Christopher Winn’s I Never Knew That

In this episode, Christopher explores London taking in the capital’s first - and best - man made viewpoint, the room where a shy 18 year old girl became a Queen, an ancient secret garden, a house shared by two of the world’s greatest musicians, and a green museum at the gates a palace.Places to visit:The Red Saloon, Kensington Palacehttps://www.hrp.org.uk/kensington-palace/history-and-stories/the-story-of-kensington-palace/#gs.0q6qt3College Garden, Westminster Abbeyhttps://www.westminster-abbey.org/corporate-hospitality/venues/college-garden-summer-seasonBrook Street W1https://handelhendrix.org---------Music CreditsPond5Sound EffectsPond5 / SoundBibleOther Sound Credits

In this episode Christopher visits the Lincolnshire Wolds of Alfred Lord Tennyson, the most beautiful building in the world in Cambridgeshire, an Englishman’s castle in Norfolk, the England we dream of in Suffolk and a cathedral on the edge of the world in Essex.Places to visit:Lincolnshire Woldshttps://www.lincswolds.org.ukKing’s College Chapel https://www.visitcambridge.orgHolkham Hall, Norfolk https://www.holkham.co.ukGainsborough’s House, Sudburyhttp://www.gainsborough.orgBradwell-on-Sea, Essex https://www.visitessex.com---------Music CreditsMusic by Pond5Sound EffectsPond5SoundBibleOther Sound Credits

In this special episode Christopher tells the story of how St George came to be the patron saint of England, and visits some of the places in England most associated with him.Places to See:Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben)Palace of WestminsterSt George’s Chapel, WindsorDragon Hill, Uffington White Horse, near Wantage, Oxfordshire.St Botolph’s, Hardham, West SussexSt George’s, Fordington, Dorchester, DorsetAll Saints, Little Kimble, BuckinghamshireSt Peter’s, Barton, CambridgeshireSt Botolph’s, Banningham, NorfolkSt Catherine’s, Fritton, NorfolkSt Mary’s, Troston, SuffolkSt Lawrence’s, Broughton, BuckinghamshireSt Gregory’s,Norwich---Music and Sound EffectsPurchased under licence from Pond5

In this episode Christopher visits the northern capital of the Roman empire, the scene of the naval battle that secured American independence, the village where man first flew, and the setting for the world’s first moving pictures.Places to visit:Yorkhttps://www.visityork.org/explore/yorks-city-walls-p1188501Flamborough Headhttps://www.yorkshire.com/places/yorkshire-coast/flamboroughLeedshttps://www.visitleeds.co.uk---------Sound Credits

In this episode Christopher visitsthe only mainland community in Britain to be cut off by the daily tides, in Lancashire, a lakeland castle where all is yellow, the Georgian port in Cumberland that inspired New York, the home of one of England’s great heroines in Northumberland and the oldest railway bridge in the world in County Durham.Places to visit:Lowther Castlehttps://lowthercastle.orgWhitehavenhttps://www.visitcumbria.com/wc/whitehaven/Bamburghhttps://www.bamburgh.org.ukCausey Archhttps://www.thisisdurham.com/things-to-do/causey-arch-and-picnic-area-p21641---------Sound Credits

In this episode Christopher discovers the world’s first skyscraper in Shropshire, walks beside a lake dedicated to love in Staffordshire, follows in the footsteps of a legend in Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire, discovers a village in Derbyshire that died so that others might live and strolls through the world’s first public park in Cheshire.Places to visit:Shrewsbury Flax Mill, ShropshireRudyard Lake, StaffordshireSherwood Forest, NottinghamshireEyam, DerbyshireBirkenhead Park, Wirral---------Sound Credits