Henry VIII news

Raffles Hotels and Resorts will open its flagship London property on 29 September, complete with the capital’s first-ever Guerlain-branded spa. The 27,000sq ft spa at ... More

Plans have been announced for the biggest ever expansion of the museum housing the Mary Rose, the historic warship of King Henry VIII. The main ... More

Raffles' debut London property Raffles London at The OWO will be home to a brand new destination spa and health club partnered with beauty and ... More

Helen Bonser-Wilton, CEO of Portsmouth's Mary Rose Museum, says the attraction, along with the rest of Britain's independent museums are in "mortal peril" unless the ... More

A dusk-time light and sound show of beauty and subtlety brought the ruins of Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire to life over the last weekend of ... More

England’s Boringdon Hall in the Devon countryside is set to open its 1,800sq m (19,375sq ft) wellness spa on Monday, 1 August. Gaia Spa – ... More

English Heritage has launched a campaign to turn one of its most popular summertime events into a fully-fledged Olympic sport, with the cultural body lobbying ... More

On 19 July, 471 years to the day that the Mary Rose was sunk, the flagship of Henry VIII’s fleet will be brought back to ... More

Boringdon Hall will open a multi-million pound spa development in Devon, England, in the midst of the rugged moorland of Dartmoor. The 1,700sq m (18,299sq ... More

A change to the school curriculum in the UK could have a significant impact on Britain’s visitor attractions, with the new lesson plan for history ... More

The Art Fund has announced the six shortlisted candidates to become the UK’s Museum of the Year. Two national galleries in London – the Hayward ... More

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced grants totalling £47m for six existing and potential tourist attractions across the UK. Flax Mill Maltings in Shorpshire ... More

The £35m (US$53m, €41m) museum project for Henry VIII’s flagship, the Mary Rose, has officially opened to the public in Portsmouth, UK. The museum is ... More

Acoustiguide has launched a children’s tour at the Tower of London, UK with the Historic Royal Palaces interpretation, curatorial and education teams. The first family ... More

Image: The museum will feature thousands of artefacts The new £35m Mary Rose Museum will open to the public in early 2013, slightly later than ... More

Sports surface specialist total-play has completed a number of high profile projects in and around London. Cricket facilities have been installed at three clubs, including ... More

An image of how the new Mary Rose Museum will look when it opens in autumn 2012 has been unveiled by the Mary Rose Trust ... More

Work has got underway on the £16.3m construction phase of the new £35m Mary Rose Museum at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Hampshire. The Mary Rose Trust ... More

Wilton House near Salisbury in Wiltshire has won the Historic Houses Association's (HHA) Restoration Award for 2010. The award, in conjunction with art auction house ... More

Discover Greenwich, a new £6m cultural centre at the Old Royal Naval College on London's Thames riverside, has been opened by London Mayor, Boris Johnson. ... More

North Yorkshire tourist attraction Mother Shipton's Cave has been put up for sale at an estimated value of £1.8m (US$2.97m, 2.06m euro). The 12-acre estate ... More

The Mary Rose warship at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is to be withdrawn from public view on 20 September in order to allow construction work to ... More

London mayor Boris Johnson has officially launched a new month-long programme of events to celebrate the capital's past, present and future and encourage more people ... More