Blenheim Palace is the Birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill

The table in the Dining Hall at Beaulieu is made of a single elm tree and measures 16 feet long by three inches thick

Building works at Burghley started in 1555 and stretched over 32 years before completion in 1587 and still remains a Tudor house at its heart

Castle Howard sits at the heart of the Howardian Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty close to the North York Moors and Yorkshire coast

Chatsworth is home to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, and has been handed down through 16 generations of the Cavendish family

Built between 1734 and 1764, Holkham Hall is the seat of the Earls of Leicester

Harewood has an exotic Bird Garden which includes penguins and flamingos

The Old Palace at Hatfield was built in 1485 by the Bishop of Ely. Henry VIII acquired the Palace in 1538 and used it as a nursery for his three children

King Henry VIII stayed at Leeds Castle with a retinue of 5000 on his way to meet the French King at the Field of Cloth of Gold in 1520

Woburn Abbey Deer Park covers 3,000 acres and is home to nine species of deer making it one of the largest private conservation parks in Europe