East Places of Interest

Jeremy Flint visits Holkham Hall, in Norfolk, to meet Jake Fiennes, who is tasked with making the vast estate more sustainable

east anglia

From Anglo-Saxon treasures and medieval castles to the home of one of Britain’s best-loved composers, here's our pick of the best places...

medieval houses

We go in search of the best atmospheric timber-framed medieval houses you can stay in in Suffolk Suffolk is...

wild swimming spots in Britain

At the temperatures rise, it's time to find the best spots in Britain for wild swimming, al fresco. Discover Britain presents our top five

This revived historic Essex pub with rooms on England’s most easterly inhabited isle has quickly established itself as the hub of the community  Sandwiched between...

King’s College, Cambridge, England. Credit: Julian Eales/Alamy

With exquisite architecture and wistful watery landscapes, Cambridgeshire is the perfect place for a weekend getaway. Marianka Swain explores Dreaming spires, unspoiled countryside and rich history: Cambridgeshire...

Norfolk’s varied landscapes – the Norfolk Broads, Breckland, the Waveney Valley, the Fens and Norfolk’s beautiful coastline – are explored by photographer Doug Kennedy in...

Sacrewell mill

After months of restoration and conservation work Sacrewell Mill, near Wansford, Peterborough, will be grinding wheat once more and open to the public.

Political hero or regicidal villain, Oliver Cromwell still divides opinion nearly 400 years after he took control of England, having signed Charles I’s death...

In Newmarket, the horse is king. Thoroughbreds have right of way, their own equine ‘pavements’, traffic light system and, it seems, monopoly of the...