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While staying at one of our carefully selected luxury hotels, Condé Nast Johansens recommends visiting one or more of these charming, educational and fascinating attractions for a day out during your next holiday.

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Jane Austen's House

Jane Austen's House

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Castle Howard

Castle Howard

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Helmsley Walled Garden

Helmsley Walled Garden

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Canterbury Cathedral

Canterbury Cathedral

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Scone Palace

Scone Palace

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The Real Mary King’s Close

The Real Mary King’s Close

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The Red Lodge Museum

The Red Lodge Museum

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Petworth House and Park

Petworth House and Park

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St Enodoc Golf Club

St Enodoc Golf Club

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Château Bellefont-Belcier

Château Bellefont-Belcier

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Hopetoun House

Hopetoun House

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The Roman Baths

The Roman Baths

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Museum of the Home

Museum of the Home

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Benjamin Franklin House

Benjamin Franklin House

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Christ Church

Christ Church

Visit the College and Cathedral Two of Christ Church’s famous landmarks, Tom Tower, by Sir Christopher Wren, and Oxford’s Cathedral spire, define the city’s celebrated skyline and mark it as a unique dual foundation: one of Oxford University’s largest colleges and the Cathedral Church for the Diocese of Oxford. Thirteen British Prime Ministers have been educated at the college, and its...More info

Usk Castle

Usk Castle

A romantic ruined castle overlooking the picturesque town of Usk, featuring inner and outer baileys, towers and earthwork defences. Having a unique 'secret garden' atmosphere makes it a very special place for parties and wedding receptions in a marquee during the summer. Surrounded by enchanting gardens (open under the National Garden Scheme and Usk Open Gardens June 29/30th), incorporating...More info

The Beatles Story

The Beatles Story

The Beatles Story is Liverpool’s leading, award-winning Beatles’ attraction telling the story of the world’s greatest band. Located in the Fab Four's hometown on the stunning waterfront at the Royal Albert Dock, The Beatles Story takes visitors on an immersive, atmospheric journey through the lives and music of The Beatles. Experience the heady days of Beatlemania with recreations of key...More info

World of Wedgwood

World of Wedgwood

World of Wedgwood is a world of luxury shopping, unique events, colourful dining, hands-on learning experiences, picturesque woodland and the V&A Wedgwood Collection. In a world of endless experiences, you can shop the Wedgwood Store featuring an exquisite range of Wedgwood and Waterford Crystal, as well as the popular Factory Outlet featuring Wedgwood, Royal Doulton, Royal Albert and...More info

Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve

Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve

Home to the UK’s original and authentic safari experiences, Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve offers a unique family adventure like no other! Set in over 600 acres, you can jump on board a safari truck and journey through the South American, Asian and African Experiences to see amazing animals roaming freely, then explore on foot to see big cats, small cats, primates, gorillas and many more...More info

Llancaiach Fawr Manor

Llancaiach Fawr Manor

The building you see now was built in c1550 for Dafydd ap Richard. The Manor was designed to be easily defended during the turbulent reigns of Tudor kings and queens and is one of the finest examples of a semi-fortified manor in Wales today. The original defensive design incorporated a single entrance, four-foot thick walls enclosing spiral stone staircases for access between floors and stout...More info

Haddon Hall

Haddon Hall

One of the country’s most elegant and timeless stately homes, visitors can immerse themselves in over 900 years of history at Haddon Hall in Bakewell, Derbyshire. Brimming over with stories of old, marvel at Tudor and Elizabethan architecture and craftsmanship such as a remarkable tapestry collection and early English furniture collection reputed to be the best of its kind in England, and stroll...More info

Swinton Estate

Swinton Estate

Situated near the small Yorkshire market town of Masham, Swinton Estate offers 20,000 acres of stunning landscape, a myriad of outdoor activities and opulent accommodation. Anyone from Yorkshire will tell you that Yorkshire is God’s Country and it’s easy to see why when you visit the Swinton Estate. The iconic landscape of dry stone walls, moorland horizons, lush river valleys and big skies...More info

Christ Church Picture Gallery

Christ Church Picture Gallery

Christ Church is unique among Oxford and Cambridge colleges in that it possesses an important collection of Old Master paintings and drawings housed in a purpose-built gallery designed by architects Powell and Moya. The collection is strongest in Italian Renaissance and Baroque art, including paintings by Lippi, Tintoretto, Veronese, van Dyck and the Carracci. The internationally renowned...More info

Russborough House & Parklands

Russborough House & Parklands

Visit Russborough: Ireland’s most exquisite Georgian House. Filled with masterpieces from the Renaissance to the twentieth century, Russborough is Ireland’s most beautiful Georgian house and boasts a fabulous setting to match. Set in 200 acres of rolling parkland, with plenty of walks and gardens to explore, Russborough enjoys a wonderful vista across Blessington Lakes to the Wicklow...More info

Castle Kennedy Gardens

Castle Kennedy Gardens

Described as ‘one of the showpieces of Galloway’, Castle Kennedy Gardens is one of Scotland's most important historical landscaped gardens with its collection of Rhododendrons, Championship Trees and rare species. The 75 acres of sculptured landscapes and magnificent avenues are romantically situated on an isthmus around the ruins of Castle Kennedy and surrounded by the White and Black...More info

