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One of the oldest squash courts in the country could tempt buyers in Surrey, as Thames river frontage and Sussex sea views offer havens for water babies

Writer Jo Ebsworth headed to The Belfry Hotel & Resort for a crash course in golf and some much-needed pampering

Belgrave Crescent, West End, Edinburgh, Scotland. A renovated B-listed Victorian townhouse near Murrayfield, Scotland’s national rugby stadium. It has period fireplaces, wood floors and a state-of-the

Arabella Golf Resort Mallorca, on the Balearic island, has three golf courses – Son Muntaner, Son Vida and Son Quint – and a free shuttle bus that goes between them, says Matt Cradock in Golf Monthly.

As these five prove, nine- and even ten-hole courses often deliver a more relaxing, hugely enjoyable and satisfying game at bargain rates

The coconut scent of bright-yellow gorse flowers wafts around me as the gravel path crunches beneath my feet. Darting in and out of my peripheral vision, damselflies and dragonflies dance and dive, ba