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Heritage
Heritage
Magna Carta monument, 
Runnymede, National Trust
Did you know that the River Thames 
One of the best ways to discover 
has been described as ‘liquid history’? 
English history is through its literature, 
To explore the Thames is to delve 
and the Thames has been the source 
into our Iron Age, Saxon, Roman and 
of many wonderful books. You could 
Medieval past. You can see where 
take a day trip to Pangbourne, where 
King John signed the Magna Carta 
Jerome K Jerome finished writing 
at Runnymede and visit the world’s 
his classic Three Men in a Boat. The 
oldest inhabited castle at Windsor. 
Thames also fed the imagination of 
But perhaps the most popular 
Lewis Carroll, who first told the story 
historical visit on the Thames is the 
of Alice in Wonderland while rowing at 
stunning Hampton Court – Henry 
Godstow. And if you like your stories 
VIII’s favourite palace. Known for its 
a bit more gruesome, there’s always 
beauty, ghosts and mind-boggling 
Albion House in Marlow, where Mary 
maze, Hampton Court really is a 
Shelley wrote Frankenstein.
treasure of English heritage.