Stuttgart
2 photos
Stuttgart (German: [ˈʃtʊtɡaʁt] ⓘ; Swabian: Schduagert [ˈʒ̊d̥ua̯ɡ̊ɛʕd̥]; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is...
Baden Wúrttemberg
2 photos
Baden-Württemberg (/ˌbɑːdən ˈvɜːrtəmbɜːrɡ/ BAH-dən VURT-əm-burg;[6] German: [ˌbaːdn̩ ˈvʏʁtəmbɛʁk] ⓘ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state (Land) in Southwest...
Cheese
2 photos
Sutton Hoo NT
31 photos
Sutton Hoo is the site of two Anglo-Saxon cemeteries dating from the 6th to 7th centuries near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. Archaeologists have been excavating the area since 1938, when an...
Knebworth Castle HHA
61 photos, 2 videos
Knebworth House is an English country house in the parish of Knebworth in Hertfordshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.[1] Its gardens are also listed Grade II* on the Register of...
Kedlestone Hall, ancestral seat of the Curzon...
16 photos, 2 videos
Wightwick Manor & Gardens, National Trust
15 photos
Wightwick Manor (/ˈwɪtɪk/ WIT-ik[1]) is a Victorian house in Wightwick Bank, a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It was commissioned in 1887 from the architect Edward Ould by...
Clocks Reloj Horloge Uhren
1 photo
Chevening House & Gardens HHA
9 photos, 2 videos
In 1974 Charles, Prince of Wales, accepted the prospect of living on the estate. According to his biographer, Jonathan Dimbleby (for whom Prince Charles arranged access to unpublished royal diaries...
Paris Olympics 2024
96 photos, 21 videos
The 2024 Summer Olympics,[b] officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad[c] and branded as Paris 2024, is an international multi-sport event taking place from 24 July to 11 August 2024 in France,...
Locomotive and trains, trainspotting
2 photos
Iford Manor Gardens, Historic Houses Association...
16 photos, 1 video
Our peaceful, Grade 1 registered garden is unlike any other with its romantic design and architecture, combining formality with nature and magnificent rural views across an unspoilt valley, whilst...
Corsham Court HHA
3 photos
Corsham Court is an English country house in a park designed by Capability Brown. It is in the town of Corsham, 3 miles (5 km) west of Chippenham, Wiltshire, and is notable for its fine art...
Lacock Abbey NT
18 photos
History
Main article: Lacock Abbey (monastery)
Lacock Abbey, dedicated to St Mary and St Bernard, was founded in 1229 by Ela, Countess of Salisbury, widow of William Longespee, an illegitimate son of...
Basildon park NT National Trust
16 photos, 1 video
Basildon Park is a country house situated 2 miles (3 kilometres) south of Goring-on-Thames and Streatley in Berkshire, between the villages of Upper Basildon and Lower Basildon. It is owned by the...
Canons Ashby House
18 photos
Canons Ashby House (previously known as Canons Ashby Hall) is a Grade I[1] listed Elizabethan manor house located in the village of Canons Ashby, about 11 miles (17.7 km) south of the town of...
Athelhampton Hall, Dorsetshire
29 photos, 1 video
Athelhampton (also known as Admiston or Adminston) is a settlement and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) east of Dorchester. It consists of a manor house and a...
Lulworth castle HHA, Dorset
6 photos, 1 video
Lulworth Castle, in East Lulworth, Dorset, England, situated south of the village of Wool, is an early 17th-century hunting lodge erected in the style of a revival fortified castle, one of only five...
Climate change
19 photos
Portugal
153 photos, 12 videos
Portugal (Portuguese pronunciation: [puɾtuˈɣal] ⓘ), officially the Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: República Portuguesa [ʁɛˈpuβlikɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ]),[note 4] is a country located on the...
Lycia, Turkey
178 photos, 31 videos
Lycia (Lycian: Trm̃mis; Greek: Λυκία, Lykia; Turkish: Likya) was a state or nationality that flourished in Anatolia from 15–14th centuries BC (as Lukka) to 546 BC. It bordered the...
Korcula
57 photos, 3 videos
Korčula (Croatian: [kɔ̂ːrtʃula] i, Italian: Curzola) is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea. It has an area of 279 km2 (108 sq mi), is 46.8 km (29.1 mi) long and on average 7.8 km (4.8 mi)...
Rochester Cathedral, Kent
16 photos, 1 video
Rochester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an English church of Norman architecture in Rochester, Kent.
The church is the cathedral of the Diocese...
Stratfield Saye, Duke of Wellington
6 photos
Stratfield Saye House is a large stately home at Stratfield Saye in the north-east of the English county of Hampshire. It has been the home of the Dukes of Wellington since 1817.
Early history
The...
Wimpole Hall & Estate NT
37 photos, 5 videos
Wimpole Estate is a large estate containing Wimpole Hall, a country house located within the civil parish of Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, England, about 8+1⁄2 miles (13.7 kilometres) southwest of...
Claremont landscaped park
55 photos, 3 videos
Landscape garden
Main article: Claremont Landscape Garden
Claremont landscape garden is one of the earliest surviving gardens of its kind of landscape design, the English Landscape Garden — still...
Split
18 photos, 2 videos
Split (/ˈsplɪt/;[4][5] Croatian pronunciation: [splît] (listen); historically known as Spalato (from Venetian and Italian: pronounced [ˈspalato]); see other names) is the second-largest city of...
Old Masters
10 photos
Croatia
130 photos, 13 videos
Croatia (/kroʊˈeɪʃə/ (listen), kroh-AY-shə; Croatian: Hrvatska, pronounced [xř̩ʋaːtskaː]), officially the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Republika Hrvatska, (listen)),[e] is a country at...
Montenegro
79 photos, 19 videos
Montenegro (/ˌmɒntɪˈniːɡroʊ, -ˈneɪɡroʊ, -ˈnɛɡroʊ/ (listen);[8] Montenegrin: Crna Gora,[a][b] Црна Гора,[c] lit. 'Black Mountain')[9][10] is a country in Southeastern...
Mostar, Bosnia-Herzogovina
7 photos, 4 videos
Mostar is situated on the Neretva River and is the fifth-largest city in the country.[7] Mostar was named after the bridge keepers (mostari) who in the medieval times guarded the Stari Most (Old...
Dubrovnik
21 photos, 4 videos
Suffragette Movement
10 photos, 7 videos
A suffragette was a member of an activist women's organisation in the early 20th century who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for the right to vote in public elections in the...
English Heritage Trust EH
52 photos, 3 videos
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts...
Osborne House, Park & Garden EH
65 photos, 1 video
Osborne House is a former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. The house was built between 1845 and 1851 for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a summer home and rural...
Montacute House
63 photos
Montacute House was built in about 1598 by Sir Edward Phelips, whose family had lived in the Montacute area since at least 1460, first as yeomen farmers before rising in status.[6] The site was...
Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset
20 photos, 2 videos
Glastonbury Abbey was a monastery in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. Its ruins, a grade I listed building and scheduled ancient monument, are open as a visitor attraction.
The abbey was founded in...
