Packed with information about unusual and unique aspects of our countryside, the guide will point both fair-weather and intrepid travellers in the right direction.

This is one of 10 rural guides published in conjunction with Country Living Magazine.

It is packed with vivid descriptions, amusing anecdotes, historical stories and hundreds of places in Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire.

Each chapter provides a tour of the South of England area, with insights into local heritage and history and easy-to-read facts on a wealth of subjects.

And it provides useful information on places to stay, eat and drink and where to buy arts and crafts, antiques, organic food, garden produce and many other products and activities.

It also recommends a selection of pleasant country walks, gives clear directions to all places with easy-to-use locator maps and provides the full address and telephone number of all Tourist Information Centres.

The Country Living Guide to Rural England – The South is available from all major bookstores, independent bookshops and internet booksellers.