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Test your knowledge of our sites by identifying them from photographs, with a little help from your 2020 Members' Handbook.
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English Heritage Collections Highlights
English Heritage cares for more than a million objects spanning more than 5,000 years of history. We do not operate a central museum. Instead, we try to make sure that we display objects that were used, found or were originally displayed at the sites where you see them.
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New Diversity initiative for London Blue Plaques, as footballer Laurie Cunningham honoured
Pioneer of black achievement in football honoured with English Heritage blue plaque New working group will advise on diversity in the blue plaques scheme
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Six Legendary Adventures This Summer
This summer, seek out adventure at England's historic places. Here's our pick of six extraordinary days out that will thrill the whole family — one a week throughout the summer holiday.
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Five fantasy castles and their real life counterparts
Castles have long been a cornerstone in the world of fantasy storytelling across literature, TV, film and gaming. While the fortresses described in fiction are often exaggerated, many have parallels with the elaborate style and tactical design of real castles.
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Future secure for industrial icon
The world’s first iron bridge will be repaired as part of a major conservation project, English Heritage have announced, in what will be the new charity’s single largest conservation project to date.
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Five fantasy castles and their real life counterparts
Castles have long been a cornerstone in the world of fantasy storytelling across literature, TV, film and gaming. While the fortresses described in fiction are often exaggerated, many have parallels with the elaborate style and tactical design of real castles. Here we examine some of the most famous castles and fortified residences in fiction, and some of their real-world counterparts which you can visit for yourself.
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Founded soon after the Norman Conquest, for over 600 years Launceston Castle (Kastel Lanstefan) was the most important fortress and centre of government in Cornwall.
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The Norman Conquest was achieved largely thanks to two instruments of war previously unknown in England: the mounted, armoured knight, and the castle. The former was a key factor in William the Conqueror’s triumph at Hastings, while the latter dramatically militarised the English landscape.