I was curious to find out why there are two Wentworth stately homes, Wentworth Woodhouse and Wentworth Castle, just a few miles apart near Barnsley in South Yorkshire. Apparently this was as a result of a family dispute. Thomas Wentworth, Baron Raby, expected to inherit the stately home of Wentworth Woodhouse from his grandfather, Sir […]
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The massive stately home of Wentworth Woodhouse is in South Yorkshire, about five miles north of Rotherham. The Jacobean house has over 300 rooms and large landscaped grounds. Historic Houses members get free entry to the house and gardens. About six miles north-west of Wentworth Woodhouse, near Barnsley, is another stately home, Wentworth Castle. Although […]
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Use our unique code STEAF20 for 20% discount on English Heritage annual and gift membership. English Heritage has over 400 sites throughout England and the good news is that these sites are now opening normally following the problems of the last few years. However when planning visits, bear in mind that during the winter period some […]
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Temple Newsam House is a 500 year old Tudor-Jacobean stately home in West Yorkshire situated just four miles east of the centre of Leeds. It is rich in history including being the birthplace in 1546 of Lord Darnley, husband to Mary Queen of Scots and father of James I. The last time I visited Temple […]
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Use our unique code STE18EHM for 18% discount on English Heritage annual and gift membership. Once the school summer and autumn holidays are over, you can visit all your favourite heritage sites without being assailed by noisy children and chastising parents. And, as a retired or semi-retired senior, you may well wish to visit on weekdays. […]
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A tour of Haddon Hall and Gardens, which are spectacularly situated on a cliff overlooking the River Wye within the Derbyshire Peak District.
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There are several fine stately homes in Cheshire, but the incongruous mixture of architectural styles at Adlington Hall, plus a fascinating Wilderness Walk in the parkland, make it, for me, the most interesting to visit. As long standing National Trust members, my wife and I have visited many stately homes in the Cheshire/South Manchester area, […]
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The Ingleton Waterfalls Trail in the Yorkshire Dales, the Falls of Clyde near New Lanark and the Four Waterfalls Walk in the Brecon Beacons near Aberdare are arguably the most scenic waterfall walks in Great Britain. Waterfalls provide a double joy: the appearance of the splashing white water and the sometimes almost deafening noise of […]
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We arrived at Chenies Manor House in a heavy rainstorm, so touring the house before the gardens seemed like a good idea. And so it proved. The sun was shining when we completed our one hour guided tour of the house. We then spent another hour or so strolling around the gardens, with refreshments at […]
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We know that heritage sites are popular with our senior traveller readers and hence many of our articles are about English Heritage and National Trust properties. We have also published articles on Historic Houses, National Trust for Scotland and Historic Environment Scotland properties. However, not surprisingly, the coronavirus pandemic is having a massive effect on […]
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