or visit www.rspb.org.uk 6. Muncaster Castle, Cumbria Set in the Lake District’s rolling hills, Muncaster is one of Britain’s best places for seeing wild tawny owls. You can also visit the wildflower woods and meadows and enjoy feeding time

For years, the British seaside suffered from an image of crumbling piers, dirty beaches, tacky amusement arcades and downmarket B&Bs. Now our coastline is enjoying a revival: seafront properties are booming in value, quirky beach huts fetch thousands and old-fashioned charm (99 i...

Forss House, The North HighlandsLocated in the far north of Scotland, Forss House is set on 20 acres of woodland and sits below a waterfall, on the gently meandering River Forss. With just 13 bedrooms, the house is informal and friendly and has homely roaring log fires in winter....

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Beach Retreats chooses all its properties for their proximity to an amazing beach, whether it’s the surf paradise of Watergate Bay, Porth, Polzeath, Fistral, Mawgan Porth or the Camel Estuary. From tranquil beach houses to cottages on rugged coasts, they’re all set in stunning lo...

The sun is shining (on-and-off!) and school's out for summer, so the timing couldn’t be better for Love Parks Week 2011. From July 23–31 everyone can enjoy the best their local park has to offer with a whole host of outdoor activities up and down the country celebrating our fabul...

If you ever stop to ponder how people managed to communicate in a world before email and iPhones, pay a visit to the place where it all began, Porthcurno Telegraph Museum. Discover the Victorian coded system that revolutionised communication forever and may well have won us the w...

It would be quite a feat to find a child (or indeed adult) who doesn’t have a soft spot for cheeky monkeys and affable apes. Lithe and lively, they simply love to lark around, but they also need our help and protection. Monkey World in Dorset helps to rehabilitate primates who ha...

rink in the heart of Glasgow's George Square.Northern IrelandPenguin CurlingDecember 27–January 3Kick start Britain’s Olympic year with this madcap event at W5 in Belfast. Land your arctic friend in the target zone and knock out the opposition

Standing proud in a sprawling 600 acre site, Westonbirt Arboretum is home to one of the worlds finest collections of trees and shrubs, or as we like to think of them, V.I.T’s (very important trees)Many rare and exotic species from every corner of the globe await discovery within ...