Dates for your diary 2016

Make the most of 2016 by putting these dates in your diary.

Make 2016 amazing
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The snowy-white pages of a new diary can quickly turn from being thrilling to being disconcerting in their emptiness. Here, we bring you the ultimate diary dates and ways to make 2016 a year to remember: the country houses and gardens to visit, Britain's most interesting shops, enchanting country shows and some new places to eat drink and stay in 2016.

how to make the most of 2016

Where to eat out

how to make the most of 2016

Countryside shows

how to make the most of 2016

English country pubs

how to make the most of 2016

Star gazing dates

how to make the most of 2016

British shops

how to make the most of 2016

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London hotels

how to make the most of 2016

Glorious gardens

how to make the most of 2016

Concerts and opera

how to make the most of 2016

Special places to stay

Agnes Stamp

Agnes has worked for Country Life in various guises — across print, digital and specialist editorial projects — before finally finding her spiritual home on the Features Desk. A graduate of Central St. Martins College of Art & Design she has worked on luxury titles including GQ and Wallpaper* and has written for Condé Nast Contract Publishing, Horse & Hound, Esquire and The Independent on Sunday. She is currently writing a book about dogs, due to be published by Rizzoli New York in September 2025.