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. Box trees, which give the hill its name, and rare orchids and butterflies grow on its slopes.
Climb the stepping stones across the River Mole and up the steep path from Burford Bridge, or drive to the top. It was on the route of the 2012 Olympic cycle road race.
The Edwardian country house of the society hostess Margaret Greville, where kings, maharajas and politicians came to stay.
A 17th-century house on the Thames, home of the Duchess of Lauderdale and kept with much of its original furniture and decoration.
A garden made by the Messel family, plant collectors who brought rare trees and shrubs from around the world.
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 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 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.
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