Britain on the Cheap

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Members of the Royal Oak Foundation can save with two-for-one tickets to Strawberry Hill, one of England’s most elegant and eccentric homes. The neo-Gothic castle has been restored for its grand unveiling Oct. 2. Horace Walpole, son of England’s first Prime Minister, revived the Gothic style and transformed a small house into an ornate, asymmetrical [...]

Have you always wanted to see inside the great buildings and tiny houses of London? Maybe the Old Palace in Croydon where Elizabeth I visited the bishops, the Studios at Kensington Court Mews or Benjamin Franklin’s House in Westminster? Now’s your chance with the free Open House London, the capital’s great architectural showcase Sept. 18-19. [...]

It’s not too early to think about Halloween in the UK. The Royal Oak Foundation, the U.S. affiliate to the National Trust, has scouted out scary happenings at medieval castles and venerable estates, and suggested nearby overnights at National Trust properties. Royal Oak members receive access to more than 300 historic houses without paying an [...]

VisitBritain has ramped up its online shop, with new products, including tours in London and around the countryside. There’s also the London Travelcard for unlimited travel on the London Underground. Save 15% off the London Eye after 5 p.m. and 15% off the London Eye River Cruise until June 30. Looking for more ways to [...]

To celebrate Tim Burton’s new hit movie, “Alice in Wonderland,” the National Trust is kicking off an eight-month party at its Antony House in Cornwall near Plymouth. The classic, 18th-century mansion was the only “real” site for the filming of the motion picture. The National Trust is transforming Antony into the fantasy land envisioned by [...]

Robert Sackville-West, 7th Baron Sackville and chairman of Knole Estates, will discuss “The Private Life of a Public Place: 400 Years of the Sackvilles at Knole” March 22 at The Union League of Philadelphia. The Royal Oak Foundation event is $20 for members and non-members, $70 for the lecture and dinner.

Are you infatuated with Emma, Northanger Abbey, Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility? Then the new Wayfarers’ Jane Austen walk through Hampshire may be for you. The walk, rated easy at six to 10 miles a day, will stop at Steventon, home to Jane’s father’s rectory; the village of Chawton, later home of Jane [...]

The Royal Oak Foundation, the American affiliate of the National Trust in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, is sponsoring two lectures during the AVENUE Shows Antiques & Art at the Armory in New York. A Family Affair: Treasures from the Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor will be presented by Dr. Ulrich Leben, Associate Curator of Furniture, [...]

Have you ever yearned to own Sissinghurst Castle Garden or even Snowdonia National Park? It’s all within your grasp with the new National Trust Monopoly, the first charity version of the famous game. The Royal Oak Foundation is selling them for $100, and half of that is a tax-deductible gift to the foundation.