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.
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…
The Battle of Cropredy Bridge
Following their defeat at Cheriton, King Charles’s wartime capital at Oxford was now under threat. To avoid being surrounded the…
London’s Roman Baths
London’s only Roman baths can be found just off the Strand. Are they in fact Roman though…?
The Battle of Alford
Fought between a Scottish Covenanter army allied with the English Parliament, and the Royalist forces of Charles I under the…
Valle Crucis Abbey
Situated just outside Llangollen in Denbighshire, Wales, Valle Crucis Abbey was built in 1201 for monks of the Cistercian order.
