The Open Crypt.

learn about the history of policing in the Greater Manchester area with a real focus on policing during the Victorian times. You can see the evolution of the uniforms and tools worn and used by the police through the ages and even a reconstructed magistrates court room. But, the bits that particularly interested us were the Crime Room and Prison Cells...

Speke Hall is a grade 1 listed Tudor manor house and is said to be one of the most haunted buildings in England. Built and owned by the Norris family, who were Roman Catholics, during the reformation, the Hall has a number of Tudor 'security systems' in place and a priest hole incase of unwanted visitors.

There are stone circles and then there is Castlerigg stone circle near Keswick in Cumbria. It is made up of 38 stones and it is thought to be 4500 years old.

Fountains Abbey near Ripon in Yorkshire is an immense ruined abbey rich in history.

With it's dramatic setting and literary legacy thanks to Bram Stoker and Dracula, Whitby Abbey is a Gothic Icon...