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The Quiraing on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.

The Quiraing, Isle of Skye: Plan your visit

The Quiraing is a large natural landslip and hiking area located on the Trotternish Peninsula on the Isle of Skye. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport or parking, accessibility, and practical visitor tips. This natural landmark is a popular stop on Isle of…

Rogie Falls, Scottish Highlands: Ticket prices, hours and tips – plan your visit

Rogie Falls is a natural waterfall and forest trail attraction located on the Black Water river near Contin in the Scottish Highlands. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport or parking, accessibility, and practical visitor tips. The waterfall is a popular stop on Scottish…

The Avebury Stone Circle in Wiltshire, South-West England.

Avebury Stone Circle, Wiltshire: Ticket prices, hours and tips – plan your visit

The Avebury Stone Circle is a massive Neolithic henge and prehistoric monument surrounding part of the village of Avebury in Wiltshire. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport or parking, accessibility, and practical visitor tips. Many travellers will visit Avebury Stone Circle on Stonehenge…

Meeting the Tiger Who Came to Tea at Seven Stories in Newcastle.

Seven Stories, Newcastle: Ticket prices, hours and tips – plan your visit

Seven Stories, The National Centre for Children's Books, is a museum dedicated to British literary heritage located in the Ouseburn Valley of Newcastle upon Tyne. This guide covers Seven Stories opening hours, Seven Stories ticket prices, transport and parking, accessibility, and practical visitor tips. Updated…

Bolsover Castle visitor guide: Opening hours, tickets, and how to plan your visit

Bolsover Castle is a 17th-century Stuart showpiece — keep, riding house, and ruined terrace range — on a ridge above the Vale of Scarsdale in Derbyshire, managed by English Heritage. It's one of the most impressive English Heritage sites in the Midlands. This guide covers…

Jewry Wall Museum, Leicester: Ticket prices, hours and tips – plan your visit

Jewry Wall Museum is an archaeological site and multi-media exhibition located on St Nicholas Circle in Leicester. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport or parking, accessibility, and practical visitor tips. This guide was updated in May 2026 to reflect current entry policies, noting…

Roman Painted House, Dover: Ticket prices, hours and tips – plan your visit

The Roman Painted House is an excavated Roman mansio and archaeological museum located on New Street in the centre of Dover, Kent. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport or parking, accessibility, and practical visitor tips. This guide to one of the lesser-known Roman…

The best English Heritage sites in the Midlands to visit

The Midlands is not a region that markets itself aggressively to tourists. It has no coastline, no national park of the Lake District's fame, no city with Edinburgh's skyline. What it has, quietly and in extraordinary concentration, is some of the finest historic sites in…

Richborough Roman Fort and Amphitheatre visitor guide: Opening hours, tickets, and how to plan your visit

Richborough Roman Fort and Amphitheatre is a Roman Saxon Shore fort near Sandwich in Kent — described by English Heritage as the most significant Roman site in Britain. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport, parking, accessibility, and practical visitor tips. This guide was…

The Roman Baths, Bath: ticket prices, hours and tips – plan your visit

The Roman Baths is a 2,000-year-old Roman bathing complex and museum located in Abbey Church Yard, Bath, BA1 1LZ, in the centre of Bath's UNESCO World Heritage city, immediately next to Bath Abbey. Owned and managed by Bath & North East Somerset Council, the site…