Canada is beautiful too. It is the only country in the world that I have been where I feel at home and could live, other than England. Staffordshire people are generally friendly and generous, but also creative and industrious, as witnessed by the fine china made in the area. The north of Staffordshire is very pretty, where it forms part of the Peak District.
I feel that I must have lived there in another life. I love that place. Everything is so familiar to me. My ancestors came from Wales. That’s it. It’s in my blood
Thank you for sharing, we film gopro walks through soulful cities and it's always lovely to see interesting places we may never get to go to 'in the flesh', we enjoyed following along with you.
I was passing through a local village the other day and stopped at the Post Office... Out of curiosity I asked the Postmaster if they had a village idiot... "No, we all take it in turns!", he duly replied!
It is........Heaven on Earth.....just head westwards on the M50 motorway after leaving the M5 motorway at Junction 8 south of Strensham......continue heading west until you come to the turn off for Ledbury at Junction 2 on the M50.....turn onto the A417 heading north west following the signs indicating Ledbury.....proceed for a further three miles until you come to the county border signs between Gloucestershire and Herefordshire...you are leaving the former and entering the latter...once into the latter... you are there.......in Heaven itself........HEREFORDSHIRE!
Philip Croft I am a Shropshire Lad and South Shropshire is stunning,, North Shropshire ain't too shabby either. Herefordshire is the least populated county in England and beautiful with it.
Bourton-on-the-water....the most beautiful village in the world. I've been to quite a few villages iin my time, but that one just blew me away. Being a townie, with pollution, traffic, etc, I try and get away as much as time and money would allow, and have visited many, but that one is absolute heaven.
+welshpete12 many thanks dear for the clarification.let me tell you what triggered my query.i was once working in the middle east and one of colleagues was british. our client had particularly difficult to please supervisor working for them who also happened to be British. i once remarked to my colleague that mr.Hogan ( the supervisor)was being too unreasonable.my colleague wanted to know if mr.hogan was Welsh irish or Scottish or English. i said i had no idea. my colleague went to meet mr.hogan to sort things out...and succeeded where i had failed. later he mentioned en passant that mr.hogan was cockney
Originally applied to those born within the sound of Bow Bells, the bells of the Parish Church of Saint Mary-le-Bow, within the City of London. You'd be hard-pushed these days to find anyone who was born 'near' Bow Bells or within the 'sound' of Bow Bells, although it has for a long time been a term generally applied to anyone born within was it now the County of Greater London, whether or not near or within the sound of Bow Bells.
That steep cobbled street lined with typical thatched cottages is a well known scene as it has featured in a TV advertisement for healthy wholemeal Hovis bread and showing a delivery boy pushing his bicycle up the steep slope with still warm loaves of that bread to be delivered to his local customers. It is, as many people know, located in the Dorset town of Shaftesbury and the countryside in the background, all lush and green, is so typical of the County of Dorset, Thomas Hardy country down in the South West of England. A veritable Heaven on Earth in rural England.
+Damian Grant When I EVENTUALLY found a way to photograph that scene, I was very surprised to discover that the only access to it was through a narrow entry off the high street---apart from climbing that very steep hill from that direction. In other words, with my back towards a dead-end and row of buildings. Not what you would expect. Also, as a gift from Hovis, there is a huge and permanent monument to the advert there, in the shape of a Large Hovis Loaf of Bread.
Lovely village, but with proper commentary people would have enjoyed more. For example how old is the village, the bridges, the houses, design, occupation of people and infrastructure etc.
u cant imagine how much i hv been mad to go to England nd to be there....but money would nt allow me to go... it would be always in my heart...someday will be possible..
@Blackporsche roadster thats True of our Autumns, and winter, Spring is er not baad, but Summer is rather hit and miss, not good for planning outdoor holidays, so Autumn er well, i wouldn't bother really
Plenty of amazing, charming, picturesque and highly refreshingly alluring villages can be found all over England, in opposition and great contrast with the nasty, horrid and miserable urban areas and most cities within the UK. Usually it goes, the further you are from any big city the higher chance to find a nice little lovely village, but usually its reserved for the wealthy since not enough jobs around those areas, hence most people flock to the cities. I do love villages such as Lynton, Lynmouth, Taunton and lots others, even if just for a day out or taking pictures =)
+Hedgemist Well I agree not all parts in all cities are so miserable, I understand you, if your situation is going well, it all goes well For the most part I stand in my ground that the contrast is just shocking.
Originally it was the theme tune for a British TV series set in the English Civil War (1642-1651) called “By the Sword Divided” then it became the theme tune for a TV series featuring Miss Marple, Agatha Christie’s creation.
+importedmusic No, they are in main areas of the good Muslim people. We do however, have a very nice Muslim family in our village of Rougham. Suffolk. Thank you.
@Blackporsche roadster Because there is no reason to move to Pakistan? The main religion of the UK is still christian too so idk what your chatting about mate
avner 888 Lots of lovely places in the US. I’ve been there many times. New York, Seattle, Florida Keys, Chicago, New Jersey, Santa Monica, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, La Jolla, Orlando.
mayank shukla.... I'd imagine, by becoming a doctor, getting a British passport by being a doctor, and moving there with the money he makes being a doctor.
The one at 0.52 is of Gold Hill in Shaftsbury, Dorsetshire. Shaftsbury is in fact a large town not a village. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Hill,_Shaftesbury
Originally it was the theme tune for a British tv series called “By the Sword Divided” which was set in the English Civil War of the 17th century. Then it was used again as the theme tune for Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple.
He he, where would I go to see a thatched roof here in the middle of the North American Continent? No one has ever used thatched roofs for thousands of miles in all directions that I know of. However, yes I would love to go to England to see the neat little villages, and meet the people.
Originally it was the theme tune for “By the Sword Divided” set in the English Civil War of the 17th century. Then it was used again for the Miss Marple series.
there is a myth story that Jesus during his "lost years" has traveled to Britain with his friend Joseph, some say he was in Canterbury, and story says he wanted to establish New Jerusalem there......looking at these beautiful english villages im starting to believe in that story
Correct! Hence the words of our lovely hymn 'Jerusalem' - 'And did those feet in ancient times walk upon England's mountains green? And was the Holy lamb of God on England's pleasant pastures seen? etc etc.
@@lawmaker22 Well, well! 52 years old and still new things to learn! I had no idea Bruce Dickinson had done a version. I've just listened to it. Definitely prefer it as a choral hymn with the Parry music, but still interesting - thanks for telling me about it!
@@clairenoon4070 sure man.. Try acoustic version bruce with ian anderson in canterbury. Its great folky song.. Yea, hymn is glorious, but bruce version is good for us who like guitar and sing along:). Cheers
This being about English 'villages', then the flag featured at the beginning should have been Saint George's Flag rather than the Union Flag. Some of those villages are towns, and some of the houses are new-build.
The only new build I saw was the monstrosity near the end, with the Sky dish on... The next newest (the row of terraced houses near the middle) were late Victorian, making them well over a 100 years old.... But you're right, some of these are towns (and at least one, a cathedral city)
