Tour of Historic Places
Human history is as much a part of what makes our National Parks as their natural history. The stories from people in the past can be brought alive by examining what they have left behind on the landscape.
Just click on a National Park for links to our pick of two great historic sites. As well as background information and details of how to visit.
Broads
The Broads
125 mile area of manmade waterways
Burgh Castle
Remains of a third century Roman fort
Brecon Beacons
Sarn Helen
Ancient Roman road with cairns and standing stones
Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
35-mile long restored canal
Cairngorms
Mar Lodge
Centrepiece of a sporting estate in the Highlands
Ruthven Barracks
Fortified barracks built by George I in 1721
Dartmoor
Merrivale
Stone rows, a stone circle and burial cairns from Neolithic and Bronze Age
Meldon Quarry
Industrial landscape of mines, kilns, tramways and a viaduct
Lake District
Ravenglass Bath House
remains of Roman military bath house
Duddon Iron Furnace
Huge charcoal-fired furnace for iron making
Loch Lomond and
the Trossachs
Inchmahome Priory
Remains of 13th Century monastery on an island in Loch Menteith
Loch Katrine
Beautiful loch and resevoir with waterworks
New Forest
Lepe Country Park
Site of D-Day depatures and Roman remains
Buckler's Hard
Unspoilt 18th Century village where Nelson's boats were built
Northumberland
Hadrian's Wall
The highest and most stunning section of the 73-mile long wall
Yeavering Bell
Remains of an Iron Age hill fort in a dramatic landscape
North York Moors
Rievaulx Abbey
Cistercian Abbey built in 1132
Peak Alum Works
Industrial site that produced a key chemical for the textile industry
Peak District
Ecton MinesWere once one of the deepest and richest mines in Britain
Calver Weir
Early industrial revolution structure for powering mills
Pembrokeshire Coast
Castell HenllysReconstructed Iron Age settlement
Carew Castle and Mill
Norman castle and restored tidal mill
South Downs
The Long Man of WilmingtonMysterious outline of man carved into a hillside
Lewes Castle
A Norman castle right in the town centre
Yorkshire Dales
Ribblehead ViaductA 24-arched viaduct that still supports the Settle to Carlisle railway
Ingleborough
Remains of Bronze-Age buildings across the flat summit
