In the South East, Heckfield Place in Hook, Hampshire takes second place for 2025. The 18th-century Georgian country estate is the "epitome of Georgian elegance and sits unapologetically at the centre ...

Take a flight of discovery high above the mysterious waters of Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands with stunning drone ...

The Inlandsbanan travels up the backbone of Sweden over two days, stopping for restaurant and overnight breaks and offering ...

It really doesn’t matter whether or not you made a pig of yourself two days ago when, in accordance with tradition, you’re allowed to. On this day, though, what really does matter is if you’re ...

A Wellington East adventurer and adrenaline junkie will kayak 2220km solo along the Murray River this February to raise vital awareness and funds for ...

Cryptozoology sits in that curious space between folklore and field notes. The people who chase it keep showing up with maps, ...

These striking boundaries reveal the physical and manmade boundaries that both separate and connect cultures around the world ...

A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 14 and 21 November. Send your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk.

Some lakes sparkle under the sun like harmless mirrors, but others carry stories older than memory itself. Across continents, ...

If you meet Mike Quast while he’s on duty for his day job as a custodian at Probstfield Elementary, you might say that his ...

Lucy recommends Cornwall, the Scottish Highlands, Somerset, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Devon and Yorkshire – to name just a few – as the best places in the UK to find self-catering cottages, with ...

Scientists have solved a long-standing mystery about Tasmania’s Lake St Clair, confirming it as Australia’s deepest lake at 163 metres – nearly twice the depth of Bass Strait. A team from CSIRO, ...