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Set high on a dramatic escarpment on Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site, Housesteads Roman Fort takes you back to the Roman Empire. Wander the barrack blocks and the hospital. Peer into the oldest ...

Journey back in time at Grime’s Graves, as you descend nine metres below ground into Britain’s only open Neolithic flint mine. In the pit, a multi-sensory digital projection will immerse you in the ...

We’re committed to ensuring that your visits with us are safe. Due to the current national threat levels, we may carry out additional security checks. This could include running bag searches and ...

One of England's finest country houses, Audley End is also a mansion with a difference. Enjoy a great day out. Read a full account of Audley End’s long and varied history, from the priory founded on ...

Wetheral Priory was probably the earliest post-Conquest monastic foundation in this area, and its establishment formed part of the Norman colonisation of northern England. A cell of the Benedictine ...

Originally a bishop’s palace, Sherborne Old Castle became the home of Sir Walter Ralegh – an English explorer and great favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. The castle was later a powerful Royalist base ...

An inventory taken in 1536 records little of value and the priory was probably already in decline when it was suppressed a year later. In 1547 Sir Henry Jerningham converted the buildings to the north ...

Long barrows – elongated stone monuments to the dead – belong to the oldest surviving architectural tradition in England. Between 3800 BC and 3500 BC almost every community in the Cotswold–Severn area ...

Before Henry VIII’s break with the papacy in the 1530s, the Roman Catholic Church was all powerful in England. Only a small, persecuted minority questioned its doctrines. The early years of Henry’s ...

Access information for the site is listed below. For more information, or if you have particular access needs, please contact us before you visit. Please note that some facilities may require booking ...

You can book online until 8.45am on the day of your visit. You can still buy a ticket when you arrive, but you won’t get the discount. Tickets are valid all day, so you can arrive at any time and stay ...