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Imperial War Museum North
Imperial War Museum North The Imperial War Museum North isn’t just a museum with relics of wars from the 20th century in Europe on display, it also displays the emotions of war. Designed by Daniel Libeskind, the museum’s shell in itself takes on a part of the museum – its shape is that of a globe
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Imperial War Museum
Imperial War Museum Having survived two world wars and maintaining its status as a military pioneer, Britain is a country steeped in military history and whether you’re looking to marvel over towering tanks and aircrafts, get a harrowing glimpse of life in wartime Britain or pay your respects to t
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Housesteads Fort
Housesteads Fort The UNESCO World Heritage-listed Hadrian’s Wall took a decade to construct from AD 122 onwards to prevent rebel tribes in Scotland from repeatedly crossing the frontier and attacking Roman territory. Standing around five m (16 ft) high and three m (9.5 ft) across, the wall was gua
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Household Cavalry Museum
Household Cavalry Museum Located in the heart of London, the Household Division’s headquarters looks back on hundreds of years of tradition and rich history. But the integrated Household Cavalry Museum isn’t just any old dusty exhibition; it’s an actual workplace that provides insight about real p
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Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity Church With a history dating back more than 1,000 years and a serene setting on the banks of the River Avon, the Holy Trinity Church has long been renowned as one of England’s most beautiful and most visited parish churches. An architectural highlight of Stratford-upon-Avon, the Grade
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Holland Park
Holland Park Holland Park is an extensive woodland area in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in central London and is home to many varieties of wildlife including mammals, birds, and insects. The park has a Japanese garden, orange grove, tennis courts, a cricket field, and a childrens pl
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Hever Castle
Hever Castle With its imposing stone brick towers, double moat and elaborately sculpted greenery, there’s no doubt that Hever Castle is a home fit for royalty, or at least future royalty. The castle’s most famous former resident was Anne Boleyn, arguably the most notorious of all King Henry VIII’s
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Hastings
Hastings Forever cemented in the minds of British schoolchildren, Hastings is still best known as the location of the Battle of Hastings in 1066, the notorious clash between the Norman French and English armies, which resulted in the fall of King Harold II. One of the medieval Cinque Ports of
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Harvard House
Harvard House With its gabled roof, oak beams and elaborately carved façade, the Harvard House is undeniably attractive, and it’s long been touted as one of Stratford-upon-Avons most beautiful buildings. The Elizabethan-era town house was built in 1596 by local businessman Thomas Rogers and is now
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Ham House
Ham House The historic 17th-century Ham House is located along the idyllic River Thames in the scenic area of Richmond. Both travelers and locals flock to this grand establishment, known for its collection of beautiful paintings, handcrafted furniture and unique textiles—many of which were acquire
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Green Park
Green Park The aptly named Green Park is one of London’s eight royal parks. The smallest and most modest of the collection, the park is peaceful Green Park is peaceful with many trees and trails but no buildings. There are only a handful of monuments, including the Canada Memorial, which honors Ca
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Golden Hinde
Golden Hinde Few historic ships can boast of voyages as great as the Golden Hinde, whose round-the-globe expedition between 1577 and 1580, captained by Sir Francis Drake, was one of the great journeys of the Elizabethan era. Today, a full sized reconstruction of the iconic ship, originally called
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Goathland Station
Goathland Station It’s the second stop along the famous North Yorkshire Moors Railway, England’s most popular heritage railway, but to Harry Potter fans, Goathland Station is better known as the fictional Hogsmeade station, where the young wizards and witches disembark the Hogwarts Express for the
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Furness Abbey
Furness Abbey Construction on Furness Abbey began in 1123, with numerous alterations and additions following in the ensuing three centuries. Throughout the Middle Ages it was a stronghold of the wealthy, influential Cistercian order, a big wheel in local politics. But if you wanted to worship here
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Fitzwilliam Museum
Fitzwilliam Museum The principal museum of the University of Cambridge, the Fitzwilliam Museum was founded in 1816 to house the art collection of the 7th Viscount FitzWilliam and it remains the city’s most impressive collection of art and antiquities. More than half a millions works make up t
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Fairfax House
Fairfax House Regarded as one of England’s most impressive Georgian town houses, Fairfax House dates back to 1762 and takes its name from Charles Gregory, the 9th Viscount Fairfax of Emley, who acquired the property in 1759. After a short-lived incarnation as a gentlemen’s club and cinema, Fairfax
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Eton College
Eton College Founded by Henry VI and boasting a history dating back almost six centuries, Eton College is one of England’s oldest and most prestigious public schools (actually an exclusive fee-paying independent school) and one of only 4 remaining single-sex boy’s boarding schools in the UK. It’s
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Dover Castle
Dover Castle An imposing fortress looming above the famous White Cliffs of Dover, Dover Castle is not only one of England’s largest and oldest medieval castles, but one of its most strategically important, standing guard over the narrowest point of the English Channel and the first line of defense
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Dorney Court
Dorney Court Dorney Court is one of Englands finest Tudor manor houses where generations of the Palmer family have lived for nearly 500 years. The manor house is located among landscaped gardens and parks, and flocks of sheep graze in the nearby fields. Inside the house, visitors can admire portra
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Derwentwater
Derwentwater Nestled in the northwestern part of the English Lake District, Derwentwater is one of the principal bodies of water that characterize the region. It is most famous for the viewpoint from Friar’s Crag promontory (described by John Ruskin as “one of the three most beautiful scenes in Eu
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