Castle Drogo and gardens NT
53 photos, 4 videos
Castle Drogo is a country house and mixed-revivalist castle near Drewsteignton, Devon, England. Constructed between 1911 and 1930, it was the last castle to be built in England. The client was Julius...
USA United States of America
10 photos
Ardington House HHA
47 photos
Ardington is a downland village, with its parish stretching from the loam rich north to the chalk downlands to the south. The ancient path of the Ridgeway runs through the southern part of the...
Chenies Manor House HHA
64 photos
History of the house
The buildings are situated at a high point in the local landscape, 400 yards (370 m) south of the River Chess, which forms the boundary between Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire....
Prehistoric Museum of Valencia
53 photos
The Prehistory Museum of Valencia is a museum of the city of Valencia (Spain) that exposes archaeological materials covering from Paleolithic to the Visigoths period.
From 1982 it has been part of...
Orkney Islands
40 photos
Orkney (/ˈɔːrkni/; Scots: Orkney; Old Norse: Orkneyjar; Norn: Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands,[Notes 1] is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north...
Museum and birthplace of General Robert Blake,...
2 photos
At sea
Blake was appointed general at sea in 1649.[17] Although it is commonly used, Blake's name was never prefixed by 'admiral', a rank which was not used in the Parliamentarian navy; his actual...
Wells, Somerset
58 photos, 1 video
Wells (/wɛlz/)[2] is a cathedral city and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, located on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills, 21 miles (34 km) south-east of Weston-super-Mare, 22 mi...
Newark Park
24 photos
Newark Park is a Grade I listed[1] country house of Tudor origins located near the village of Ozleworth, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire. The house sits in an estate of 700 acres (2.8 km2)[2] at...
Jokes, Spásse, Witze, chistes, scherzi
32 photos
Titanic experience, Canada Water, London Dock X
77 photos, 1 video
RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner, operated by the White Star Line, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from...
HMS Ocelot Submarine
42 photos, 6 videos
The Oberon class was a direct follow-on of the Porpoise-class, with the same dimensions and external design, but updates to equipment and internal fittings, and a higher grade of steel used for...
Casa Muséum Benlliure
21 photos
Personalities
87 photos
KCE Garden since 2020
12 photos
Weather events
49 photos, 1 video
Knightshayes, Tiverton North Devon NT
74 photos, 2 videos
History
Benjamin Dickinson, a wealthy merchant, banker, and mayor of Tiverton, built the first mansion at Knightshayes between 1785 and 1788.[4] His great-grandson, Sir John Walrond, 1st Baronet,...
Postbox Yarn bombers
13 photos
Lytes Cary Manor NT
34 photos, 1 video
Lytes Cary is a manor house with associated chapel and gardens near Charlton Mackrell and Somerton in Somerset, England. The property, owned by the National Trust, has parts dating to the 14th...
Salisbury
23 photos, 3 videos
Salisbury (locally /ˈsɔːzbəri/ SAWZ-bər-ee)[a] is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England, with a population of 40,302,[1] at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is...
Austria, Ósterreich, Autriche
26 photos
Austria (/ˈɒstriə/ (About this soundlisten), /ˈɔːs-/;[10] German: Österreich [ˈøːstɐʁaɪç] (About this soundlisten)), officially the Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich...
The Garth, Lingfield, Surrey
27 photos
The origins of The Garth, also known as The Garth Pleasure Grounds, go back to 1729 when the Lingfield parish drew up a contract, with a local carpenter Thomas Stanford, to build a new workhouse at a...
Ightam Mote NT
40 photos, 2 videos
Ightham Mote, Ightham, Kent is a medieval moated manor house. The architectural writer John Newman describes it as "the most complete small medieval manor house in the county". Ightham Mote...
National Trust
5351 photos, 193 videos
The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, commonly known as the National Trust, is a charity and membership organisation for heritage conservation in England, Wales and...
Moggerhanger House, Bedfordshire
50 photos, 3 videos
Moggerhanger House is a Grade I-listed country house in Moggerhanger, Bedfordshire, England, designed by the eminent architect John Soane. The house is owned by a Christian charity, Harvest Vision,...
Hannah 21st Birthday
1 photo
Pompeii
39 photos
The day of the eruption 24 August 79AD
Contempory Account by Pliny the Younger
Reconstructed Account
1pm
2pm
3pm'The ninth day before the calends of September (24th August), in the early...
Malta
50 photos
Photos taken during a Mediterranean cruise
Chirk Castle, Wales NT
38 photos
History
The castle was built in 1295 by Roger Mortimer de Chirk, uncle of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March as part of King Edward I's chain of fortresses across the north of Wales. It guards the...
Herbs & Spices, culinary or healing
21 photos
Arboretum and botanical garden Valencia
45 photos, 2 videos
The Botanical Garden of the University of Valencia (Valencian: Jardí Botànic de la Universitat de València) is a botanical garden located on calle Quart in El Botànic neighbourhood of Valencia,...
Arlington Court NT near Barnstaple
30 photos
Arlington Court is a neoclassical style country house built 1820-23,[1] situated in the parish of Arlington, next to the parish church of St James, 5 1/4 miles NE of Barnstaple, north Devon, England....
Lee Bay, North Devon, England
19 photos
Lee Bay or just Lee is a small village on the North Devon coast near Woolacombe. Lee is situated on the rugged and inhospitable stretch of coast between Ilfracombe and Woolacombe, which includes Bull...
TutAnkAmun in London 2020
76 photos, 1 video
tutankhamun-london.com/tickets/?gclid=CjwKCAiA1L_xBRA2Eiw...
The legend of Tutankhamun captured imaginations globally when his tomb was unearthed by British explorer Howard Carter and financier Lord...
Lost gardens of Heligan
103 photos, 2 videos
The Lost Gardens of Heligan (Cornish: Lowarth Helygen, meaning "willow tree garden"), near Mevagissey in Cornwall, are one of the most popular botanical gardens in the UK. The gardens are...
Arles
54 photos, 9 videos
Nimes
46 photos
Nîmes, a city in the Occitanie region of southern France, was an important outpost of the Roman Empire. It’s known for well-preserved Roman monuments such as the Arena of Nîmes, a double-tiered...
Pont du Gard
27 photos, 2 videos
The Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge built in the first century AD to carry water over 50 km to the Roman colony of Nemausus. It crosses the Gardon River near the town of...
Avignon
56 photos, 3 videos
Scotney Castle and gardens NT
57 photos, 3 videos
Scotney Castle is an English country house with formal gardens south-east of Lamberhurst in the valley of the River Bewl in Kent, England. It belongs to the National Trust.
The gardens, which are a...
Egyptian treasures
410 photos, 1 video
Montmartre
2 photos
Montmartre (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃.maʁtʁ]) is a large hill in Paris's 18th arrondissement. It is 130 m (430 ft) high and gives its name to the surrounding district, part of the Right Bank...
Paris
119 photos, 26 videos
Disney Paris
59 photos, 32 videos
Seeking a location for a European resort
Following the success of Disneyland in California and Walt Disney World in Florida, plans to build a similar theme park in Europe emerged In 1972. Under the...
