Progress has been made in efforts to protect and reopen the centre, opened as part of the 2012 Olympic legacy

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The view across William Kent’s unspoilt garden ...

Parish churches need the same campaigning energy that saved the great country houses 50 years ago

Cushnie House, Cushnie, Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This B-listed former Laird’s house comes with grounds that include five ponds and a vegetable garden. An additional 28 acres of land is availab

For horse lovers everywhere, these five properties boast facilities–from stables to solariums–that are the stuff of equestrian dreams