Suffolk Walking Trails
The county of Suffolk is off-the-beaten-track for many visitors to Britain. Yet this area of vast skies, stunning coastline and verdant countryside is of particular appeal to walkers. There are long-distance trails and short circular and linear walks which follow in the footsteps of great artists, prehistoric farmers or salty seafarers.

Tracing Scottish Ancestors
The 50 million people around the world who claim Scottish ancestry can now make use of VisitScotland’s new-look site, www.ancestralscotland.com, to find out more about their past.

Helmsley Castle explores Christmas Traditions
If you ever wondered about the origins of many Christmas traditions, from St. Nicholas to Christmas pudding, then head for Helmsley Castle in Yorkshire on 4 and 5 December.

Christmas Skating at Kew Gardens
For the first time this Christmas, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew will host an ice rink in front of the Temperate House. Kew joins other sites around London offering visitors a chance to get their ice-skates on at an historic London landmark, including Somerset House, Hampton Court Palace and the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

Jorvik Celebrates a Viking Christmas in York
JORVIK, the famous Viking Centre in York, and the ARC (Archaeological Resource Centre) are offering visitors the chance to get festive with a series of seasonal events, including Scandinavian gifts and historic Christmas re-enactments.

Yorkshire Air Museum voted most dog-friendly attraction
The Yorkshire Air Museum has been voted as the most dog friendly place to go in Britain, in a poll of dog owners.

Christmas Events at National Trust Properties
Gnome spotting, wreath making and a nativity scene with real animals are just some of the events visitors can enjoy at National Trust properties this Christmas. All over the UK children and adults will be encouraged to take time to enjoy some of the traditional preparations of the festive season.

Christmas Art Tour 2004
Artists across Northumberland are extending friendly Christmas hospitality to visitors in their homes and studios once again, away from the mayhem in the shops ... the traffic chaos ... the parking madness ... and the unrelenting stress, providing festive cheer and, of course, a wealth of beautiful artwork for that unique Christmas gift.

Drive a Train at the National Railway Museum
It is many a youngsters ambition to be a train driver, and the National Railway Museum in York is letting adults and children turn that dream into a reality! As part of the Diesel Cab It weekend on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 November, visitors can become a "Diesel Driver for a Fiver" and drive the NRMs 08 911 locomotive, under supervision, in the NRMs South Yard for only £5!

World's Largest Steam Engine in London
The world’s largest working steam engine has gone on view near London. After eight years’ restoration work by volunteers, Number 6, the “Sir William Prescott” triple expansion engine, built in 1928 to pump the city’s water supply, is in steam again at the Kempton Great Engines Trust near Twickenham.

Corinium Museum opens Anglo-Saxon Gallery
Visitors are being encouraged to come face to face with their ancestors at a new gallery in the Corinium Museum in Cirencester, Gloucestershire. A new Anglo-Saxon gallery features a forensically reconstructed man and child who were among 219 skeletons found in a burial site nearby in 1985.

Wedgwood celebrates Britain's Seafaring Past
From March 2005 the Wedgwood Visitor Centre in Barlaston, Staffordshire –150 miles north-west of London - will stage the SeaWedgwood exhibition, celebrating Britain's naval history in its famous ceramic designs.

State opening of Parliament 2004
This traditional event takes place on 23 November, the first day of the new Parliamentary session. The Queen travels from Buckingham Palace to Westminster along the Royal Route using the Irish State Coach drawn by four horses. Military bands play light music so there is plenty to see and hear.

Temple Bar returns to London
Sir Christopher Wren's Temple Bar, built between 1669 and 1672, as the gateway marking the original western boundary between the City of London and the City of Westminster, has been returned to London. The Bar now stands as an elegant gateway connecting the ancient, St Paul's Cathedral, with the modern, Paternoster Square.

London's Lord Mayor's Show 2004
On 13 November you can join the thousands of people lining the streets to cheer the new Lord Mayor of the City of London. Enjoy the huge variety of floats, acrobatics, fancy dress and military displays in a procession stretching three miles long.