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 Boroughbridge
The Battle of Boroughbridge was the culmination of a lengthy dispute between King Edward II and his cousin Thomas, Earl…
Tower Ravens
The ravens at His Majesty’s Palace and Fortress The Tower of London in England
Guernsey
In 1940, more than half the population of Guernsey fled to the UK ahead of the German occupation of the island…
Battle of Humbleton Hill
With the English King Henry IV otherwise occupied suppressing a revolt led by Owen Glendower in Wales, the Scots seized…
The Battle of Glen Shiel
The Battle of Glen Shiel is a fantastic story of how the Jacobites joined forces with the Spanish in 1719…
The Battle of Halidon Hill
In the fragile relationship that existed between England and Scotland in the early 14th century, the young King Edward III…
The Battle of Winceby
During October 1643 at the peak of the English Civil War, Parliamentarian troops were laying siege to the Royalist stronghold of Bolingbroke Castle…
The Battle of the Braes
For centuries the Highlanders of Scotland had eked out a living for themselves and their families by cultivating a small…
