Explore Historic Britain

From picturesque villages and quiet country lanes to the bustle of historic London, there's so much to see, and so much history to explore! Here are some popular areas:

• Cornwall
• Cumbria
• Devon
• Dorset
• Yorkshire
•  All English County Travel Guides

Nowhere in Britain can match the scenic beauty of the Scottish Highlands and islands, but there is so much more to Scotland than romantic visions of pipers on lonely hilltops:

• Highlands
• Dumfries and Galloway
• The Trossachs
• Orkney
• Isle of Skye
•  All Scotland regions

From the stunning mountain scenery of Snowdonia to magnificent medieval castles, ancient monuments on Anglesey to sacred St David's and wonderful coastal walks:

• North Wales
• Pembrokeshire
• Cardiff & Glamorgan
• Anglesey
• Swansea and the Gower Peninsula
•  All Wales regions

England

Lake District, Peak District

Devon, Cornwall, Northumberland, Yorkshire

Scotland

Isle of Skye, Cairngorms

Scottish Highlands, Fife, Dumfries and Galloway, Borders

Our family usually stays in a self-catering cottage so we can tour one area in-depth for a week or even two at a time.

Wales

Anglesey, Pembrokeshire

North Wales, South West Wales, Glamorgan, Powys

• Abbeys
• Ancient Sites
• Castles
• Cathedrals
• Gardens
• Historic Churches
• Museums
• Historic Houses (stately homes)
• Roman sites

Our Award-winning English history guide

• Prehistoric Britain
• Roman Britain
• Anglo-Saxon Era
• The Middle Ages
• The Tudor Era
• Stuart Britain
• Georgian Britain
• The Victorian Age
• Timeline of English Monarchs

London History

History of Wales - History of Scotland

History of Britain - the full text of the 1912 book

English Culture
What makes England so ... English? From hedgerows to the history of tea, pastimes to traditional crafts.

British Battles

British Biography
Our look at the lives of famous people in art, architecture, science, and literature.

English Architecture

Illustrated Dictionary of Church History and Architecture