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.
Siege of Basing House, Hampshire
Besieged three times during the English Civil War, Basing House was strategically important as it commanded the road from London through Salisbury to the west. John Paulet, 5th Marquis of Winchester owned the House and as a committed Royalist, garrisoned it in support of King Charles I…
Burghead
Burghead in Moray, Scotland celebrates New Year not once but twice: on 1st January and then on 12th January when the ‘Burning of the Clavie’ fire festival takes place…
The Seaweed Eating Sheep of North Ronaldsay
North Ronaldsay is one of the most remote of the 70 islands that make up Orkney, off the north coast of Scotland. North Ronaldsay is also home to a unique ancient breed of sheep which eat only seaweed for most of the year…
Cambridge’s American Cemetery
The Cambridge American Cemetery is the only American World War Two cemetery in the United Kingdom…
Dickens Streets of London
The streets of Victorian London provided much inspiration to Charles Dickens who described them as “a magic lantern” lighting the “toil and labour of [his] writing, day after day”. If you look closely enough, you can still discover places where that lantern still glows…
In the Footsteps of Darwin
Cambridge is a city of intellectual giants. This is the city of Stephen Hawking, Alan Turing, Ludwig Wittgenstein, to name just a few, and of course, Charles Darwin. Discover some of the places associated with him and his work…
Chester Castle: Agricola Tower, Chester, Cheshire
Built in 1070 on the site of an earlier Roman fortress, the only surviving part of medieval Chester Castle is the 12th century gateway.
Chillingham Castle, Northumberland
This intact medieval castle was built in the 12th century as a monastery. The 600 acre park at Chillingham is famous for its wild white cattle that have lived on the land since the park wall was erected in 1220.
