Borrow a treehouse
The picture-perfect pods of
Chewton
Glen
aren’t your average treetop
dwelling. Instead of splintered wood
planks and a windy platform, these New Forest beauties are
thickly carpeted, five-star hotel suites. Oh, and did we
mention the hot tub?
chewtonglen.com
Crawl Oxford’s pubs
It just isn’t a British night
out if you stay in one place.
You’ll find one of the best
pub crawl options in
Oxford
,
starting with
–
what else? – a pint of Oxford Gold at the
White Horse (
whitehorseoxford.co.uk
),
a pub
so old you step down to medieval street
level to enter. Next, go round the corner to
the wood-panelled King’s Arms (
youngs.co.
uk
)
and The Turf Tavern (
theturftavern.co.uk
)
opposite, where Bill Clinton used to drink as
a student. Finish up the night at The Eagle
and Child (
nicholsonspubs.co.uk
),
nursing a
cask ale in the room where Tolkien put the
finishing touches to
The Lord of the Rings
.
Go Banksy
spotting in Bristol
His work now sells for
millions, but you can see
where the street artist
cut his teeth with a handy
street-art map
from
bristol-street-art.co.uk
Celebrate
the Bard
Enjoy all
the fun
of
Shakespeare’s
449
th birthday
celebrations in
his hometown of
Stratford-upon-
Avon, 21-22 April.
shakespearesbirthday.org.uk
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Take a vinyl
pilgrimage
The world’s
oldest record
shop,
Spillers
in Cardiff, has sold
records since 1894. International
Record Store Day on 20 April
provides an ideal excuse to make
a visit, and take home a piece of
history.
spillersrecords.co.uk
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