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Historic Houses & Gardens

Country houses, landscaped gardens and estates where architecture, family history and countryside were designed to be experienced together.

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Grand houses, very good grounds

The house gets the portrait. The parkland, river, woodland and garden are often the reason to stay for the day.

Architecture, art, formal gardens and miles of Peak District parkland around one of England’s best-known country houses.

A landscape built to unfold as you walk: lake, temples, woodland and one of England’s most famous designed views.

Chatsworth, Haddon, Hardwick and more, with enough old stone to occupy a very civilised weekend.

Garden story

Less a garden you stand and admire than one you move through. The path keeps changing the view, which was exactly the point.

Make a day of it

A remarkably dependable formula for a British day out, especially when the weather is behaving just well enough to encourage optimism.

The featured cards above are only a starting point. This collection now has more depth.

Historic houses are one thread. Follow Rambl into villages, ruins, ancient places, walks and the landscapes around them.