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This week: Stourhead's rhododendron circuit in full swing, Muncaster Castle's bluebell terrace above the Esk, a Lincolnshire castle reopening with a brand new exhibition, and Sutton Hoo's Anglo-Saxon burial ground. Plus a car show in a Capability Brown park, an antiques fair where the ticket gets you into the house, and Chavenage House, the Gloucestershire manor that doubled as Trenwith in Poldark and is now the subject of a Channel 4 series about saving country houses.Enjoy!

This week: a Yorkshire giant pulled back from the brink, a Derbyshire castle built for pleasure not war, a moated fortress in East Sussex that looks exactly like a castle should, and a Norfolk mansion with a ghost story that holds up under scrutiny. Plus a medieval ruin on the edge of Edinburgh that almost nobody visits, and a Somerset castle with views across Exmoor.

This is issue one of Hidden Britain, and we've picked four places that sum up exactly why we started it. A Scottish castle above the River Tweed, a West Midlands landmark with a story that stays with you, a Cornish garden that ends on its own beach, and a Gloucestershire manor that appeared in Poldark. Plenty to plan around for the weeks ahead...