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Blue plaque commemorating the traveller, archaeologist and diplomat Gertrude Bell, at her former home at 95 Sloane Street, London SW1X 9PQ, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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How to build the perfect sandcastle in 9 steps
At English Heritage we love castles, and we look after some of the most fascinating forts in the country. Now you can make your own with our top tips for building the perfect sandcastle.
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Henrietta Howard’s Garden at Marble Hill
The garden at Marble Hill is a rare surviving example of a garden laid out in the early 18th century, a period of transition in landscape design. Discover what makes it so important and how English Heritage has restored the key elements of it.
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Ellen and William Craft, African-American freedom fighters who made a daring escape from enslavement in Georgia, USA, and fled to Britain in the mid-19th century, have today been commemorated with an English Heritage London blue plaque. The plaque marks 26 Cambridge Grove, a mid-Victorian house in Hammersmith where the Crafts settled and raised their family, using their home as a base to campaign for abolition, radical reform and social justice.
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Blue plaque commemorating the traveller, archaeologist and diplomat Gertrude Bell, at her former home at 95 Sloane Street, London SW1X 9PQ, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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Henry VIII'S Deal Castle opens new permanent exhibition
A new permanent exhibition at Deal Castle in Kent will offer new insights into the history of the fort.
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Blue plaque commemorating poster artist and designer Abram Games at his former home at 41 The Vale, Golders Green, Barnet, NW11 8SE, London Borough of Barnet.
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How to Organise a Norman Invasion Fleet
The year is 1066 and you are risking a dangerous invasion of England to claim the throne.
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With so much to see and do, a trip to Belsay is one of the best value family days out in north-east England. Explore the medieval castle, the Grecian inspired Hall and acres of impressive gardens.