Zennor, Cornwall, England

D.H. Lawrence, the author came here in 1916 with his german-born wife, but was ordered to leave by police because of suspicions they were german spies.

There is also a mermaid legend.

There is also the 5,000 years-old Zennor Quoit, a capstoned stone age tomb.

Lake Bala, Wales/Cymru

This is the only place where the gwyniad, a trout-like fish can be found.

The river Dee flows north out of the lake.

Pumpsaint, Dyfed , Wales/cymru

The Romans mined gold here for their coinage, the gold having been mined since Iron Age man.
Pumpsaint means five saints

Whitesand Bay, near st david Dyfed wales/cymru

It is here that that the Stonehenge bluestones were supposedly transported from to Salisbury Plain.

St Patrick supposedly made his last journey to Ireland from here

Naeroyfjord, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway/Norge

This 17km fjord is the narrowest fjord in Europe, only 300 metres wide at one point.
http://www.naeroyfjord.com/

Carnmenyn, mynydd Preseli, Dyfed Wales/Cymru

Carnmenyn is where the bluestones erected at Stonehenge were quarried about 4,000 years ago.

Manorbier, Dyfed, Wales/Cymru

The castle is where Giraldus cambrensis; born Gerald de Barri was born about 1146, his Itinerary through Wales was written after raising support for the Third Crusade in 1188.

Lower Town near Fishguard, Dyfed Wales/Cymru

This is where(at least in part) Moby Dick and Under Milk Wood were filmed.

Cwm Gwaun, Dyfed, Wales/Cymru

People here still celebrate New year on 13 January.

Swansea, West Glamorgan,Wales/Cymru

Swansea is named after a Viking called Sweyne(Sven), possibly Sweyne Forkbeard, King of Denmark and England.

Famous people born in Swansea include Catherine Zeta-Jones,Dylan Thomas,Michael Heseltine,
Rowan Williams(Archbishop of Canterbury),Wynford Vaughan-Thomas(got one or two of his books)

Pluckley near Ashford, Kent England

Pluckley is the setting for ITV's Darling Buds of May.

It also once appeared in Top Gear.

It is also reputed to be the most haunted village in England with a reputed 10-13 ghosts.

It also had a railway station built in 1842

Eastbourne, East Sussex, England

Ocklynge Manor; A Grade II-listed building, this house was once home to Mabel lucie Attwell. who illustrated JM Barrie's Peter Pan.

Norton st Phillip near Bath, Somerset, England

This village was the scene of a battle during Monmouth's Rebellion, which Monmouth's army won.

The George Inn built 1223 and reputedly first licensed in1397 located in the High Street has had such guests such as Samuel Pepys the diarist and the Duke of Monmouth stay there.

Opposite is the Fleur de lys Inn, where Anne of Denmark, wife of James 1 stayed here in 1615.

Clyro near Hay-on-Wye. Powys, Wales/Cymru

Francis Kilvert the diarist was curate here 1870-1879

Lordenshaw, Northumberland, England

Near Lordenshaw is a Bronze Age Camp, with Britain's biggest grouping of ` cup-and-ring' markings.

Border Forest Park, Northumberland, England

This is the largest man-made forest in Europe, comprising thousands of acres.
There are picnic sites and a resvoir(sp?), Kielder Water.

Gobekli Tepe near Urfa, Turkey

Near the Syrian border, 11,000 year old stone circles have been found here.

There are an estimated 30 stone circles, 7,000 years older than Stonehenge.

There are carvings of animals, including boars and scorpions.

The builders were hunters.

Bamiyan, Aghanistan

The world's oldest oil paintings have recently been discovered here, dating from the 7th century, has Buddhas and mythical animals.

This was also the site of the Giant buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban.

The locals are Hazaras,said to be escendants of Genghis Khan

Fulu mountain, Dalarna, Sweden

8,000 years old Norway spruce has been discovered here, possibly the oldest tree in the world

Five Wells, Derbyshire, England

Five Wells , located between Bakewell and Buxton is the highest Neolithic monument in England.
Originally it was oval shaped.

Kinder Scout, Derbyshire

Kinder Scout is the highest point in the Peak District national park at 2,088ft
The peat is about 8,000 years old

Hathersage, Derbyshire, England

Charlotte Bronte stayed at the vicarage in 1845.
Hathersage appears in Jane Eyre as `Morton' which as well as Eyre is a local surname.
Grave in churchyard supposedly contains Little John's bones.
Church has views of Derwent valley .

