This Easter, the National Trust team at Stourhead in Wiltshire launches their Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt, called Grand Habitats, and is offering a chocolate reward for all those who take part. Grand Habitats imagines some of the animals that live at Stourhead taking their inspiration from the buildings and architectural features in the garden and […]
Enter our competition to win extra special Roof Garden tickets to Bath Racecourse’s Good Friday Racing – their first meeting of the 2019 season! The Easter long-weekend is the signal that sunshine and longer days are finally on their way. Make the most of the time off from work and get a group together for […]
As the weather warms up, there are few better ways to enjoy it than with a round of golf. Here are some of the best places around to tee off. Bowood Hotel, Spa & Golf Resort Set amidst a beautifully landscaped English country estate, Bowood is renowned as one of the finest golf courses in […]
From Easter Egg Hunts to art, intensive swimming to adrenaline-fuelled go kart driving, we’ve got some great ideas for you to keep the whole family entertained this Easter. BOWOOD HOUSE & GARDENSCalne This Easter head to Bowood for a Big Spring Adventure. The Easter Bunny is back with his friends and has left clues around […]
Set in the heart of the Wylye Valley, East Farm Christmas in Codford is a truly enchanting Christmas shop, and it’s open every day until 23 December. Now in its seventh year, the East Farm Christmas shop captures the very essence of Christmas – from an encounter with real live nativity animals to a meeting […]
Thousands have signed up for Wiltshire’s Big Pledge and there’s still time to get involved With less than two weeks until this year’s Olympic-themed Wiltshire’s Big Pledge begins, people are being encouraged to join nearly 9,000 residents who have already signed up. This year’s challenge will see people take a virtual journey to Rio. ‘The Big Pledge […]
Outdoor theatre comes to The Courts Garden in Holt this June when bike-powered travelling players, the HandleBards, present their unique take on two of Shakespeare’s best known plays. The HandleBards are a four-strong, all-male, theatre troupe who travel around the UK on bicycles, performing Shakespeare at outdoor venues as they go. This year, the 400th anniversary of […]
FROME FESTIVAL TICKETS SMASH BOX OFFICE RECORDS The official opening weekend of the Frome Festival Box Office appears to have broken all previous records for sales. Subscribers to the Frome Festival Friends scheme queued on Friday and Saturday 13 May for early bird tickets before general release on Sunday 15. In all, advanced tickets for popular […]
New BBC Two series of The Hollow Crown, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Dame Judi Dench, features a number of scenes filmed at Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire, cared for by the National Trust. The programme is on BBC2 on Sunday evenings. ‘The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses’ concludes the BBC’s adaptations of Shakespeare’s Histories, […]
The ‘Elements of Capability’, outdoor sculpture exhibition is on at Lacock Abbey until 22 May 2016 An intriguing outdoor sculpture, Elements of Capability’, show inspired by the work of landscape designer, Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, will be displayed by the National Trust at Lacock Abbey. The show commemorates the 300th anniversary of the birth of Brown, whose vision […]
