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.
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…
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle, the fortress at the centre of Scotland’s capital city, Edinburgh.
The History of Placenames
Toponomastics is the study of place names. The name of a place can give clues as to its history, people, location in the landscape and much, much more…
The Battle of Newburn
The only battle of the Second Bishops’ War was fought on the morning of 28th August 1640 between a Scottish…
