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Stonehenge (see pp102–3)
This vast, awe-inspiring stone circle was built in the Neolithic
period, around 2500 BC. Its function remains a mystery, but
the position of the stones suggests a connection with the Tower of London (see p61)
sun and the passing of the seasons. Built after the Norman conquest of 1066,
this fortress was intended both to protect
London from invasion and to deter the
native population from insurrection.
LONDON
(see pp42–63)
Bristol London Margate
Marlborough
Bath Sevenoaks Canterbury Ramsgate
Cheddar HAMPSHIRE AND Maidstone
Lundy Wells SALISBURY PLAIN Dover
Island Glastonbury (see pp88–107) Crawley Royal
Barnstaple Tunbridge Wells
Bridgwater Salisbury Chawton
Clovelly Bideford Taunton Shaftesbury Southampton Winchester KENT AND SUSSEX
(see pp64–87)
DEVON DORSET AND Chichester Hastings
Bude (see pp132–51) SOMERSET
Boscastle Exeter Sidmouth (see pp108–31) Lymington Portsmouth Eastbourne
Okehampton Poole Cowes
CORNWALL Isle of Wight
(see pp152–69) Weymouth Swanage
Torquay
Newquay Bodmin Plymouth
St Austell Looe Brixham
St Ives Truro
Penzance
Falmouth
Helston Rye (see pp78–9)
A major port in the Middle Ages, Rye retains
many of its medieval buildings and fortifications.

The New Forest (see p97)
Covering 570 sq km (220 sq miles),
this spectacular area in Hampshire Brighton (see pp82–5)
is a unique mix of pasture, heathland, This bustling town’s busy promenade features the i360 Viewing
ancient woodland and river valleys. Tower and the Brighton Pier, which opened in 1899.

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