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The Crawleys, Downton Abbey

Historic places

Downton Abbey guide: history of Highclere Castle and how to visit, plus watch the new film trailer

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Britain’s best mazes

castle scotland

Britain’s best alternative holiday ideas

Wild camping Outer Hebrides

Best places for wild camping around the UK

Countrylane in chiltern hills at dawn, Hertfordshire/Buckinghamshire border, England, UK.

Historic places

Great novels and autobiographies set in the British countryside

Skiers in the Cairngorms, Scotland

The best places to ski and snowboard in Britain

The tide ebbs at Robin Hood’s Bay in the North York Moors National Park to reveal a series of wave-cut platforms

Britain’s best winter beaches

Photo Taken In Chew Magna, United Kingdom

Stargazing guide: Britain’s dark sky sites, best places to stargaze, plus how to get started

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Guide to Britain’s wonderful wildflower meadows

Shitterton, Dorset

Britain’s rudest place names

Great Britain, England, Worcestershire, The Malverns, a view of mountain range, formed of hard pre-cambrian rock.

Find the inspiration for The Lord of the Rings and the The Hobbit in the British countryside

Hiking along the beaches of Herm island, UK

The Channel Islands: your guide to the ultimate crowd-free seaside holiday

Old roman baths at bath, england, built on the site of the godess aquae suilis

A literary tour of Jane Austen’s Bath

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Richmond, North Yorkshire: places to stay, where to eat and things to do

Cliffs of Magho in County Fermanagh, sweep down to Lough Erne. Patchwork of farmland and woodland reaching to the Atlantic Ocean.

Discover Fermanagh – Northern Ireland’s hidden treasure