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.
Ham Hill, Somerset
Ham Hill in Somerset is steeped in history. This unusual landscape boasts steeply sloping Iron Age ramparts, a deserted medieval village and the peculiar ‘pockmarks’ of hilly mounds and dips left from Victorian quarrying on the hill…
The Battle of Solway Moss
The story of how some religious differences between King Henry VIII and his nephew, King James V of Scotland, got slightly(!) out of hand…
Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth is a small sea-side resort in the county of Ceredigion on the west coast of Wales. Although a thriving sea-side town in the summer, the historic town of Aberystwyth is better known as a university town and the centre of learning for Wales.
Remains of the old London Bridge
A look at the last remaining fragments of the old medieval London Bridge, including the old pedestrian entrance that still exists to this day.
Execution Dock
Execution Dock in Wapping, London is the location where pirates were once hanged over the River Thames.
Tyburn Tree and Speakers Corner
Speakers Corner and Tyburn hill and gallows where many highwaymen and criminals were hanged
The Newgate Execution Bell
At the stroke of midnight before their execution, prisoners in the condemned cell at Newgate Prison would hear a bell…