Palace of Versailles
36 photos, 1 video
Palace of Versailles
Royal Residence
The Palace of Versailles was the principal royal residence of France from 1682, under Louis XIV, until the start of the French Revolution in 1789, under Louis...
Eiffel Tower, Tour Eiffel, Paris
25 photos, 7 videos
Record height
Tallest in the world from 1889 to 1930[I]
General information
TypeObservation tower
Broadcasting tower
Location7th arrondissement, Paris, France
Coordinates48°51′29.6″N...
River cruise on the Seine, Pont Neuf
8 photos, 2 videos
www.vedettesdupontneuf.com/home/
1 hour cruise by the Seine
Discover our 1 hour commented cruise by day or by night, departing from the Ile de la Cité every 1/2h from 10:30am to 10:30pm
From the...
Louvre, Paris
46 photos, 1 video
The Louvre (US: /ˈluːv(rə)/),[2] or the Louvre Museum (French: Musée du Louvre [myze dy luvʁ] (About this soundlisten)), is the world's largest art museum and a historic monument in Paris,...
Ashtead Fair
24 photos, 22 videos
Ickworth
24 photos
Architecture[edit]
The entrance facade and ionic portico (9 on plan).
The West Wing; its interior remained unfinished until 2006
As one of England's more unusual houses, Ickworth has been...
Burghley House
52 photos, 1 video
Burghley was built for Sir William Cecil, later 1st Baron Burghley, who was Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I of England, between 1558 and 1587, and modelled on the privy lodgings of Richmond...
Lough Rynn Castle hotel
24 photos
Set in a grand 19th-century castle on 300 acres abutting the shoes of Lough Rynn, this upscale hotel with separate self-catering cottages is 9 km from the N4 motorway.
The elegant, luxurious rooms...
Arigna Mining Experience
28 photos, 11 videos
Arigna Mining Experience was developed to preserve the energy heritage of the Arigna Valley and to ensure that Arigna maintains its link with Energy themes: Past, Present & Future.
This Energy...
Ireland
82 photos, 11 videos
Mark & Eimear's wedding 4.5.19
5 photos
At St Michael's Foxford and The Breghwy House Resort Hotel.
Hanbury Manor NT
51 photos
History
See also: Hanbury, Worcestershire § History; and History of Worcestershire
Hanbury Hall was built by the wealthy chancery lawyer Thomas Vernon in the early 18th century. Thomas Vernon was...
Middleton Hall
16 photos
Middleton Hall (grid reference SP193982) is a Grade II* listed building dating back to medieval times. It is situated in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England,...
Chastleton House
36 photos
History
Chastleton House was built between 1607 and 1612, for Walter Jones, who had made his fortune from the law,[2] although his family were originally Welsh wool merchants. The estate was bought...
UAE United Arab Emirates
117 photos, 15 videos
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; Arabic: دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة Dawlat al-ʾImārāt al-ʿArabīyyah al-Muttaḥidah), sometimes simply called the Emirates (Arabic:...
Sheikh Zayed Mosque
13 photos
Design and construction[edit]
The design of the Sheikh Zayed Mosque has been inspired by Persian, Mughal, and the Alexandrian Mosque of Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque in Egypt, also the Indo-Islamic...
Cyprus
2 photos
Winkworth arboretum
21 photos
Winkworth Arboretum exhibits large collections of azalea, rhododendron, and holly on slopes leading down to landscaped garden lakes. Gertrude Jekyll explored the woods in the early 20th century. The...
Osterley Park
69 photos
Osterley Park is a large park and one of the largest open spaces in London. In its grounds, there is a large mansion which is often referred to as 'Osterley House'. The park lies between Osterley,...
Cadbury World
7 photos, 5 videos
Cadbury World is a visitor attraction, featuring a self-guided exhibition tour, created and run by the Cadbury chocolate company. Two locations exist: Birmingham, United Kingdom and Dunedin, New...
Shakespeare's Stratford
28 photos
Cartoons, caricatures, newspapers, posters,...
2076 photos, 3 videos
Heraklion Archaeological Museum
73 photos
One of the greatest museums in Greece and the best in the world for Minoan art, as it contains the most notable and complete collection of artefacts of the Minoan civilization of Crete.
The museum...
Arkadi Monastery, Crete
61 photos
The Arkadi Monastery (in Greek: / Moní Arkadhíou) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery, situated on a fertile plateau 23 km (14 mi) to the southeast of Rethymnon on the island of Crete in Greece.
The...
Crete
251 photos, 20 videos
Crete (Greek: Κρήτη, Kríti ['kriti]; Ancient Greek: Κρήτη, Krḗtē) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest...
The Palace of Knossos
22 photos
Knossos (also Cnossos, both pronounced /(kə)ˈnɒsɒs, -səs/; Greek: Κνωσός, Knōsós [knoˈsos]) is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and has been called Europe's oldest...
National Brewery Centre, Burton on Trent
79 photos, 3 videos
The National Brewery Centre (formerly the Bass Museum and later the Coors Visitor Center) is a museum and tourist attraction in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The centre celebrates the...
British Museum
45 photos, 3 videos
www.britishmuseum.org/
The British Museum, located in the Bloomsbury area of London, in the United Kingdom, is a public institution dedicated to human history, art and culture. Its permanent...
Godinton House and Gardens
53 photos, 1 video
www.historichouses.org/houses/house-listing/godinton-hous...
Godinton is a comfortable, much-loved home; each room has a different feel, a contrast on a theme, not designed by architect or curator...
Lullingtstone Castle and World Garden
148 photos, 14 videos
www.historichouses.org/houses/house-listing/lullingstone-...
Overview
Mentioned in the Doomsday Survey, the Manor of Lullingstone came into the current family’s ownership in the 14th...
Classic Cars
439 photos, 3 videos
Marriage of Figaro at Borde Hill
21 photos, 14 videos
Leith Hill Place and Tower
67 photos
Leith Hill is a wooded hill 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the south west of Dorking, Surrey, England. It reaches 294 metres (965 ft) above sea level,[2] the highest point on the Greensand Ridge,[3] and is...
Jupiter and Moons
33 photos
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. It is a giant planet with a mass one-thousandth that of the Sun, but two-and-a-half times that of all the other planets...
The Priest House at West Hoathly
39 photos
www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=1869
Bodiam Castle
58 photos
Bodiam Castle (/ˈboʊdiəm/) is a 14th-century moated castle near Robertsbridge in East Sussex, England. It was built in 1385 by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge, a former knight of Edward III, with the...
Antique Maps
28 photos
Eastgate House, Rochester, Kent
30 photos, 1 video
Eastgate House is a Grade I listed Elizabethan townhouse in Rochester, Kent, England.[1] It is notable for its association with author Charles Dickens, featuring as Westgate in The Pickwick Papers...
Jupiter, the Moon and other stellar objects
182 photos, 1 video
The planet Jupiter is the fifth planet out from the Sun, and is two and a half times more massive than all the other planets in the solar system combined. It is made primarily of gases and is...
Chawton House
89 photos
Chawton House is a grade ll* listed Elizabethan manor house in the village of Chawton in Hampshire. It was formerly the home of Jane Austen's brother, Edward Austen Knight.[1] The house has been...
