Events near Canvey-Island, Southend-on-Sea

Beneath Chelmsford's tranquil skyline, secrets of power and play linger just steps from the modern bustle.

A city of secrets hides beneath Preston's bustling streets where stone chapels, glowing shopfronts, and soaring columns reveal tales few ever hear.

Walk through the East End streets where working people fought back and won.

Discover the riverside town that armed an empire.

Start at the Georgian house where William Morris grew up, now a gallery of his designs, then walk to a town hall carved with his words.

A medieval river pulses beneath Maidstone's modern streets, echoing with secrets that shaped the Borough's fate.

From the last of the great tea clippers to the line where the world's day begins.

Explore the riverside town where Henry VIII built his warships.

Follow the river from a sailors' church and a Dickensian riverside pub into the docks built for sugar, rum and coffee, and out among the towers of