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Tickets Alert: Tours of Eton College

Outside London, the rarified airs of Eton College are opening their doors to ordinary folk this summer for a series of tours.

Tickets Alert: Harwell Campus science open day

This is outside London, but for the first time in eight years, the large Harwell science campus near Didcot will have a free open day for the public to wander around and see what happens here.

Tickets Alert: Tours of the Sandhurst military academy

Not far outside London is Sandhurst, the British Army’s military training centre for officers, and they hold occasional tours for the public of the grand buildings hidden behind high walls.

Visit the restored 1938 tube train you can sleep in

If you're in the middle of the Suffolk countryside, a fully restored 1938-era London Underground tube train isn't the sort of thing you'd expect to see—but not only can you see it, you can even sleep in it.

Visit Radio Caroline during its 60th anniversary

Later this month marks the 60th anniversary of the first unauthorised radio broadcast from a pirate radio ship off the coast of Essex -- on 28th March 1964.

Tilbury to Gravesend ferry service closing at the end of March

You have just a couple of weeks to be able to take a trip on the Tilbury to Gravesend ferry before it closes due to funding problems.

Tickets Alert: Tours of Dorneywood House and the gardens

Gifted to the nation for the use by a government minister, just outside London can be found a modest mansion that’s also open to the public, but only for a couple of weeks a year.

Tickets Alert: Attend the Quadrennial Dunmow Flitch Trials

Every fourth year, for hundreds of years, a "trial" has taken place to judge if married couples are happy, and if they are, they can claim a huge slab of bacon.

Rediscovered lost masterpiece by Guercino going on display in Waddesdon Manor exhibition 

A recently rediscovered early masterpiece by the renowned Bolognese painter Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591-1666), known as Guercino, will go on public display for the first time ever, as part of a historic exhibition at Waddesdon Manor this spring.

Imber Bus day is confirmed for this August

If you fancy spending an exceptionally surreal day taking trips through a military firing range in some old buses, prepare to reserve a date in August.

Tickets Alert: Tours of Longford Castle, near Salisbury

Tickets have gone on sale to visit a castle near Salisbury that's still a privately owned family home.

Visit the fields of tulips at Tullys Farm this Spring

If you fancy wandering through a field of colours this spring, a day trip to a farm near Gatwick Airport could be a suggestion, as it will be filled with tulips.

Day trips from London: Visit the Tudor mansion at Dorney Court

A Tudor manor house built around a hall that dates from the Doomsday Book and is occasionally open to the public has confirmed its 2024 opening dates.

Step back in time: Hever Castle unveils Boleyn apartment, a Tudor time capsule opening in March 2024

Hever Castle, the childhood home of Anne Boleyn will unveil the Boleyn Apartment on the first floor of the castle on 25th March 2024 providing an immersive experience of Tudor history.

Tickets Alert: Visit the Diamond Light Source – the UK’s largest particle accelerator

In the countryside, not far from Didcot, a stunning flying saucer of a building is home to the UK's largest particle accelerator, and occasionally, they let the public inside for a look.

Finally seeing inside Windsor’s Clewer Church

On the outskirts of Windsor town centre is an ancient church that for over 400 years, owned the land that Windsor Castle stood on, and the King had to pay rent for it.

A 900-year-old tradition: Dunmow Flitch Trials to allow same-sex couples to take home the bacon

Fancy doing something odd? Well, if you're a married couple who can prove that you're very happily married, you could carry off a massive amount of bacon.

Imber Bus 2023: Thousands turn up to visit an empty village in a fleet of old buses

On Saturday, several thousand people took the chance to take a trip in a random assortment of buses to an empty village where no one lives, because, well, why not?

It’s time to start booking your Heritage Open Day tours

For a couple of weeks in September, thousands of buildings across the UK, mostly outside London, are open to the public.

Imberbus Returns: Take trips in old buses through the Salisbury military firing range

If you fancy spending a very special day riding a load of old buses through a military firing range, then reserve a date in August as Imberbus is returning.

Tickets Alert: Visit the UK’s largest particle accelerator – the Diamond Light Source

In the countryside not far from Didcot can be found a stunning flying saucer of a building, which also happens to house a large particle accelerator, and they open it a few times a year to the public for free tours.

The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst is offering public tours of their historic buildings

Not far outside London is Sandhurst, the British Army's military training centre for officers, and the grand buildings hidden behind high walls can be visited on special tours.

Tickets Alert: Climb to the top of Windsor Castle

For a couple of months each year, it’s possible to climb to the top of the ancient Round Tower inside Windsor Castle, with views that reach right across London.

Day trips from London: Dorney Court, Buckinghamshire

A Tudor manor house built around a hall that dates from the Doomsday Book and is only occasionally open to the public -- is open this month.