■ Distance: 7½ miles/12.1km ■ Time: 3 hours ■ Grade: Moderate

Wearing its heritage on its sleeve, this medieval castle has lived many lives, including a fortified castle, a Jacobean mansion and a comfortable Victorian family home

For 5000 years a boulder stood unremarked in a Dorset valley, until one summer day an archaeologist noticed something curious about it...

MULTI-DAY HIKE

■ Distance: 6¼ miles/10.1km ■ Time: ...

I DON’T know about you, but my family and I like nothing more than indulging in coffee and cake before heading off on a walk. So, the 18th-century Falcon Hotel – allegedly North Cornwall’s oldest coac