Model Railway show 2018
70 photos, 34 videos
Bramall Hall
35 photos
Bramall Hall is a largely Tudor manor house in Bramhall, within the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is a timber-framed building, the oldest parts of which date from...
Biddulph Grange Gardens
67 photos, 3 videos
Biddulph Grange was developed by James Bateman (1811–1897), the accomplished horticulturist and landowner; he inherited money from his father, who had become rich from coal and steel businesses. He...
Little Moreton Hall (National Trust)
39 photos, 3 videos
Little Moreton Hall, also known as Old Moreton Hall, is a moated half-timbered manor house 4.5 miles (7.2 km) southwest of Congleton in Cheshire, England.[2] The earliest parts of the house were...
Rode Hall
10 photos
Rode Hall is a beautiful early eighteenth century country house with a fine collection of porcelain and extensive gardens set in a Repton landscape.
Home to the Wilbraham family since 1669, the...
Lyme Park
93 photos, 3 videos
Courtyard showing the main entrance
The house is the largest in Cheshire, measuring overall 190 feet (58 m) by 130 feet (40 m) round a courtyard plan. The older part is built in coursed, squared buff...
Epsom
201 photos, 19 videos
Epsom (/ˈɛpsəm/) is a market town in Surrey, England, 13.7 miles (22.0 km) south-west of London, between Ashtead and Ewell. The town straddles chalk downland (Epsom Downs) and the upper Thanet...
The Passion Play at Epsom
12 photos, 24 videos
Lancelot 'Capability' Brown
91 photos, 3 videos
Lancelot Brown (born c. 1715–16, baptised 30 August 1716 – 6 February 1783),[1] more commonly known with the byname Capability Brown, was an English landscape architect. He is remembered as...
Richmond Park and Isabella Plantation
50 photos
Isabella Plantation is a woodland garden in Richmond Park in south west London. It is managed by The Royal Parks.
Originally located in a boggy part of Richmond Park, it was labelled on a 1771 map...
Bushy Park
22 photos, 6 videos
Linked to Hampton Court Palace by the Longford River, Bushy Park is famed for its mix of waterways, gardens and grassland, and roaming herds of red and fallow deer.
Look out for the bronze Diana...
Mottisfont
54 photos, 5 videos
Mottisfont Abbey is a historical priory and country estate in Hampshire, England. Sheltered in the valley of the River Test, the property is now operated by the National Trust. About 350,000 people...
Chilworth Manor Hotel
24 photos
research.hgt.org.uk/item/chilworth-manor-hotel-chilworth-...
Hengistbury Head
21 photos, 1 video
Hengistbury Head /ˈhɛŋɡɪstbrɪ/ is a headland jutting into the English Channel between Bournemouth and Mudeford in the English county of Dorset. It is a site of international importance in terms...
Animal Kingdom
44 photos, 19 videos
Disney's Animal Kingdom is a zoological theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando. Wikipedia
Address: 2901 Osceola Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32830
Opened: April 22,...
Florida
102 photos, 22 videos
Waldheim, Sachsen, Germany
3 photos
Quarry Bank Cotton Mill NT
134 photos, 3 videos
Quarry Bank Mill (also known as Styal Mill) in Styal, Cheshire, England, is one of the best preserved textile mills of the Industrial Revolution and is now a museum of the cotton industry. It is...
Packwood House NT
63 photos
Packwood House is a timber-framed Tudor manor house near Lapworth, Warwickshire. Owned by the National Trust since 1941, the house is a Grade I listed building. It has a wealth of tapestries and fine...
Genair & Lauren Otoo
1 photo
Books
119 photos, 1 video
Castle Hill Gardens, North Devon
43 photos
Castle Hill Gardens surround the magnificent Palladian house, seat of the Fortescues since 1454. The house was built in 1730 as the Earl Fortescue’s family home in North Devon. Today, Castle Hill...
Hartland Abbey, North Devon HHA
45 photos
2016 Gold Award Winner North Devon Journal ‘Best Country House and/or Garden in North Devon’
Hartland Abbey with its beautiful gardens and grounds welcomes visitors from the end of March until...
Croyde, North Devon
17 photos, 12 videos
Stainsby Water Mill
20 photos, 5 videos
History[edit]
A mill on this site appears to have existed from the early 13th century. Originally all the water for the mill came from the River Doe Lea which fed the Miller's Pond on the Hardwick...
Hardwick Hall
68 photos
Sited on a hilltop between Chesterfield and Mansfield, overlooking the Derbyshire countryside, Hardwick Hall was designed by Robert Smythson in the late 16th century. Ordered by Bess of Hardwick,...
The Red House Bexleyheath NT
16 photos, 6 videos
William Morris was born in Walthamstow, Essex, on 24 March 1834,[1] and raised into a wealthy middle-class family.[2] Although his father died in 1847, the Morris family remained affluent as a result...
Watts Gallery Artist Village HHA
47 photos, 11 videos
In January 2008 it was announced that the Gallery intended to deaccession and sell two Victorian paintings, Sleeping Woman (1880) by Albert Joseph Moore and Triumph of Love (1871) by Edward...
Painshill Park, Cobham HHA
314 photos, 24 videos
Garden of moods
A painter, plantsman and brilliantly imaginative designer, the Hon. Charles Hamilton created a garden of ‘moods’ which change from one part to another, creating a romantic...
Upton House and park
50 photos
The house was built on the site of the hamlet of Upton, which was destroyed in about 1500 when the land was cleared for pasture.[1] The estate passed through various hands until the early 16th...
Baddesley Clinton
56 photos
History
In 1438, John Brome, Under-Treasurer of England, bought the manor, which passed to his son, Nicholas. Nicholas was responsible for the extensive rebuilding of the nearby parish church...
Charlecote Park NT
81 photos
History[edit]
The Lucy family owned the land since 1247. Charlecote Park was built in 1558 by Sir Thomas Lucy, and Queen Elizabeth I stayed in the room that is now the drawing room. Although the...
Waddesdon Manor NT
76 photos
Prior to the construction of Waddesdon Manor, no house existed on the site. Ferdinand de Rothschild wanted a house in the style of the great Renaissance châteaux of the Loire Valley.[25] Ferdinand...
Nuffield Place NT
74 photos
As the pioneer of affordable cars, the man who gave us the Morris Minor and many other British classics, Morris reputedly earnt £2,000 a day at one point. Yet, asked about his money, he said,...
Uppark House and landscape
75 photos, 1 video
Joseph Wells (14 July 1828 – 14 October 1910) was an English cricketer and father of the noted author H. G. Wells.
Life
Wells was born at Penshurst Place in Kent. His uncle was Timothy Duke, a...
Hinton Ampner NT
43 photos, 3 videos
Hinton Ampner House is a stately home with gardens within the civil parish of Bramdean and Hinton Ampner, near Alresford, Hampshire, England. The house and garden are owned by the National Trust and...
Greyfriar'sHouse & Garden
62 photos
The National Trust's Greyfriars House and Garden, Worcestershire, is a Medieval merchants house and walled garden.
