Travel

 
‘It is the personal attention that each guest receives from genuinely friendly and attentive hosts that continually lifts this multi award winning country
house towards excellence’
After years of experience across the travel and tourism industry, in 2008, Sharon and Nigel Reed opened Pendragon Country House. It was their mission to create high quality and truly guest centric accommodation in relaxed yet sumptuous surroundings.

 
Many of the world’s finest chefs are working their magic in England today.
 
England’s emergence as a world-class culinary innovator has its roots deep in the country’s green and pleasant land, meaning you’ll find superb cooking all over the country.

 
Interview
Provenance and afternoon tea..
 
Critically acclaimed Chef Skye Gyngell has worked in some of the best restaurants in the world, including The Dorchester. After achieving and then, in true rock’n’roll style, rebelling against the Michelin star awarded to Petersham Nurseries Café when she was head chef, she moved on to become the culinary director of Heckfield Place, a luxury country house hotel nestled in the Hampshire countryside.
 
What is the best thing about the English food scene?

 
‘the ultimate in stylish, elegant iron furniture custom-made in England’
 
The Heveningham Collection by Annie Eadie which was launched in 1990 is the ultimate in stylish, elegant iron furniture custom-made in England. Only the highest quality materials are used throughout the manufacturing process and all furniture is hot zinc coated, followed by powder coating, thus ensuring that the furniture is both luxurious and highly durable. Perfect for the home, terrace, conservatory or poolside.

 
‘Ettinger is a family owned and run, luxury leather goods and accessories company whose products are still hand-made by its craftspeople at the Ettinger factory in Birmingham’
 

 
‘Dege & Skinner is pure bespoke, everything they make is cut by hand on Savile Row and proudly ‘made in England’
Established in 1865, bespoke tailoring house Dege & Skinner has been dressing royalty, businessmen, professionals, the military and discerning individuals for almost a century and a half.
Proud holder of three Royal Warrants, the company is based at Number 10, Savile Row, which is recognised as the most prestigious location for men’s tailoring in the world.    

 
A wealth of cultural gems just waiting to be discovered..
 
“Nowhere else in the world will you find the strength, depth and breadth
in the arts and culture that you do in England.”
 
England is the birthplace of some of the finest playwrights, artists, poets, composers and actors the world has ever known. And we have always taken arts and culture very seriously indeed, not just in London but right across the country.

 
Sports & Leisure
 
Polo, cricket, horse racing, golf, tennis, rowing... we’re a nation obsessed with sport.
 
Every year England hosts world-class sporting events, from tennis and golf to sailing and horse racing, just as it has for centuries. We’ve also hosted the summer Olympics no fewer than three times.
So it’s little wonder that much of our leisure time, as well as our social calendar, is dominated by sport. Strawberries and cream feature rather a lot too...

 
Interview - It’s All About The Social Season..
 
Sophie Campbell is an award-winning travel journalist who spent a summer investigating and experiencing the English Social Season. From The Derby at Epsom to the Royal Chelsea Flower Show, she explored every aspect of this most quintessential of English traditions. Her book, The Season, takes you behind the scenes of Society’s greatest events.
 
How did the Social Season start?

 
1. Cornwall
Well deserving of the top spot, Cornwall boasts some of the warmest and sunniest weather in the UK. Stretches of beautiful coastline with fabulous beaches, and waves to attract the most daring of surfers. Make sure you explore the secluded coves dotting the shoreline, once used by smugglers to store their bounty, and no visit would be complete without trying a famous Cornish pasty.
 
2. The Cotswolds