Bed and Breakfast Guides to the UK

Berkshire Bed and Breakfast Guide BERKSHIRE – Windsor Castle – the largest occupied castle in the world – with St George’s Chapel and the State Apartments; Windsor Great Park; Ascot racecourse; the civil war battlefields of Newbury; the Kennet and Avon …

Cumbria Bed and Breakfast Guide CUMBRIA – The Lake District – England’s highest peaks, deepest valleys and longest lakes and Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter; Elizabethan Levens Hall and its topiary; the architectural puzzle of Dalemain; Eden Valley and Ravenglass and Eskdale …

Bedfordshire Bed and Breakfast Guide BEDFORDSHIRE – Woburn Abbey – one of the first English stately homes to be opened to the public – with its safari park. Whipsnade Wild Animal Park – part of London Zoo – has 2,500 species …

Buckinghamshire Bed and Breakfast Guide BUCKINGHAMSHIRE – the stunning landscaped gardens of Stowe; the great art collections of Waddesdon Manor; the Roald Dahl Children’s Gallery; Bletchley Park – the codebreakers’ home, Station X; Chenies Manor House; the gardens and woodlands of …

Cheshire Bed and Breakfast Guide CHESHIRE – the dramatic wooded slopes of Alderley Edge; the Chester Rows of the county town with its city walls and Roman amphitheatre; Quarry Bank Mill brings the Industrial Revolution to life; the estate and gardens …

County Durham Bed and Breakfast Guide COUNTY DURHAM – the ecclesiastical and academic wonderland of Durham with its magnificent cathedral and Norman fortress; Barnard Castle and its amazing French-style chateau housing the Bowes Museum; Newcastle upon Tyne – its bridges, including …

Herefordshire Bed and Breakfast Guide HEREFORDSHIRE – Mappa Mundi (the Map of the World) – drawn in 1290 and Hereford Cathedral’s greatest treasure; the city’s Old House, furnished in 17th century period-style; magnificent views of the Wye Valley from Ross-on-Wye cliff …

Lancashire Bed and Breakfast Guide LANCASHIRE – mighty Morecambe Bay – take the railway from Ulverston to Arnside; birds of prey and antiques at Leighton Hall; Lancaster Castle and Maritime Museum; the Ribble Valley with Ribchester’s Roman Museum and Whalley Abbey; …

Leicestershire Bed and Breakfast Guide LEICESTERSHIRE – Belvoir Castle with art collections, Regency nursery and spring and rose gardens; the renowned National Space Centre; Leicester Botanic Gardens; the ospreys of Rutland Water; the world’s largest primate collection at Twycross Zoo; the …

Northamptonshire Bed and Breakfast Guide NORTHAMPTONSHIRE – Althorp House – childhood home and island resting place of Diana, Princess of Wales; Northampton Central Museum with the world’s largest collection of footwear; Lamport Hall and Gardens; Coton Manor Garden; Stoke Bruerne Canal …

Staffordshire Bed and Breakfast Guide STAFFORDSHIRE – The Potteries – Stoke-on-Trent – with the Gladstone Pottery Museum, Etruria Industrial Museum and Ceramica; the fascinating Tudor manor house, Little Moreton Hall; Moseley Old Hall – Charles II’s hiding place; Lichfield – with …

Surrey Bed and Breakfast Guide SURREY – the North Downs – the Surrey Hills and Box Hill; Brooklands – spiritual home of British motor racing and aviation – and Brooklands Museum; Virginia Water and Winkworth Arboretum; RHS Wisley – a 240-acre …

Warwickshire Bed and Breakfast Guide WARWICKSHIRE – Stratford-upon-Avon – Shakespeare’s birthplace, Holy Trinity Church, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Hall’s Croft, Anne Hathaway’s Cottage and Mary Arden’s House and Shakespeare Countryside Museum; Warwick Castle, with its Great Hall, State Rooms and Armoury; Charlecote …

Worcestershire Bed and Breakfast Guide WORCESTERSHIRE – Worcester Cathedral overlooking the magnificent River Severn, Greyfriars and Commandery and Royal Worcester Pottery; Arley Arboretum; Tardebigge Locks – the UK’s longest flight of canal locks; the hippos of West Midland Safari and Leisure …

Ireland Bed and Breakfast Guide IRELAND – Let’s start in Dublin – the “Strumpet City – with its Christ Church Cathedral, the Georgian beauty of Fitzwilliam Square and Merrion Square and the tranquility of Trinity College. Cultural tours celebrate the city’s …

Wiltshire Bed and Breakfast Guide WILTSHIRE – super history with Stonehenge – a World Heritage Site – Avebury Stone Circles and Silbury Hill. Salisbury Cathedral, England’s tallest spire; the stunning landscapes of Stourhead; Bradford-on-Avon; Corsham and Lacock. Walk the Kennet and …

Oxfordshire Bed and Breakfast Guide OXFORDSHIRE – explore Oxford, the ‘city of dreaming spires’ – Radcliffe Camera, Christ Church, Ashmolean Museum, Sheldonian Theatre and 36 colleges. Marvel at the Long Library and gardens of Blenheim Palace; travel the Vale of the …

Nottinghamshire Bed and Breakfast Guide NOTTINGHAMSHIRE – Nottingham Castle, overlooking the city of Nottingham; the 13th century Nottingham Caves with Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem pub and Brewhouse Yard Museum; Holme Pierrepont Hall; D.H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum; the Georgian elegance of …

