Attractions & Days Out

Days out – historic houses & places
Here at Metroland Life, we are a little obsessed with history and architecture. Please enjoy our round-up of some places we have visited (some still to do)! These houses/places each have unique stories and architectural styles, reflecting their rich history. Waddesdon Manor - A stunning Renaissance-style chateau built for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, featuring beautiful gardens…
Blenheim Palace announces launch of all-new Bridgerton film trail and once-in-a-lifetime competition for superfans
Dearest Gentle Readers… Blenheim Palace has announced the launch of a Bridgerton Film Trail. The Oxfordshire-based attraction first appeared in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story as Buckingham House, but has since been featured for the first time in Bridgerton for the recently released Season 3 of the hit Netflix/Shondaland series. Launching in July, the new film trail…
Celebrate Father’s Day at Blenheim Palace
Treat the father figure in your life to a day at Blenheim Palace, where he can immerse himself in the 300-year-old history of the Palace, Park, and Gardens. The current exhibition, Icons of British Fashion, showcases a creative curation of fashion clothing, accessories, archival materials, drawings, photography and patterns by an array of legendary designers, including…
RHS Chelsea Flower Show & The Cadogan
To celebrate RHS Chelsea Flower Show, London’s annual botanical festival, The Cadogan, A Belmond Hotel, will play tribute to the 2024 theme of ‘Floral Feasts’ through the launch of The Cadogan Cart, a blossoming pop-up partnership with acclaimed Chef Anshu Anghotra. To complement this, one of Britain’s most celebrated luxury florists, Wild At Heart, will…
Royal Windsor Flower Show – Saturday 8th June
The Royal Windsor Flower Show is back, bringing together not only the UK’s most revered horticultural experts, stunning gardens and displays but also communities and garden enthusiasts of all ages and abilities. The inescapable quality of the show which will again be held in the bucolic grounds of Windsor Great Park’s The York Club, ensures…
A Diddly return to Silverstone Festival’s Foodie Fest
The monster hit show Clarkson’s Farm has made a welcome return to our television screens and the show’s Diddly Squat Farm Shop will be back on pole position at this summer’s Silverstone Festival over the August Bank Holiday weekend (23-25 August).   Since being opened by the series’ larger-than-life presenter Jeremy Clarkson to sell a surfeit of potatoes, the…