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    Places to inspire you

    Across the length and breadth of England there are hundreds of hidden treasures just waiting for you to discover.

    Beautiful houses, historic gardens, fascinating family histories and a real glimpse into the lives of our ancestors. Here are just a few places that will ensure that your day out really is time well spent.

    Finding inspiration in some of our grandest buildings is time well spent

    Nostell Priory Lyme Park Belton House
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    • Belton House, Lincolnshire
      Witness this lovely 17th-century house.
    • Petworth House, West Sussex
      Take in the sumptuous 17th-century house, with its wonderful art collection.
    • Nostell Priory & Parkland, West Yorkshire
      Get inspired by the grand, treasure-filled Yorkshire mansion.
    • Lyme Park, Cheshire
      Enjoy the grandeur of this enormous 18th-century house.
    • Attingham Park, Shropshire
      Discover the secret behind the wallpaper, and rediscover this grand 18th-century home.

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    Seeing history brought to life is time well spent

    Mottisfont Abbey, Hampshire'Downstairs life' at LanhydrockCragside, Northumberland
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    • Chartwell, Kent
      Discover history in Sir Winston Churchill's much-loved family home.
    • Cragside, Northumberland
      Feed your curiosity in this home of a distinguished Geordie inventor.
    • Lindisfarne Castle, Northumberland
      Surround yourself with history in this enchanting castle filled with timelessness and romance.
    • Bodiam Castle, East Sussex
      Travel back in time in one of the most romantically evocative castles in Britain.
    • Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal, Yorkshire
      Relive the past at these dramatic ruins and tranquil water gardens.
    • Mottisfont Abbey, Hampshire
      Travel back in time to this ancient place where monks once lived.
    • Dunster Castle, Somerset
      Discover the tales of our ancestors from ancient castle to family home.
    • Lanhydrock, Cornwall
      Feed your curiosity in this lavish family home, and see how both 'upstairs' and 'downstairs' lived.
    • Quarry Bank Mill, Cheshire
      Discover what life was like in this 19th-century mill.

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    Finding inspiration in a famous garden is time well spent

    Statues in the garden at Anglesey AbbeySissinghurst Castle Garden
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    • Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
      Explore these celebrated gardens surrounding the old manor house.
    • Cliveden, Buckinghamshire
      Discover the majestic gardens running alongside the River Thames.
    • Hidcote Manor Garden, Gloucestershire
      Get inspired by the Arts and Crafts garden of rooms.
    • Stourhead, Wiltshire
      Enjoy the dramatic 18th-century landscape garden and Palladian mansion.
    • Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
      Take in the celebrated garden of outdoor rooms and Roman statuary.
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    A laid table at Attingham Park
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