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Volunteer for English Heritage and play a part in protecting and presenting some of England's greatest historic places. Find an opportunity near you.
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London's art deco Eltham Palace
A rare 1930s map room hidden for decades under wallpaper in one of the nation's best Art Deco buildings will be revealed as part of English Heritage's major restoration of Eltham Palace in Greenwich, London.
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15th century painting confirmed as Botticelli
A painting long thought to be a later imitation of Sandro Botticelli’s famous Madonna of the Pomegranate has been revealed to be a rare example by the artist’s own workshop, English Heritage has revealed today.
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The Women’s Freedom League was a suffragist and equal rights campaigning organisation that worked on the principles of passive resistance and non-violence. Formed after a split in the Women’s Social and Political Union, it had its former headquarters at 1 Robert Street, Strand, which is marked with an English Heritage blue plaque.
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Children’s earliest memories of castles are more than twice as likely to be of a fictional castle as of a real life one, English Heritage revealed today (5 July 2018) as the charity launched a special #LoveCastles season of activities.
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Significance of Hadrian’s Wall
The most important and substantial of Roman remains in Britain, Hadrian’s Wall is also one of the most dramatic features of the landscape of northern England.
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Gardener's House, Wrest Park, Bedfordshire
Set in the former walled kitchen garden, the Gardener's House at Wrest Park provides spacious accommodation over three floors and sleeps 6 people.
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Winshields Crags lies halfway along Hadrian’s Wall, where it climbs to its highest point, affording spectacular panoramic views. Two short stretches of the Wall have been conserved on the crags here.
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The People’s Strictly | Behind The Scenes at Wrest Park
English Heritage has produced an exclusive behind the scenes video showing the transformation of Wrest Park as The People’s Strictly crew arrived to film an episode of their new series.
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It may be Spring, but Winter is Coming to Hadrian’s Wall
English Heritage has appointed Watchers on the Wall at its Roman forts along Hadrian’s Wall as Game of Thrones approaches its epic final season, the charity announced today (19 March). From Birdoswald Roman Fort in Cumbria to Corbridge Roman Town in Northumberland, the Watchers on the Wall, identifiable by their black cloaks and shields, will be on hand to answer visitors’ questions about the series and sort the bloody fact from the even bloodier fiction.