Wellington Arch - london

 Wellington Arch 

Date July | Location - London | Delmoihed - No 

Every time I'm in London, I've passed this building without realizing you could go inside. When I discovered it was managed by English Heritage, I took the chance to go in. My daughter and I decided to check it out while we were in London. The only downside was that it was raining, but that's British weather for you! 

 

Overall, we didn't spend much time inside, as my daughter was primarily interested in getting her pop badge and stamp for her lanyard. However, there was a pretty cool view from the top.

 

I learned that the arch is one of London's well-known landmarks. It was built between 1825 and 1826 and was originally meant to be an entrance to Buckingham Palace, but it was moved to its current location afterward. The building is also a Grade I listed structure.

Apsley House - London

 Apsley House 

Date July | Location London | demolished No 

During our day in London, we decided to explore some English Heritage sites that we hadn’t yet visited after checking out HMS Belfast. Apsley House was charming, but it wasn’t really my taste. My daughter, on the other hand, wasn't too interested in the house; she was more focused on collecting stamps from a specific number of sites to earn her badge. Apsley House was the first home of the Duke of Wellington and was remodeled between 1819 and 1829. It houses over 1,000 paintings, sculptures, and other artworks, and it is also a Grade I listed building.

**Apsley House**

**Date:** July | **Location:** London | **Demolished:** No

We were in London for the day and thought we would check out some of the English Heritage sites we hadn't explored yet after visiting HMS Belfast. Apsley House was cute, but it wasn't really my style. My daughter was definitely not interested; she was more focused on collecting stamps from a set number of sites to earn her badge.

Farnham Keep - Farnham Surrey

 Farnham Keep 

 Date:  April

Location: Surrey 

Public or Abandoned: public 

Demolished: No  

We thought we go and check out Farnham Keep as we were visiting the adventure playground that is pretty much next door to the keep, the keep was well maintained for free entry sites, and the staff walked around the site to make sure everything okay was friendly too, the downside is the weather was a bit of a wired on as it was sunny and raining, 

It said that Farnham Keep is a 12th-century Castle, it also said that the Bishops of Winchester , was formally residence of the castle

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Calshot castle - Southampton

 Calshot castle 

Date:   April 2022

Location: Southampton

Public or Abandoned:   Public

Demolished:   No

we took a 2hr drive down to Southampton -  and stop off at Calshot castle, we didn't spend long there as the castle itself is not very big - we spent prob a max 30 mins looking around the castle -  but with the nice weather it made the trip worth it, 

its said that Calshot Castle is an artillery fort, and it was built between 1539/1540 by king henry VIII , 

due to the first world war, the castle was used for seaplane deploy,   and it said due to second world war  it was re-armed for possible german invasion 

after the war - the fort was still used for the seaplanes but as they come obsolete and finally closed in 1961, it was used by coast guard for a short period of time before English heritage took over in the 1980s and restored it back to the pre 1914