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Books:
The Rough Guide to Britain
The Rough Guide to Britain

British Isles: A Natural History
British Isles: A Natural History

A People's History of Britain
A People's History of Britain

Hotel of the month:
Gleneagles Hotel (The), Perthshire
Gleneagles Hotel (The), Perthshire

Inn of the month:
Swan Inn, Surrey
Swan Inn, Surrey

Self-Catering of the month:
23 Greengarden House, London
23 Greengarden House, London

B&B of the month:
Cathedral House, Cambridgeshire
Cathedral House, Cambridgeshire

Featured Britain

On this day:
Scotland and France form their 'Auld Alliance' - 1295, Battle of Southwark - 1450, National Health Service established - 1948 - More dates from British history

Born today:
Thomas Hooker - 1586, Luke Hansard - 1752, Jonathan Hornblower - 1753, Sarah Siddons - 1755, George Borrow - 1803, William Rankine - 1820, Cecil Rhodes - 1853, Josef Holbrooke - 1878, James Mirrlees - 1936

Died today:
Stamford Raffles - 1826, Johnny Speight - 1998, George Melly - 2007

Destination of the Month
Torbay:
We look set to have one of our better summers this year, and the English Riviera is a great place to enjoy the sunshine and ...More

Hero of the week - 2/7/09
Mollie Sugden: Mollie Sugden, who aged 50 finally found fame in 1972 playing Are You Being Served's colourfully-rinsed battleaxe Mrs Slocombe, deserves ...More

Where we've been
Science Museum
Science Museum
Top place to take kids. You can feel self-righteous about sneaking some education into them, and as they are having fun at the same time you get brownie points too. ...More

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Events this month include
Norfolk: Royal Norfolk Show Ayrshire & Arran: Girvan Civic Week London: London to Brighton Classic Car Race Dorset: Cancer Research UK ‘Race for Life’ Angus and Dundee: Dundee Literary Festival Surrey: Ashtead Village Day Hampshire: Hampshire Food Festival, More events

Latest Reviews

George Inn, Great Missenden | Bells Of Peover, Lower Peover | Newminster Cottage B&B, Morpeth | Red House Inn, Whitchurch | Healds Hall Hotel, Liversedge |

Luxury breaks away

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Stylish self-catering

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Places we like

Bits of Britain that we really go for. As well as the famous spots, there are other places like Hertford (for the castle & the bustle), Durham and Ely (for the cathedrals), North Cornish Coast (for the rough seas) Heart of Devon (for the lush green fields) West Norfolk (for the wide sandy beaches) and Taunton (for the cider).

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