Britain on the Cheap

Fancy a bottle of bubbly? If you spring for a vintage bottle of Dom Perignon Vintage 2002 champagne at the list price of £179/$296, the 15th-century Swan at Lavenham in Suffolk will toss in free accommodation and breakfast now through Dec. 22, excluding Saturdays. You’ll save about £21/$33 for two at the newly refurbished historic [...]

Save 20% on seven nights at Victoria Cottage in the riverside village of Lyng, Norfolk, during November. The cottage, close to Norwich and good for walking, cycling and bird-watching, is now £253/$418 per week, saving £63/$104.    

Save 25% on Pretoria Cottage in Norfolk and breathe in the luscious lavender nearby. The cottage, sleeping four in the coastal village of Heacham, is only a couple of minutes’ drive from the lavender farm, open daily. Pretoria Cottage is a short walk to a sandy beach and close to the Royal Sandringham estate and [...]

Hurry! Today’s the last day to enter to win a trip to London from stylish clothes retailer Ted Baker. The prize includes round-trip airfare, three nights in a boutique hotel, luxury car transfers, a £500/$806shopping spree and a £500/$806 spending money. You’ll tour the sights with Quintessentially Travel.    

The vino’s on Madconald Hotels & Resorts when you book an autumn break, from £45/$76 per person. Choose from hotels around the UK, and book now to Nov 28; stay from now to Dec 2. When you dine in the hotel restaurant, you’ll receive a free bottle of wine. Children 12 and younger stay and [...]

The BritRail Winter Offer is on. Save 20% on your train pass when you travel from Nov. 1-Feb. 28. The BritRail London Plus Pass, for instance, is now $125; it zsooms around London and offers an all-access pass to the whole of Southeast England. The BritRail England Flexi Pass is now $185, for flexible train [...]

British Airways is offering winter discounts, $150 off premium economy/World Traveller Plus round-trip tickets from any U.S. or Canadian gateway to the UK, now through March 31. In economy, the deal is $75 off a round-trip ticket.  

St. Paul’s Cathedral is a must-see in London, and now you can save 16% off normal web prices—and even more off tickets you’d buy at the door. Buy your ticket online before Oct. 31, and you can visit through Dec. 31. This is an exciting time to see the rewly refurbished exterior, the culmination of [...]

Guides will lead ghost walks at haunted Basing House in Old Basing, Hampshire, on the evenings of Oct. 28 and 29. Once the location of the largest private residence in Tudor England, Basing House offers layers of history dating back to the Norman Age. During the Civil War, Cromwell stormed the fortified building, leaving it [...]

Take your chances on the Ghost Tours Oct. 26 and 27 from the Discovery Centre in Winchester, Hampshire. The walk, £5/$8 pp, will start at 6:30 p.m. with tales of creepy happenings in the Discovery Centre itself, before heading on to find out more horrible histories in the Theatre Royal next door. The ghost of [...]