"The guidebook I have been yearning for!"

The perfect Guidebook – for stately-home-addicts and Britain-loving travelers like me! Cheryl and John Bolen have gathered all the information you need to enjoy many of England’s finest and most historic country houses. With this book in hand, you can visit on your own without hiring a car or relying on a group bus tour.

I wish I’d had it years ago. The Bolen’s information would have saved me time, ££s, some peculiar detours, and a fender-bender.  Luckily, I am only part way through my goal of visiting every country house I can, and many in this book are still on my list.

In addition to details on routes and choices of trains, busses, taxis, and walking for arrival at each estate, the Bolens provide excellent and concise information on the house, grounds, and the family who belong there.

The only thing better than reading this book and following its directions would have been to accompany the Bolens as they gathered the information! — Victoria  Hinshaw, Number One London travel blog.

"Makes it easy for visitors and locals alike"

 Houses were chosen for their regularly being open to the public and accessible by rail and a short cab, bus ride or stroll from station to the property. Bolen also includes necessary Info on options for purchasing various visitor and travel passes, cautionary do’s and don’ts and insider info such as options for taxis (fare prices included) or bus/walking to the property, opening times and admission prices and website addresses.

Bolen has put her 30 years of historical research in England to good use - and shares it all in this volume. Lucky us! — Kristine Hughes, Number One London travel blog