British Towns & Villages

British Towns and Villages Network

The South Western Counties of England

You may click on the right-hand map below of the Counties and Unitary Authorities of South Western England or on the text links to access detailed information about each of the individual counties or unitary authority areas within the South Western Counties.

ENGLAND

Map showing the location of the south western counties of England

SOUTH WESTERN COUNTIES

Dorset Somerset Wiltshire Swindon North Somerset Bath and North East Somerset City of Bristol South Gloucestershire Poole Bournemouth Map of the South Western Counties of Emgland

 

The Anglo-French Concorde built in Bristol and Toulouse, France

Concorde

An Iron Age Hill Fort near Dorchester in Dorset, England

Maiden Castle

Ancient religion or perhaps something completely different, the megalithis at Stonehenge.

Stonehenge

A Westland Commando built in Yeovil, Somerset

Westland Helicopters

Technology, religion and culture is not new to the South West of England. Here you will find Stonehenge and Concorde, Avebury Circle and Westland Helicopters, Silbury Hill and Brunel's engineering masterpieces of the Great Western Railway, the SS Great Britain and the Clifton Suspension Bridge.

Glastonbury was once the capital of England when the Kings of Wessex ruled all, nowadays it's the home of the Pop Festival and allegedly the remains of King Arthur buried in the grounds of the Abbey.

Habitation goes back to Palaeolithic times as evidenced in the caves at Cheddar now famous for its particular brand of cheese. Later peoples built the Hill Forts like Maiden Castle near Dorchester whilst the Romans preferred the comforts offered by the hot springs of Aquae Sulis, the modern day city of Bath.

Text links to neighbouring maps
Far South West South Wales Southern England Midland Counties