Sewerby Hall, East Yorkshire

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Sewerby Hall is a magnificent building set in 50 acres of carefully tended grounds. The hall was built in 1714 by John Graeme on the site of an earlier manor house and remained in the family for several generations until the Sewerby estate was eventually bought by the Bridlington Corporation in 1934.

It was opened to the public two years later by celebrated Hull pilot Amy Johnson, who made history in 1930 when she became the first woman to fly solo from the UK to Darwin, in Australia, covering 10,000 miles in 19 days in a two-year-old Gypsy Moth. Over the next few years she completed several other ground-breaking flights before joining the women's section of the Air Transport Auxiliary. She died in 1941 when the aircraft she was piloting crashed into the Thames estuary and her body was never recovered. In 1958 her father presented to Sewerby Hall a collection of souvenirs and momentoes - including letters, flight log books, medals objects presented to Amy on her travels - which is now on permanent display in a room devoted to this local heroine.

Visitors can also explore the 50 acres of parkland, with woodland walks, a pitch and put golf course, a putting green and beautifully kept gardens.

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