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Abbotsbury, St Catherine's Chapel

Set high on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury Abbey, this sturdily buttressed and barrel-vaulted 14th-century chapel was built by monks as a place of pilgrimage and retreat.

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WOLFE BARRY, Sir John (1836-1918)

Blue plaque commemorating the civil engineer, Sir John Wolfe Barry, at his former home at Delahay House, 15 Chelsea Embankment, London, SW3 4LA, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

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AYRTON, Hertha (1854-1923)

Pioneering physicist and equal rights campaigner Hertha Ayrton is commemorated with a blue plaque at the Paddington home where she invented the Ayrton fan.

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Reculver Towers and Roman Fort

An imposing landmark, the twin 12th-century towers of the ruined church stand amid the remains of an important Roman 'Saxon Shore' fort and a Saxon monastery.

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BARRETT, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-1861) a.k.a. Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Blue Plaque commemorating poet Elizabeth Barrett Barrett at 50 Wimpole Street, Marylebone, London W1G 8SQ, Westminster.

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England's New Lenses Exhibition

A new photography exhibition opens this August at Wrest Park showcasing fresh perspectives by young photographers on four English Heritage sites: Wrest Park in Bedfordshire, Tintagel Castle in Cornwall, Middleham Castle in Yorkshire and Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland.

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School Visits

Beeston Castle with its impressive location and natural defences has been home to prehistoric settlers, great Barons and it's even been an important English Civil War stronghold.

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Bookings and Payments

How to make a group booking for an English Heritage property including discounts, payment methods and cancellations.

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Castle Acre: Castle Acre Priory

Explore East Anglia’s biggest and best-preserved monastic ruins

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Group Visits

Find out how to book your next group day out to Lanercost Priory. We offer a discount to groups of 11 or more paying visitors.