The Buckinghamshire home of Queen Victoria's favourite Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, was used as a top secret base during the Second World War.
Hughenden: Disraeli’s Buckinghamshire estate with a secret history
Anglesey Abbey, gardens and Lode Mill
Boasting a monastery-turned-stately home, 114 acres of gardens and a working mill, this National Trust estate in Cambridgeshire makes for a fab day out.
Norfolk: Blickling Estate
This magnificent red-brick Jacobean mansion is a sight to behold. The Norfolk estate in which it lies is said to have been the birthplace of Anne Boleyn.
Stourhead: A beautiful stately home and gardens in Wiltshire
This magnificent, National-Trust run stately home in Wiltshire boasts one of the prettiest and most idyllic landscape gardens in England.
Dyffryn Gardens: Summer 2024
Bees, butterflies and colourful blooms marked my annual summer visit to these National Trust-run gardens just outside Cardiff.
Tredegar House at Christmas
A Christmas visit to this 17th-century red-brick mansion on the outskirts of Newport and its surrounding 90 acres of park and gardens.
Llanerchaeron
Nestled in a secluded part of the Aeron Valley in Ceredigion, you'll find Llanerchaeron, a charming country estate that's home to an early Palladian villa by John Nash.
Newton House and Dinefwr
This 800-acre estate run by the National Trust in Carmarthenshire's Tywi Valley boasts a Jacobean mansion, the remains of a medieval castle and a deer park.
Dyffryn Gardens 2022
Vivid floral displays of yellow, orange, purple and red marked this year's visit to Dyffryn Gardens.
Dyffryn Gardens 2021
With lots of wildflowers and plants in muted shades, the gardens had a more subdued feel to them than in previous years.
Westbury Court Garden
A road trip to this small National Trust-run water garden in Westbury-on-Severn and some exceptionally good scones at The Swan Tea Room near Lydney in Gloucestershire.
Powis Castle and Garden
Sitting high on a rock overlooking the rolling Welsh hills, this enormous 13th century red castle boasts sumptuous stately interiors and a grand glorious garden.
Little Old World 