Stonehenge, Dover Castle, Whitby Abbey, Hadrian’s Wall, the Battle of Hastings battlefield – these are just a few of the country’s most famous historic sites.
Now, under a new initiative announced by English Heritage, thousands more children are going to get the chance to visit them.
The English Heritage History Bus scheme is offering state schools across England free bus journeys to visit places like Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire and Audley End House in Essex too.
Admission to the 400 sites in the National Heritage Collection has always been free for schools, but the cost of hiring a coach ruled visits out for many of them.
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