Dorset
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National
Trust Garden Treasures: Elegant country mansion with important collections, set in attractive formal gardens and extensive parkland. Encased in stone by Charles Barry - architect of the Houses of Parliament. Outstanding collection of Old Master paintings, with works by Van Dyck, Titian and Brueghel. Spanish Room with walls hung in magnificent gilded leather. Wooded parkland with magnificent snowdrop displays in early spring. Children's adventure playground and Badbury. Iron Age hill-fort, Badbury Rings. |
National
Trust Garden Treasures: Elegant country mansion with important collections, set in attractive formal gardens and extensive parkland. Encased in stone by Charles Barry - architect of the Houses of Parliament. Outstanding collection of Old Master paintings, with works by Van Dyck, Titian and Brueghel. Spanish Room with walls hung in magnificent gilded leather. Wooded parkland with magnificent snowdrop displays in early spring. Children's adventure playground and Badbury. Iron Age hill-fort, Badbury Rings. |
National
Trust Garden Treasures: Elegant country mansion with important collections, set in attractive formal gardens and extensive parkland. Encased in stone by Charles Barry - architect of the Houses of Parliament. Outstanding collection of Old Master paintings, with works by Van Dyck, Titian and Brueghel. Spanish Room with walls hung in magnificent gilded leather. Wooded parkland with magnificent snowdrop displays in early spring. Children's adventure playground and Badbury. Iron Age hill-fort, Badbury Rings. |
National
Trust Garden Treasures: Elegant country mansion with important collections, set in attractive formal gardens and extensive parkland. Encased in stone by Charles Barry - architect of the Houses of Parliament. Outstanding collection of Old Master paintings, with works by Van Dyck, Titian and Brueghel. Spanish Room with walls hung in magnificent gilded leather. Wooded parkland with magnificent snowdrop displays in early spring. Children's adventure playground and Badbury. Iron Age hill-fort, Badbury Rings. |
Best British Days Out
ROCKPOOLING Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset
Kimmeridge made for rockpooling: rare "dbl" low tide means get 4hrs
uninterrupted scrabbling along seashore. That's partly why Purbeck Marine Wildlife
Reserve based here. Visitor centre teeming w stuff to do - rockpool aquariums,
subaqua "snorkelling trail" + lots summer events (ecofriendly crabbing,
guided rambles, beginner's snorkel sessions). Open most days until Sept 30;
01929 481044, www.coastlink.org/kimmeridge