Kent
Located 2.5 miles south of Tenterden on the B2082, this award-winning vineyard produces some of Kent’s best wine and bubbly. Tours should be booked well…
Must-see attractions in Great Britain
Richmond, Kew & Hampton Court
In the Arboretum, the fascinating Treetop Walkway first takes you underground and then 18m up in the air into the tree canopy.
Skye
A converted farm steading overlooking the sea houses Skye's second distillery, opened in 2017. There's a visitor centre and cafe; tours are best booked in…
Yorkshire Dales National Park
On Thursdays from May to October, a local farmer gives demonstrations of working sheepdogs, held in a field 800m north of Hawes on the minor road towards…
Exmoor National Park
This sweet museum's collections include chilling pictures of Lynmouth's devastating 1952 flash flood, which claimed 34 lives. It occupies the town's…
Bristol
Hidden away down the side of the Central Library, hunt out the 2011 Banksy stencil that states 'you don't need planning permission to build castles in the…
Peak District
Vivid displays on the Eyam plague are the centrepiece of the engaging town museum, alongside exhibits on the village's history of lead mining and silk…
Isle of Wight
Charles I was imprisoned here before his execution in 1649. Today you can clamber the sturdy ramparts and play bowls on the very green the doomed monarch…
Wiltshire
A 50m-high folly with wonderful views. It's part of the National Trust property Stourhead, some 8 miles south of Frome.
Bristol
It may be tiny (under a square mile), but Leigh Woods squeezes a lot into a small space: ancient trees, snaking walking trails and corking Avon Gorge…
South Cornwall
A couple of miles west of Fowey, this is the area's largest and busiest beach. Sailing lessons, windsurfing and stand-up paddleboarding are all available.
Nottingham
Behind its lace-patterned concrete facade, Nottingham Contemporary holds edgy, design-driven exhibitions of paintings, prints, photography and sculpture.
Chester
Built on the site of an older Saxon church in 1075, it's been a peaceful ruin since 1581. It includes the remains of a Norman choir and medieval chapels.
The Midlands & the Marches
Dating from c 900, St Nicholas is Leicester's oldest place of worship, and incorporates tiles and masonry from Leicester's Roman baths. Hours can vary.
Isle of Man
Port Erin's small Railway Museum reveals the history of steam railway on the island. There are guided tours on Thursday evenings and Sunday mornings.
Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri)
This squat, early-19th-century stone prison has gender-segregated cells where drunk sailors and slatterns were once locked up for 'wanton mischief'.
The Midlands & the Marches
Now a romantic ruin, Bess of Hardwick's first house, Hardwick Old Hall, neighbours the manor Hardwick Hall.
Orkney
This 18th-century seaweed shed has been impressively restored and holds an interesting exhibition on Papa Westray's history and craft traditions.
Skye
Skye's oldest distillery (established 1830) produces smooth, sweet and smoky Talisker single malt whisky. The guided tour includes a free dram.
South Cornwall
A small village museum exploring Polperro's seafaring and smuggling heritage, with everything from sepia-tinted photos to shipwreck artefacts.
Northwest England
Immediately next to Lancaster Castle is the equally fine priory church, founded in 1094 but extensively remodelled in the Middle Ages.
Kensington & Hyde Park
Fashioned in stone from northern Italy, this 37-tonne travertine statue by Henry Moore provides phenomenal views of Kensington Palace.
Tomintoul & Glenlivet Discovery Centre
The Cairngorms
This visitor centre and rural museum celebrates local history, with reconstructions of a crofter's kitchen and a blacksmith's forge.
The Midlands & the Marches
Leicester's perfectly preserved 14th-century guildhall, one of England's finest, is reputed to be the city's most haunted building.
The Midlands & the Marches
The 12th-century church of St Michael and All Angels has a splendid 18th-century spire and tower divided from its medieval nave.
Dorset
An appealing sanctuary for rescued chimpanzees, orang-utans, gibbons, marmosets and some utterly adorable ring-tailed lemurs.
Edinburgh
The Summerhall cultural centre houses several permanent art displays, and stages changing exhibitions of contemporary art.
Isle of Man
The wheel-headed cross at Lonan Old Church, just north of Douglas, is the island's most impressive early Christian cross.
Richmond, Kew & Hampton Court
Hampton Court Palace presses up against 445-hectare Bushy Park, a semiwild expanse with herds of red and fallow deer.
Shetland
This heritage centre houses a modern museum with a history of the Shetland pony and a recreation of a croft house.
Plymouth
The immense Plymouth Naval Memorial commemorates Commonwealth WWI and WWII sailors who have no grave but the sea.
Skye
This gallery exhibits the works of artists who have been inspired by Scottish landscapes, wildlife and culture.
Richmond, Kew & Hampton Court
Designed by Sir William Chambers, this elegant Grade I listed plant house in Kew Gardens is home to a cafe.
The West End
The centre of literary Bloomsbury was Gordon Sq, where some of the buildings are marked with blue plaques.
The Midlands & the Marches
A striking modernist cube on Market Pl, Quad contains a futuristic art gallery and an art-house cinema.
The West End
Lovely Bedford Sq is the only completely Georgian square still surviving in Bloomsbury.
London
Taking in a trial in what's nicknamed the Old Bailey leaves watching a TV courtroom drama for dust. Even if you end up sitting in on a fairly run-of-the…
London
This pleasant little park was the site of the Tower Hill scaffold, where a confirmed 125 people met their fate, including St Thomas More, St John Fisher…
Cardiff
Designed by Lord Richard Rogers (the architect behind London's Lloyd's building and Millennium Dome and Paris' Pompidou Centre), the home of the National…
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