A district unlike any other I’ve ever seen, the Notting Hill district is unique due to the similar (stunning) architecture and high-class feel that permeates the air. Give Portobella Road Market a visit on Saturdays to pick up a treasure at those antique and bric-a-Brac stalls.
The former home of Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative Prime minister and a favourite of Queen Victoria. Now owned by the National Trust, the interior includes memorabilia, personal belongings, furnishings and paintings.
Hughenden Manor
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP14 4LA
England
Telephone: 01494 755573
One of the world’s most important collections of European old master paintings of the 1600s and 1700s is housed in purpose built art galleries designed in 1811.
Dulwich Picture Gallery
Gallery Road
Dulwich
London
SE21 7AD
Telephone: 020 8693 5254
Roald Dahl Children’s Galley and Museum is a really fun place to take the children, especially after reading a Roald Dahl book. Lots of activities taken from the books, including a giant peach.
The Roald Dahl Children’s Gallery
Buckinghamshire County Museum
Church Street
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP20 2QP
England
Telephone: 01296 331441
This red-brick late 17th-century house, has a Jacobean staircase and many original features. It was once owned by Sir Peter Lely, court painter to Charles II and is now owned by The National Trust.
Princes Risborough Manor House
Buckinghamshire
HP17 9AW
Telephone: 01494 755573