Lennoxlove House

Lennoxlove House

  Lennoxlove, situated just 20 miles from Edinburgh in the heart of East Lothian, is the ancestral home of the Duke of Hamilton. Visit Lennoxlove House and be greeted by one of our experienced guides, each of whom has expert knowledge of the history of the House. They will take you round the House and reveal the vast history, whilst explaining the stories about the artefacts that are held...More info

Château de Chenonceau

Château de Chenonceau

The Château de Chenonceau, first property of the crown and then a royal residence, is an outstanding landmark with a rich, unusual history. Throughout history the Château has been protected by a host of extraordinary women; Diane de Poitiers, Queen Catherine de Medici and Louise Dupin to name a few, preserving its unique architecture from conflicts and wars and turning it into a haven of peace...More info

Newbourne Hall

Newbourne Hall

Newbourne Hall is essentially a Tudor Manor House though the earliest parts are 14th Century, the latest 1870. It is however the building work of the late 15th and early 17th centuries that provide its' character and appearance. There are outstanding plaster ceilings of circa 1610 as well as fine timber and brick work, panelling etc...More info

Arbury Hall

Arbury Hall

Arbury Hall has been the seat of the Newdegate family for over 400 years and is the ancestral home of Viscount and Viscountess Daventry. This Tudor/Elizabethan House was Gothicised by Sir Roger Newdegate in the 18th century and is regarded as the \"Gothic Gem\" of the Midlands. The principal rooms stand as a most breathtaking and complete example of early Gothic Revival architecture and provide a...More info

Punting at Cherwell Boathouse

Punting at Cherwell Boathouse

Punting at Cherwell Boathouse is a traditionally English, must-have experience. As Oxford's largest punt station, it boasts over 80 handmade wooden punts in the water, all hand built on site by expert local craftsmen. Punting is a truly timeless, slightly eccentric, quintessentially Oxford, idyllic pleasure: sailing leisurely upstream or down river, trailing fingers in the silky water,...More info

Hodnet Hall Gardens

Hodnet Hall Gardens

The gardens were started in 1922 when a chain of seven lakes and pools were created with rare trees and shrubs. Rhododendrons and camellias thrive in the acid soil whilst iris and other bog plants enjoy their position around the pools. April is the perfect time to admire the camellias, crocuses, daffodils, and the magnificent Magnolia Walk. May & June showcase rhododendrons, lilacs, azaleas...More info

Hever Castle and Gardens

Hever Castle and Gardens

Discover 700 years of history at the romantic, double moated 13th-century castle, once the childhood home of Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I. Explore 125 acres of formal and natural landscape in these magnificent quintessential English gardens. In 1903 William Waldorf Astor, the American millionaire, bought the castle and created the glorious gardens. He filled the...More info

Greywell Hill House

Greywell Hill House

Acquired by Sir Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, who was one of the founders of modern Canada. The house is set in an area of high scenic and conservation value.More info

Ingatestone Hall

Ingatestone Hall

A sixteenth century manor house in 11 acres of grounds, built by Sir William Petre, Secretary of State to four Tudor monarchs, and still occupied by his descendants. The house substantially retains its original form and appearance (including two priests' hiding places) and contains furniture, pictures and memorabilia accumulated over the centuries. Programme of special events available upon...More info

Sezincote

Sezincote

Sezincote House & Garden is a unique and extraordinary Indian House set amidst the Cotswold Hills. The architecture is in the Mogul style of Rajasthan, with a central dome, minarets, peacock-tail windows, jali-work railings and pavilions. A curving Orangery frames the Persian Garden of Paradise with its fountain and canals. The house is set within a romantic water garden - a fine example...More info

Moignes Court

Moignes Court

Moignes Court is a 13th century manor house with a first floor hall, and is of interest to serious students of architecture. Nearby is a redundant 19th century estate brick kiln.More info

Downes

Downes

Downes House is a Palladian Mansion dating originally from 1692. As the former home of General Sir Redvers Buller, the house contains a large number of items relating to his millitary campaigns.More info

Rode Hall and Gardens

Rode Hall and Gardens

Rode Hall is a fine early eighteenth century country house set in a Repton Landscape.  Home to the Wilbraham family since 1669, it is especially noted for its family portraits, Gillow furniture and fine collection of porcelain and pottery. The extensive grounds include a woodland garden, formal garden designed by Nesfield in 1860, a magnificent two acre walled kitchen garden which provides...More info

Nether Winchendon House

Nether Winchendon House

Nether Winchendon House is one of the most romantic of the ancient historic houses in England and listed Grade I, set in seven acres of tranquil Gardens and surrounded by 600 acres of Parkland, on the Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire border. With curling Tudor chimneys, Nether Winchendon House is crenellated and partially encased in stucco and from its Medieval origins, this extraordinary house has...More info

Sausmarez Manor

Sausmarez Manor

Sausmarez Manor in Guernsey is the only Historic House in the Channel Islands open to the public that is still lived in by the original family after nearly 800 years. The House, parts of which date to the early 13th or late 12th centuries, has been altered, reduced and added to over the years with major changes in Tudor, Queen Anne, Regency and Victorian times. The most impressive part is the...More info