Inspiration

The enchanting landscape and intriguing heritage of Britain has inspired kings, queens, authors, poets and artists for thousands of years, owing to its rolling hills, crystal-clear lakes, rugged coastline and beautiful ancient monuments.
Boasting 29 UNESCO World Heritage sites, hundreds of dramatic castles and some of the most stunning countryside in the world, it’s little wonder that millions of visitors fall under Britain’s spell every year.

The best places for a festive afternoon tea in London’s West End

With only six weeks left until Christmas, what better way to celebrate the start of the season than with a festive afternoon tea. Here’s eight places in the West End for a sweet treat while…

View from High Stile of Buttermere. Credit: Joe Cornish/VisitBritain

Top 10 walks in Cumbria

Cumbria has long charmed visitors with dramatic landscapes, lovely lakes and characterful pubs. Here are our top 10 walks, in no particular order… 

Shopping in London - Harrods

Best shopping in London

Forget your endless malls and out-of-town retail parks. For a unique, enticing shopping experience, London remains a world-beating destination Words: Martha Alexander When it comes to retail therapy, killing all of your birds with one stone…

Remembrance Sunday: round-up of events 2018

As Remembrance Sunday approaches, here is a round-up of some of the events being held across the UK to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War   The National Service of…

Wear your poppy with pride for the Armistice Centenary

People across Britain are preparing to pay their respects  as this Remembrance Sunday marks 100 years since the end of the First World War Events are being held across the UK on 11 November to mark…

Explore the untold story of the Victorian brother and sister who saved a Tudor mansion

National Trust mansion The Vyne in Hampshire has re-opened, following a £5.4m project to save its roof Visitors can now explore the untold story of Caroline Wiggett and William Wiggett Chute – the siblings linked…

WIN an indulgent stay in Bath

Enter our competition to win an overnight stay at luxury boutique hotel No.15 Great Pulteney, including a pampering treatment in the hotel’s spa, as well as breakfast and dinner with a bottle of wine in…

Bateman's, the home of the writer Rudyard Kipling

A Literary Land

Famous for the rural retreats of the influential Bloomsbury Group, idyllic East Sussex has inspired some of the country’s leading writers With chalk cliffs and patchwork fields, medieval woodland and picturesque villages, East Sussex offers…

Strawberry Hill House

Lost & Found

Horace Walpole’s precious collection of art, antiques and curios once filled his Gothic mansion, Strawberry Hill. Sold at auction by a profligate heir, the scattered treasures, now reunited, are set to return home On the…

A River Runs Through It

We journey through landscapes and time following the River Avon, which gathers along its banks the stories of three momentous English battles and the nation’s greatest bard The word ‘Avon’ derives from the old Brythonic…