Apr 16th, 2013 at 9:00AM:
England is famous for its castles. Giant fortresses such as Bamburgh Castle and Lincoln Castle attract thousands of visitors a year, but people tend to overlook the many smaller, lesser-known castles close to London. These are often as interesting as their more famous cousins and make for enjoyable day trips from London. Here are five of the best.
Hadleigh Castle
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5 Overlooked Castles Close To London
Apr 16th, 2013 at 9:00AM:
England is famous for its castles. Giant fortresses such as Bamburgh Castle and Lincoln Castle attract thousands of visitors a year, but people tend to overlook the many smaller, lesser-known castles close to London. These are often as interesting as their more famous cousins and make for enjoyable day trips from London. Here are five of the best.
Hadleigh Castle
Near the town of Hadleigh ...Lon-Done? Try Hertford
Apr 10th, 2013 at 10:00AM:
London is one of the most popular destinations in Europe, offering loads of nightlife, dining and cultural options. It offers plenty of day trips too, the favorites being to Stonehenge and Oxford.
If you want to see England without the tourists, there are plenty of smaller towns an easy day trip from London. One of them is Hertford, where I used to live. If the name sounds familiar, that's ...Reassembling The Skeletons Of Medieval Royalty
Dec 24th, 2012 at 2:00PM:
A team of scientists from Bristol University are using DNA analysis to identify the remains of early medieval English royalty.
The bones are kept in several mortuary chests in Winchester Cathedral and include the remains of King Cnut, a Norse ruler who conquered England and ruled it from 1016-1035. The other remains are of Emma, his queen, and later kings Harthacnut, Egbert, Ethelwulf and ...Best Places To Live In United Kingdom Named
Dec 23rd, 2012 at 12:00PM:
Thinking of relocating to the United Kingdom? Halifax Bank's annual survey of the best places to live in the UK has just come out, with the district of Hart in Hampshire coming out number one.
Various factors were taken into account, including average wage, cost of living, crime, and average lifespan. While this survey is obviously geared towards residents and not visitors, a nice place to ...London Day Trip: Cambridge
Jun 30th, 2012 at 10:00AM:
London is an amazing city for art, culture, dining and nightlife. It can get a bit overbearing at times, though. If you want to get away from it all you're in luck. There are plenty of day trips you can do.
One of the best destinations is the university town of Cambridge 60 miles to the north and easily accessible by train or bus. With its Gothic towers, verdant gardens and storied history, ...Bletchley Park: see where codebreakers listened in on the Third Reich
Jan 10th, 2012 at 12:00PM:
You'd never know by looking at the cluster of nondescript buildings that they were the scene of the single most important effort to defeat Nazi Germany. During World War Two, Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes, England, was home to thousands of code breakers listening in on and analyzing German military transmissions. The site was so secret that its existence wasn't revealed to the world until the ...London day trip: Anglesey Abbey
Dec 20th, 2011 at 11:00AM:
London is one of the great cities of the world and you can spend weeks, even years, exploring it. Sometimes, though, it's good to get out. The towns and countryside near London make for fun day trips and one especially pleasant destination is Anglesey Abbey, six miles northeast of Cambridge.
The Abbey got its start in 1236 when Master Lawrence of St Nicholas sold 600 sheep to pay for the ...The five most beautiful colleges of Oxford
Aug 29th, 2011 at 11:00AM:
Oxford is the most beautiful city in England and makes a great day trip from London. What makes Oxford unique is its famous university with more than two dozen colleges. While each has its own distinct character, they tend to all be similarly laid out with one or more quads and a chapel. Here are five of the best.
Magdalen College
Founded in 1456, this college's soaring Gothic tower on High ...London day trip: Oxford
Aug 27th, 2011 at 12:00PM:
London is one of the most popular destinations in Europe because of its eclectic shopping, crazy nightlife, and world-class museums and galleries. It can get a bit tiring and stressful, though. For those who want to get out of the Smoke and see a bit more of England, Oxford makes an easy and enjoyable day trip.
Getting there
The best way to get to Oxford from London is the Oxford Tube, which ...Roman bath discovered in York
Jun 22nd, 2011 at 8:30AM:
The remains of a Roman bath have been discovered in York in northern England.
Archaeologists made the find while excavating ahead of construction of the new City of York Council Headquarters. York (then called Eboracum) was an important trading center in Roman times. So important, in fact, that it had more than one bath. The image above is from the basement of the Roman Bath pub, where a ...
