Towns and Villages

Discover the towns and villages of South East England. The places listed in this section are full of connections to North America.

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

Within a stone's throw of the nation's capital you can be walking the gently rolling Chiltern Hills, rambling along The Ridgeway trail through the county's famous beech woods; or strolling along The Thames Path at Henley. If your interests are historic homes and palaces, why not visit the Rothschild treasure house at Waddesdon Manor.

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Surrey Towns

On the banks of River Thames at Runnymede, you can visit the Magna Carta memorial. Sealed by King John in 1215, the Magna Carta not only became the basis for English Common Law but was a 'springboard' for Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence and is as arguably American as it is British.

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Winchester

A stunning cathedral city on the edge of the South Downs, Winchester is England's ancient capital and former seat of King Alfred the Great.

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