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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.

Explore the King's Meadows

Our pledge

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

West Midlands

Boscobel and White Ladies Priory

Shropshire

Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden

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 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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