Escape the City: Top National Trust Houses A Train Ride Away From London

The Long Library (also known as The Big Room) at Sissinghurst Castle Garden | National Trust/ John Hammond

Yes, “a train ride away” doesn’t narrow it down much, but most of these jaunts take under two hours, a small price to pay to see some of the finest houses in the land. You can’t say fairer than that. If you’d rather stay close to home, go to Ham House. It’s an extraordinary place, right on the river, where the air still smells faintly of the seventeenth century. Hard to believe you’re basically in London. And then there are the neighbouring houses , supposedly residential, though each looks quite ready to host a minor royal or two.

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