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4 places near Andover you can go for a walk with a friend when lockdown eases on March 29 March 29 will be a significant day in England’s path to post-Covid life. After several weeks of strict lockdown measures, the government will allow six people from multiple households to meet, or two households of any size, as long as it is outdoors, such as a private garden. For people who have been waiting for this moment, it is a great opportunity to catch up on your friends and family outside y...

8 amazing Surrey Hills Airbnbs for a post-lockdown staycation Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is a popular place to visit for Brits A self-contained garden cottage overlooking the spectacular Surrey Hills (Image: Airbnb) Get the latest email updates for Surrey with our FREE daily newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe here When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll inclu...

Cooling, refreshing and floral-led, these gins are perfect for sipping on sunny spring days  Credit: Cath Lowe Gins for spring should be bold in their natural flavours and aromas, echoing the seasonal burst of life. Less smoky, peppery and spicy than winter gins, of course, instead putting more emphasis on fresh and vivacious green botanicals, a lick of salt or a squeeze of bright citrus. One distillery comes straight to mind. Atlantic Spirit, on the north Devon coast, has a range that really ...

As libraries go, the one in Hurstbourne Tarrant is rather small. The shelves lined with thrillers, classic novels and children’s books are, after all, in a converted public telephone box. But that hasn’t stopped the library becoming involved in a whodunnit that is gripping the picturesque Hampshire village. A mystery visitor has been sneaking in and leaving what the parish council describes as pornographic material amid the Dan Browns and JK Rowlings. The phone box was purchased by the cou...

Britains most unfashionable (but beautiful) holiday options, according to the data We turned to Google Trends to find out which of Britains counties, national parks and AONBs are the least trendy This is Englands least searched-for national park Credit: Getty It seems like every man and his dog is planning to celebrate the end of our nationwide incarceration with an old fashioned UK holiday, and for the honeypots like Cornwall and the Cotswolds, the accommodation cupboard for the peak season is...

Parish council forced to plead with villagers not to put erotic fiction in communal library A small village has been marred by controversy this week after “salacious adult literature” was found in a recently converted telephone box Credit: Solent News & Photo Agency  A parish council has been forced to plead with villagers not to put erotic fiction in a communal library.  A small village set in the rolling countryside of the Bourne Valley has been marred by controversy this week after “...

'Their plight is desperate due to Covid-19 and the breakdown of their economy.'

Country Life Trending: This delightful villa apartment set in the historic village of Wrotham, near Sevenoaks, has links to Jane Austen at the peak of her powers. But just how strong are those links? How much of a claim to fame must a house have in order to qualify for a blue plaque? It’s a tricky one. On a relatively recent visit to Grantham, for example, we were thrilled to see that the pizza restaurant where we had lunch had once been the boarding house that a young Isaac Newton staye...

The history behind closed schools across Kent, from Bunce Court to Folkestones Pent Valley School - weve all been there. Whether you look back with a golden-hued nostalgia or just full-on anguish, we all have some sense of connection to the halls, corridors and classrooms which formed the bulk of our childhoods. Kents Lost Schools But the onward march of time has left many of these historic institutions standing only in the memories of its teachers, parents and pupils. Others have been bulldoze...

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