Avebury Stone Circle Taster Tours

Avebury Stone Circle is probably one England's best kept secrets; because it is somewhat sadly over shadowed by it's more famous younger brother Stonehendge.

The Avebury ring is the oldest stone ring that is known to be in existence anywhere in the world and is even older than Stonehenge.

"Robin hood, robin hood, riding through the glen." Find the spirit of robin in sherwood forest

Robin hood is probably the most enduring literary hero still prevalant today. The values of Robin Hood will always ring true for many people, to this day. With blockbuster films enforcing the message to a whole new generation, you can still visit his old stomping ground at Sherwood forest, Nottinghamshire.

Appeal to save Brueghel for the nation

The National trust has joined forces with the Art Fund to launch a £2.7 million fundraising campaign to save an iconic Old Master painting for the nation.

The Procession to Calvary’ by Pieter Brueghel the Younger is the star attraction at Nostell Priory in Yorkshire, owned by the Trust since 1954, where it has hung for over 200 years.Now, however, the painting, which is still owned by Lord St Oswald, has been put up for sale, with the risk that Nostell’s greatest work will no longer be accessible to the public.

I would like to support the cause and urge every one to help where they can.

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Nostell Priory and Parkland is a fantastic house built on the site of a medieval priory.

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Wallington an 18th-century landscape park has ponds, gardens and woods to explore

Wallington in Northumberland Dates back to 1688, Wallington was home to many generations of the Blackett and Trevelyan families, who all left their mark. The result is an impressive, yet friendly, house with a magnificent interior and fine collections.

Catch a glimpse of the rare red squirrels at Formby if your lucky.

If you have a place in your special nutty heart for squirrels then you must get over to Formbys pine woodlands and look out for the endangered red squirrel. Whilst you there you may as well enjoy the stunning coastline with large areas of beaches and sand dunes.

The woods here are one of seventeen red squirrel reserves in northern England; the reds are attracted by the large numbers of conifers, as they feed on the ripe pine cones.

Claremont Landscape Garden Autumn Dawn Walk National Trust Event

The Claremont Landscape Garden will be open early for visitors and early risers can also enjoy a guided dawn walk to witness the magic of sunrise in the Garden followed by a warming cooked breakfast in the Tea Room.

Claremont garden is a beautiful garden surrounding a small lake and featuring an unusual grass amphitheatre. The garden's creation and development has involved great names in garden history, including Sir John Vanbrugh, Charles Bridgeman, William Kent and 'Capability' Brown. In 1726 it was described as 'the noblest of any in Europe' and the garden today is of national importance. Visitors walking round the lake will see the island and pavilion, grotto and many viewpoints and vistas. There are hidden features to enjoy as well as wider estate walks and a new children's play area.

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Lindisfarne Castle Northumberland

Lindisfarne Castle stands sentry over its small kingdom of Holy Island. The castle was built in 1959 using stones from the skeleton of the near by ruin abby, and was designed as a fortress against the marauding Scots and their allies the French. By the 1900's the castle had fallen into ruin and in 1902 it was bought by Edward Hudson, founder of Country Life magazine. he commissioned the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens to restore the castle and in 1968 it was taken over and preserved by the National Trust.

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