English Heritage

English Heritage is a company providing historical site visits all over the country. It is different to the National Trust as it tends to focus on buildings which are older than the norm. i.e. castles. Just like the National Trust you can get memberships. The current rates are as follows, adult membership is £43 for the year or £72 fo a couple, if you're over 60 membership is £32 or an over 60's couple is £52.50. You can also join for life for £920, again concessions and couples get discounts. My partner and I have the couples membership and we were able to pay with our Tesco vouchers meaning it only cost around £18. I think this is great value and ...  Read the complete review

Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle. I really love this place, it's peaceful and pleasant and steeped in history. Ruined now but once glorious, the castle began as a manor house in the 12th century. It achieved castle status sometime in the 15th century, when the hall and buttery had been enlarged, with a solar to the east and a large kitchen added to the west, thereby increasing the square footage of the building. Later, between 1474 and his death by execution in 1483, Edward IV's Chamberlain Lord Hastings added the chapel and the enormous Hastings Tower which visitors can now enter and appreciate the far reaching views from the top of the 24 metre ...  Read the complete review

Bolsover. PLACES OF INTEREST: 1.Bolsover Castle (English Heritage site) (2001 prices: Adult £5, Concessions £3.80, Children over 5 £2.50, Children under 5 Free). Open all year 10am to 4pm (5pm in October and 6pm March to September). It is recommended that the tour of this beautiful awe-inspiring building be taken alongside reading the Official Guide Book and take advantage of the FREE audio tour. English Heritage special events held here most Bank Holidays and during the Summer Holidays – very varied selection from Queen Victoria and Scottish Dancing, to World War 1 German battles, to Charles 1 and the Cavaliers/Roundheads fighting (well worth a ...  Read the complete review

The summer holidays were upon us. We had gone on our family holiday to the Lake District. The scenery was fantastic but it did not seem fair to do the walking we would normally do. We did not want to badly affect anyone’s lively hood by carrying any infections. With 2 weeks to spend as a family we needed something else to do. Taking a family to places of interest can be a costly affair. We had noticed one place would have cost us £11 and that would not take us very long to cover. With an eye for a bargain I noticed that a family season ticket for English Heritage would cost us £55. Included in our membership fee is 1 years entry into any ...  Read the complete review

Right firstly this isn't a review on English Heritage in general, so sorry this is technically speaking in the wrong place. BUT this is a review on the special events that English Heritage put on in their many properties (if that's the right word) around the country and I can't think of anywhere better to put this, any suggestions in comments please. Oh and one other thing before I launch into the diatribe proper; this is perfectly adaptable to the non English equivalent organisations as I happen to know they organise their special events in very similar ways. Right if you've managed to stick with me through that little lot here we go: I recently ...  Read the complete review