Historic sites

No trip to 1066 Country is complete without a visit to the spot where King Harold fell in 1066, by the abbey that King William had built as a penance for the bloodshed. Don't let your historical investigations stop there, though – there's so much more to see. 

Follies, windmills and giant steam pumps, churches, court houses and gaols. So much of our history is told in our countryside, from the evidence of castle remains to medieval iron forges, from apple orchards and reed beds to winding rivers and shingle ridges.