The plans were eventually shelved allowing the Swanage Railway to develop a three-mile extension from Harman's Cross through Corfe Castle and a park and ride station at Norden.

BBC: Tributes to Corfe Castle campaigner Monavyn Moss

The coastal village of Bamburgh is an "unspoilt hamlet dwarfed by the romantic profile of an intimidating castle" and Lindisfarne is a magical, two-mile square island.

BBC: Travel guide boost to Culture bid

At the western end of the Royal Mile is the Castle, temporary home to the insanely popular Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo (7-29 Aug).

BBC: Edinburgh: Not just a pretty festival

Edinburgh is home to two Unesco World Heritage Sites separated by the steep-sided greenery of the Princes Street Gardens: the Old Town with its imposing Castle Rock and Royal Mile, and the New Town, just a bit younger than Old Town, with a posh Georgian grid laid out in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries.

BBC: Living in: Edinburgh