Kirby Bellars, Kirby Muxloe, Kirkstall, Knaresborough, Lake District, Lakeside, Lamorna, Lancashire, Lancaster, Land`s End, Langstone, Launde, Lavenham, Lechlade, Ledbury, Lee-on-the-Solent, Leeds, Leicester, Leicestershire, Leigh, Leiston, Lelant, Leominster, Lichfield, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Lindisfarne, Little Bowden, Liverpool, Llanberis, Llandudno, Llanfair PG, Llangollen, London, Long Melford, Loughborough, Lowestoft, Ludlow, Luton, Lutterworth, Lyddington, Lyme Regis, Lymington, Lyndhurst, Maidstone, Maldon, Malmesbury, Malvern, Manchester, Manningtree, Margate, Market Bosworth, Market Harborough, Markfield, Marlborough, Marlow, Marton, Matlock, Matlock Bath, Mattishall, Melton Mowbray, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Minster-in-Thanet, Moira, Monmouth, Montgomery, Morecambe, Moreton-in-Marsh, Mount St. Bernard Abbey, Mountsorrel, Mousehole, Much Wenlock, Nanpantan, Narborough, New Forest, New Romney, Newark, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Newport (Isle of Wight), Newton Harcourt, Newtown Linford, Norfolk, Normanton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Norton-juxta-Twycross, Norwich, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Nuneaton, Nuneham Courtenay, Oadby, Oakham, Oldham, Olney, Oundle, Ower, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Peak District, Pegwell, Penrhyn, Penryn, Penwith, Penzance, Pershore, Peterborough, Petersfield, Pickering, Plymouth, Port Sunlight, Porthcurno, Porthmadog, Portsdown Hill, Portsmouth, Potters Bar, Prittlewell, Purbrook, Purleigh, Queniborough, Quorn, Ramsgate, Ratby, Rayleigh, Rearsby, Richmond, Rickmansworth, Ripon, River Avon, River Great Ouse, River Severn, River Stour, River Thames, River Wye, Robin Hood`s Bay, Rochester, Rochford, Rockingham, Romford, Ross-on-Wye, Rothley, Rothwell, Rowlands Castle, Rufford Abbey, Rugby, Rushton, Rutland, Ryde, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Saffron Walden, Salisbury, Sandbach, Sandringham, Sandwich, Scarborough, Scraptoft, Selby, Shanklin, Sheffield, Shenfield, Shenton, Shepshed, Sheringham, Shoeburyness, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Shugborough, Sible Hedingham, Sidmouth, Sileby, Sittingbourne, Six Hills, Skegness, Skipton, Smeeton Westerby, Snibston, Snowdonia, Somerset, Sompting, South Wigston, Southampton, Southend, Southsea, Southwell, Southwold, Sparsholt, St. Albans, St. Briavels, St. Ives (Cambridgeshire), St. Ives (Cornwall), St. Johns, St. Just, St. Nicholas at Wade, Staffordshire, Staithes, Stambridge, Stamford, Stanford-on-Soar, Stapleton, Staunton Harold, Stevenage, Stisted, Stoke-on-Trent, Stoney Stanton, Stow-on-the-Wold, Stowmarket, Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratton St. Margaret, Sudbury, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Sutton, Sutton Cheney, Swannington, Swithland, Sysonby, Syston, Tamworth, Tarn Hows, Teignmouth, Temple Newsam, Tewkesbury, Thaxted, Thetford, Thetford Forest, Thirsk, Thornton, Thorpe Arnold, Thurcaston, Thurmaston, Tilbury, Tintern Abbey, Tissington, Toddington (Gloucestershire), Torquay, Towcester, Truro, Tur Langton, Ulverscroft, Upper Stowe, Uppingham, Walsingham, Waltham Abbey, Waltham Cross, Waltham-on-the-Wolds, Walton-on-Thames, Wanlip, Warblington, Warminster, Warwick, Warwickshire, Waterlooville, Wedgwood, Welby, Wells, Wells-next-the-Sea, Welshpool, West Bretton, West Mersea, Westbourne, Westcliff, Weston, Weston-super-Mare, Wetherby, Whitby, Whitstable, Whitwell, Whitwick, Wickford, Wigston Magna, Wilby, Willey, Wilton, Wiltshire, Winchester, Windsor, Wing, Wirksworth, Wistow, Wolverton, Woodbridge, Woodhouse, Woodhouse Eaves, Woodstock, Worcester, Worcestershire, Wychbold, Wymondham, York, Yorkshire, Zennor