A beautiful church and grounds situated in the village of Dedham, on the border of Essex and Suffolk. With some beautiful architecture and a very long history (there has been a place of worship dating back to 1322 on this site) the church is worth visiting as part of a photographic day out in the area.
View The Parish Church of St. Mary
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A World Heritage Site, Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal is a huge estate of beauty, contrasts and surprises including the largest abbey ruins in the country and one of England’s most spectacular Georgian water gardens.
The perfect place to escape from it all and enjoy a great, full day out, there’s so much to see and do at Fountains. Set your own pace to explore over 800 acres of naturally beautiful countryside, with ten historic buildings to discover spanning 800 years of history and acre after acre of open space.
Situated in an area of outstanding natural beauty in the valley of the river Skell, on the doorstep of the Yorkshire Dales, only 30 miles from the historic city of York and 9 miles from the A1.
Cusworth Hall was built in the 1740s and is in a parkland setting on the outskirts of Cusworth village in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The Hall is now the Museum of South Yorkshire Life and its collections depict life in the locality over the last 200 years. The Hall provides a beautiful backdrop to the lakeland landscape of the country park.
Conisbrough Castle boasts the finest Circular Norman Keep Tower in the UK. This testament to the Stone Masons of medieval England was built during the 1180s by the fifth Earl of Surrey, Hamelin Plantagenet half brother of the most powerful of the Angevin Kings of England, Henry II.
Once one of the de Warenne family's northern strongholds, it is reported by 1539, that a section of wall, the gatehouse and one of the floors of the Keep had all fallen.
By the time of the English Civil War of the 1640s the castle was pronounced to be indefensible by the Parliamentary Forces of Oliver Cromwell, thereby escaping the destruction that awaited so many of England's finest castles.
Since that time, little had been done to preserve the fabric of the monument until the middle of the twentieth century, when the castle was given into the care of the state.
Today Conisbrough Castle, now in the care of English Heritage, attracts over 30,000 visitors per year from all over the world, each one takes home a lasting impression of one of the finest buildings of Medieval England.
Lovely place to take pix. Not too busy and plenty to shoot, with the woods, lake and interesting landscapes.
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Reasonable birdwatching is possible from a car, wheelchair access. At the shore the car park overlooks Strangford Lough and is an excellent vantage-point for bird watchers. A pathway along the Lough leads to a causeway accessible only at low tide leading to the island. The island provides magnificent views of the Lough.
Open all year.
View Islandhill Nature Reserve
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Fantastic Wide Angle landscape including Windsor Castle. Looks fantastic in Autum with the Trees' orange leaves creating a contrasting foreground.
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Some horses and ponies are cared for here, on a small area of farm. You can take photos from the fence and there is always at least 1 horse there. Unfortunately right next to a motorway.
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