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Our History and Heritage category brings all Coast Radar’s listings related to looking for something to do or a place to visit together where they offer some form of historic or heritage based activity.
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Harlech Castle was built (1283-1295) on a vertical cliff-face and has two rings of walls and towers with a very strong eastern gatehouse. A 200 foot stone staircase led from the sea up the cliff face to the castle allowing supplies to enter from the sea. In the war of the roses (1461-1468) the castle was siege proving Edward I’s Read more…
Clevedon Court an outstanding 14th-century manor house and 18th-century terraced garden. Managed by the National Trust. Read more…
Rosedale Abbey is a village located in a spectacular valley in the centre of Rosedale, North Yorkshire. The small collection of stone properties sit down a steep and winding route on either side of the valley. Despite the village name, there never was an abbey here, just a Cistercian Priory once existed but all that is left today is a Read more…
The Laxey Wheel (also known as Lady Isabella) is a large waterwheel built into the hillside above the village of Laxey in the Isle of Man. Designed by Robert Casement in 1854, the wheel has a 72-foot-6-inch (22.1 m) diameter, is 6 feet (1.8 m) wide and revolves at approximately three revolutions per minute. Read more…
A La Ronde is a unique 16-sided house, built around 1796 on the instructions of two spinster cousins, Jane and Mary Parminter, on their return from a grand tour of Europe. The house contains many objects brought back by the cousins from their travels. The space in the roof contains a shell-encrusted gallery that is now so fragile that it Read more…
Richmond Castle is a ruined castle with breathtaking views overlooking the River Swale at Richmond in North Yorkshire. With construction on the castle starting in 1071, there is a reference to it in the Domesday Book. It is now one of the greatest Norman fortresses in Britain and a popular North Yorkshire attraction. Today, the castle is maintained by English Read more…
Binham Market Cross, 15th-century cross, on the site of an annual fair held from the 1100s until the 1950s. Read more…
The Rochester Guildhall Museum has a wide selection of exhibits from prehistoric times to the 19th Century. Read more…
Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens. Explore a spectacular medieval castle, a Greek Revival villa and thirty acres of stunning Grade I gardens linking the two. Read more…
Berwick Bridge is a grade I listed 17th century stone bridge which spans the River Tweed at Berwick upon Tweed in Northumberland. Also known as Old Bridge, four previous bridges have stood on the same site with the oldest dating back to 1199. The bridge is 355 metres long by 5 metres wide, with 15 arches. Today, the bridge is Read more…
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