"Hever Castle" With a history spanning more than 700 years, Hever Castle was the childhood home of Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn. Initially a moated defensive castle dating back to 1270, this romantic setting is packed full of Tudor portraits and...
"St Clement’s pie" Ingredients For the crust 250g light digestive biscuit 100g cornflake 85g butter , melted 140g caster sugar For the filling 1 large egg plus 4 large egg yolks 397g can light condensed milk zest and juice 3 lemons zest and juice 2 oranges For the...
"Alnwick Castle" As the UK’s second-largest inhabited castle behind Windsor, the impressive walls of Alnwick Castle have acted as a military outpost, a teaching college and a family home over the centuries. Another castle with its origins in the Norman...
"Tower of London" Once a royal residence and notorious prison, the Tower of London is a World Heritage Site with 1,000 years of history at its core. The imposing fortress is now home to the Crown Jewels, a collection of more than 23,000 dazzling gemstones,...
Bethnal Green station was the site of one of the worst single loss of civilian life during the Second World War. During an air raid, as people rushed to safety beneath ground, the entrance became blocked and 170 people were killed in the resulting crush. If you’re...
"Henry VIII’s wives" The ghost of Catherine Howard is known to haunt Hampton Court In London you can barely move without crossing paths with one of the ghosts of Henry VIII’s wives. In Hampton Court you can find the Haunted Gallery, named for the ghost of Catherine...
"The ghost of Handel’s House" While preparing the composer Handel’s house in Mayfair for opening as a museum in 2001, the ghost of a woman was repeatedly encountered. The air would thicken and a startlingly tall woman would appear before terrified staff. In the end,...
"The murdered brother" The Spaniards Inn in Hampstead is a pub so old it’d be weird if it didn’t have a ghost or two. As well as boasting the notorious highwayman Dick Turpin as a regular, the pub has a few regular ghouls as well. It was originally converted into a...
"The butchered landlord" The Ten Bells in Spitalfields is a pub closely tied to the legend of Jack the Ripper. It is thought that one of his poor victims Annie Chapman had her last drink here before she was murdered. Another of his victims, Mary Kelly, was found...
"Windsor Castle" Just to the west of London lies the world’s oldest and largest inhabited castle, having been a royal residence for around 950 years. First developed by William the Conqueror in the 11th century, Windsor Castle is regularly used by the Queen...
