Day trips
Sheffield
A highlight of the horse-racing calendar, one of Britain’s best-loved country houses and what was once the largest steel rolling mill in Europe.
Stoke-on-Trent
A charming collection of unusual animals and exhibits and a late 17th-century mansion.
York
Home to the national collection of water lilies, one of England’s grandest baroque mansions and more than a hundred stores full of discount clothing and homewares.