Edward of Woodstock was born in – unsurprisingly – Woodstock, on June 15th 1330. He was the eldest son of King Edward III and Philippa of Hainault, but alas he never actually became king, dying one ...

St Mildred’s Church Minster, nr. Ramsgate, Kent. Sleeps 10. This old, converted church, offers a distinctive blend of historic character with all modern conveniences. Guests will be captivated by its ...

From the world-famous St Paul’s in London to the charming 12th century St David’s Cathedral in Wales, simply scroll down to see our interactive map of the Christian cathedrals in Britain. Although we ...

Historic UK’s Timeline of Historical Events that took place between A.D. 700 and 2012, the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. 782 – 5 Offa builds Offa’s Dyke to keep out the Welsh. A great ...

The purpose of D-Day, the Normandy Landings on 6th June 1944, was to establish a breach in the formidable Nazi military line that now defined the vast area of Europe controlled by Hitler’s forces. The ...

THE Royal Navy’s “Grand Old Lady,” the famous battleship HMS Warspite, was driven by a storm onto Cornwall’s rocks on 12th April 1947 while being towed to a ship-breakers’ yard on the River Clyde.

Each year almost 50,000 people from at least 40 countries across the world meet in Scotland’s capital city Edinburgh, to celebrate Scottish culture, heritage and family history.At the annual Clan ...

Perhaps one of our more unusual historical destinations, Highgate Cemetery is a famous cemetery located in Highgate, London. The cemetery in its original form (the older, Western part) was consecrated ...

On 24th January 1900 during the Second Boer War, in an area about the size of London’s Trafalgar Square, the flat top of a South African mountain became the killing field for hundreds of infantrymen ...

We have compiled an alphabetical listing of the more ‘interesting’ destinations that you may wish to visit within the UK. Abbots Ann, Hampshire The custom of hanging the ‘Maidens Garlands’ in the ...

Uniting the kingdoms of Scotland and England had been proposed for a hundred years before it actually happened in 1707. Suspicion and mistrust between the two countries had prevented the union ...

From the World Heritage Site of Hadrian’s Wall to the lesser known villas and amphitheatres that once dotted the land, Britain has a surprisingly large amount of Roman ruins that can still be visited ...