England Travel Guide
Reasons to Visit England


Castles & Palaces,

Roman Ruins & Museums,

… and Waterways & Lakes.
About Our England Travel Guide
Interesting Things to Know About England
England is not a sovereign state, it is one of four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (which is a sovereign state). The Treat of Union of 1707 joined England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.
England has 20 sites included on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. One of these, the Dorset and East Devon Coast, is in the natural category, while the remaining 19 are cultural sites. Together they cover all periods of English history, from prehistory (the Avebury and Stonehenge landscape), Roman Britain (Hadrian’s Wall, Bath), Medieval England (Canterbury Cathedral, Fountains Abbey, the Tower of London), the Industrial Revolution (Ironbridge Gorge and Derwent Valley Mills), and the 20th Century (Jodrell Bank Observatory).
The ‘English’ are the product of successive arrivals of people over many hundreds of years, from prehistory to the 21st century. From the Iron Age Celts to the Romans who came as citizens of Rome and their slaves from all over the Roman Empire. From 5th and 6th century Germanic Angles, Saxons and Jutes to 9th century Danes from Scandinavia. From the Norman Conquest in 1066 to migrants in the 1950s and 1960s from former colonies in the Caribbean, Africa and Asia. Each of these events not only left their marks on the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of England, but also shaped the identities of the English today.