Places of Interest

Chastleton House, Oxfordshire

England's gardens aren't just horticultural wonders. Here, Diana Wright speeds through 1,000 years of garden history to find out what they tell us about our changing...

Torquay Harbour. Credit: Getty Images

Agatha Christie, the best-selling crime novelist, based many of her stories around her home on the English Riviera (South Devon), we look at some...

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan

From where to find the best bacon sandwich to a pie shop that uses 19th-century recipes, we asked Londoners for their favourite cafes and...

Twr Mawr lighthouse on Llanddwyn Island, Anglesey, North Wales. Credit: Adam Burton/Alamy

Here we take a look at a few of Wales's legends, including that of King Arthur and the wizard Merlin King Arthur's Labyrinth. Credit: © Crown...

Exmoor hills overlooking Porlock Bay

Somerset, the picturesque southwest English county, has regularly attracted visitors more attuned to all things mythical and mystical. We explore the region and discover...

Award-winning travel author Bill Bryson

Explore Churches is a website dedicated to the UK's many stunning abbeys, cathedrals and churches. Here celebrated author Bill Bryson shares his favourite English churches. There...

Anne Hathaway's Cottage and Gardens

Thatched cottages are one of the highlights of the English countryside, perfectly crowning sweet cottages that peek out from behind flowering gardens. We take a look at the straw-topped...

St Davids, Wales

This St David’s Day we follow in the footsteps of the 6th century bishop who became Wales’s patron saint and visit the beautiful and historic sites connected to his story...

David Hockney is perhaps Britain's greatest living artist and a once-in-a-lifetime retrospective opens at Tate Britain, London, on 9 February. Arriving ahead of his...

Staithes

Britain is packed with historic and charming villages, so here we’ve picked five of the most lovely for you to add to your must-see list.