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Whitstable and Margate are two very different Kent coast moods. Whitstable is oysters, harbour, weatherboard houses and a slower food-focused day. Margate is art, vintage, Turner Contemporary, Dreamland and a more colourful seaside edge. Y
Winchester is calmer than Oxford, Cambridge or Bath, and that is its charm. You come for the cathedral, Great Hall, old streets, river walks and pub lunch, not for a frantic list of sights. It is a perfect one-day trip if you want history
Windsor is the easiest way to add royal England to a London trip without turning the day into a logistics project. The castle is the obvious reason to come, but the best Windsor day includes more than State Apartments and castle walls: walk
York is not the easiest day trip from London, but it is one of the best weekend trips by train. The city is compact, atmospheric and full of layers: Roman walls, Viking stories, medieval lanes, tea rooms, pubs, independent shops and the hug
Caerlaverock Castle is a moated triangular castle first built in the 13th century. It is located on the southern coast of Scotland, 11 km south of Dumfries, on the edge of the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve. Caerlaverock was a strongh
Castle Rising is a ruined medieval fortification in the village of Castle Rising, Norfolk, England. It was built soon after 1138 by William d'Aubigny II, who had risen through the ranks of the Anglo-Norman nobility to become the Earl of Aru
The Castle of Mey (also known for a time as Barrogill Castle) is located in Caithness, on the north coast of Scotland, about 6 mi west of John o' Groats. In fine weather there are views from the castle north to Orkney. The lands of Mey b
Kew Palace is a British royal palace within the grounds of Kew Gardens on the banks of the River Thames. Originally a large complex, few elements of it survive. Dating to 1631 but built atop the undercroft of an earlier building, the main s
Cawdor Castle is a castle in the parish of Cawdor in Nairnshire, Scotland. It is built around a 15th-century tower house, with substantial additions in later centuries. Originally a property of the Calder family, it passed to the Campbells
Chillingham Castle is a medieval castle in the village of Chillingham in the northern part of Northumberland, England. It was the seat of the Grey and Bennet (later Earls of Tankerville) families from the 15th century until the 1980s, when
Rochester Castle stands on the east bank of the River Medway in Rochester, Kent, South East England. The 12th-century keep or stone tower, which is the castle's most prominent feature, is one of the best preserved of its time in England or
Hever Castle is located in the village Hever, Kent, near Edenbridge, 30 mi south-east of London, England. It began as a country house, built in the 13th century. From 1462 to 1539, it was the seat of the Boleyn (originally 'Bullen') family.