South East

the mary rose

Mark Rowe tells the story of Henry VIII’s cherished ship, the Mary Rose, lost to the sea for centuries before being reclaimed...

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

parham house

In the heart of an ancient deer park, idyllically nestled just below the South Downs in West Sussex, Parham House is considered one of...

Updown Farm, a restaurant with rooms in rural Kent, is the epitome of the English idyll Updown Farm is the kind of place you might see...

st thomas becket

On the 850th anniversary of his canonisation, Diana Wright assesses where it all went wrong for St Thomas Becket As monks were singing vespers amid the twilight glow...

With so much going on in the world, The Sculpture Park in Surrey really is a place in which to escape and get lost...

The Bayeux Tapestry, Battle of Hastings

October 14 this year marks the 950th anniversary of this cataclysmic event. Ahead of the celebrations we have unearthed seven facts you may not know about this famous event.

In our series of guides to Britain’s most fascinating, cultured and historic old towns, we visit the historic town of Rye, on the East...

From rare wildlife and literary inspiration to naval history and ancient gold, The Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB is full of fascinating and unspoilt attractions,...

The Radcliffe Camera

The southeast English county of Oxfordshire is home to one of the world’s leading universities, the oldest public museum and a wealth of quaint...