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Buildings and structures associated with the nineteenth-century extraction and processing of lead ore....
Cornish Mines and Engines in Pool, Cornwall has beam engines and industrial heritage discovery centre. Cornwall's engine houses are dramatic reminders of the time when the county was a powerhouse of tin, copper and china clay mining. These two great ...
Levant Mine and Beam Engine in Pendeen, Cornwall is a working steam-powered beam engine. In its tiny engine house perched on the cliff edge, the famous Levant beam engine is steaming again after 60 idle years. The sight, sounds and smells of this 166...
As you walk the gently rising mine track from just outside Braithwaite village, it is hard to believe that this beautiful area of the Lake District fells was once the backdrop to a mining industry. Hugging the side of the fell with the winding beck b...
Gold mines in use from Roman times to the 20th century. These unique gold mines are set amid wooded hillsides overlooking the beautiful Cothi Valley. The Romans who exploited the site almost 2,000 years ago left behind a complex of pits, channels, ad...
Grime's Graves is the only Neolithic flint mine open to visitors in Britain. A grassy lunar landscape of over 400 shafts, pits, quarries and spoil dumps, they were first named Grim's Graves - meaning the pagan god Grim's quarries, or 'the Devil's hol...
A visit to Great Orme Mines in llandudno, North Wales, is both an enjoyable and educational experience which can be enjoyed by children and adults of all ages. Walking through tunnels mined out over 3,500 years ago gives visitors a feel for the harsh...
Sygun Copper Mine is one of the wonders of Wales - a remarkable and impressive example of how our precious industrial heritage can be reclaimed, restored and transformed into an outstanding family attraction.
The mine, a unique modern day reminder...
This excursion into the subterranean world provides a wonderful insight into the history of the mine and allows you to grasp the immense scale of our operations and those of our forebears. There are more than eleven miles of tunnels in all though you...
In the Poldark Mines in Cornwall you can follow in the footsteps of the 18th Century Cornish tin miners on the most atmospheric tour in britain....
Geevor Tin Mine is the largest preserved mining site in the UK. It tells of the mining history and brings it to life. Until 1990 Geevor was a working mine, now it is a museum with many surface buildings and a guided underground tour that will take yo...
Birkhill Fireclay Mine is best visited as part of the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway experience, where guides will take visitors on a 45-minute tour from Birkhill Station platform into the underground workings of the mine.
Designed to give visitors...
From here you can find out more about Nenthead Mines, a museum dedicated to both showing and telling the 'story' of the mineral mining past of the North Pennines. Prepare to launch on a voyage of discovery at Nenthead Mines, learning more about the p...
The Florence Mine is the last working iron ore mine in Europe, part of the rich mining history of West Cumbria. The rich iron ore deposits, known as haematite, are found in abundance in the limestone layers of West Cumbria. The red ore is the distinc...
Magpie Mine stands one third of a mile south of the village of Sheldon, from where it can be seen standing darkly silhouetted against the skyline. It is about 1050 feet above sea level. Footpaths approach it both from Sheldon and the Monyash to Ashfo...
Old lead and fluorspar workings reconstructed as in the 1920s and 1930s with tracks, tubs, electric lighting and exhibits still being developed along with a dressing plant....
For thousands of years iron ore has been mined at Clearwell Caves. You can still meet a Free Miner here; men whose ancient birthright entitles them to dig for minerals within the Hundred of St Briavels and the Royal Forest of Dean.
Clearwell Caves...
The Llywernog Silver-Lead Mine, Silver Mountain Experience has been improved and now includes a longer and more dramatic themed underground tour, new cafe and retail shop, a water-play area for children with panning and gem jigging, woods full of myt...
The first in Wales. Award winning from 1976. It's located in the Afan Valley only six miles from the town of Port Talbot, among beautiful hills where men once tunnelled for coal. They hacked away to fill the trams hauled by horses to daylight. Then f...
This imposing Victorian fort is home to the Royal Armouries national collection of artillery, The Big Guns. Strategically positioned atop Portsdown Hill, with panoramic views across the Meon Valley and Portsmouth Harbour, Fort Nelson is an historic m...
Remains of stone defences and gates of a Roman auxiliary fort, initially established about A.D. 75....
The site of the 50-acre Roman legionary fortress of Isca, the permanent base of the Second Augustan Legion in Britain from about A.D. 75. Impressive remains of the fortress baths, amphitheatre, barracks, and fortress wall. Audio guide and videos avai...
