Country house & garden

Country house & garden

Is this Scotland’s most colourful castle? Why the Earl of Glasgow let Brazilian graffiti artists loose on his turrets

With a thrilling array of trails, grottos, waterfalls and secret forests, the riotous colour of Ayrshire’s Kelburn Castle is just the beginning of the attractions…
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What looks like a crumbling ruin was once the nerve centre of England’s bloodiest war: How Warkworth Castle and its hidden hermitage shaped a nation’s history

Explore a mighty hill-top castle that Shakespeare once wrote into a play, and then follow a gentle riverside path that holds enchantments of its own: a mystical hermitage
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Ghosts, grief and grandeur in Cumbria: Is Muncaster Castle Britain's most haunted castle?

Become a ghostbuster and try to uncover the paranormal at Muncaster, one of Britain’s most haunted castles
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Battle Abbey, East Sussex

Visit Battle Abbey in East Sussex and relive the Battle of Hastings, an event that heralded a new era of history in Britain
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Dewstow Hidden Gardens and Grottoes, Monmouthshire

Tip-toe over streams and wind your way through labyrinths in a garden that was lost for half a century
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Bike ride: Strathspey, Highland

Explore the Highland enclave inhabited by Archie Macdonald and his Glenbogle clan on this trip into Monarch of the Glen Country
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Day out: Sandringham, Norfolk

Soak up royal history and wonderful landscaped gardens at Sandringham estate in Norfolk
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Stay in a manor house in Upton Scudamore, Wiltshire

Spend the night as lord and lady in a glorious country home, with gardens all to yourself.
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Rushton Triangular Lodge, Northamptonshire

All is not what it seems among the stately homes and buildings of Northamptonshire, as Julia Bradbury discovers.

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Castle Howard, North Yorkshire

One of the greatest of England’s stately homes, Castle Howard reflects the wealth and taste of the early 18th century
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A walk around Snowshill Manor, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire

Explore a country house full of treasures before strolling out into its lovely Cotswolds surroundings

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Boston, Lincolnshire

Follow in the footsteps of the Fishtoft pilgrims as they attempted their first ill-fated journey to the coast – and ultimately America
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Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire

Take a pilgrimage through colourful gardens and tree-lined walkways on the outskirts of Cambridge
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Princely Rural Town: Tetbury and Highgrove, Gloucestershire

Luxury and heritage await in the Cotswolds town with royalty as neighbours

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The Queen's backgarden: Windsor Great Park, Berkshire

A classic Diamond Jubilee walk through the Great Park

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Hodsock Priory, Nottinghamshire

Witness one of the country's great snowdrop spectacles in a historic setting.

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Craig y Nos Castle, Powys

Said to be the most haunted in Britain, stay the night in this former hospital if you dare.

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Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan

Two castles, a Welsh vineyard and oodles of independent shops: we show you how to live like a king in Cowbridge

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