Historic Places in United Kingdom
Discover historic places in United Kingdom on TravelPOI, with map locations, quick summaries and links to full place pages.
The Scar boat burial is one of the most remarkable Viking Age archaeological finds ever made in Scotland, discovered in 1991 on the island of Sanday in Orkney. The site sits on a…
Bridgwater War Memorial England • TA6 3YFBridgwater War Memorial stands as a solemn and dignified monument at the heart of Somerset's largest town, serving as the community's primary tribute to those who gave their lives…
St. Abbs Lighthouse Scotland • TD14 5QFSt. Abbs Lighthouse stands at the dramatic northeastern tip of the Berwickshire coast in Scotland, perched on the clifftop above St. Abbs Head at one of the most striking pieces…
Holburn Head Lighthouse Scotland • KW14 7UWHolburn Head Lighthouse stands at the northeastern tip of the Scottish mainland, perched on the rugged headland just north of Scrabster Harbour near Thurso in Caithness. It is a…
Ely Cathedral England • CB7 4DLEly Cathedral stands as one of England's most magnificent medieval buildings, rising with extraordinary drama from the flat fenland landscape of Cambridgeshire. Officially known…
Cotswold Motoring Museum England • GL54 2BYThe Cotswold Motoring Museum is one of England's most charming and intimate automotive collections, tucked inside a converted eighteenth-century watermill building in the heart of…
RAF Manston England • CT9 4LURAF Manston is a historic airfield situated on the Isle of Thanet in Kent, England, occupying a plateau of flat chalk downland near the town of Ramsgate. The site holds…
Statue of George Orwell England • W1A 1AAThe Statue of George Orwell stands outside Broadcasting House, the headquarters of the BBC, on Portland Place in Marylebone, central London. It is a striking bronze tribute to one…
Pontypridd Bridge Wales • CF37 4PFThe Old Bridge of Pontypridd, also known as Pontypridd Bridge or the Old Bridge, is one of the most celebrated pieces of civil engineering in Welsh history and stands as the…
St Mary's Cathedral Scotland • AB10 1SHSt Mary's Cathedral in Aberdeen is the Roman Catholic cathedral church of the Diocese of Aberdeen, serving as the mother church for Catholics across a wide swathe of northeast…
St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall Scotland • KW15 1PDSt Magnus Cathedral stands as one of the most remarkable buildings in all of Scotland, a great Norman and Romanesque cathedral rising with unexpected grandeur from the compact…
Neidpath Viaduct Scotland • EH45 8NWNeidpath Viaduct is a handsome Victorian railway structure spanning the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders, located just west of Peebles in Tweeddale. It carries the former…
St Oswald's Priory, Gloucester England • GL1 2QTSt Oswald's Priory is one of the most significant and evocative Anglo-Saxon ecclesiastical ruins in England, tucked quietly into the northern edge of Gloucester city centre. The…
Foundling Museum England • WC1N 1AZThe Foundling Museum in London is one of the city's most quietly extraordinary and emotionally resonant cultural destinations, dedicated to telling the story of the Foundling…
St James Garlickhythe, London England • EC4V 2AUSt James Garlickhythe is a Church of England parish church in the City of London, one of the remarkable survivor churches designed by Sir Christopher Wren following the…