Remains of an auxiliary Roman fort, probably established in the late 70s A.D. and modified through to the late fourth century. Adjacent to the Roman fort is Segontium Roman Museum, which is run by an independent trust, Segontium Cyf. To find out more...
20 Forthlin Road is the former home of the McCartney family. This 1950s terraced house is where the Beatles met, rehearsed and wrote many of their earliest songs. Displays include contemporary photographs by Michael McCartney and early Beatles memora...
Roman wall snaking across dramatic countryside. One of Rome's most northerly outposts, the Wall was built around AD 122 when the Roman Empire was at its height. It remains amongst Britain's most impressive ruins. There were 16 permanent bases along t...
Fort c1860's. Part of Palmerston's Portsmouth defences. In poor condition in parts. Fort is now in private ownership following disposal by Defence Estate, and has benefitted from a recent programme of repair and consolidation....
One of a number of forts built in the 1850s and 1860s to protect Portsmouth and its vital harbour against a French invasion. Largely unaltered, the parade ground, gun ramps and moated keep can all be viewed. The fort currently stores a treasure tro...
Tilbury Fort on the Thames estuary has protected London’s seaward approach from the 16th century through to the Second World War. Henry VIII built the first fort here, and Queen Elizabeth I famously rallied her army nearby to face the threat of ...
Reculver Towers and Roman Fort is an imposing landmark, the twin 12th-century towers of the ruined church stand amid the remains of an important Roman 'Saxon Shore' fort and a Saxon monastery. Richborough Roman Fort is nearby....
The site of the last opposed invasion of England in 1667 and the first land battle of the Royal Marines. The current fort was built in the 18th century, and modified in the 19th century with substantial additional 19th/20th century outside batteries....
Old Oswestry Hill Fort is the most hugely impressive Iron Age hillfort on the Welsh Borders, covering 40 acres, with formidable multiple ramparts....
The ruined hall and chamber of a fortified manor house of the powerful Percy family, dating mainly from the 14th and 15th centuries. Its undercroft is cut into a rocky outcrop.
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For those who want an introduction to Hadrian's Wall in Cumbria, or an overview of its history and appearance at one single site, Birdoswald is the place to visit.
Not only can a Roman fort, turret and milecastle all be seen here: but also, to the...
An excavated section, part cut into rock, of the ramparts of the huge Iron Age trading and power-centre of the Brigantes, the most important tribe in pre-Roman northern Britain. Some 4 miles (6.5 kilometres) long, the defences enclosed an area of 766...
This remote and dramatically-sited fort was founded under Hadrian in the 2nd century. Well-marked remains include the headquarters building, commandant's house and bath-house. The site of the parade-ground survives beside the fort, and the road which...
The Ambleside Roman Fort is a well-marked remains of a 2nd-century fort with large granaries, probably built under Hadrian to guard the Roman road from Brougham to Ravenglass and act as a supply base....
An area of 30ha in the heart of the Liverpool Docks at the mouth of the Mersey, comprising two lagoons surrounded by tipped infill, and a small reedbed. A major roosting site for waders and seabirds; large numbers of ducks in winter; nationally impor...
Following the 1746 defeat at Culloden of Bonnie Prince Charlie, George II created the ultimate defence against further Jacobite unrest. The result, Fort George, is the mightiest artillery fortification in Britain, if not Europe. Its garrison building...
This spectacular site has been occupied since the Iron Age. The well-preserved hill fort was a stronghold of Dalriada, the kingdom of the Scotti. On top of the hill a footprint, a boar and an ogham inscription have been carved into the natural rock....
The highest fort on the Antonine Wall containing the foundations of the headquarters building and bath-house. To the east sits a small Iron Age fort. The wall ditch runs past both. This is the best site to appreciate the strategic significance of ...
Castlelaw Hill Fort is an Iron Age hill fort with a souterrain built in one of the ditches....
Chesters Hill Fort is one of the best-preserved examples in Scotland of an Iron Age fort defended by an elaborate system of ramparts and ditches....
An Iron-Age farmstead Barsalloch Fort has never been archaeologically investigated, but it was most probably a defended farmstead, occupied around 2,000 years ago. Galloway at that time was inhabited by a tribe the Roman invaders called the No...
Chesters Roman Fort in Northumberland was built to guard the Roman bridge which carried Hadrian’s Wall over the River North Tyne. It has the best preserved remains of a cavalry fort in Britain. Explore the foundations of the headquarters building a...
