Historical UK day trips

Our readers’ picks cover more than 2,000 years and dip in to the Industrial Revolution, epic medieval battles and an art deco gem from the 1930s. And there’s great scenery, picnics and splashing in rivers too

 This huge ruined castle, was subject to the longest siege in English history, for six months in 1266. If you go on a re-enactment day you’ll really feel what it must have been like to live under siege. The Tudor gardens also give you a sense of the Earl of Leicester’s lavish attempts to woo Elizabeth I here when she visited for three weeks in 1575, though she may have been put off by the earl’s first wife conveniently dying by falling down the stairs 15 years previously. So mind the steps, a bit uneven there …
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