Rose-hued ruins where monks trod

Buying a property that includes a ruin carries undoubted romance, but there are caveats, reminds Lucy Denton, who advises on the help at hand

In June I was saddened to learn from the Bucks Free Press that Missenden Abbey in Buckinghamshire is set to close. This fine gothic-style house set in picturesque parkland is a pearl formed by an accr

Documentary photographer Richard Cross rises above the shortbread tin romanticism that colours so much of our outdoor heritage, with the perspective provided by drone photography applied to land use issues of our day

It’s the busiest time of year for Britain’s beautiful places. Yet as these locations prove, you can find silence, sensational scenery and space to breathe.

Over the stippled swell of the Firth of Clyde soars a gannet. A pair of long, black-tipped wings catches the late-August light as the bird tilts on the breeze. It’s on fish patrol – curving low then r

The gardens at Glenarm Castle, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland The home of Randal and Aurora McDonnell