Bletchley Park WW1 and WW2 code breaking museum
143 photos, 17 videos
Bletchley Park was the central site for British codebreakers during World War II. It housed the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS), it regularly penetrated the secret communications of the...
Spain
523 photos, 49 videos
Mediterranean cruises
319 photos, 17 videos
Snowshill Manor, Charles Wade collection of...
92 photos, 16 videos
Snowshill Manor is a National Trust property located in the village of Snowshill, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. It is a sixteenth century country house, best known for its twentieth century owner,...
Museum of Gloucestershire Regiment
22 photos
The museum was originally opened by HRH The Duke of Gloucester in 1980 although significantly remodeled in the late '80s and reopened in the former Custom House at Gloucester Docks on 24 June 1990....
Misarden Park Gardens HHA
68 photos
About the Miserden Estate
The Miserden Estate is located in the Cotswolds. It extends to almost 3,000 acres and includes the majority of the village of Miserden. The Estate has been owned by the...
Greys Court NT
72 photos, 8 videos
Greys Court is a Tudor country house and gardens in the southern Chiltern Hills at Rotherfield Greys, near Henley-on-Thames in the county of Oxfordshire, England.[1] Now owned by the National Trust,...
Leeds Castle, Kent
90 photos, 7 videos
LEEDS CASTLE
The Loveliest Castle in the World
Rising majestically from the still waters of its moat, surrounded by 500 acres of parkland and gardens, Leeds Castle is without a doubt one of the most...
Chatham Historic Dockyard 1500-1989
139 photos, 19 videos
Chatham Historic Dockyard is a maritime museum on part of the site of the former royal/naval dockyard at Chatham in Kent, South East England.
Chatham Dockyard covered 400 acres (1.6 km²) and was...
Guzelyurt [Morphou] , North West Cyprus
3 photos
Guzelyurt (Morphou)
Guzelyurt is a market town located in the west of North Cyprus, and is the regional capital of the Guzelyurt district. It is one of the richest agricultural areas of North...
Salamis Amphitheatre, Roman Baths, Gymnasium,...
44 photos
Salamis was the most important ancient city in Cyprus, and the ruins are still impressive today. Set over a site over one kilometre long, and with a sandy beach along the entire length of the site,...
Monastry of St. Barnabas, N Cyprus
44 photos
www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2009/06/apostle-barnabas-and-chu...
St Barnabas' Monastery and Icon Museum
Near Salamis, Famagusta, North Cyprus
St Barnabas monastery, Salamis, near Famagusta, North...
Chartwell
132 photos
Family home and garden of Sir Winston Churchill
Chartwell was the much-loved Churchill family home from 1922 and the place from which Sir Winston drew inspiration until the end of his life.
The...
North Cyprus
177 photos, 7 videos
On Epsom Common
132 photos, 50 videos
The Common was part of the Wildwood which once covered England. Romans lived in Ashtead, and Stane Street, a major Roman Road, is only a mile away. The first historical records show that the Abbot...
Thomas Gainsborough
40 photos
Thomas Gainsborough FRSA (14 May 1727 (baptised) – 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. He surpassed his rival Sir Joshua Reynolds to become...
Cibus
66 photos, 3 videos
On Epsom Common
62 photos, 32 videos
Levens Hall
31 photos
History since 1350, Topiary since 1694
The first house on the site was a pele tower built by the Redman family in around 1350. Much of the present building dates from the Elizabethan era, when the...
Ham House NT
211 photos, 22 videos
Ham House is a historic house, situated beside the River Thames in Ham, south of Richmond in London. It is claimed by the National Trust to be "unique in Europe as the most complete survival of...
West Green House Garden
15 photos
History
The house was built in the early 18th century,[2] by General Henry Hawley, who led the cavalry charge at the Battle of Culloden.[3]
At the beginning of the 20th century the Playfair family...
Rochester
219 photos, 2 videos
Rochester is a town and historic city in the unitary authority of Medway in Kent, England. It is situated at the lowest bridging point of the River Medway about 30 miles (50 km) from...
Dunster village and its castle
131 photos
History (wikipedia)
11th to 12th centuries[edit]
For more details on the medieval barony of Dunster, see Feudal barony of Dunster.
Dunster Castle was positioned on a steep, 200-foot (61 m) high hill,...
Cliveden House and Gardens NT
65 photos, 2 videos
Astor era
In 1893, the estate was purchased by a very wealthy American, William Waldorf Astor (later 1st Lord Astor), who made sweeping alterations to the gardens and the interior of the house, but...
Stowe
41 photos
2016 marks the 300th anniversary of the birth the most successful gardener in British history – Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown and it all started at Stowe. To celebrate the occasion, we'll be...
Coughton Court & Gardens - it served as a base...
162 photos
Home to the Throckmorton family, Coughton Court is an imposing Tudor house set in beautiful gardens with a collection of Catholic treasures
The New Inn at Stowe
27 photos
Lord Cobham built the New Inn in 1717 to feed and water visitors to the extraordinary front garden at his palatial home at Stowe: 250 acres studded with temples, columns, arches, obelisks, cascades,...
Sissinghurst Castle and Gardens
282 photos, 3 videos
SISSINGHURST CASTLE
The poet's garden inspired by the land
Vita Sackville-West, the poet and writer, began the transforming of Sissinghurst Castle in the 1930s with her diplomat and author husband,...
NYMANS House and Garden
273 photos, 7 videos
Nymans is an English garden in Haywards Heath, Sussex. It was developed, starting in the late 19th century, by three generations of the Messel family, and was brought to renown by Leonard Messel. In...
Beaulieu Palace House and the National Motor...
76 photos
Highcliffe Castle
71 photos
Highcliffe Castle, situated on the cliffs at Highcliffe, Dorset, was built between 1831 and 1835 by Charles Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay in a Gothic Revival style near the site of High Cliff...
Menorca
98 photos, 1 video
Minorca or Menorca (/mɪˈnɔːrkə/; Catalan: Menorca [məˈnɔrkə]; Spanish: Menorca [meˈnorka]; from Latin: Insula Minor, later Minorica "smaller island") is one of the Balearic...
Croome Court (National Trust)
128 photos, 8 videos
Croome Court is a mid 18th century Neo-Palladian mansion surrounded by an extensive landscaped parkland at Croome D'Abitot, near Pershore in south Worcestershire. Wikipedia
Opened:...
Broughton Castle
77 photos
Broughton Castle is a medieval fortified manor house in the village of Broughton which is about two miles south-west of Banbury, Oxfordshire, England on the B4035 road (grid reference SP418382). It...
Santorini
92 photos, 3 videos
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santorini
Hole Park Estate Gardens
63 photos, 3 videos
A delightful country house garden
Tucked away in the Weald of Kent, between the pretty village of Rolvenden and the charming town of Cranbrook, lies Hole Park Gardens which has to be one of the best...
Pevensey Castle
31 photos
Pevensey Castle is a great family day out in East Sussex, encompassing rich history and fun things to do and see for adults and children. With a history stretching back over 16 centuries, Pevensey...
Mount Ephraim Gardens
112 photos
AN EDWARDIAN GARDEN, AND MORE…
Today, the gardens continue to be cared for by two full time gardeners and some occasional part time and volunteer help under the instruction of Lesley Dawes, who has...
