Living Histories of Britain

The fishing boats of Hastings - largest beach-launched fishing fleet in Europe

Featured article

The fishing boats of Hastings - largest beach-launched fishing fleet in Europe

The town of Hastings, on England's south coast in Sussex, is home to Europe's largest fleet of beach-launched fishing boats. The pebble beach here has been used for beaching boats for more than a thousand years.

Read full article

  • Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum

    Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum

  • The green cabmen's shelters in London - still refreshing taxi drivers

    The green cabmen's shelters in London - still refreshing taxi drivers

  • The British Census

    The British Census

  • Wartime legacy - the Thames Estuary Sea Forts

    Wartime legacy - the Thames Estuary Sea Forts

  • Winchester Great Hall - the nearest you'll get to King Arthur's Round Table

    Winchester Great Hall - the nearest you'll get to King Arthur's Round Table

  • A national institution - Marks & Spencer

    A national institution - Marks & Spencer

  • Birkenhead Park - the first municipal garden space

    Birkenhead Park - the first municipal garden space

  • Birmingham Canal Navigations - more miles of waterway than Venice

    Birmingham Canal Navigations - more miles of waterway than Venice

  • Looking for Britain's biggest landowners

    Looking for Britain's biggest landowners

  • From London to Edinburgh - the A1, Britain's longest road

    From London to Edinburgh - the A1, Britain's longest road

  • Ullswater steamers - historic lakeland fleet dating from 1877

    Ullswater steamers - historic lakeland fleet dating from 1877

  • Travelling Fairs - a very British tradition

    Travelling Fairs - a very British tradition

  • The Museum of the Home - see interiors change through the ages

    The Museum of the Home - see interiors change through the ages

  • Windmills in Britain

    Windmills in Britain

  • Pitstone, Britain's Oldest Windmill

    Pitstone, Britain's Oldest Windmill

  • Rugby School - where the game of Rugby was invented?

    Rugby School - where the game of Rugby was invented?

  • The Francis Trigge Chained Library

    The Francis Trigge Chained Library

  • Garden gnomes - dividing opinion since 1847

    Garden gnomes - dividing opinion since 1847

  • The Old Operating Theatre Museum - enlightening but gruesome

    The Old Operating Theatre Museum - enlightening but gruesome

  • Bridgnorth Cliff Railway - linking the top and bottom of a town

    Bridgnorth Cliff Railway - linking the top and bottom of a town

  • Punch and Judy - much-loved traditional miniature theatre

    Punch and Judy - much-loved traditional miniature theatre

  • The Rudston Monolith - an entrenched Yorkshire mystery

    The Rudston Monolith - an entrenched Yorkshire mystery

  • Pillboxes - Britain's abandoned bunkers

    Pillboxes - Britain's abandoned bunkers

  • The world's largest collection of tanks - in Dorset!

    The world's largest collection of tanks - in Dorset!

  • Shoreham - Britain's oldest airport

    Shoreham - Britain's oldest airport

  • Lacock Abbey, the birthplace of photography

    Lacock Abbey, the birthplace of photography

  • Waverley - the last paddle steamer in the world

    Waverley - the last paddle steamer in the world

  • Morris Dancing - a May-time tradition

    Morris Dancing - a May-time tradition

  • Fisherman's Friend - Fleetwood's famous throat lozenge

    Fisherman's Friend - Fleetwood's famous throat lozenge

  • Easter Egg hunts

    Easter Egg hunts

  • Norland Nannies

    Norland Nannies

  • Order of the Garter - no higher honour

    Order of the Garter - no higher honour

  • Britain's oldest organ - at the magnificent Adlington Hall

    Britain's oldest organ - at the magnificent Adlington Hall

  • Britain's oldest trees

    Britain's oldest trees

  • Numbering Britain's road system - where would we be without it?

    Numbering Britain's road system - where would we be without it?

  • The Mary Rose, Henry VIII's lost warship, raised in 1982

    The Mary Rose, Henry VIII's lost warship, raised in 1982

  • The Brixton Windmill - remnant of a more pastoral time

    The Brixton Windmill - remnant of a more pastoral time

  • Metro-Land: railway suburbia immortalised by Betjeman

    Metro-Land: railway suburbia immortalised by Betjeman

  • The history of Cricket

    The history of Cricket

  • Greensleeves - the classic English folk song

    Greensleeves - the classic English folk song

  • Running rings around London - the M25

    Running rings around London - the M25

  • The Tees Transporter Bridge - still hanging on

    The Tees Transporter Bridge - still hanging on

  • The Eleanor Crosses - memorials to a lost queen

    The Eleanor Crosses - memorials to a lost queen

  • Macclesfield's working Silk Mill Museum

    Macclesfield's working Silk Mill Museum

  • Faversham Brewery:  Britain's oldest at over 300 years

    Faversham Brewery: Britain's oldest at over 300 years

  • HMS Trincomalee - Britain's oldest floating warship moored in Hartlepool

    HMS Trincomalee - Britain's oldest floating warship moored in Hartlepool

  • Mulled Wine - a winter warmer thanks to the Romans

    Mulled Wine - a winter warmer thanks to the Romans

  • Maundy Money - the Sovereign's Easter gift to the poor

    Maundy Money - the Sovereign's Easter gift to the poor

  • The Museum of Scottish Lighthouses - an illuminating day out

    The Museum of Scottish Lighthouses - an illuminating day out

  • Chedworth Roman Villa - discovered while ferreting around

    Chedworth Roman Villa - discovered while ferreting around

  • The pink houses of Suffolk

    The pink houses of Suffolk

  • The Landmark Trust - saving the smaller historic buildings of Britain

    The Landmark Trust - saving the smaller historic buildings of Britain

  • Charlestown Harbour in Cornwall

    Charlestown Harbour in Cornwall