This popular guide has delightful places to stay with fascinating gardens; from grand estates to small town plots, all over the country. In these places, you will meet owners with hugely different gardens: some will be finished masterpieces, others will be works in progress, but all will be talking points. Our owners are experts on their own gardens of course, but they can often organize private visits to other gardens, direct you to good local nurseries & give you the low-down on which public gardens to visit nearby. ...

Fully updated for 2009, this extensive French B&B guide offers a choice of B& Bs, farmhouses, & chateaux in every region of France
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Specifically chosen for their style & character, all properties featured in Bed & Breakfast France are visited by French researchers to ensure a genuine French lifestyle & a great welcome. Each featured listing is fully described, with accompanying photography, & offers all the essential details readers need to know, including rates, facilities information, & driving directions. The directory also uses a unique sun rating system to indicate warmth of welcome & quality of comfort. Ideally suited to travellers driving in France, this definitive guide to France's hidden treasures is a perfect companion to any of the French titles in the Drive Around series. ...

No one knows more about starting & running a bed & breakfast business than successful cook, author & hotel owner Amy Willcock. The hotel that she runs with her husband & their business partner, The George on the Isle of Wight, was described in the Daily Mail as being run `in the way in which you imagine the hotel of your dreams to be run`. In this attractively packaged paperback, Amy reveals the secrets you need to know to make running your B&B fun & profitable. Her lively narrative takes you through all stages of the process: preparing your home, advertising, creating welcoming bedrooms & luxury bathrooms on a budget, laundering the sheets, preparing the ultimate breakfast (for even the most demanding guest) & managing bookings
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Want to take your dog away on holiday with you? Bed & Breakfast
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Written by the Oxford historian Henrietta Leyser, Bede`s England is a gazetteer to the remaining Anglo-Saxon ruins in Engl&, many of them from the time of the Venerable Bede. For those who have bought Simon Jenkins` 100 Best Churches & now want something different, this is an invaluable window onto the world of the author of the Ecclesiastical History of the English People. Concentrating on Bede himself (our most valuable historical source on Anglo Saxon Engl&, & author of books that played a key role in the development of English national identity), BEDES ENGLAND is an accessible history & a guidebook simultaneously, illustrated with maps & photographs. Since Sr Benedicta Ward`s book on Bede, with its endorsement by Rowan Williams, general interest in Anglo-Saxon Britain has been growing. BEDE`S ENGLAND serves as a perfect introduction to the subject, & is the only book of its kind. ...

Beddington & Waddon in 1911 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the area west of Croydon which

Includes:: Beddington village & Waddon, stretching from Beddington Park eastward to Vicarage Road, Waddon. Features include St Mary`s church, Beddington House, cemetery, Royal Female Orphan Asylum, River Wandle, Waddon Mills with Waddon Marsh New Siding, Wandle Mills, Croydon Sewage Works, part of Wandle Park, Waddon Lodge, Paragon Works, Waddon Court (whose 18th century occupant, John Parker, rode around the village each morning accompanied by a monkey dressed in fine clothes), Croydon Gas Works. There are street directories for Beddington Lane, Bute Road, Church Lane, Croydon Road, Demesne Road, Guy Road, Wandle Road; plus a railway timetable for the Croydon-Wimbledon line in 1908. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.

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Beddington Corner in 1894 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. ” The River Wandle runs north to south through the centre of this map & most of the development of the area has taken place along its banks. The river provided the energy to turn the water wheels which powered the various mills & works established along the Wandle, many of which date from the 18th century.” So begins John Brown`s introduction to the map. The works include Eagle Leather Works, Wandle Tannery, Mitcham Leather Works, & there are also various watercress beds. The community of Beddington Corner is shown in a state of construction with roads such as Wolseley Road, Wood Street & New Road partly built. The London Road runs north-south & almost parallel is the railway; Mitcham Junction station is at the top of the map. The map extends west to Greenwrythe Lane, & Ravensbury Park is in the north-western corner. Tramway Terrace is a reminder of the earlier Surrey Iron Railway. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Bedford, St Neots, Sandy & Biggleswade area on a detailed topographic & GPS compatible map No. 208, waterproof version, from the Ordnance Survey’s 1:25, 000 Explorer series. MOBILE DOWNLOADS: this title & all the other OS Explorer maps include a code for downloading after purchase the digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS EXPLORER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Explorer series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. The Explorer series, Ordnance Survey’s most detailed maps recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities, provides topographic coverage of Great Britain at 1:25, 000 on GPS compatible maps with hiking trails, cycling routes & extensive tourist information. Each printed map is available either on paper or as a waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active Map, as indicated in its title. Britain’s National Parks & other areas of particular tourist interest are presented on often double-sided OL (Outdoor Leisure) maps, whilst most standard format Explorers cover an area of 30 x 20km (approx. 19 x 12 miles). All three versions (paper, waterproof & digital) are the same & provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways. National Trails & other long-distance paths are marked, as well as permissive footpaths or bridleways & on-road or traffic-free cycle routes with, where appropriate, their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. Boundaries of access land are clearly marked. A wide range of symbols provides additional tourist information, highlighting camping & caravanning sites, information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, country pubs, sport & recreational facilities including cycle hire locations & mountain biking trails, historic buildings & museums, etc. Exceptionally clear presentation of the landscape is provided by contours at 5m or in the uplands at 10m intervals, with additional spot heights plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards, heath, marshl&, scree or boulders, & other topographic features. For GPS users the maps have British National Grid lines at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1`. Clearly laid out map legend

Includes:: French & German translations for the tourist information symbols.

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Bedford, St Neots, Sandy & Biggleswade area on a detailed topographic & GPS compatible map No. 208, paper version, from the Ordnance Survey’s 1:25, 000 Explorer series.MOBILE DOWNLOADS: this title & all the other OS Explorer maps include a code for downloading after purchase the digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS EXPLORER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Explorer series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. The Explorer series, Ordnance Survey’s most detailed maps recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities, provides topographic coverage of Great Britain at 1:25, 000 on GPS compatible maps with hiking trails, cycling routes & extensive tourist information. Each printed map is available either on paper or as a waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active Map, as indicated in its title. Britain’s National Parks & other areas of particular tourist interest are presented on often double-sided OL (Outdoor Leisure) maps, whilst most standard format Explorers cover an area of 30 x 20km (approx. 19 x 12 miles). All three versions (paper, waterproof & digital) are the same & provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways. National Trails & other long-distance paths are marked, as well as permissive footpaths or bridleways & on-road or traffic-free cycle routes with, where appropriate, their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. Boundaries of access land are clearly marked. A wide range of symbols provides additional tourist information, highlighting camping & caravanning sites, information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, country pubs, sport & recreational facilities including cycle hire locations & mountain biking trails, historic buildings & museums, etc. Exceptionally clear presentation of the landscape is provided by contours at 5m or in the uplands at 10m intervals, with additional spot heights plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards, heath, marshl&, scree or boulders, & other topographic features. For GPS users the maps have British National Grid lines at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1`. Clearly laid out map legend

Includes:: French & German translations for the tourist information symbols.

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