by Jeanette Watson | Nov 24, 2020 | Day Tours from London, The New Forest
New Forest and Beaulieu (9 hrs) Former hunting terrain of heath and forest, 144 square miles where ponies, cattle and deer live wild. Lovely setting for Beaulieu, once an important mediaeval abbey now famous for the National Motor Museum, a fine collection of vintage...
by Jeanette Watson | Nov 24, 2020 | Day Tours from London, Literary Tours
A Woman of Words: Jane Austen’s Chawton and Winchester See the place where Jane Austen spent her happiest days, in a house owned by her brother in the Hampshire village of Chawton. The ancient city of Winchester is where she spent the last months of her life, already...
by Jeanette Watson | Nov 24, 2020 | Chartwell, Hever & Leeds Castle, Day Tours from London
Chartwell & Hever Castle – 9 hours Chartwell was the home of Sir Winston Churchill who designed the gently rolling gardens edging onto the beautiful Kent countryside. Inside, rooms are kept as he would have known them with his many paintings and memorabilia...
by Jeanette Watson | Nov 6, 2020 | Day Tours from London, Garden Tours
Labours of Love: Sissinghurst Castle & Great Dixter – 9 Hours Both these gardens represent a lifetime’s work on the part of their owners: every plant, every structure, is there for a reason. The fact both Vita Sackville-West and Christopher Lloyd were widely...
by Jeanette Watson | Nov 3, 2020 | Day Tours from London, Garden Tours
Gardens of England: Kent & Sussex Garden Tours – 9 hours These lovely counties in southeast England enjoy a mild climate and have always been famous for their lush gardens and countryside. From the 18th century onwards their proximity to London made them...
by Jeanette Watson | Nov 3, 2020 | Birghton & Arundel Castle, Day Tours from London
Brighton & Arundel Castle | 10 hrs Prince Regent, later George IV, changed Brighton for ever – from a small fishing village to a fashionable seaside resort with his onion domed Pavilion, sumptuously furnished in Chinoiserie and Indian styles. Browse among ‘the...