*** Special Offer: For a £5 discount on Historic Houses membership use promo code STEW05 *** The Historic Houses organisation represents more than 1,600 privately owned historic houses, castles and gardens throughout the UK and more than 300 of these are free-to-visit for members. These include many large, well known properties like Harewood House, Hever Castle, Raby […]
The Lord Leycester is one of the most unusual heritage properties in Warwickshire and one of the country’s most important medieval buildings. It comes within the Historic Houses portfolio, along with the previously described Warwickshire properties, Middleton Hall and Stoneleigh Abbey. All three are free-to-view for Historic Houses members (see below). The Lord Leycester, which […]
In the South Midlands there are two unusual ‘Historic Houses’, the Victorian Hook Norton Brewery near Chipping Norton and the Georgian Cowper & Newton Museum in Olney.
Although Dumfries is only 25 miles from the England-Scotland border, it is very definitely a Scottish town in appearance and character. Important battles that relate to Scottish independence were fought here and Scotland’s most famous poet, Robert Burns, lived in and is buried in the town. Dumfries is dominated by the picturesque River Nith, which […]
Leeds, Yorkshire’s largest city, has much to offer Short Break visitors. It has a lively city centre, with fine buildings many dating back to Victorian times, and in its suburbs there are outstanding heritage sites. As a Yorkshireman myself, I’ve often visited Leeds over the years and been impressed by its development into a modern, […]
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Short Break in Ireland: Dublin, Limerick, Galway, Belfast, Bushmills
In our one week short break in Ireland, we visited some of its greatest cities and most phenomenal natural features.