The King's Meadows

To celebrate the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III, we will enhance and create one hundred meadows at our castles and abbeys, prehistoric stone circles and palaces.

Over the next decade English Heritage – working with Plantlife – will create a natural legacy at 100 of our historic sites, establishing flower-rich grasslands right across England. From Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain to the Jewel Tower in the heart of Westminster, we will be reviving natural meadows which have been lost, and revitalising those that already exist.

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Since the 1930s and the advent of post-war modern farming practices, the UK has lost 97% of its wild flower meadows. Before that, much of England’s grassland – from meadows, road verges and lawns - would have been home to a much more diverse flora than we have today.
Whilst our sites remain relatively unchanged agriculturally, some of the grassland areas have seen a diminishing botanical diversity over the past century. We have lots of sites where, with the right management, meadows both large and small can flourish. Creating and enhancing wildflower-rich grasslands at these sites will not only benefit nature and our environment, but will also help evoke a sense of surroundings more familiar to their historic occupants.

East of England

Berkhamsted Castle	Hertfordshire
Castle Acre Priory and Castle	Norfolk
Denny Abbey and the Farmland Museum	Cambridgeshire
Framlingham Castle	Suffolk
Grimes Graves	Norfolk
Hadleigh Castle	Essex
Houghton House	Bedfordshire
Isleham Priory Church	Cambridgeshire
Leiston Abbey	Suffolk
Thetford Priory	Norfolk
Tilbury Fort	Essex
Wrest Park	Bedfordshire

London

Coombe Conduit	London
Eltham Palace and Gardens	London
Harmondsworth Barn	London
Jewel tower	London
Kenwood	London
London Wall	London
Marble Hill	London

West Midlands

Boscobel and White Ladies Priory	Shropshire
Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garde n	Warwickshire
Longtown Castle	Herefordshire
Moreton Corbet	Shropshire
Rotherwas Chapel	Herefordshire
Wenlock Priory	Shropshire
Witley Court and Gardens	Worcestershire
Wroxeter	Shropshire

East Midlands

Bolingbroke Castle	Lincolnshire
Chichele College	Northamptonshire
Mattersey Priory	Nottinghamshire
Peveril Castle	Derbyshire
Sibsey Trader Mill	Lincolnshire
Sutton Scarsdale Hall	Derbyshire

North West

Beeston Castle	Cheshire
Brougham Castle	Cumbria
Carlisle Castle	Cumbria
Furness Abbey	Cumbria
Piel Castle	Cumbria
Sawley Abbey	Lancashire

North East

Barnard Castle	Durham
Berwick-upon-Tweed Castle and Ramparts	Northumberland
Brodsworth Hall	South Yorkshire
Dunstanburgh Castle	Northumberland
Easby Abbey	North Yorkshire
Etal Castle	Northumberland
Gisborough Priory	North Yorkshire
Heddon-on-the-Wall - Hadrian's Wall	Northumberland
Helmsley Castle	North Yorkshire
Hylton Castle	Sunderland/Tyne and Wear
Monk Bretton Priory	South Yorkshire
Mount Grace Priory	North Yorkshire
Norham Castle	Northumberland
Prudhoe Castle	Northumberland
Richmond Castle	North Yorkshire
Rievaulx Abbey	North Yorkshire
Spofforth Castle	North Yorkshire
Thornborough Henges	North Yorkshire
Wharram Percy	North Yorkshire
Whitby Abbey	Yorkshire

South East

Battle Abbey	East Sussex
Bayham Old Abbey	Kent
Carisbrooke Castle	Isle of Wight
Dover Castle	Kent
Down House	Kent
Flowerdown Barrows	Hampshire
Fort Brockhurst	Hampshire
Netley Abbey	Hampshire
Osborne	Isle of Wight
Pevensey Castle	East Sussex
Portchester Castle	Hampshire
Reculver Towers and Roman Fort	Kent
Richborough Roman Fort and Amphitheatre	Kent
Royal Garrison Church	Hampshire
Silchester Roman City Walls and Amphitheatre	Hampshire
Titchfield Abbey	Hampshire
Walmer Castle and Gardens	Kent
Waverley Abbey	Surrey

South West

Bant’s Carn	Isles of Scilly
Blackbury Camp	Devon
Bratton Camp and White Horse	Wiltshire
Chysauster Ancient Village	Cornwall
Farleigh Hungerford Castle	Somerset
Garrison Walls	Isles of Scilly
Hailes Abbey	Gloucestershire
Harry's Walls	Isles of Scilly
Knowlton Church & Earthworks	Dorset
Launceston Castle	Cornwall
Maiden Castle	Dorset
Muchelney Abbey	Somerset
Okehampton Castle	Devon
Old Sarum	Wiltshire
Pendennis Castle	Cornwall
Restormel Castle	Cornwall
Sherborne Old Castle	Dorset
Silbury Hill	Wiltshire
St Mary's, Kempley Churchyard	Gloucestershire
St Mawes Castle	Cornwall
Stonehenge	Wiltshire
Tintagel Castle	Cornwall
Totnes Castle	Devon
Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrows	Dorset
Woodhenge	Wiltshire

THE CORONATION OF THE KING AND THE QUEEN CONSORT

On Saturday 6 May 2023, millions of people around the globe will come together to mark the historic coronation of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort, in a ceremony rooted in England’s traditions.

You’re invited to join in the celebrations at three of our sites, where big screens will show every moment of pomp and pageantry in a historic garden setting.

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