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The Dark Hedges by Trevor Cole on Unsplash

Take a wander under The Dark Hedges

Our latest Curiosity of the Week is a spooky treat, just in time for Halloween. A rather eerie and unusual avenue of beech trees…

Halloween Late at the Old Royal Naval College

A haunting Halloween Late in Greenwich

Expect late night tales and terrifying yarns as the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich host their first Halloween Late…

St Abbs Sculpture, Widows and Bairns, Black Friday

Widows and Bairns look out to sea

Our latest Curiosity of the Week is an unusual and touching sculpture, commemorating the 1881 fishing disaster known as ‘Black Friday’…

Crossness Pumping Station, Nicolas Lysandrou on unsplash

A beautiful way to pump out poop

Our latest Curiosity of the Week might cause a bit of a stink! We’re taking a look at the Victorian wonder that is Crossness Pumping Station…

Vicars' Close image by Amber Maxwell Boydell/Unsplash

A little Somerset street with a big claim

For our latest Curiosity of the Week, we take you to the cathedral city of Wells in Somerset. Come with us to Vicars’ Close…

Bristol Open Doors 2020 - immersive audio tours

Explore Bristol’s hidden places and vibrant spaces

Take an immersive audio tour this month, to discover some of Bristol’s hidden and vibrant spaces…

Augmented Chinatown 2.0 - Lidia Crisafulli

Take an immersive audio tour through Chinatown

This autumn, explore London’s Chinatown in a different way and see the place in a new light, by taking a tour with a creative app…

Greenwich+Docklands International Festival 2020 - Black Victorians

Giant metal tripods and a fire garden at London festival

Are you ready for two weeks of immersive installations, colourful dance performances, and eclectic travelling and pop-up events?

Totally Thames Festival 2020

Celebrate the Thames with an uplifting festival

Join in with mudlarks, environmentalists, historians and artists to celebrate the river at this year’s Totally Thames festival…

Cardiff 1919 Riots Re-drawn by Kyle Legall. Bridge

Graphic novel captures historical racial conflict in Cardiff

This summer, a graphic novel will enable you to step back into a dark period of history in Cardiff, and trace events through real locations…

Watch out for grave robbers in Scotland

We’re back with our Curiosity of the Week slot, and this week we visit an unusual hut on a coastal nature reserve in Scotland…

Thirlestane Castle, Lauder Scottish Borders

Historic Houses turn blue in support of key workers

This evening, Historic Houses from Scotland to the South West of England will be turning blue in support of Britain’s key workers…

OutdoorsIndoors, Northumberland National Park

Go #OutdoorsIndoors and escape to nature

Northumberland National Park is using social media to bring the unique qualities of the landscape, wildlife and environment to people stuck at home…

St Piran's Day in Cornwall

Pasties and parades on St Piran’s Day

On 5th March, the annual celebration of St Piran’s Day takes place in Cornwall. Celebrate with pasties, plays and parades…

Olney Pancake Race, Shrove Tuesday, Olney Buckinghamshire

Competitors get ready to batter one another this Pancake Day

Shrove Tuesday (aka Pancake Day) for most people means pigging out on pancakes, but there is so much more to the day, from local customs to wacky races…

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Curiosity of the Week

Woodhenge, Stonehenge’s lesser-known neighbour
Woodhenge - ©English Heritage, Historic England Photo Library

You have heard of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, but have you heard of its lesser known neighbour, Woodhenge? Find out more in our latest Curiosity of the Week…

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The World Egg Throwing Championships are no yolk
World Egg Throwing Championship 2016

Are you a tosser? If so, you may want to head to Lincolnshire this weekend as the 15th World Egg Throwing Championships takes place…

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