The Headland Hotel, Cornwall, has a dramatic location with sweeping views.

Like Downton Abbey on the beach

The Headland Hotel provides a very pleasant split personality experience – part Downton Abbey, part chic spa – with a spectacular beach thrown in.

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Rick Stein.

Shucks, what a guy

Make no bones about it, celebrated English chef Rick Stein is a class act when it comes to sharing, for a price, his passion for seafood, writes Jane Southward.

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A supension bridge leads to the island at Newquay.

Rock swings to a new tune

Lydia Bell returns to Cornwall and the holiday haunts of her childhood to find a coastline enjoying a five-star makeover.

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Ring of Bells

Inns and outings

Lee Atkinson sticks to the back roads on an eight-day pub crawl through the West Country.

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