Pomp and circumstance. Danny Boyle summed it up best. Our proud traditions and extraordinary heritage are the bread and butter of what makes us English. We can brush our fingers across mighty megaliths, stones standing guard, frozen in time. We can step inside preserved castles bearing battle scars of old, and plunge into darkness down abandoned mines, relics of great industries, long-since past. Guards march solemnly past, making history today as they have done for hundreds of years. We stand and stare at heritage tourist attractions throughout the land and allow the past to meld into the present. Our England.
This Sceptred Isle
This Sceptred Isle
Pomp and circumstance. Danny Boyle summed it up best. Our proud traditions and extraordinary heritage are the bread and butter of what makes us English. We can brush our fingers across mighty megaliths, stones standing guard, frozen in time. We can step inside preserved castles bearing battle scars of old, and plunge into darkness down abandoned mines, relics of great industries, long-since past. Guards march solemnly past, making history today as they have done for hundreds of years. We stand and stare at heritage tourist attractions throughout the land and allow the past to meld into the present. Our England.
Uncover London’s industrial heritage at The Brunel Museum
Discover how the world's first underwater tunnel was built on a visit to the Brunel Museum.
Location: London, Greater London
Full steam ahead on a loco driven by you
Many would love the chance to drive a steam engine, well now's your chance: become a train driver for the day at Telford Steam Railway.
Location: Telford, Shropshire
Life in Victorian Bradford
Founded by Sir Titus Salt in 1853, Saltaire is a UNESCO World Heritage site and remains a living, working 19th century village.
Location: Saltaire, West Yorkshire
Discover a new visitor experience at Colchester Castle
Colchester Castle is the biggest Norman keep in Britain, in fact, it’s the biggest ever built by the Normans anywhere in Europe.
Location: Colchester, Essex
Learn about the poorest textile workers of Victorian Britain
See the history of the knitting industry come to life at the Framework Knitters Museum.
Location: Ruddington, Nottinghamshire
Tour the tower of Lincoln Cathedral
For 300 years Lincoln Cathedral was the tallest building in the world. Take a tour of the iconic building for an unforgettable experience.
Location: Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Discover Danebury mysterious Iron Age world
Danebury is perhaps the most extensively studied Iron Age hillfort in Europe. Its intriguing finds can be found at Andover’s Museum of the Iron Age.
Location: Test Valley, Hampshire
Re-live the Age of Steam at Great Central Railway
Make your childhood dreams come true by driving a steam locomotive train, or sit back and travel in comfort.
Location: Loughborough, Leicestershire
Watch Three Queens meet on the Mersey
See this once-in-a-lifetime cruise event, as Cunard celebrates 175 years with its Three Queens meeting on the Liverpool waterfront.
Location: Liverpool, Merseyside
Explore the working trawler Arctic Corsair
Journey back to the stormy waters of the North Sea at the height of the Cod Wars on the only trawler accessible to the public.
Location: Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
Discover a secluded fortified manor house at Aydon Castle
Over 900 years old and pretty much unaltered since then, Aydon Castle sits proudly upon its crag; a true survivor of some rough times and visitors.
Location: Corbridge, Northumberland
Experience living history on the Spurn Lightship
Step back more than 80 years and experience living history brought to life by this fascinating vessel.
Location: Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
Travel back to Roman times with a tour of Leyland
Uncover the history of Leyland and the surrounding area by joining a guided walk.
Location: Leyland & surrounding areas, Lancashire
Explore Cornwall’s mining heritage
Sandy beaches, cream teas, ancient woodlands and innovative architecture make for a fascinating family day out in Camborne and Redruth.
Location: Cornwall
Barnard Castle in the Durham Dales
A walking architectural history lesson.
Location: Barnard Castle, Durham Dales
East Lancashire Railway
A train journey with a nineteenth century throwback.
Location: Bolton, Greater Manchester
Experience the wonderful underground world of Wookey Hole
There are legends a-plenty about Britain’s biggest caves, where you’ll find a secret river and bewitching caverns.
Location: Wells, Somerset
Experience life as a dockyard apprentice in Portsmouth
Be transported back in time to 1911 and become an apprentice for a day at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
Location: Portsmouth, Hampshire
Dig for buried treasure at Roman Vindolanda
See live archaeological excavations before your eyes at the ancient fort of Vindolanda.
Location: Vindolanda, Northumberland
Visit the Papplewick Pumping Station
The pumping station was designed in the 1880s to pump gallons of clean, fresh water every day to the rapidly growing population of Industrial Britain.
Location: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
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