Dove valley,Derbyshire/staffordshire, England

Izaak Walton went fly-fishing here and described some of the valley's features in the Compleat Angler, his friend Charles Cotton lived at Beresford Hall(now demolished).
Some rocks used to be coral reefs.

Kauai, Hawaii, USA

Na pali parl,a area of cliffs and jugged hills appears in the movies Jurassic Park,King Kong and South Pacific.

It has many archaelogical remains.

The rainforest is one of the film locations of Avatar

Flash, Staffordshire, England

Flash is supposedly England's highest village at 1,518 ft, Flash has given its name to an underworld expression for counterfeit money, because it was once where a group of coiners lived.

Flash Bar Stores is properbly the highest shop in England

Scafell Pikes, Cumbria, England

Scafell Pikes, near the centre of the Lake District is the highest mountain in England at 3,206 ft.
There are properly wide views from the top.

Cats Bells Hill,near Keswick,Cumbria,England

Cats Bells Hill, is where Beatrix Potter's Mrs Tiggy-Winkle lived.

Near Sawrey, Cumbria, England

Many of Beatrix Potter's Book settings are at Hill Top Farm.

Brungerley, near Clitheroe, Lancashire, England

The stepping stones here is where Henry VI was captured by the Yorkists.

He was betrayed while staying at Wadidngton hall.

Bainbridge, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire

This is where the Bain, the shortest river in Britain at about 2 miles in lenght meets the Ure.

Catrigg Force, near Settle, North Yorkshire

Catrigg Force, waterfall near Settle was a favourite spot of the composer Elgar.

Quarry Wood near Crookham Dean,Berkshire

Quarry Wood is connected with Jerome K. Jerome's three men in a boat and Kenneth Grahame's Wind In the willows

West Kennet Long Barrow,Avebury,Wiltshire,England

West Kennet Long Barrow,England's largest chambered tomb is over 4,000 years old and was used as a tomb for about 1,000 years.

Silbury hill,Avebury,Wiltshire,England

Silbury Hill near Avebury, is the largest man-made prehistoric mound in Europe,and is 130 feet high.

Fyfield Down,near Marlborough,Wiltshire,England

Fyfield Diown, noth of marlborough is where it is believed that the sarsen stones for Stonehenge were quarried.

Charterhouse, Somerset, England

Here the Romans mined lead 2,000 years ago.,some of which was used in pompeii.

Highclere, Hampshire, England

Highclere Estate appears as Totleigh Towers in Jeeves and Wooster and also in the film Eyes Wide Shut.

It is also where the Earls of Caernarvon, one of whom discovered Tutankhamun's tomb live.

Somersby, Lincolnshire, England

Lord Alfred Tennyson, the poet was born here in 1809, his father being the rector,services in memoration of Tennyson are held every other year.

Flatford, Suffolk , England

This is where Constable painted his famous painting of Flatford Mill in 1817, his father owned the mill as well as another one at Dedham

East Bergholt, Suffolk England

This is where Constable, the painter was born in 1776.

Nearby are places like Flatford mill which Constable painted.

Treyford, West Sussex, England

Near here are the Devils Jumps, one of its Bronze Age bell-barrows or round barrows diameters at 140 ft is the biggest in Britain

Friday Street, Surrey, England

Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury during king John's reign was born here in 1150, there is an Inn named ater him.

Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight

The castle is where Charles I was imprisoned 1647-48.

It may be locality of Wihtanbearh mentioned in Anglo-Saxon Chronicles.

Tennyson Down, Isle Of Wight

This is named after the poet Tennyson who used to walk here.

Minstead, Hampshire England

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes is buried in the churchyard.

Golden Cap Hill, Dorset England

Golden Cap Hill has the highest cliffs in Southern England.
It also has wide views.

Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, England

This village near Dorchester, is where Thomas Hardy, the writer of such books as far from he maddening Crowd was born in 1840

Thetford, Norfolk England

Dad's Army was filmed here during the 1960's and 1970's.

A sikh prince`Freddie' Singh lived here during the 19h century, many illegimate chilren born in the town during his stay are believed to be his children.

Holford,Somerset, England

Nearby is Alfroxton House where William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy lived in 1797.

I believe they later moved to the Lake District.

Nether Stowey,Somerset, England

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the poet owned a cottage.