Articles tagged ‘English Heritage’

Great British Heritage Pass

By Chris | June 14th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

London has a wealth of attractions for visitors to see, many of which are free to enter, others which charge admission. One way to reduce the costs of entry is to get a Great British Heritage Pass,a scheme which was first set up by VisitBritain in the 1970s and is available exclusively to the overseas [...]

 

It’s good to be the King

By Chris | January 12th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Could you have claim to be the real King or Queen of England? English Heritage thinks somebody might and is asking any potential claimants to send in the genealogy they have so that English Heritage’s panel of genealogists and historians can assess the claim.
The search is all tied in with the opening of a new [...]

 

Hampstead Heath

By Chris | October 27th, 2006 | Add a Comment »

Hampstead Heath is 3 sq miles of woodland, grassland, ponds and hills bordered by Hampstead village on the west, Highgate to the north and Gospel Oak in the south.
Most of it is in the London Borough of Camden but it’s administered by the Corporation of London.
Entering the Heath from Hampstead village it seems more like [...]

 

London’s blue plaques

By Chris | October 20th, 2006 | Add a Comment »

Walking around London you may notice some round blue signs on buildings with someone’s name and some personal details on them, these are part of the Blue Plaque scheme, currently run by English Heritage.