Enjoy a day out exploring the spacious grounds and estate of one of England’s grandest mansions, Audley End. Whether you’re exploring the servants wing, state rooms, stables, kitchen garden or ...

1066 was a turbulent year for England. King Edward the Confessor died on 5 January leaving no direct heirs and the country threatened with invasion by two rival claimants, Harald Hardrada, King of ...

Harold, by contrast, had just won a hard-fought battle at Stamford Bridge, near York, where he had defeated another claimant to the English throne, Harald Hardrada, King of Norway, on 25 September.

In AD 106, the Dacians (from modern-day Romania) were defeated by Emperor Trajan and the Roman Empire, following a series of brutal campaigns in about AD 100. Proud warriors who fought with their ...

The great bank of the section of Offa's dyke in English Heritage guardianship Sometime during the 780s, Offa decided on the construction of a great earth wall and ditch, or dyke, running from ‘sea to ...

Use the picture as a guide for this. Draw three straight parallel lines 45cm long and 3cm apart, leaving extra space at one end of the cardboard. This will form the two sides of your blade and the ...

The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman army of Duke William of Normandy and an English army under King Harold. It lasted all day, and was exceptionally bloody even by ...

Situated just outside the city walls, St. Augustine’s Abbey was originally created as a burial place for the Anglo-Saxon kings of Kent, and is part of the Canterbury World Heritage Site, along with ...

The monastery at Waverley, the first Cistercian house to be established in Britain, was founded by William Gifford, Bishop of Winchester, in 1128. It was colonised with 12 monks and an abbot from ...

You can book online until the start of your chosen arrival time. Walk up tickets are also available to buy when you arrive, but you won’t get the discount. You can arrive within half an hour of your ...

You might not be able to get out and visit our historic sites, but we’re still here to help you discover the best stories from England’s past. Across London over 900 plaques, on buildings humble and ...

These high quality tiles showing a number of heraldic designs were probably made in 1270 in the Gloucestershire tilery. The tile pavement was inside the old Refectory, where the monks of the ...