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…
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
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
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
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
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
Day out: Sandringham, Norfolk
Soak up royal history and wonderful landscaped gardens at Sandringham estate in Norfolk
Day out: Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway
Scotland’s first official Food Town has all the ingredients for a fabulous alfresco feast
Day out: Felbrigg Hall, Gardens and Estate, Norfolk
Felbrigg Hall is spectacular country home in Norfolk. Full of art, it also has gorgeous gardens and acres of parkland to explore.
Walk: Calke Park, Derbyshire
Fall under a fairy’s spell in bluebell woodland on this majestic estate in the Peak District
Day out: Ragley Hall, Warwickshire
Discover the perfect example of an English stately home, which has been in the same family for 300 years
Day out: Tatton Park, Cheshire
Rub shoulders with the aristocracy with a picnic in this huge country estate in north Cheshire
Mount Stewart House and Gardens, County Down
These exotic gardens blend grandeur with quirky humour to reveal the passion and personality of their creator
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.
Rushton Triangular Lodge, Northamptonshire
All is not what it seems among the stately homes and buildings of Northamptonshire, as Julia Bradbury discovers.
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
A walk around Snowshill Manor, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire
Explore a country house full of treasures before strolling out into its lovely Cotswolds surroundings
Boston, Lincolnshire
Follow in the footsteps of the Fishtoft pilgrims as they attempted their first ill-fated journey to the coast – and ultimately America
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
Take a pilgrimage through colourful gardens and tree-lined walkways on the outskirts of Cambridge
Princely Rural Town: Tetbury and Highgrove, Gloucestershire
Luxury and heritage await in the Cotswolds town with royalty as neighbours
The Queen's backgarden: Windsor Great Park, Berkshire
A classic Diamond Jubilee walk through the Great Park
Hodsock Priory, Nottinghamshire
Witness one of the country's great snowdrop spectacles in a historic setting.
Craig y Nos Castle, Powys
Said to be the most haunted in Britain, stay the night in this former hospital if you dare.
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
