Some Facts About BritainThe headless hound seen south of Aberystwyth, Wales; the mermaids at Sennen Cove, Cornwall; the spectral nun appearing in Exeter Cathedral on July evenings; how two half-brothers, children of a bigamous and murderous crusader, finally met and befriended each other at Pengersick Castle - a white hare is the spirit of one of their mothers; how Parson Jupp was reincarnated as a spider at the vicarage in St Cleer, Cornwall; the fiery chariot pulled by a bull in Jew's Lane, near Godolphin House, Cornwall; the spectre of King Arthur that haunts his ruined birthplace, Tintagel Castle; the spectre of Jan Tregeagle, who must empty Dozmary Pool with only a limpet shell, on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall; the ghost of an Irishwoman, who vainly clung to a rock now called the Irish Lady, reliving her death at Sennen Cove, Cornwall; and supernatural phenomena including a Lady in Grey, possibly Mary, Queen of Scots, in Holyrood Palace (Holyroodhouse), are some of the folklore, haunted places, ghosts, myths and legends of Britain. We hope that you enjoy your stay in your Maghull England UK hotel. The famous and/or historic hotels of the world are major destinations in their own right. Raffles Hotel in Singapore where the Singapore Sling was invented in the hotel's Long Bar, the Hotel Icon in Hong Kong, the Four Seasons Hotel Macao Cotai Strip in Macau, the Chelsea Hotel in New York, the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, the Peace Hotel (formerly the renowned Cathay Hotel) in Shanghai and the Sofitel Rio de Janeiro Copacabana. are some of the world's most famous hotels. |