In and around Berkshire

Where there's countryside, there's a harvest and where there's an orchard, there's an apple day. Come and celebrate the best of the season with us.

This half-term is jam-packed with spooky trails, autumn crafts and piles of pumpkins at our places. Orange is about to become your favourite colour, or worst nightmare.

An autumn woodland glowing with colour and rich with the smell of damp earth is a wonderful place to be. National Trust Ranger Chloe Bradbrooke suggests six mini wonders of nature to look out for on an autumn woodland walk.

Trees blazing with orange, red and gold, dappled golden paths, fluttering with falling leaves. It’s nature’s last hurrah before the long sleep of winter. Why not go out and enjoy the show at Basildon Park, Cliveden and Maidenhead and Cookham Commons.

Spring is here, which means it’s time to remove the covers from the historic statuary in gardens and parkland at places like Hughenden, Waddesdon, Cliveden and Basildon Park. Once the covers are off, the hard work begins.

The Weighbridge is Cliveden's second-hand bookshop; a place where you can pick up a bargain while supporting vital conservation work.

Find out how we restored the Rose Garden wall, which collapsed over a harsh winter.

Here's a reminder of all the wonderful places to visit along the Thames Valley.

With dappled woodlands, wildflower meadows and wildlife-rich wetlands, there is some beautiful countryside to explore around Berkshire.

The variety of Berkshire's country houses and gardens includes grand mansions and intimate homes with cottage gardens.