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.
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…
The Battle of Stratton
Part of the south-western campaign of the English Civil War, the battle of Stratton took place on 16th May 1643…
The Oldest Terraced Houses in London
On the west side of Newington Green, perched on the border of Hackney and Islington, is the home of the oldest surviving terraced houses in London…
41 Cloth Fair – The Oldest House in the City of London.
41 Cloth Fair is the oldest house in the City of London and survived the Great Fire of London in…
The Battle of Langport
In the 17th century struggle for power between King and Parliament known as the English Civil War, a Royalist army…
The Battle of Cheriton
The start of the 1644 campaigning season in the English Civil War found Sir Ralph Hopton’s 6,000 strong Royalist…
