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Erddig house and estate are set in a huge woodland country park just outside Wrexham. This fully furnished 18th-century house offers visitors a unique insight into servants' lives during the…
Christmas at Hever Castle & Gardens
Hever Castle was once home to Anne Boleyn, one of Henry VIII's many wives. Every year it is transformed into a winter wonderland with Father Christmas in his grotto, story telling, carols and…
Chatsworth House, stately home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, is also known as the "Palace of the Peak". In addition to art treasures, it has a beautiful 105-acre garden and a working…
Take a steam train ride on the Spa Valley Railway. Visit High Rocks, a series of sandstone rocks once used as a stone age camp, or Groombridge Place's Gardens & Enchanted Forest. Trips run at…
Imagine Henry VIII warming his hands at the octagonal hearth when he came to stay in the 13th-century Penshurst Place and Gardens. Kids love the ancient suits of armour in the Baron's Hall.…
Scientist and botanist John Rodgers, a friend and contemporary of Charles Darwin, started planting the south-facing Riverhill Gardens in 1842. Spring and early summer sees an explosion of…
The National Wildflower Centre spreads across Court Hey Park in Knowsley, Liverpool. It has a working garden nursery, a play area for kids and interactive wildflower exhibitions, while the…
Heaton Hall and Park makes the grand claim of being the largest municipal park in Europe. Consisting of 600 acres of beautiful parkland, gardens and pastures, it is listed Grade Two on English…
The Cotswold Farm Park in Stow-on-the-Wold offers a fun day out regardless of the weather. Kids get to meet, cuddle and feed a variety of farm animals, and it's also home to a rare breeds…
Henry VIII and novelist Vita Sackville-West have both been residents of the National Trust house, Knole. Surrounded by a 1000-acre deer park, its early 17th-century state rooms contain an…
One of England's oldest manor houses, Stonor has been home to the same family for an astonishing 850 years. Set in extensive parkland, the house contains many fine artworks, while its…
Belmont House is an 18th-century Georgian manor house designed by architect Samuel Wyatt, surrounded by beautiful landscaped gardens and classical English country parkland. Visitors can tour…
Rescued from dereliction by antiquary Denys Bower in 1955, 15th-century Chiddingstone Castle is home to Bower's impressive collection of Japanese, Egyptian and Buddhist artefacts, including…
Discover plants from around the world in Tom Hart-Dyke's World Garden at 15th-century Lullingstone Castle, near Eynsford. The Manor House overlooks a 15-acre lake, and Henry VIII and Queen…
Kiftsgate Court's gardens are often overlooked on account of their famous neighbour (Hidcote Manor) across the road. But the formality of Hidcote is beautifully offset by Kiftsgate's steep…
Pashley Manor Gardens, on the Sussex and Kent border, are quintessentially English in style. Fountains, springs and large ponds complement the beautiful flowers and trees. The Manor itself is…
Trewithen House is surrounded by the wide avenues and sweeping vistas of its own famous landscaped gardens. The garden shop is stocked with local plants and there's an on-site teashop.
The eccentric Topiary Gardens at Levens Hall, Kendal, are world-famous. Four gardeners spend five months a year snipping the topiary into columns, pyramids and all sorts of abstract shapes.…
Burghley House was built between 1565 and 1587 by William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I. Eighteen state rooms are opened to the public, full of national treasures including…
Chelsea Physic Garden is one of London's great undiscovered secrets - a delightful isle of abundant planting tucked into the city centre. Visitors can admire one of Europe's oldest rock…
