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The Historic
17 South

Stand by to tour some of the world’s most beautiful castles and most
memorable archaeological sites. Take in three of England’s most impressive
cathedrals, Georgian cityscapes, Churchill’s palace and Oxford’s spires.
Discover guerilla art and this country’s fine tradition of seaside kitsch. Motor
# \llages and encounter 14th-century
to a motor museum, explore unspoiled vi
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fellow travellers’ tales. In short, take a road trip through the very best of
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Britain’s past.
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Ross-on-Wye # ]
M1
# \ GLOUCESTERSHIRE Blenheim Milton / ·
# ] Palace Keynes
Gloucester # ] Cheltenham Luton
Monmouth # \ / · # # BUCKINGHAMSHIRE # \
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A424
A40
# ] Forest / · # ^
of Dean # \ Burford / ·
A34
53 miles to Severn # \ # \ # ]Aylesbury
Stroud
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F G / · Southern # \ Witney # #
# ^ Oxford
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‚ Chepstow / · A46 Cotswolds Cirencester St Albans # ]
M5
M40
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A420
# \ Tetbury
WILTSHIRE High # ] # ]
Severn / · # ] Swindon Wycombe Watford
OXFORDSHIRE
Estuary
M4
Bristol# Chippenham / · Slough
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M4
# ] / · # \ Avebury WEST / · # \ # _
M4
F G Keynsham # \ 12 A4 # # \ Marlborough BERKSHIRE # ^ Reading Richmond # \
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# I Bath Lacock # \ Savernake # ] Newbury
Forest
M3
p294 # H Devizes / · / ·
SOMERSET p244 / · Salisbury Basingstoke A30 / · # \
A360
M25
Glastonbury Warminster # \ Plain # ] Aldershot # \ # ] Guildford
Amesbury
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# \ # # # \ # \ Andover # \
/ · / · Stonehenge / · HAMPSHIRE / · SURREY / ·
A37
A345
A303
Salisbury# A3 A24
# ] # 9
Haslemere
# \ / · # # 7 # ^ Winchester # \ Horsham
/ ·
Yeovil # ] # \ Sherborne Shaftesbury A36 Romsey # \ Eastleigh # \
M3
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A354
# \ / · # \ Petworth # \
Cadnam # \ # ^ Southampton WEST
# \ DORSET Ferndown Lyndhurst # \ Chichester SUSSEX
Bridport / · # \ # # 8 # \ Beaulieu # ^ # # 6 # ] / · # ] # ^
A31
A27
44 Poole # \ # ^ Portsmouth
F G
# \ # \ Dorchester Lymington # \ Ryde Worthing # ^ Hove
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# ] Weymouth # ] Bournemouth Newport # \ # ]
Jurassic Coast
Isle of
44 # \ Swanage Wight # \ Ventnor
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