Tewkesbury
22 photos
Sudeley Castle
208 photos, 15 videos
Family
348 photos, 115 videos
Great Dixter House and Gardens
194 photos, 3 videos
Great Dixter is a house in Northiam, East Sussex, England. It was built in 1910–12 by architect Edwin Lutyens, who combined an existing mid-15th century house on the site with a similar structure...
Kings Church Epsom
15 photos
Germany
487 photos, 20 videos
Devon, Northway cottages
10 photos, 2 videos
Christmas at Northway Cottages near Bideford
Lowther Castle
63 photos
Lowther Castle is owned by Lowther Estate Trust and leased to Lowther Castle & Gardens Trust. It sits at the heart of a 75,000 acre agricultural estate in Cumbria's Lake District National Park,...
Beatrix Potter and friends
8 photos
Collage from the English Lakes
Woodchester Mansion Trust HHA
91 photos
THE MANSION
Woodchester MansionWoodchester Mansion is a Grade I listed house in the Victorian Gothic style. It is absolutely unique because it is unfinished, so offers visitors the opportunity to see...
Muncaster Castle
10 photos
The Castle
The historic haunted castle, still a lived-in family home, is the jewel in the crown of this majestic setting on the Western Lake District. Host to private weddings, functions and...
Knole
271 photos, 10 videos
More of a town than a house: six hundred years of history
Nestled in a medieval deer-park, Knole is vast, complex and full of hidden treasures. Originally an Archbishop’s palace, the house passed...
High Beeches Garden HHA
30 photos
With 27 acres of woodland, water gardens, and a collection of rare, exotic and award-winning plants, High Beeches Garden is a botanical treasure trove, and one of Sussex's finest gardens. High...
Pashley Manor Gardens HHA
124 photos, 3 videos
Visit Pashley Manor Gardens, on the border of Sussex and Kent, to see Romantic English landscaping and artistic planting framed by fine old trees, fountains and ponds, with the unusual Tudor/Georgian...
Old Soar Manor
8 photos
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coordinates: 51.2623°N 0.3197°E
Old Soar Manor
Old Soar Manor is an English Heritage property, owned and maintained by the National Trust. Located near...
Parham House and Gardens
208 photos, 1 video
After the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1540, Henry VIII GRANTED the manor of Parham, which had belonged to the Abbey of Westminster, to a London mercer called Robert Palmer. Parham’s...
Cirencester
43 photos
Cirencester lies on the lower dip slopes of the Cotswold Hills, an outcrop of oolitic limestone. Natural drainage is into the River Churn, which flows roughly north to south through the eastern side...
Hughenden Manor
156 photos
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughenden_Manor
The present house was built towards the end of the 18th century and was of a stuccoed and of unassuming design.[4] However, in 1862 the Disraelis had the house...
Blenheim Palace
180 photos
Blenheim Palace (pronounced /ˈblɛnɪm/ BLEN-im[1]) is a monumental country house situated in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. It is the principal residence of the dukes of Marlborough, and the only...
Blenheim Car show
88 photos
Blenheim Palace Festival of Transport
30th-31st August 2015
Blenheim Palace offers a superb venue for our Festival of Transport. Sunday 30th August will feature the Classic Car Show and Monday 31st...
Loseley House
18 photos
Loseley House has been my family’s home for over five hundred years yet, whilst the world has changed; Loseley itself remains reassuringly constant. A place that is welcoming, fascinating and...
Strawberry Hill
144 photos
Strawberry Hill is Britain's finest example of Georgian Gothic Revival architecture and interior decoration. It began life in 1698 as a modest house, later transformed into 'a little Gothic castle'...
Eltham Palace, Greenwich
258 photos
HENRY VIII AND ELTHAM
Henry VIII passed much of his boyhood at Eltham, and was the last monarch to spend substantial amounts of money or time there. In July 1517 a tiltyard was laid out to the east...
Penshurst Place, Kent HHA
64 photos, 2 videos
History Timeline
Penshurst Place has been owned by the Sidney family since 1552; after passing through the hands of two of Henry IV's sons, followed by Henry VIII who used it as a hunting lodge....
Wilton Castle, Ross on Wye
61 photos
Wilton Castle is a 12th-century Norman castle fortification located in southeastern Herefordshire, England on the River Wye adjacent to the town of Ross-on-Wye. The castle is named for the manor...
Chiswick House
54 photos
Chiswick House is a Palladian villa in Burlington Lane, Chiswick. Arguably the finest remaining example of Neo-Palladian architecture in London, the house was designed by Lord Burlington, and...
Highclere, backdrop to Downton Abbey
26 photos
The family seat of Lord Carnavon
Restoration House
133 photos
Restoration House in Rochester, Medway, South East England, is a fine example of an Elizabethan mansion. It is so named after the visit of King Charles II on the eve of his restoration.
Charles had...
Ross on Wye
101 photos
Ross-on-Wye is a small market town with a population of 10,089 in south eastern Herefordshire, England, located on the River Wye, and on the northern edge of the Forest of...
Avington Park
35 photos, 4 videos
www.avingtonpark.co.uk/
17th-century mansion with gilded state rooms, surrounded by parkland and gardens. Open May-Sep.
Stansted Park HHA
69 photos, 1 video
Edwardian House and Grounds
Stansted is a Grade II Listed Edwardian country house set on a 1,750-acre estate within the South Downs National Park. The house began as a hunting lodge in the 11th...
Titsey Place HHA
162 photos, 1 video
Warwick Castle
101 photos, 7 videos
Warwick Castle (Listeni/ˈwɒrɪk/ worr-ik) is a medieval castle developed from an original built by William the Conqueror in 1068. Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England, situated on a...
Royal Leamington Spa
26 photos, 4 videos
Wide boulevards, Georgian and Edwardian architecture and expansive, award-winning parks provide a sophisticated backdrop to this Regency shopping paradise. Often described as ‘the best bits of...
Tatton Park
75 photos, 14 videos
Tatton Park is a historic estate in Cheshire, England, to the north of the town of Knutsford. It contains a mansion, Tatton Hall, a manor house dating from medieval times, Tatton Old Hall, gardens, a...
Tudor life
66 photos, 25 videos
Colourful aspects of a successful dynasty which started with the battle of Bosworth 1485 where Henry VII narrowly defeated Richard III and ended with Elizabeth II, daughter of Henry VIII.
Clandon House & Park
207 photos, 12 videos
29.4.2015 Clandon Park fire leaves Surrey stately home 'essentially a shell'
Some valuable historical artefacts at National Trust property have been saved but interior is ‘100% smoke- and...
Belgium
174 photos
Great cuisine, interesting architecture and of course the European Parliament!
HMS Alliance Submarine
98 photos, 3 videos
Built at Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers-Armstrong and launched in 1945, HMS Alliance was one of fourteen ‘A’ class submarines built for service in the Far East during World War 2. Commissioned into...
Witley Court Worcestershire EH
92 photos
Witley Court was once of the great country houses of England, reaching its peak in the Victorian period when it was the setting for extravagant parties and royal entertainments. After a devastating...
