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.
The Manchester Ship Canal
The Manchester Ship Canal linking the ports of Liverpool and Manchester
Harry Potter – Platform 9 and Three Quarters
For those of you that have ever read a Harry Potter book or seen one of the films, Platform 9 3/4 needs no introduction. For those of you who haven’t, this pseudo-fictional location at Kings Cross train station is where the Hogwarts Express begins!
The Elms, Smithfield
The Elms in Smithfield was the most popular execution site in London until the early 1400’s, and was also the site of slightly more lively affairs such as jousting, livestock grazing and summer fairs.
Montacute House
Montacute House in Somerset is a stunning Elizabethan mansion, built to impress by Sir Edward Phelips and now in the…
York, England – The Viking Capital of England
The history of the ancient city of York, from its Roman beginnings through to the 20th century.
The Battle of Myton
During the Scottish Wars of Independence, a Scots army totalling some 15,000 men crossed the border on a diversionary…
The Battle of Nantwich
By January 1644 in the English Civil War the Royalists had captured almost all of Cheshire, with only the Parliamentarian…
