As the Chelsea Flower Show prepares to open its doors on Tuesday, three-time medallist DIARMUID GAVIN picks his favourite gardens in the UK and Ireland

JENNY SELWAY is blown away by the laid-back, wind-powered Cornish hotel

THE strangest, sweetest moment during my walk around the wild cliffs of Cornwall came just near the end of it and oddly, on a bus. We were travelling from Penzance back to the spot on the coastal path where we had paused on our hike the night before.

Among the winners at last night's Enjoy England Awards for Excellence was the five-star camp site Trethem Mill Touring Park in Cornwall, says JANE LABOUS

FROM boarding and boating to campervans and crustaceans, Newquay in Cornwall has a summer schedule packed with themed events says VICKY LISSAMAN

CAMILLA TOMINEY unwinds with a beauty treatment in a luxurious new baby-friendly hotel retreat set on a 43-acre woodland estate in St Austell

WITH beautiful beaches, historic towns and some breathtaking countryside, there’s plenty of fabulous holidays right here on our doorstep.

IT'S not easy finding a destination that ticks all the entertainment boxes for a three-year-old, but I found the perfect place.

AS THE likes of St Tropez become saturated with Eurotrash and the demands of airport security make flying ever more irksome, the born-again Anglophile holidaymaker is looking for luxury in domestic resorts.

A HOLIDAY in Cornwall in the off season? David Stephenson heads to the annual oyster festival and finds great surfing weather as a bonus.