Borde Hill Garden HHA RHS
177 photos, 23 videos
50th Anniversary
A Paradise for Plants in the Heart of Sussex
Borde Hill is a stunningly beautiful and botanically rich heritage Garden, set within over 200 acres of traditional parkland. It...
Chiddingstone Castle, Kent HHA
66 photos
A historic house with Tudor origins, Victorian rooms that was rebuilt in the 1800s to resemble a medieval castle, set in 35 acres of Kentish countryside.
Chiddingstone is set in 35 acres of informal...
HMS Victory Portsmouth
102 photos
Nelson's flagship
HMS Victory is the Royal Navy's most famous warship. Best known for her role in the Battle of Trafalgar, the Victory currently has a dual role as the Flagship of the First Sea Lord...
River Test, Houghton Lodge & Gardens
41 photos
The River Test in Hampshire is a famous trout river running mainly on a bed of chalk,meandering through pretty valleys and picturesque villages...
Houghton Lodge has been described by recent visitors...
Riverhill Himalayan Gardens
134 photos
Restoration
Ed and Sarah’s vision is to re-discover the ‘lost’ areas of the garden, working slowly and sensitively to restore them so that they can be maintained for future generations and...
Shaw House Newbury
50 photos
The History of Shaw House
Shaw House was built in 1581 by Thomas Dolman, whose family had made their money in the cloth trade. This fine, Grade 1 listed Elizabethan building was home to successive...
Michelham Priory
137 photos
Michelham Priory
England’s longest water filled moat surrounds the site which dates back to 1229.
Explore Michelham’s fascinating 800 year history, from its foundation by Augustinian canons,...
Hever Castle HHA
377 photos, 8 videos
Visit Hever Castle & Gardens for the perfect day out in Kent.
Experience 700 years of history at the romantic double-moated castle once the childhood home of Anne Boleyn. The splendid rooms...
Weald & Downland open air museum
62 photos
A fascinating collection of rescued historic buildings set in the heart of the South Downs National Park
The Queens House, Greenwich
71 photos
History of the Queen's House
Introduction
The Queen's House, Greenwich, was commissioned by Anne of Denmark, wife of James I (reigned 1603–25). James was often at the Tudor Palace of Greenwich,...
Mercedes Benz through the years
104 photos
Brooklands is the home of Mercedes-Benz in the UK
Located on the famous Brooklands site in Weybridge, Surrey, Mercedes-Benz World is an unforgettable day out, not just for motoring fans but the whole...
HMS Warrior 1860
94 photos
HMS WARRIOR 1860
As you arrive at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, the stunning sleek, black lines of Britain's first iron-hulled, armoured warship, take your breath away.
Warrior, launched in 1860,...
Petworth House and Park
79 photos
Petworth House in Petworth, West Sussex, England, is a late 17th-century Grade I listed mansion, rebuilt in 1688 by Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, and altered in the 1870s by Anthony...
Frozen Christmas singalong party 2014 and 2015
1 video
Me, Lydia y Noah in a restaurant
59 photos
Lake Vyrnwy
53 photos, 1 video
North Wales
Lake Vyrnwy Nature Reserve and Estate (Welsh: Llyn Efyrnwy, pronounced [ɛˈvərnʊɨ]) is an area of land in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales, surrounding the Victorian reservoir of Lake...
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
337 photos, 1 video
HMS Victory
Mary Rose
Hampton Court Palace
390 photos, 15 videos
Henry's palace
When he died in 1547 Henry VIII had more than 60 houses, but – in the second half of his reign – none were more important to him, nor more sumptuously decorated, than Hampton Court...
RHS Wisley
267 photos
www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/wisley
Bosworth Battlefield Visitor Centre
45 photos, 11 videos
Hall Place & Garden
82 photos
Hall Place and Gardens
At Hall Place and Gardens there really is something for everyone. Visitors to the estate's fine Tudor mansion and award-winning gardens can enjoy fascinating history in a...
Down House English Heritage
156 photos, 1 video
Home of Charles Darwin
Kenilworth Castle
187 photos, 17 videos
Kenilworth Castle is located in the town of the same name in Warwickshire, England. Constructed from Norman through to Tudor times, the castle has been described by architectural historian Anthony...
Emmetts Garden
66 photos
Emmetts Garden is an Edwardian estate located at Ide Hill, near Sevenoaks in Kent, UK. It is now owned by the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
Quebec House
42 photos
Schulausflug
24 photos
Bodensee Insel Mainau, Rheinfall Schaffhausen
Salamanca
35 photos
Salamanca is a city in northwestern Spain, the capital of the Province of Salamanca in the community of Castile and León. Its Old City was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988
Trondheim
92 photos
Norwegian port of call
Alesund
50 photos
Norway
Powis castle, Welshpool, Wales
49 photos
Medieval castle rising dramatically above the celebrated garden
The world-famous garden, overhung with clipped yews, shelters rare and tender plants. Laid out under the influence of Italian and...
Bodnant Garden North Wales UK
100 photos
World-famous garden noted for its botanical collections
Marvel at plants from all over the world grown from seed and cuttings collected over a century ago on plant-hunting expeditions. Created by...
Iceland
127 photos
These images were taken on a cruise to Reykjavik and Akureyri in September 2013
Bluebell Steam Railway
141 photos, 21 videos
Steam Railway in Shellfield Park, Sussex where a whole bunch of enthusiasts has restored stations, track, locos and rolling stock. The line goes from East Grinstead to Sheffield Park, former home of...
Sheffield Park
123 photos, 6 videos
Sheffield Park Station
The station was built in 1882 by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway.
The Bluebell Railway has restored this station in the style of the Brighton era in the 1880s.
The...
Hatchlands Park NT
32 photos
Georgian mansion filled with historic keyboard instruments set in stunning Repton parkland
Hatchlands Park was built in the 1750s for Admiral Edward Boscawen and his wife Fanny. They gave architect,...
Monks House NT, Sussex
115 photos
Home to Leonard and Virginia Woolf
Computers 4 Africa
9 photos, 4 videos
Computers 4 Africa opens the door to IT education for millions of children. IT has revolutionised schools globally with unequalled access to information, interactive teaching and key work skills. A...
Moseley Old Hall
79 photos
An atmospheric Elizabethan farmhouse that saved a King
Find out about the dramatic story of King Charles II hiding from Cromwell’s troops at Moseley Old Hall after he fled the Battle of Worcester...
Piddletrenthide
44 photos
A village in Dorset, England
Kingston Lacy
143 photos
A Mansion to retire to...Architect: Sir Roger Pratt 1663-5
Polesden Lacey NT
573 photos, 39 videos
Polesden Lacey is a stately Home in Surrey.
Surrounded by breathtaking views of the Surrey Hills, Polesden Lacey, only four miles from Dorking and junction 9 of the M25, is the ideal space for...
Batemans
86 photos, 3 videos
Jacobean house, home of Rudyard Kipling
'That's She! The Only She! Make an honest woman of her - quick!' was how Rudyard Kipling and his wife, Carrie, felt the first time they saw...
