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 Battle of Worcester
The Battle of Worcester which took place on 3rd September 1651 would prove to be the final action of the English Civil Wars…
The Battle of Ancrum Moor
Isolated since his break from Rome and Catholic Europe, Henry VIII sought to secure his northern borders though an alliance…
The Battle of Towton
The Battle of Towton on 29th March 1461 was possibly the largest and bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil…
The First Battle of St Albans
During the 15th century struggle for power between the rival houses of Lancaster and York, the First Battle of St Albans marked the beginning of the Wars of the Roses.
Cross Bones Graveyard
Cross Bones Graveyard is an unconsecrated memorial to the thousands of prostitutes who lived, worked and died in this once…
Blenheim Palace
Blenheim Palace, Woodstock near Oxford, birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill
Castleton, Peak District
Castleton, in the heart of the Peak District, is renowned for epitomising the quintessentially classic English hamlet, for its wealth of local history, and for being a major Peak District walking centre.
