The Isles of Scilly are an archipelago, off the Cornish coast, in southwest England. They include the five inhabited islands of St Mary's, Tresco, St Martin's, Bryher and St Agnes The islands are covered in heathland and fringed by sandy beaches such as Great Bay on St. Martin's. With a similarity to the Caribbean but only 28 miles from Cornwall's ...

Madeira, which is known as the floating garden island, hosts a spectacular Flower Festival in Funchal, the island's capital. Usually held in May, it will take place in 2020 from 3 to 27 September 2020. Highlights of the festival always includes the Children's Parade (5 September 2020) involving hundreds of youngsters in colourful flowers. The day a...

Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens was founded in 1979 by former rubber planter and wildlife enthusiast Ken Sims. Its landscaped grounds feature a special collection of rare animals from Asia and includes endangered tigers, crocodiles and gibbons. The Thrigby Hall Conservation Fund supports a range of local and international conservation projects. Durin...

The Old Royal Naval College, part of Maritime Greenwich UNESCO World Heritage Site, has a virtual tour of the Painted Hall. A 360-degree virtual tour of the Painted Hall, narrated by actress Tara Fitzgerald, provides visitors with the opportunity to explore 'Britain's Sistine Chapel' up close. The Painted Hall re-opened in 2019 after an award-winni...

The Stratford Butterfly Farm has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help raise funds for the tropical butterfly farmers that they work with. Most of the 250 different species of butterflies found at the Butterfly Farm and around 2,000 individual butterflies, are imported from butterfly farmers in the tropics. Stratford Butterfly Farm buys their butter...

The Celtic Routes takes in Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire, Wales and Wicklow, Waterford and Wexford, Ireland. Every spring the Routes offer verdant meadows, rolling hillsides, leafy woodlands, dense forests, landscaped gardens and grassy river banks. Locations include : Mount Congreve, Waterford Ambrose Congreve won 13 Gold Medals at...