The Vyne
36 photos, 1 video
Surrounded by beauty... steeped in history
An intimate family home, the history of the Vyne spans the centuries. From its royal beginnings in Tudor times to its place today as a intriguing retreat...
Ghana
99 photos
Reit im Winkl
80 photos, 1 video
Reit im Winkl is a cosy village in upper Bavaria, Germany - where time goes at a different pace.
Standen House
132 photos, 9 videos
East Grinstead, Sussex
Paralympics 2012
51 photos, 5 videos
Office Equipment
20 photos
Brands Hatch racing
85 photos, 14 videos
Impressions of the F3 F2 and GT events 13-15 July 2012
My Garden
1140 photos, 42 videos
Years of toil in the garden...
Bruges
104 photos
is in Belgium!
Castel Dinas Bran
101 photos, 2 videos
A lonely ruin atop a a hill last inhabited in the 13th Century is in Llangollen, North Wales
Corfe
45 photos
The town and Castle Corfe
www.corfecastle.net/
Portmeirion village
96 photos, 2 videos
Portmeirion is a popular tourist village in Gwynedd, North Wales. It was designed and built by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis between 1925 and 1975 in the style of an Italian village and is now owned by a...
Lisieux, France
37 photos, 1 video
Xi'An Terracotta Warriors
59 photos
The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses are the most significant archeological excavations of the 20th century. Work is ongoing at this site, which is around 1.5 kilometers east of Emperor Qin Shi...
Norway Cruise
400 photos, 3 videos
Italy
473 photos, 11 videos
Wakehurst Place West Sussex NT
220 photos, 8 videos
Wakehurst, previously known as Wakehurst Place, is a house and botanic gardens in West Sussex, England, owned by the National Trust but used and managed by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew....
Bird table
17 photos, 10 videos
The best morsels go to the fattest birds!
Ascent of Blencathra (or Saddleback)
40 photos
Ascent to the peak of Blencathra 868m on the A66 just east of Keswick in the English Lake District
France
827 photos, 65 videos
Switzerland
71 photos
Video
6 photos, 994 videos
Short stories
Art
154 photos, 1 video
Sirha Restaurant Show Lyon
67 photos, 2 videos
This remarkable show takes place only every 2 years with excellent food displays and great competitions sponsored by Paul Bocuse ... food to die for...
Cruises around the world
924 photos, 26 videos
Baltic Cruise
Nile river cruise
Norway Oslo to Molde
Yangtze river cruise
Christmas
123 photos, 13 videos
Egypt, Nile Cruise
335 photos
Jamon Iberico Bellota
18 photos
The life of a Jamon Iberico Bellota from the carving stand to the stockpot
Madeira
462 photos, 2 videos
A sub-tropical paradise in the middle of the Atlantic
Epsom Derby days 1821 - 2023
232 photos, 16 videos
The most famous flat race in the world
UK Today
17102 photos, 694 videos
What's been happening in the UK today - in pictures
Oberammergau 2000
17 photos
B/W set
825 photos, 1 video
Shots taken of friends at the Hotel School Bad Reichenhall, Germany 1968. Most of them were pipe smokers, it seems (including me).
Recently I've added some b/w postcards found on a trip to...
Aircraft
59 photos, 2 videos
Food Halls
686 photos, 3 videos
Food halls are lively markets where choice food is sold - these pictures should reflect the atmosphere that exists in a well run foodie emporium
Seychelles
10 photos
Mauritius
233 photos
Mission in Mauritius February 2008
Winemakers
101 photos, 1 video
Golf
453 photos, 137 videos
Restaurant indulgence
1075 photos, 5 videos
Good food in fabulous restaurants
Harrods
136 photos
There is only one Harrods, Knightsbridge, London
Winemakers in Vinci, Italy
92 photos
The Consorzio Colline di Vinci was created in 2003 for the benefit of the growers in the immediate vicinity of the town.
Founded to protect and promote artisan Tuscan production methods of
Wine grown...
Mitsukoshi - The Tokyo Department Store
21 photos
Mitsukoshi Ltd. (株式会社三越, Kabushiki-gaisha Mitsukoshi?) (TYO: 2779) is an international department store chain with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1673 with the yagō...
築地市場 Tsukiji Tokyo fish market
50 photos
The Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market, commonly known as Tsukiji fish market (Japanese: 築地市場, Tsukiji shijō) is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also...
Pushkar
32 photos
An oasis in the middle of the Rajastan desert. A lake it's centre, the religiuous temples and important buildings are crowded around its shores...like a very large swimming pool...
Moment of cuizen
2026 photos, 11 videos
Food in stages of preparation
Yangtze River
38 photos
A cruise down the Yangtze
Beijing fast food & Quanjude Restaurant
84 photos
Beijing fast food market is quite an institution in the capital of China...
Chefs plates
518 photos
England calling
14959 photos, 633 videos
Whats happening in England right now....and some time ago
Whole Foods Store London
223 photos
Newly opened in London's Kensington High Street (2007)
London
587 photos, 6 videos
Valencia
628 photos, 31 videos
Wine
156 photos, 1 video
West Side Story, Bregenz 2003
6 photos
China
354 photos
Fatehpur Sikri
30 photos
Fatehpur Sikri (Urdu: فتحپور سیکری, Hindi: फतेहपूर सिकरी) is a city and a municipal board in Agra district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It was the...
Jaipur
3 photos
The Red City
Indian wedding
8 photos
A great spectacle. Families gather in the street and rent a whole menagerie of lights and musicians to celebrate. Everyone is invited. The groom makes his appearance on a white horse...
Aida, Arena di Verona 2001
23 photos
Arena di Verona, Italy
16 photos
In July and August the Arena di Verona, Italy put on a mightly show in the ancient Roman Amphitheatre situated in the centre of town.
La Boheme, Bregenz 2002
24 photos
One of the most spectacular stagings of La Boheme in Bregenz, Lake Constance, Austria.
Esslingen am Neckar
1045 photos, 2 videos
S'isch schee, daheim!
Brownsea Island UK
122 photos, 4 videos
The natural beauty of a small English Island in Poole Harbour revealed.
Window seat, please
232 photos, 11 videos
taken in flight from a commercial aircraft, or from a vantage point
The Lake District UK
439 photos, 4 videos
Personalised Number Plates
13 photos
Baltic Cruise
132 photos
On the Navigator of the Seas
Street
63 photos, 3 videos
Opera al fresco / open air
61 photos, 24 videos
An extraordinary feast for the eye with fabulous set designs and a world class cast
Signs of our Times
59 photos
Street Artists
26 photos, 11 videos
Extreme Mudsports Quadbikes June 2004
19 photos
Kings Church Epsom on their annual outing, discovering new friends and skills they never thought they had.
Impressions of India
216 photos
Just arrived at Agra after a long flight - Afternoon Tea with view of the Taj. This trip took us through Rhajastan: Delhi, Fatepur Sikri, Pushkar, Amber Fort, Jaipur, Jodhpur
Pizza Oven
68 photos, 2 videos
After my BBQ gave up I wanted something 'more'. So I saw this old oven door in a sale and 'rescued it'. Years later I bought 300 bricks, 6 concrete lintels, a stainless chimney and various other bits...