Britain on the Cheap

London is the only city to host the modern Games three times, and Blue Badge Guides are leading all-day tours of the Walk for Gold – London’s Olympic Heritage Feb. 18 and April 10. You’ll visit all three London Olympic sites on foot and by tube in zones 1-4. The tours begins 9.30 a.m. outside [...]

All of the UK will be celebrating Charles Dickens‘ 200th birthday on Feb. 7, but the spotlight will shine brightest on his birthplace in Portsmouth. You can plan ahead for a free timed admission slot to the Charles Dickens Birthplace on both Feb. 5, an extra free day, and on Feb. 7. Both days will [...]

Can you think about summer holidays in the cold? Parkdean has an early-bird offer if you book by Jan. 31–up to £70/$107 off a July or August holiday at one of their holiday parks. They have 24 holiday parks in coastal, country and woodland locations throughout the UK in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Norfolk, South [...]

Win a two-night stay at The Ritz, London, through Britain Magazine. In celebration of its special London issue, the winner and guest will stay in an Executive King Room and receive breakfast on both mornings and a three-course dinner on one of the evenings in the Ritz Restaurant. For a winner who lives outside the [...]

British Airways is having a winter sale to London, with a $699 economy round-trip from JFK to Heathrow. This includes all taxes, fees and charges, and you need to book by Jan. 24. If you’d like to book the flight and three nights at the Tavistock, it’s $842 pp, for stays now through March 31. [...]

The Royal Oak Foundation, the American arm of the National Trust, wishes everyone a happy holiday with a lovely photo gallery of National Trust gardens in the snow and frost. Enjoy 14 images from The Telegraph, sweeping from Kent to Suffolk to Northumberland.

It’s easy to slip back a century or so for the holidays when you visit Blists Hill Victorian Town in the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site, Shropshire. On Dec. 10-11 and 17-18, Blists Hill Town residents will be celebrating in 1800s style, with Christmas songs and stories, Punch and Judy and a magic show. Sing [...]

Now’s the chance to snap up 2-for-1 tickets to “Dickens and London” at the Museum of London. Opening Dec. 9, this will be the largest exhibition marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. Regular adult tickets are £8/$13, or £7/$11 advance purchase. The exhibition will examine the central relationship between Dickens and [...]

The Best Western Webbington Hotel & Spa in Somerset has a special rate of £35/$58 per room per night. The Edwardian manor house, with an on-site spa, fully equipped gym and indoor pool, looks across the Mendip Hills. It’s near Bristol, Abridge Medieval Town, Weston Super Mare beaches and Wells Cathedral.    

Enjoy a free room upgrade and bottle of champagne at Stapleford Park, an 18th-century mansion and sporting estate in Leicestershire. The hotel is celebrating its election into the exclusive Pride of Britain Hotels collection with this offer, worth £109/$177, until Nov. 30. A night’s B&B for two costs £180/$298 at the hotel, set amid 500 [...]