Events near Stanford-le-Hope, Southend-on-Sea

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.

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

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

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

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

Explore the riverside town where Henry VIII built his warships.

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

Gunpowder echoes still linger beneath Gravesend's streets while ancient river secrets swirl around quiet docks and world-famous pilgrimage routes

Uncover the village where Tudor courtiers built country houses outside London.