A weekend in the chilterns

For those who prefer not to follow the crowd, we reveal some of the best, but relatively undiscovered places to enjoy in the country’s chicest region

Eleven friends of COUNTRY LIFE pen a love letter to their small, yet oh so distinctive patches of the British Isles, from the big skies of the north Norfolk coast to the street art of Belfast, from the glens of Perthshire to the Exe estuary in Devon via the apple orchards of Herefordshire

Home to nine counties (Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey and the Isle of Wight), the South East region is vast and wide, and full of an array o

FAMED FOR ITS SUMMER REGATTA, THIS RIVERSIDE MARKET TOWN IN SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE HAS INDEPENDENT DISTILLERIES, COSY GASTROPUBS AND HOTELS FIT FOR ROYALTY

A high-street retreat makes a cosy starting point for exploring historic village Tarporley

BACK in 1606, Lord North was unwell. His “lingering consumptive disorder” baffled his doctors. A stay in a remote hunting lodge cadged from a friend hadn’t helped, but on a country ride he came across