Historic places to visit in the UK

Over the years, we have visited numerous historic houses and gardens, churches, castles, palaces and museums. This is a current list of those which we have blogged about, sorted into geographical regions.

London and the South East

Berkshire

• Windsor Castle and St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle

London

• Apsley House (EH)
• British Museum
• Buckingham Palace - the Royal Mews
• Dr Johnson’s House Museum
• Green Park
• Hyde Park 
• Kensington Gardens
• Kensington Palace (HRP)
• Kew – the botanical gardens, Kew Palace (HRP) and Queen Charlotte’s Cottage (HRP)
• Monument
• St George’s, Hanover Square
• St James's Park
• St Paul’s Cathedral
• Statues
• Tower of London (HRP)
• Wellington Arch (EH)

Middlesex

• Osterley Park (NT)
• Strawberry Hill

Surrey

• Clandon Park (NT) (Currently being rebuilt following a fire.)
• Painshill (HH)
• Polesden Lacey (NT)

Sussex

• Brighton Pavilion

South West

Cornwall

• Cotehele (NT)
• Mount Edgcumbe

Devon

• A la Ronde (NT)
• Arlington Court (NT) and the National Trust Carriage Museum (NT)
• Saltram (NT)

Dorset

• Athelhampton House (HH)
• Corfe Castle (NT)
• Kingston Lacy (NT)
• Lulworth Castle (HH)
• Sandsfoot Castle

Somerset

• Bath Assembly Rooms
• Jane Austen Centre, Bath

Midlands

Derbyshire

• Chatsworth
• Haddon Hall (HH)

Warwickshire

• Leamington Spa

Wiltshire

• Stourhead (NT)

North

Yorkshire

• Nostell Priory (NT)

Scotland

• Gretna Green

Key:
NT = National Trust
EH = English Heritage
HRP = Historic Royal Palaces
HH = Historic Houses

Last updated 24/10/18