Stonehenge sits on Salisbury Plain, a unique chalk ridge which covers much of Wiltshire and which is left mostly undisturbed as it is...

A visit to the Poppy Factory is a unique and rewarding experience, providing a chance to step briefly into the world of poppy making and...

The 29th of May is a special occasion for the places across the country who celebrate Oak Apple Day. In Great Wishford, just north of...

Salisbury's Cathedral Close is the biggest in the country and is home to a variety of houses from stately riverside properties to small...

In the North Wessex Downs in Berkshire and not far from the town of Newbury is Greenham Common, a large expanse of common land which...

Salisbury is a city which takes St George's Day very seriously indeed, with an annual day of celebration in the Market Square which...

The more gruesome side of social history has always appealed to the darker side of people's curiosity and in recent years, prison museums...

(This article was originally published in the magazine for CAF - the Commemorative Air Force, based in Dallas Texas, who I wrote it for...

The Gloucester History Spring Festival is nearly upon us, and we have been very lucky for BBC journalist Vernon Harwood to write a piece...

A vast network of rooms and passageways underneath the streets of Westminster in London allowed Britain’s war cabinet to plan strategies...

Christchurch is a small historic town on the south coast, once an important trading port and famed for its smugglers of the 18th and 19th...

In this Somerset walk, the long way round doesn’t mean the wrong way round. If you crave the idea of a walk where you’re unlikely to meet...

So the final day of the festival is upon us, the tents are being dismantled, swords and lances packed away, the tanks are rumbling off...

Butser Ancient Farm, on the Hampshire/Sussex border, is in a beautiful green valley filled with historic buildings. These have been...

The ordination of Boy Bishops was a medieval tradition in which a choir boy would become Bishop from St. Nicholas Day (6th December)...

May 2020 was the 80 years anniversary since troops of the British Expeditionary Force were evacuated from Dunkirk, fleeing from the...

John Hamilton was one of the speakers at the 2019 Chalke Valley History Festival and astonishingly, it was his debut as a public speaker....

This annual festival has run for the past 18 years and is the informal start of Christmas celebrations in Salisbury. The church is filled...

This walk explores a hidden off-shoot of the main Somerset Levels, between Curry Rivel and North Curry, on the very western edges of this...

In the Occitane region of southern France, Nîmes is a city known for its cultural heritage, Roman monuments, warm climate and beautiful...

The Jardins de la Fontaine in Nîmes are landscaped neo-classical gardens built around the source of the water spring. The Jardins de la...

Opened in 2019, the modern Museum of Romanity in Nîmes brings together all of the archaeological finds from this area, and has a wealth...

The Maison Carrée is probably the best example left of a Roman temple, with a near perfect façade. 26m long, 15 m wide, 17m high and...

The Museum of Old Nîmes is near the cathedral, Notre Dame et Saint-Castor de Nîmes, in a central part of town. Housed in a 17th century...