Avebury (No Comments)

Posted in Archaeological, Countryside, English Heritage, Family facilities/activities, Holiday cottages, Monuments, Other buidlings, South West England, The National Trust, Wiltshire

Managed by the National Trust and under guardianship of English Heritage, Avebury stone circle is a world heritage site. Some of the stones were re-erected in the 1930s by the archaeologist Alexander Keiller. Read More

Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden (No Comments)

Posted in Abbeys, Archaeological, Cathedrals, Church, chapel, English Heritage, Family facilities/activities, Gardens, Historic Houses, Holiday cottages, Other buidlings, Park, The National Trust, Yorkshire, Yorkshire County

A World Heritage Site Read More

Hadrian’s Wall and Housesteads Fort (No Comments)

Posted in Archaeological, Countryside, English Heritage, Family facilities/activities, North East, Northumberland, Ruins, The National Trust

World famous Hadrian’s Wall runs across what was the most northerly point of the Roman Empire within Britain. Read More

Hardwick Hall (No Comments)

Posted in Countryside, Derbyshire, East Midlands, English Heritage, Family facilities/activities, Gardens, Historic Houses, Holiday cottages, Park, Ruins, The National Trust

Fantastic Elizabethan house built by Bess of Hardwick. A must to visit. Read More

Mount Grace Priory (No Comments)

Posted in Church, chapel, English Heritage, Family facilities/activities, Ruins, The National Trust, Yorkshire, Yorkshire County

14th- century ruin. Read More