A £27-million revamp of England's most famous prehistoric site has seen the area around the stones returned to grassland, and the opening of an impressive new visitor centre.
The first opening in the UK for the luxury Asian hotel chain, this is Europe’s first elevated hotel, occupying levels 34 to 52 of London's Shard skyscraper.
Prospective Hogwarts pupils can waggle their wands and practise their spells during this spectacular new tour at Warner Bros Studios, just outside London.
Cornwall's iconic eco-centre has an added attraction in the form of a new treetop walkway through the rainforest biome.
The amazing story of the discovery of the skeletal remains of King Richard III beneath a Leicester car park in 2012 is celebrated in this new, high-tech visitor centre.
Snooze in the very bedroom occupied for 12 productive summers by one Charles Dickens at this new hotel overlooking Broadstairs’ tight curve of beach.
Liverpool's old Mathew St Festival has been expanded into a showcase of local and international talent spread over two weeks in late August.
One of England's most remote youth hostels, perched high in the Lake District fells above Ennerdale, now sports double glazing and solar-panel-powered lighting following a major upgrade.
England's least populous national park was awarded dark-sky status by the International Dark Skies Association in late 2013 (the largest such designation in Europe), adding to the stargazing appeal of Kielder Observatory (Click here).
There has been a huge upsurge in interest in road cycling after Yorkshire hosted the first two days of the Tour de France bike race in 2014. Apart from an increase in the numbers of cyclists testing themselves against the hills of the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District, England is now enjoying an abundance of new bike trails, rental outlets and specialist bike cafes such as Your Bike Shed in York.