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England

Chester stroll.  Explore Chester's history through photos and a map of the town with the "most complete circuit of Roman, Saxon and medieval city walls in Britain."  [ccr]
http://www.bwpics.co.uk/chestermap.html

Wrothan Village.  A cleverly-designed map-based tour of this historic village in Kent. [ccr]
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~the.scarecrow/wrothamtour.html

Historic York. Tour the "best preserved medieval city in the UK," on this map-based site.  Brief but informative text and nice photos.  [ccr]
http://www.salvonet.com/yorkweb/walk/

Peak District National Park.  Take this field trip through the first national park in Britain, established in 1952.  Includes photos, maps and satellite images.  [ccr]
http://www.art.man.ac.uk/Geog/fieldwork/virtual_map.htm

Walled Towns Friendship Circle. This site takes you to walled towns all over Europe but, at this point, especially in the UK, includes a fairly basic map, photos and history of each of the towns. Site is under construction but shows (in the UK) the walls of Chichester and Chester. [ul]
http://www.walledtowns.com/wtfc/home.html

Problem hedges. You will not find visuals on this site but you will get a new appreciation for territory, activism and political geography. From an organization by long sufferers of 'hedge hells' who declare "we are against all problem hedges, regardless of the plant species involved." [ul]
http://freespace.virgin.net/clare.h/

Maidenhead. A village on the Thames, with many lovely photos. [ul]
http://maidenhead.net/tour/

Skipton. A comprehensive website of this small town in North Yorkshire, including photo interviews with residents and even the mayor. [ul]
http://www.skiptonweb.co.uk/flashmap/360tour.asp

Great gardens of England and Ireland. This site by Don Hyatt is for lovers of English gardens and rhododendrons in particular. Includes photos of the Chelsea Flower Show. [ul]
http://www.tjhsst.edu/~dhyatt/trip/

Buildings of Canterbury. Clickable map, timeline and many details. [ul]
http://weblingua.hostinguk.com/invictaweb/canterburybuildings/maps/2001b.htm

Did you know the citizens of the European Union have their own Tartan? Well they do now! A commercial site of European boosterism. [ul]
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/CChalmers/


 


The coat of arms of the City of Chester

View of Canterbury Cathedral tower

York city center map 

People at Skipton auction mart photographed by Crag Face, July 2003

View of pierhead at Stromness