A garden made by the Messel family, plant collectors who brought rare trees and shrubs from around the world. The romantic ruins of their house, largely destroyed by fire in 1947, stand at its heart; a few rooms are still lived in and open.
The rose garden, the summer borders and the woodland walks make this a good visit in any season.
A landscape garden with four lakes, laid out in the 18th century and planted with trees from around the world.
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.
The Edwardian country house of the society hostess Margaret Greville, where kings, maharajas and politicians came to stay.
The weatherboarded cottage in the village of Rodmell that was the country home of the writer Virginia Woolf and her husband Leonard.
The family home of Sir Winston Churchill from 1924 until the end of his life, kept much as it was in the 1930s, with his books, pictures and uniforms.
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 …
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