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…
Attractions & Days Out
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…
King Henry VIII is set to joust at Hampton Court Palace this summer as the famous Tudor sport returns across two action-packed weekends.
Wide shot of West Front. Photos taken at Hampton Court Palace for a marketing evergreen photoshoot.
On 13-14 and 20-21 July visitors are invited to witness the excitement of Henry VIII’s Joust at his…
Howard Atkins and Paul Lang met several years ago whilst training to be instructors in the Boeing 737 – 800 flight simulator. Their vision was to create a high-spec, jetliner and helicopter flight simulator centre that will suit experienced flyers and non-flyers alike.
It is their mission to bring the fun of flying to everyone. Their…
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…
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…
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…
Visitors to the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre in Great Missenden are in for a peachy time this summer as the leisure attraction gears up to celebrate one of Roald Dahl’s best-loved books, James and the Giant Peach (Saturday 20 July – Sunday 1 September).
The visitor attraction, set over two floors and featuring artefacts…
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).
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Since being opened by the series’ larger-than-life presenter Jeremy Clarkson to sell a surfeit of potatoes, the…
The 2024 Travel Trend Report by Verdant Leisure shows that 91% of respondents are planning on taking a staycation within the UK throughout 2024. With the ongoing increases in the cost of living, more holidaymakers will likely reassess how they spend their time off to stay within budgets, and staycations could be the answer for…
