Britain

Packed with 196-pages of the best attractions, days out, places to stay and food and drink destinations, the 2015 BRITAIN Guide is your definitive companion to getting the best out of your holiday. From forgotten medieval villages, to country houses within easy access of London and shopping areas for picking up quintessential gifts, you won’t want to leave home without it.

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The BULLETIN • A major opening at Westminster Abbey, country house opera and a bear for a royal baby

READING CORNER • Find inspiration for your next trip with one of these great reads

PARADISE in the HIGHLANDS • We follow the Victorian Heritage Trail in Royal Deeside, Scotland, to discover the land that Queen Victoria fell hopelessly in love with

Summer ESCAPES • With two coasts and an interior laced with pretty English country gardens contrasted with wild moorland, Devon makes for a beguiling getaway

WINDSOR CASTLE • It’s the setting for the wedding of the year in May, but how much do you know about the history of the largest inhabited castle in the world?

UNEARTHING Our PAST • In the first of this three-part series focusing on the incredible heritage destinations of the National Trust, we take a look at some of our most mysterious landmarks

Royal DOULTON • We chart the story of the ceramics company that had a well-placed fan in Queen Victoria

WIN A GREAT BRITISH HOLIDAY • Enter our competition for your chance to win a luxury holiday in Britain for two, including free flights

BROTHERS IN ARMS • As political tensions between Whigs and Tories mounted in 17th-century England, little did anyone know that a revolution of epic proportions was looming

The SHOW WILL GO ON • This year London’s Old Vic celebrates its 200th anniversary. To mark the occasion, we bring you some of Britain’s oldest playhouses still delighting audiences

Kensington • As royal wedding excitement hits fever pitch, we explore the London borough the newlyweds will call home

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CASTLE COUNTRY • Northumberland is home to more castles than any other English county. We travel to England’s northernmost region to hear tales of theft, murder and spooky apparitions

William Wallace • Who was the legendary warrior and why is he still celebrated as a Scottish hero centuries on?

OXFORD • The university city is easy to explore on foot and is a hub of museums, galleries and historic buildings

Spring-Heeled Jack • Panic swept through Victorian London as a fire-breathing masked villain attacked residents, but was it all part of an elaborate practical joke?