These may be the prettiest towns in the whole of the UK.
From beautiful Tudor buildings to gorgeous Georgian town houses - these are UK beauty spots worth visiting.
The towns were chosen by a survey of 1,000 people nationwide.
From all over, the towns have much to offer in the way of quaint British culture.
Towns in the North and South of England were included as well as a street in Edinburgh.
The Royal Mile, in the Scottish town, makes up part of the old face of the city.
It features Victorian houses and Abbey Strand, a popular spot home to the building that was once the house of Lucky Spence, a notorious brothel madam, remembered in Allan Ramsay's poem, Lucky Spence's Last Advice.
Another historic British city featured was York, which features the winding old street The Shambles.
Some of the buildings date as far back as the fourteenth century.
The Circus in Bath is third on the list, with it’s semi-circular row of terraced houses.
The area was chosen by architectural historian Dan Cruickshank to feature on 2006 BBC television documentary series Britain's Best Buildings.
Unsurprisingly the home town of William Shakespeare cropped up among the list of towns, which citied Waterside as one of the prettiest streets the UK has to offer.
Britain’s prettiest streets
The Shambles, York
The Royal Mile, Edinburgh
The Circus, Bath
Waterside, Stratford upon Avon
Steep Hill, Lincoln
Goldhill, Shaftesbury
King’s Parade, Cambridge
Elm Hill, Norwich
Eastgate Street, Chester
The Market Place, Devizes
Main Street, Harworth
Harbour Street, Whitstable
The Square, Winchester
St Thomas Street, Wells
Ledbury Road, Notting Hill
Grey Street, Newcastle
Cecily Hill, Cirecester
Catherine Hill, Frome
The Homend, Ledbury
Are you looking for a trip a little further afield?
Here is where holiday makers wanting a bargain European beach break should go.
Researchers calculated that a basket of 10 goods in the town - including bottled water, suncream, restaurant bills and an English newspaper - costs almost 10 per cent less than last year, despite the weaker pound.
An evening meal for two with wine will set UK visitors back £20, while a bottle of local beer is only 70 pence.
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