Destinations UK
Every month we will feature selected destinations in detail throughout Britain. These features will build over time to provide the visitor with a wonderful gazetteer of Britain! We also include links to heritage accommodation for each destination.
Newgate Prison
The name of Newgate is notorious in the annals of London’s history. The name passed into infamy as a byword for despair; an oubliette from which the hangman’s rope was often the only way out. Robbery, theft, non-payment of debts; all were crimes which could land you inside…
Secret London
These pages are dedicated to all of the unusual, secret, little-known wonders of the metropolis.
The Miracles of St Thomas Becket
The murder of Thomas Becket and the manner of his death in 1170 shocked the nation. His tomb in Canterbury Cathedral became a place of pilgrimage as tales of miracles spread…
Hyde Park
“I never ride in from Hyde Park Corner… but the ghosts of an army of horsemen ride with me,” wrote Roland Collins in 1967. If the ghosts of all those who have ridden or driven in Hyde Park were visible, it would create the ultimate pageant of British history…
The Eleanor Crosses
The first queen of Edward I would perhaps have been completely forgotten had it not been for her husband’s beautiful memorials to her, erected following her death in 1290.
Battle, East Sussex
Battle in East Sussex is the site of the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and Battle Abbey built by William…
The Oldest Running Cinema In Scotland
In the small loch-side town of Campletown in Scotland, you will find a hidden gem – a cinema that is over 100 years old, beautifully restored and still showing films!
The Battle of Bosworth Field
Early in August 1485 the would-be Lancastrian king, Henry Tudor sailed across the English Channel from France to south Wales…
