Visit Heritage Blog (May 2018) - Visit Heritage

It’s exam revision time in our house so I escaped to London; I might have been in Manhattan for the number of Yankee accents around. London is full of Americans!

To celebrate the start of the local Harwich Lobster season, The Pier are delighted to announce that the Lobster Bonanza is back. 

We might not always have the weather to rival the Costa Del Sol but we certainly have some stunning stretches of coastline here in the U.K. If you haven’t booked your summer break yet, why not give some serious consideration to staying a bit closer to home. Check out our top 5 coastal destinations for inspiration.

We congratulate the happy couple following their fairytale wedding today at St George's Chapel and take a look at wedding history with Historic Royal Palaces.

The picturesque town of Arundel is host to the largest ever installations by There But Not There, a charitable project that commemorates the service of WW1 soldiers whilst raising money for charities such as Help For Heroes: Hidden Wounds. 

The project has received a £2 million government pledge and aims to raise £15 million for charity. 

The Lake District in Cumbria offers some of the most breath-taking scenery of anywhere in the world. The Lake District was awarded UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2017 and hosts England’s largest natural lake, Lake Windermere.

Derbyshires Tin Tabernacle

A Japanese horticulturist has been enlisted to help restore Blenheim Palace’s historic Walled Garden.

An interesting selection of recipe leaflets discovered in the Stokesay Court Archive that were published in response to increasing food shortages during the latter years of the First World War.

Visit England recently announced the winners of its Awards for Excellence 2018.

A visit to any ex industrial site will reveal a wealth of clues to it’s previous life. Look a little closer and it’s secrets are revealed. 

The Welsh Coastline has around 100 beaches and more 40 of these have been awarded the prestigious Blue Flag. 2018 has been declared the year of the sea in Wales, an opportunity to celebrate the outstanding coastline and all it has to offer.