The Victorian home of the inventor and industrialist Lord Armstrong, and the first house in the world lit by hydroelectricity. The house is full of ingenious gadgets, and the estate, created on a bare hillside, has lakes, a vast rock garden and millions of trees.
Drive the six-mile carriage drive, or walk to the Iron Bridge and the power house. Children love the labyrinth and adventure play area.
A Baroque masterpiece designed by Sir John Vanbrugh, architect of Blenheim, for the Delaval family, known for their wild parties and practical jokes.
A group of rocky islands off the Northumberland coast, home to around 200,000 seabirds in summer, including tens of thousands of puffins, and a large…
A Tudor fort on a rocky outcrop on Holy Island, turned into a holiday home by Edwin Lutyens for Edward Hudson, founder of Country Life magazine.
The wall built across northern England by the Emperor Hadrian from 122 AD to guard the Roman Empire's north-west frontier.
A Georgian landscape garden in the Derwent Valley, created by the coal baron George Bowes, with a Palladian chapel, a column to Liberty taller than N…
An award-winning, family-run restaurant in the Scottish Borders countryside, known for game and local produce such as venison, lamb and beef, with a …
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