Merseyside Bed and Breakfast Guide MERSEYSIDE – Liverpool – the Liver Building, Pier Head, Albert Dock, The Walker Gallery and the Beatles; Crosby’s beach-bound sculptures, Another Place; Speke Hall Garden and Estate; the Southport Flower Show; Knowsley Safari Park; Port Sunlight …

Northumberland Bed and Breakfast Guide NORTHUMBERLAND – the rugged coastline with holy Lindisfarne, the Farne Islands, Bamburgh Castle, fine beaches and the spirit of lifeboat heroine Grace Darling; the Cheviot Hills; Northumberland National Park; the stunning grounds of Alnwick Castle; the …

Hertfordshire Bed and Breakfast Guide HERTFORDSHIRE – the medieval splendour of St Albans Cathedral; Verulamium (Roman St Albans) with its museum and Roman theatre; the Jacobean gem, Hatfield House, and the Tudor Hatfield Palace; Knebworth House, another Jacobean masterpiece; Shaw’s Corner, …

Gloucestershire Bed and Breakfast Guide GLOUCESTERSHIRE – the Cotswolds and Bourton-on-the-Water, Moreton-in-Marsh, Stow-on-the-Water, Chipping Campden and the ‘capital of the Cotswolds’, Cirencester. The magnificent Gloucester Cathedral; Severnside Tewkesbury; Slimbridge’s Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust; Westonbirt Arboretum; the ancient Forest of Dean and …

  Scotland Bed and Breakfast Guide SCOTLAND – untamed mountains, secret glens, crystal lochs. We’ll tak’ the high road to the Lowlands – the Borders – which, despite its name, has plenty of wild, upland country. The ruins of medieval abbeys …

  Somerset Bed and Breakfast Guide SOMERSET – land of legend, moor, caves, green hills and valleys. Let’s start with a walk on Exmoor, sharing it with the wild ponies, red deer and buzzards. The medieval village of Dunster lies on …

  Yorkshire Bed and Breakfast Guide YORKSHIRE – moors and dales, pastoral and industrial, great history. They call York ‘a living museum’. Inside its three-mile long city walls is a treasure trove of history dominated by York Minster with its fabulous …

  Derbyshire Bed and Breakfast Guide DERBYSHIRE – dales, peaks, moors, caves and stately homes. Derbyshire is home to Britain’s first national park – The Peak District. To the north is Dark Peak – heatherclad moorland. To the south is White …

  Shropshire Bed and Breakfast Guide SHROPSHIRE – spectacular countryside, castles and canals…and a great heritage. Up the River Severn into Shropshire and the Ironbridge Gorge – a World Heritage Site. The ten museums and the Iron Bridge preserve the history …

  Wales Bed and Breakfast Guide Mountain grandeur, pastoral peace, wide beaches, a country of legend We’ll start our tour of Wales 3,650 feet up – on the summit of Mount Snowdon. It dominates the stunning Snowdonia National Park, which stretches …

  Essex Bed and Breakfast Guide Ancient forest, historic rivers and a great heritage Let’s start in Colchester – the oldest recorded town in Britain. Its fascinating story is told in the town’s award-winning Castle Museum, housed in the Norman keep. …

LINCOLNSHIRE – big sky fens, rolling wolds and sweeping beaches. Lincolnshire Bed and Breakfast Guide Across the flat, fertile Fens to the rolling chalk uplands of the Lincolnshire Wolds, with its wooded valleys and sleepy villages. One of them, Somersby, is …

NORFOLK – watery wilderness, wildlife wonderlands and ancient history. Norfolk Bed and Breakfast Guide Descend by ladder into those times past at Grimes Graves – hundreds of flint mines dating back 4,000 years. Then, on to Norwich, one of the best-preserved …

CAMBRIDGESHIRE – the academic heart of the Land of the Angles. Cambridgeshire Bed and Breakfast Guide Cambridge has been an important settlement since before Roman times. In the 11th century, religious orders and a breakaway group of Oxford scholars established Cambridge …

Suffolk Bed and Breakfast Guide A land of big skies, wide horizons, forest and marsh. Let’s start on the River Stour in the Dedham Vale…Constable Country. Suffolk’s greatest artist, John Constable, was born in East Bergholt. He was inspired by the stunning …

  Hampshire Bed and Breakfast Guide Hampshire and the Isle of Wight – rolling chalk hills, ancient forest and great maritime history. Hampshire is dominated by the South Downs and Winchester, the county town and former capital of England. The magnificent …

  Devon Bed and Breakfast Guide Lush pastures in a latticework of flower-decked lanes; stunning beaches set in a rugged coastline. All kept guard over by the lowering Dartmoor – bleak and isolated at its heart, with its ten tors standing …

Dorset Bed and Breakfast Guide A county of beauty, inspiration and super-history. Wallow in Thomas Hardy Country. Around Dorchester – Dorset’s county town – are the rolling hills of the Wessex countryside, that inspired Hardy’s powerful and vibrant novels and poetry. …

    Cornwall Bed and Breakfast Guide With its granite-fanged coast breaking the North Atlantic rollers, pointing the way to an ancient land of mystery and legend, wild terrain and exotic gardens. See Land’s End – England’s most westerly point – …

  Sussex Bed and Breakfast Guide Sussex is home to the highest of England’s chalk ramparts – Beachy Head. Known as Beau Chef by the Normans, it marks the end of the popular South Downs Way…do remember to stop! Sussex was …

Kent Bed and Breakfast Guide Kent – the Garden of England – a title supposedly given by King Henry VIII after enjoying a bowl of finest Kentish cherries. Kent is much loved for its castles and gardens and rolling countryside, dominated by …