Pentillie Castle, Cornwall, celebrates Gold win as it prepares to launch a new corporate retreats and conference space
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Published: Wednesday, 09 November 2016 10:15

The Coryton Family, were just putting the finishing touches to their new luxury conference and meeting rooms, when they heard they had won the top Visit Cornwall Award.
 
“We were thrilled to win this award for Venue and Business Tourism. We have already won awards for the luxury B&B side of our … (View original article)

The spectacular Sherborne Castle in Dorset has been the Wingfield Digby family home since 1617. This historic house was built by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1594 and reflects a glorious variety of decorative styles from over 400 years of English History. The castle is nestled amongst 42 acres of beautiful Capability Brown designed gardens, grounds and a 50 acre lake.

“We host 25-30 weddings a year and for everybody’s wedding the site has got to be absolutely pristine,” explained Tim … (View original article)

Hever Castle & Gardens has reported its best 12-month visitor figures since 1997 and the first time in almost 20 years that the historic Castle welcomed over 300,000 visitors annually.

The attraction reports its annual visitor intake from 1 October – 30 September, and experienced a year on year increase of 7%, welcoming 319,308 visitors in 2015/2016.

Hever Castle & Gardens CEO, Duncan Leslie, said: “The entire team works tirelessly to offer a superb visitor experienc… (View original article)

A luxury Scottish castle transformed into a five-star luxury hotel is celebrating a successful opening year adding a top industry award to its string of accolades for 2016.

Crossbasket Castle, near Glasgow, was awarded the coveted Best Newcomer or Back on the Scene Award at the Condé Nast Johansens Annual Awards for Excellence in London this week.

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Recognising and celebrating excellence across the world of hotels, spas and venues, the awards are highly… (View original article)

300,000 walk through doors of Hever Castle as historic Edenbridge site announces best visitor figures since 1997
14:48 09 November 2016

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Hever Castle. Photo by Terence Day, Penshurst

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The former home of Anne Boleyn enjoyed a rise of seven per cent on the previous year

Hever Castle this week announced its best visitor figures since 1997 – with more than 300,000 people… (View original article)

Emerging from vineyards after a morning of cycling past castles, fields and forests along Germany’s Rhine River, we pull into the village of Nierstein.

It’s time to refuel, but instead of reaching for stale water from the bottle or a power bar, we’ve settled into a bakery and are tucking into fresh “kaffee” and the biggest, gooiest German pastries I’ve ever seen.

Our morning began with an early breakfast aboard the S.S. Patria, a converted long tugboat that now sleeps 70, ply… (View original article)

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After a weekend of completing three midterm reports, starting a fourth and studying for a midterm exam, I decided I wanted to get out and explore a part of London I hadn’t before and learn some of the history of the city.

A friend of mine suggested I visit the Tower Hill area. This area is full of historical sites including the Tower of London, Winchester Palace and London’s … (View original article)