Places to visit

Things to do at home: Learn the secrets of happiness, watch a Royal Opera House performance and tour a great British garden

Country Life rounds up the best things to see, do and book this week.

Where to see snowdrops: The best places in Britain

The sight of snowdrops peeping through in January or February never fails to cheer us up – here's our pick of where to go and see them this winter.

Nine of the most astonishing objects you can see at National Trust properties, from priceless paintings to a wooden leg to a simple tunic with a heartbreaking tale to tell

We're taking a look at nine of the greatest objects on display in the National Trust's properties across Britain.

The Ickworth Velazquez that's one of the very greatest treasures of the National Trust

In the final part of our series looking at the National Trust's finest treasures, we look at one of the very finest paintings in the Trust's ownership.

A 15th-century altar cloth that survives in almost miraculous condition, one of the National Trust's greatest treaures

Our series looking at the National Trust's finest treasures looks at a pre-Reformation altar front from Cotehele which has survived to the present day.

A Chippendale table that's 'the epitome of light-hearted Chinoiserie design', one of the National Trust's greatest treasures

Our series looking at the National Trust's finest treasures takes aim at the Thomas Chippendale dressing table of Anglesey Abbey in Cambridgeshire.

A pair of tureens that are a Rococo tour de force in silver, and among the finest treasures of the National Trust

We're taking a look at nine of the greatest objects on display in the National Trust's properties across Britain — this time around we look at the incredibly intricate soup tureens of Ickworth.

A great Italian masterpiece brought to life as a woodcut by an English genius, one of the National Trust's finest treasures

We're taking a look at nine of the greatest objects on display in the National Trust's properties across Britain — today it's the astonishing carving at Dunham Massey.

A man 'utterly consumed by the forces of love and passion', one of the National Trust's finest treasures

We're taking a look at nine of the greatest objects on display in the National Trust's properties across Britain — this edition examines a painting that is small in size and large in meaning.

A red tunic that tells a tale of sinking ships, man-eating sharks and stupendous bravery, one of the National Trust's finest treasures

We're taking a look at nine of the greatest objects on display in the National Trust's properties across Britain — and the choice today is a piece whose simplicity belies its story of tragedy, heroism, survival and recording of a dreadful incident.

The Marquess of Anglesey's revolutionary wooden leg, one of the National Trust's finest treasures

We're taking a look at nine of the greatest objects on display in the National Trust's properties across Britain — today, it's a prosthetic breakthrough in Anglesey.

'An allegorical dream vision, a pilgrim’s quest for perfect love' that's one of the National Trust's finest treasures

We're taking a look at nine of the greatest objects on display in the National Trust's properties across Britain — starting with a painting at Wallington in Northumberland.

A week-by-week guide to the National Trust's properties in 2020

National Trust considers partial car ban in the Lake District

A spooky museum exhibition in Bristol full of exhibits to send a shiver down your spine

A museum in Bristol is putting on a show called 'Do you believe in magic?' which, should you answer in the negative, will do its very best to change your mind...

How Waddesdon Manor gets transformed into a Christmassy wonderland

Waddesdon Manor is gearing up for Christmas, with 3,000 baubles, 30,000 lights and more than a dozen Christmas trees to decorate the home over the festive period.

The extraordinary design festivals which spread ideas, shape our culture and leave legacies that last for centuries

From the Great Exhibition to the London Design Festival, Britain has a long tradition of celebrating creativity, says Clive Aslet.

Tintagel's new bridge: Dramatic, contentious and finally open to visitors

The new bridge has opened at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall, one of the most dramatic spots in Britain, and a place whose history is deeply entwined with tales of Arthurian legend. Carla Passino reports.

Sutton Hoo's £4m transformation from 'boring heaps of earth' to a place that gives a 'tingle in the hairs on the back of your neck'

Sutton Hoo is famous as one of the greatest archaeological finds in history — but has become infamous for its dullness as a visitor experience. The National Trust has now put that right.

Port Lympne’s breathtaking Spencer Roberts Room: Where art and interior design meet a love of wildlife

The Spencer Roberts Room at the Port Lympne Hotel contains a spectacular mural that can teach us all something about having our interiors exactly as we want them.