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St Augustine's Abbey brought to life through virtual reality tour
English Heritage launches its first virtual reality experience as part of a four-year collaboration with postgraduate students at the University of Kent
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Thornborough Henges, the 'Stonehenge of the north', reunited
One of Britain's most significant prehistoric monuments – Thornborough Henges in North Yorkshire – is now finally reunited. With the generous support of The National Heritage Memorial Fund, Jamie Ritblat and family, and The SCS Trust, English Heritage has now acquired the monument's third and final henge.
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1816: The year the sun nearly died - English Heritage Blog
To celebrate this year’s winter solstice, we’ve teamed up with the Science Museum to explore the ways that humans have made sense of the sun throughout history.
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As winter comes to a close and we welcome in the spring, many of our sites across England are opening up for the 2018 season. March is a great time to explore our beautiful historic gardens.
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Grime's Graves prehistoric mineshaft to open for the first time
The new mineshaft can be accessed next month at Norfolk's Grime's Graves - the only flint mine open to the public in the British Isles
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ENGLISH HERITAGE AND TASKMASTER TEAM UP FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE SUMMER OF ENTERTAINMENT
Alex Horne from the hit TV show, Taskmaster,readies the iconic yellow duck for a summer of Taskmaster themed challenges at 17 English Heritage sites.
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From the world-famous Stonehenge, to the epic World Heritage site of Hadrian's Wall, from the most famous battlefield in history at 1066 Battle of Hastings, Abbey and Battlefield to Down House, once the home of Charles Darwin and today a site of outstanding international significance. Our world famous sites can inspire and amaze, enabling learners to make connections with the past and create memories that stay with them forever.
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With two bank holiday weekends and the half term break this month, we’ve got lots of historical inspiration for all ages.
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Historic England and English Heritage have secured the future of two massive henge monuments and their surrounding landscape, part of a Neolithic complex in North Yorkshire described as “the Stonehenge of the North”
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A food timeline tracing the types of food that people have eaten in Britain from 10,000 years ago to the present.