United Kingdom Summary

UK Travel Directory - Independent travel directory listing travel companies that are based in the UK, or provide travel services and products to the UK.

Class Acts - The latest movie version of "Pride and Prejudice" again displayed that greatest of scene stealers, the English country estate. Nick Trend traces the roots of a raft of masterpieces—literary and cinematic—to spectacular houses in the shires. And all are open to visitors.

English Eccentrics - How about a castle, a lighthouse, or maybe even a pineapple for your next vacation? Nelson Aldrich experiences the follies and the grandeur, not to mention the moderate prices, of Britain's Landmark Trust.

Scotland: Whisky Galore - Meandering through forests and farms and pretty stone-built villages, the Spey hardly looks like one of Europe's great rivers, but for Scotland's national drink, it is the equivalent of France's Rhone or Germany's mighty Rhine. There are distilleries throughout Scotland, with each region boasting a particular style, but nowhere are there as many—and, more important, as many outstanding—producers as in Speyside, the region along the banks of this Highlands waterway.

Britain's New Leaf - The traditional English garden is being uprooted by a cadre of designers for whom espalier is a dirty word. Stephen Anderton reports on Great Britain's Green Revolution.