historic places

Rural church

Britain’s most beautiful country churches

Autumn woods

Day out: Oldbury Hill, Kent

A man mountain biking along a bridle path following an ancient Drove Road.

Day out: Triscombe Stone and The Drove Road, Somerset

Kyoto Japanese in Holland Park, London

Britain’s most beautiful man-made waterfalls

Tulips and other spring flowers in central Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire, created by Ebenezer Howard

Historic places

Guide to garden cities: 100 years of Welwyn Garden City

Places to stay near National Trust properties

The beautiful award winning gardens of Chenies Manor in Buckinghamshire with a wide variety of flowering plants and shrubs.

Historic places

Country garden awards: see the historic gardens nominated and how to vote

The Battle of Culloden, 16 April 1746, Inverness (Getty)

Historic places

Guide to Britain’s battlefields: history and best sites to visit

Country garden and house

Historical figures

British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens: why is he famous and where can you see his work?

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Historic places

Britain’s best monasteries