Time out: In Northamptonshire, county of
squires and spires, Higham Ferrers is tucked away off the junction
of the A6 and A45, alongside its close neighbour,
Rushden.
Susan Hibbins visits Dunster, a small village
in west Somerset, on the edge of Exmoor.
Sue Dobson visits the Staffordshire city
of Stoke-on-Trent.
Time out: Oxford is one of the
world's oldest universities, and the oldest in the English-speaking
world, but it is far more than a city on a university
campus.
Where Dartmouth is in the South Hams area of Devon, where the
River Dart ends its journey from Dartmoor, widens into the estuary,
and finally meets the sea.
ON THE banks of the river Cam, in south-east England,
Cambridge is home to the second oldest university
in England, now ranking among the top five universities in the
world. It is easily accessible by rail and road.
Jane Harris-Matthews visits the
historic town of Frome, just inside the Somerset
borders in the Mendip Hills, 13 miles south of Bath and 15 miles
east of Wells.