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THEY say the best things in life are free and to help people enjoy summer affordably the UK’s biggest hotel company is highlighting the…

The ancient Ankerwycke yew tree. Photograph: Gillian Pullinger/Alamy An short easy walk that’s ideal for children. On the opposite side of the Thames to Magna Carta-minded Runnymede, these ancient woods are so sheltered that a 2,500-year-old yew, one of Britain’s oldest trees, is still going strong, while Victorians later accessorised the ruins of a Benedictine priory with carpets of snowdrops. Explore the meadows around Ankerwycke and there are riverbank daffodils, blackthorn blossom, red ...