Northumberland is very well endowed with fine National Trust and English Heritage sites, including Cragside House, Belsay Hall and several castles, but my favourite property is Wallington. Situated just twenty miles NW of Newcastle in the first foothills of the Pennines, Wallington has everything to satisfy the discerning senior traveller in pursuit of interesting heritage […]
Senior Travel Expert’s Holiday Editor, Tony Taylor, and his wife have family connections with the Devon town of Sidmouth and hence have visited many times. Here are his tips for an enjoyable short break in this perfect, little, seaside town. Sidmouth is an attractive Regency seaside town on the south Devon coast. It is situated […]
Cheshire is well endowed with National Trust properties which include fascinating houses, large well-tended gardens and extensive parklands. This article focuses on my three favourite properties – Lyme, Dunham Massey and Little Moreton Hall – but includes mention of other National Trust and English Heritage sites in the county. Lyme My most recent visit to Lyme […]
Written by Julia Thorley (One of two winning entries in the Heritage Writing Competition.) The Black Lion in Consall, North Staffordshire, isn’t the sort of pub you simply happen upon. To get there by road you need to deviate from the A52 and head for Kingsley Moor and Cellar Head towards Wetley Rocks – such […]
Written by Helen Rhodes (A Highly Commended entry in the Off the Beaten Track Writing Competition.) I am standing on a windy promenade in Lancashire, looking out across Morecambe Bay, towards the Lake District. The view is breath-taking. Across the bay, famous for its delicious potted shrimp, you can see three layers of Lakeland hills […]
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National Trust Derbyshire: Calke Abbey
The National Trust promotes Calke Abbey as the ‘un-stately’ stately home, and indeed many of the rooms in the house are in a bad state of decoration and are overflowing with masses of bric-a brac. I found it interesting up to a point to check out what appealed to aristocratic hoarders and it made me […]