A grand 17th-century mansion holding one of the finest art collections in the care of the National Trust, including paintings by Turner, who painted the deer park, and Van Dyck. The Carved Room is decorated with limewood carvings by Grinling Gibbons.
The deer park, landscaped by Capability Brown, has the largest herd of fallow deer in England.
A garden made by the Messel family, plant collectors who brought rare trees and shrubs from around the world.
The Edwardian country house of the society hostess Margaret Greville, where kings, maharajas and politicians came to stay.
A chalk hill on the North Downs with one of the best-known views in south-east England, from the Salomons Memorial across the Weald.
A landscape garden with four lakes, laid out in the 18th century and planted with trees from around the world.
The weatherboarded cottage in the village of Rodmell that was the country home of the writer Virginia Woolf and her husband Leonard.
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.
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