The Geffrye Museum is one of London's best-loved museums. It shows the changing style of the English domestic interior in a series of period rooms ...
Sandford Award Winners
The Sandford Award is an independently judged, quality assured assessment of education programmes at heritage sites, museums, archives and collections across the British Isles.
More than 350 sites - including historic houses, museums, galleries, places of worship, gardens, landscapes and collections – have received an Award since the scheme began in 1978. They include Hampton Court Palace, Brunel’s ss Great Britain in Bristol, Fota Wildlife Park in Eire, Edinburgh Castle, and Big Pit - the National Mining Museum of Wales.
Geevor Tin Mine And Heritage Centre
Preserved tin mine and museum. Winner of Sandford Award 2007 ...
Gainsborough Old Hall
A little-known gem, Gainsborough Old Hall is among the best-preserved medieval manor houses in England. Partly brick and partly timber-framed, and ...
Fountains Abbey And Studley Royal
Studley Royal, including the ruins of Fountains Abbey, became a World Heritage Site in 1986 for its outstanding 18th Century landscape, 12th Century ...
Foundling Museum
The Foundling Museum tells the story of the Foundling Hospital, London's first home for abandoned children and of three major figures in British ...
Fota Wildlife Park
Ireland's Wildest Attraction, Fota Wildlife Park is a joint project of the Zoological Society of Ireland and University College Cork. Winner of ...
Ford Green Hall
Home to the Ford family for nearly 200 years, Ford Green Hall is a 17th century timber-framed farmhouse complete with period garden. An award-winning ...
Florence Court
There is something for all the family at the warm and welcoming 18th-century former home of the Earls of Enniskillen. The house enjoys a peaceful ...
Flagship Portsmouth
Mary Rose The Mary Rose was one of the earliest ships to carry heavy guns. She was a favourite of King Henry VIII and sank off Portsmouth in 1545 ...
Fishbourne Roman Palace
Fishbourne Roman Palace was discovered by accident during the digging of a water main trench in 1960. The discovery led to nine seasons of excavations ...
Farleigh Hungerford Castle
In a picturesque valley of the river Frome, on the border between Wiltshire and Somerset and 9 miles from Bath stands the remains of Farleigh ...
Erddig Hall
Winner of UKTV History 'Britain's Best' Historic House, Erddig is a house with a human face. Set within the grounds of a spectacular 485-hectare ...