The south aisle of the nave and chapter house survive at this beautiful red sandstone cathedral at Fortrose. The cathedral was built in the first half of the 13th century, though it was extended and altered in the 14th and 15th centuries. Earl...
A five-sided artillery fort with bastions projecting from each corner. The walls are high and massive. It was built in 1665 to protect the Sound of Bressay from the Dutch, but taken by them and burned in 1673. It was rebuilt in 1781.
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The award-winning Carnforth Station Heritage Centre opened in October 2003 after an extensive restoration programme, and is located within a busy working railway station. The Heritage Centre is housed in the beautifully-restored historic buildings...
Remains of a Roman fort at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall. Interactive museum, viewing tower and reconstructions of a bath house and Wall section....
On the RSPB Firth of Forth Seabird Cruises, you can see puffins in action by taking an RSPB boat tour on the beautiful Firth of Forth. But that's not all- skuas, red-throated divers, seals and dolphins can all be seen patrolling the seas here in s...
Binchester Roman Fort was one of the largest Roman forts in County Durham. A small section has been excavated and is open to public viewing. But the majority of the fort are still buried in the nearby fields....
Explore 500 years of history within the walls of this superb Napoleonic fortress set in 10 acres with magnificent views over the Humber estuary. This was the first Fort to be be built at Paull was completed in 1542. This fort was commissioned by Henr...
The museum collections focus on the local and social history of the pre-1965 London Boroughs of Edmonton, Southgate and Enfield (now the London Borough of Enfield), with a strong emphasis on everyday, household ceramics and glass of the 19th and 20th...
Based around a fictional Roman frontier fort and it's neighbouring Celtic village at Murton Park, near York, the on site Roman courses offer school pupils the chance to join the Roman Army for a day or half day.
Children learn to parade and drill ...
Arbeia Roman Fort housed a garrison and once guarded the entrance to the River Tyne. The excavated remains, stunning reconstructions of original buildings and finds discovered at the site combine to give a unique insight into life in Roman Britain....
Nothe Fort is a labyrinth of underground passageways and outdoor areas with stunning views of the Jurassic Coast. Constructed on three levels , which are easily accessed by means of a lift, the Fort is filled with displays, mammoth guns and cinema ar...
It's A.D. 60; the Iceni of East Anglia led by the legendary Boudica have rebelled against Roman rule, and have just been defeated in a terrible battle fought somewhere in the Midlands. As a result the Romans are building a series of fortifications...
Horsforth was once described as the largest village in England and has somehow managed to retain some of its village like identity, character and sense of community. The Museum aims to reflect this heritage in its interesting exhibits which are drawn...
The Fort at Crownhill is the best preserved of Lord Palmerston's Ring of Fire which surrounded Plymouth in Victorian times, protecting the Royal Dockyard at Devonport from French attack and bombardment. Crownhill represented the cutting edge of fortr...
Fort Fun provides outdoor and indoor fun in Eastbourne. Enjoy the thrill of the outdoor rides, or visit Rocky's Adventure Land, a huge indoor soft play area. If it gets too much for the under fives they have their own area of slides, ball pool and so...
An award-winning attraction and a fine example of an English fortification, Newhaven Fort has the sights, sounds - even the smells - of the period, all found in a range of exhibitions and audio-visual presentations.
Offering the perfect family da...
Danebury Iron Age Hillfort is 2,500 years old. It is a nationally important Scheduled Ancient Monument and also a Site of Special Scientific Interest... its also a great place for kite flying! Danebury is 4km north west of Stockbridge (sign posted ...
Castell Henllys Iron Age Fort is nestled deep in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, there's really no other place like it. Step back in time at Castell Henllys, a unique Iron Age hill fort recreated with fantastic replica Iron Age roundhouses, b...
Coalhouse Fort was built between the years 1861 and 1874 partly under the direction of General Gordon (of Khartoum) and was one of a number built to fortify the Thames estuary. It was intended to counter the threat of French seaborne invasion as reco...
Fort Amherst is Britain's best surviving example of a Napoleonic Fortress and is of international historical importance. A fine Napoleonic fort, currently under restoration, with 14 acres of batteries, bastions and tunnels, a working gun battery ...
The New Tavern Fort is the remains of an 18th century fort situated within the Fort Gardens and built in the 1780s to defend the Thames against the threat of a naval attack from France and extensively rebuilt by General Gordon between 1865 and 1879. ...
