An easy 30-minute drive northeast of York is majestic Castle Howard.
Set amid 1,000 acres of parkland and richly furnished with antiquities and treasures, family-owned Castle Howard is undoubtedly one of England's most spectacular country estates.
This magnificent Palladian mansion - famous as the backdrop for acclaimed TV drama Brideshead Revisited - was built for the third Earl of Carlisle by dramatist-turned-architect John Vanbrugh.
