A grand Italianate mansion on cliffs above the Thames, once the home of the Astor family and the setting of the Profumo affair. The house is now a hotel, but the National Trust cares for the gardens: formal parterres, a water garden, a maze and woodland paths down to the river.
Look for the Fountain of Love near the entrance and take a boat trip on the Thames in summer.
The oldest and largest occupied castle in the world and an official residence of the King.
The water meadow beside the Thames where King John agreed to Magna Carta in 1215, the charter that became a foundation of law and liberty.
A Tudor mansion transformed by Robert Adam in the 18th century for the Child family of bankers, with some of his finest interiors, from the Etruscan …
The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, in south-west London, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, hold one of the largest collections of living plants in the wor…
A 17th-century house on the Thames, home of the Duchess of Lauderdale and kept with much of its original furniture and decoration.
Over 5,000 acres of woods, commons and chalk downland on the Chiltern Hills, with walks for every length.
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