History and Heritage in South West England
Mount Edgcumbe House & Country Park, Torpoint, Cornwall
Historic house and Grade I gardens with 865 acres Country Park overlooking Plymouth Sound.
Former Tudor home of Earls of Mount Edgcumbe. Grade I listed gardens and 865 acres of Country Park overlooking Plymouth Sound.
Wilton House, Salisbury, Wiltshire
Splendid house, magnificent art collection, home to Earl of Pembroke.
Magnificent Palladian mansion, home to the Earl of Pembroke for 460 years. World renowned collection of art and fine furniture
Brownsea Island, Poole, Dorset
Atmospheric island of heath and woodland with wide variety of wildlife.
Enjoy miles of woodland walks and open glades. As you explore look out for peacocks, terns and visiting waders and wild fowl.
Exeter Red Coat Guided Tours, Exeter, Devon
Free walking tours of Exeter's historical highlights. No booking required.
Free walking tours of Exeter's historical highlights and hidden treasures. Walk through Catacombs, learn why Exeter is reputed to be one of England's most haunted cities and discover its turbulent past.
Cornwall & West Devon Mining Landscape, Cornwall, West Devon
World Heritage Status places Cornwall and West Devon’s historic mining landscapes on a par with such international treasures as Stonehenge, the Taj Mahal and the Great Wall of China.
Cornish Mining represents one of the longest histories of industrial heritage conservation in the world and is unique in being the first of its kind concerned with the mining and ore processing of tin and arsenic, together with copper and other industrial metals. Through these advances the industry contributed substantially to the industrial revolution in the rest of Britain.
