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The Honeybridge Estate: A weekend escape that proves you don't need to travel for hours to get away from it allGiles Kime visited the Honeybridge Estate, a South Downs house available for short stays, and found that splendid isolation is achievable close to home.
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A weekend at the Newlyn School of Art: 'You'll find yourself studying breaking waves, changing colours and shifting light in a whole new way'The famed art school on the tip of Cornwall promises to help anyone improving how they paint. We sent Victoria Marston along to put them to the test.
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The new hotels in London to book now that won't break the bankA wave of brand-new, stylish and affordable (yes, really) hotels is crashing down on London — in time for a half term staycation and the Christmas holidays. Rosie Paterson picks three of the best.
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The wonder of walking in Edinburgh: 'What an extraordinary city this is!'Fiona Reynolds takes a long walk across the Scottish capital and sees it in a new light.
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Cliveden House: A weekend away at the former country seat that once homed dukes, princes and queensNot being able to go abroad has opened many people's eyes to the joys of staying somewhere truly spectacular in Britain — and they don't come more spectacular than Cliveden House. James Elwes paid a visit and finds little has changed since the glamorous house parties of old — just as you’d like it.
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Walking Thor's Cave and the Manifold Valley: 'A corner of England I’ll swear hardly anyone knows'Attractively no-nonsense, scattered with ruins both medieval and industrial, the Staffordshire Moorlands should be better known. Fiona Reynolds talks a walk through this extraordinary land.
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A weekend (or longer) on Skye, Scotland: What to do, where to eat, where to stayHow to make the most of one of Scotland's most beautiful islands, by Mary Miers.
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The best days out in the UK, picked by top expertsHistorians and archaeologists select the English Heritage property that would be their first choice for a day out.
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A summer of rediscovering the traditional British seaside holidayWith foreign travel still uncertain, millions of us are set to holiday in Britain this year — and that is something to celebrate, says Annunciata Elwes.
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The Peak District: What to do, where to eat, where to stayRosie Paterson shares tips for those looking to enjoy a getaway in the Peak District.
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Joe Gibbs: 'Six oxen were roasted and liquor was on hand in abundance'With the end of lockdown causing most occasional walkers to disappear, Joe Gibbs achieves the ambition of walking the highest part of the old military road through the Corrieyairack Pass between Melgarve and Fort Augustus.
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The Double Red Duke: A beautiful inn with wonderful food, and the joys of the Cotswolds on the doorstepWith travel across Britain back, Harriet Compston visited the Double Red Duke in Oxfordshire.
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Country Life 9 June 2021Country Life 9 June 2021 celebrates the very Best of Britain.
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Walking Winchester: Mystery and intrigue, extraordinary beauty and historic survivalsFiona Reynolds walks in, through and around Winchester, a place which shows how city and country could come closer together.
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Beyond Stonehenge: The lesser-known stone circles of BritainMore likely to be ovals, arcs or ellipses, the origins and purposes of our myriad mysterious and sacred stone circles are still up for debate, says Ruth Bloomfield.
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Fiona Reynolds: 'In bright sunshine and strong wind, it’s exhilarating to look down on the roofs of Great Malvern''Elgar’s music resonates all over the Malverns as Fiona Reynolds revels in a walk to the Worcestershire Beacon.
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Why Britain's finest attractions need visitors like never before — and those who go will be rewarded: 'You are likely to never see them so quiet again'A huge drop in visits to the best museums, zoos and houses in Britain has prompted calls for an extra day's holiday at the end of summer to help us all enjoy them.
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The vast classical labyrinth being built in the heart of CornwallKerdroya will become the largest classical labyrinth on the planet once complete. Annunciata Elwes takes a look at the work in progress.
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Suisnish, Isle of Skye: The atmospheric ruins of a Clearance villageBeauty now reigns in a tragic spot where hundreds of villagers suffered during the Clearance
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Covehithe beach, Suffolk, where the cliffs crumble like cakeThe most eroded beach in Britain has a post-apocalyptic feel.
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Clydach Ironworks, Monmouthshire: Ruins in the gorge that inspired ShakespeareAn oasis of quiet now stands where the steam hammers thudded at this Welsh ironworks, in a river valley that may have moved Shakespeare to write A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
