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Six beautiful homes for sale on the coastline of Britain

Somewhere beside the sea, whether you're looking for a weekend retreat, a holiday home or just a place to live.

Country Life's 10 best interiors articles of 2020, from baths in bedrooms to colour schemes for Georgian country houses

Enjoy our list of the most-viewed interior design and decoration articles from Country Life in the last 12 months.

An irresistibly gorgeous Cotswolds home comes to the market, with five bedrooms, five reception rooms and perfect village location

James Fisher takes a look at a cottage in Long Compton that ticks every box.

Country Life's 10 best arts stories of 2020, from the Hay Wain to a taped-up banana

The world of the arts has been heavily hit by the virus this year, but there were still some great highlights. We look back on the ones which proved most popular.

Fancy life in Wetwang, or laying your head in Great Snoring? Five homes for sale in villages with some of Britain's strangest place names

Clearly, you should never choose where to live based on an amusing name. But if you were so inclined, these would be excellent places to start — and the houses in question are delightful.

Country Life's 10 best gardening tips of 2020, from which nurseries to trust online to avoiding naff plant pots

Our gardening advice blogs are always enormously popular on the Country Life website — and with writers such as Alan Titchmarsh and Mark Diacono, it's hardly surprising.

No Mr Bond, I expect you to buy: The most expensive Bond villains' lairs

Country Life's 10 best architecture stories of 2020, from crumbling masterpieces to the deserted streets of lockdown London

We take a look back at Country Life's most-viewed architecture articles of the past 12 months.

An idyllic cottage in the heart of Cockington that offers the perfect escape from the rat race

Moving to the country and opening a tea shop has never looked more appealing than at Rose Cottage Tea Gardens in a lovely village just outside Torquay.

Country Life's 10 best recipes of 2020, from scotch eggs and banana bread to the ultimate shepherd's pie

We've gone back through the 2020 archives to see the most-viewed recipes of the past 12 months. If this collection doesn't make you feel hungry, we hope you get your sense of taste back soon.

Country Life's 10 best property stories of 2020, from Cotswolds cottages to the 17,000sq ft mansion for sale at £400k

Sprawling mansions, charming cottages, vast estates... the property market boomed in the second half of 2020, and these were the places which most caught your imaginations.

Eight adventures around the world to inspire you for 2021: Glaciers, desert islands and the world's most scenic railways

Travel has been on hold for most of 2020, but as the world begins to look to the future it's time to start dreaming again. Rosie Paterson and Toby Keel have put together a few suggestions.

A private island for sale in south west London, with its own bridge and treehouse-style home included

Trinity Island, just outside Weybridge, has come to the market, offering a wonderful choice for those who dream of romance and seclusion within the M25.

Country Life's top 10 blogs and columns of 2020, from wise owls to the invention of toilet paper

You'll scratch your chin, nod in recognition and quite probably chuckle out loud at the most-read columns from the Country Life website this year.

21 beautiful country houses for sale, from a thatched cottage to a grand stately home, as seen in Country Life

We take a look back at some of the finest homes to appear in Country Life over the past week or so.

Three cutting edge houses in beautiful, natural locations come on to the market

James Fisher picks out some beautiful homes which will challenge your expectations of what a country house can be.

A picture-perfect Elizabethan home in a Surrey village that has aged simply beautifully

The charmingly-named By The Way is a lovely house full of character and in a great location — but is there a compromise to be made? James Fisher takes a look.

A charming thatched cottage for sale — but you'll have to beware of the neighbours....

In the pretty village of Filby, this three-bedroom cottage has a unique selling point that really is something else: a pair of Sumatran tigers living on the other side of the fence.

A striking modern house on the oldest road in Britain, yet fitting perfectly into the landscape

The views and the history are equally breathtaking at High Point, a striking new house in an ancient setting.

How golf and property are stepping up together, with money-no-object courses and private jets for prospective buyers

A stunning new golf course at Les Bordes in France and some striking new houses at the iconic Spanish settlement in Sotogrande show how times are changing in the golf and property markets.