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AFTERNOON TEA AT FORTNUM & MASON: A CLASSIC BRITISH EXPERIENCE

There are few things more synonymous with Britain than drinking tea, especially from dainty china cups and saucers, served with...

VISITING SITES FOR GCSE HISTORY: MEDICINE IN BRITAIN 1250 - PRESENT

Many British students study History for GCSE, a module of which is often Medicine Through the Ages. What can often seem a rather dry...

TOMBS AND MEMORIALS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN SALISBURY CATHEDRAL

Like all cathedrals, the walls and floors of Salisbury are filled with memorials, tombs and epitaphs to the great, the good and the now...

BREAN DOWN – A DRAMATIC COASTAL WALK WITH HISTORIC BUILDINGS AS A HIGHLIGHT

Brean Down is a slender finger pointing from the West Coast of Somerset into the Bristol Channel and is a great place for a short stroll...

HOW TO SEE THE UK'S TOP 20 MOST POPULAR TOURIST SITES WITHOUT THE CROWDS

Every year, Visit Britain release the visitor numbers of the top attractions in the UK, and other than in 2020/21 (for obvious reasons),...

TOM EDWIN ADLAM V.C- SALISBURY'S WORLD WAR I HERO

Visitors to Salisbury Guildhall and War Memorial may be interested to read more about the Salisbury man who was awarded the Victoria...

VISITING HISTORICAL SITES AND MUSEUMS WITH KIDS - THE SLOW TRAVEL WAY

Taking children to historical sites and stately homes can be done, although it can be hard work and you will definitely miss the days...

THE MYTHICAL BEAUTY OF AGIOS ACHILLIOS ISLAND AND PRESPES NATIONAL PARK, GREECE

Agios Achillios is a tiny lake island located in Mikri (Small) Prespa and is a part of Prespes National Park a wetland of international...

ST. MARY'S CHURCH BREAMORE

Breamore is a small village in Hampshire, on the main road between Salisbury and Bournemouth. It is a small rural village with a lot of...