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On weekends in July and August (and Bank Holiday Monday) we are making it easier for people to enjoy Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens. Go North East will be offering four return journeys every day from Newcastle’s Haymarket Bus Station, via Ponteland, to Belsay. The X75 Belsay Express will leave from Haymarket Stan R. Anyone travelling by bus to the site will receive a 20% discount on admission. Currently all visits to Belsay must be pre booked. Online bookings can be made by visiting the Belsay website. Please use code 20BelsayBus to claim your 20% discount.
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English Heritage appoints Tony Hales CBE as its Chair
English Heritage appoints Tony Hales CBE as its Chair
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Schools - Inspiring the Future
A world-famous monument deserves a world-class education experience. Stonehenge has taught us a lot. Not just about the people who built it, but about how science, technology, engineering and maths were used to construct it. To inspire the next generation of learners, we’re creating an outstanding learning programme that encapsulates the past and shines light on the future. With a new, authentic Neolithic Hall and modern Learning Centre, learners will experience and explore the Neolithic period like never before.
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Neolithic food miles: travelling to Stonehenge
In the late Neolithic period, around the time that the Stonehenge sarsens were raised about 4,500 years ago, Durrington Walls, which lies around 2 miles north-east of Stonehenge, played host to vast feasts. But where did all the people who gathered here come from, and how do we know?
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5 ways to party like Elizabeth 1
Do you dream of holding history’s greatest get-together? Or being the host with the most? Take some tips for how to throw the perfect party from Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, who produced the ‘Princely Pleasures’ at Kenilworth Castle, a nineteen-day celebration put on for the delight of Queen Elizabeth I in 1575.
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5 surprising things about Soho
From Crimean war heroines to the inventor of TV, we use the blue plaques app to take a look at some of the hidden stories of Soho residents.
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How Charles Darwin's garden inspired the theory of evolution
James Costa, author of Darwin's Backyard: How Small Experiments led to a Big Theory, tells us how Down House inspired his latest work.
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How to host a 1930s dinner party like the Courtaulds
The Courtaulds were known for their fancy - and somewhat unconventional - dinner parties at Eltham Palace. Follow our guide and learn how to host your own.