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    It was in the Cabinet Room that Churchill would meet with his ministers and make the critical decisions that would shape the war. (Image by Getty Images)
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    A visit to the Churchill War Rooms, London

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    Britain’s 7 most amazing stately homes

    The ruins of Dunluce Castle, which sit on the coastal cliffs of North Antrim in Northern Ireland. They are thought to have been the inspiration for CS Lewis’s castle Cair Paravel in ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ (1950–56). (Photo by Andrea Ricordi/Contributor/Getty Images)
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    9 of Britain’s best castles

    St Fagans Castle and gardens
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    A visit to St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff

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