Some Facts About BritainHow Sir Francis Drake hunts with the Wish Hounds near Marchant's Cross, Dartmoor; the phantom monk, seen on Christmas Eves in the ruined abbey of Strata Florida, Wales; ghostly monks at Buckfastleigh Abbey, Devon; how pins are thrown for luck into the Pixie's Well (St Non's Well), on ominously named Hobb's Park Farm, near Pelynt, Cornwall; how Squire Cabell and his black hounds haunt the Abbots's Way on Dartmoor, Devon; the ghost of an Irishwoman, who vainly clung to a rock now called the Irish Lady, reliving her death at Sennen Cove, Cornwall; the ghost of Lady Jane Grey, seen on the battlements of the Tower of London; the field at Fardel Hall, Devon, containing treasure guarded by a dark lady in silk; the neighing, ghostly bear of St Blazey, Cornwall; and the Portuguese treasure ship sunk off Gunwalloe, Cornwall, are some of the folklore, haunted places, ghosts, myths and legends of Britain. We wish you an enjoyable stay at your chosen Lea Marston England UK hotel. The famous and/or historic hotels of the world are major destinations in their own right. The Palace of the Lost City at Sun City in South Africa, the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong, the Langham Shanghai Xintiandi in Shanghai, the Chelsea Hotel in New York, the Shangri-La Hotel in Lhasa, Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes and the Hotel Metropole in Hanoi. are some of the world's most famous hotels. |