Vindolanda: Museum

There is a wonderful museum at Vindolanda recording the many artifacts both military and civilian found on the site. There … More

Vindolanda

The first Roman activity on this site dates to between 74 and 85AD. Between these dates and the withdrawal of … More

Alnmouth is a wonderful coastal village in Northumberland. It is situated on a spit of land bounded on one … More

Built around 1480 as part of the reordering of the Great Hall, the façade of the Tower facing the courtyard … More

A number of Wildfowl and Wetlands centres keep Asian Short-Clawed Otters as they are easy to keep in enclosures as … More

On our journey north to Northumbria Sue and I stopped off at the birdwatching centre at Eggleton, which is on … More

St Benet is a small church which stands in the shadow of St Paul’s Cathedral. Since 1879 it has been … More

Bunhill fields is an open space and former burial ground just north of the city of London, in the … More

In the cellar of the White Tower are some examples of items brought back from various military campaigns and presented to … More

The name of this area of London between the city and Ludgate Hill derives from the arrival in 1517 of … More