About Historic UK
Our Story
Cue the whirring of dial-up modems, Microsoft Frontpage and an exceptionally slow PC. It’s 2000, which means AltaVista, MSN Messenger and the very first version of Historic UK being uploaded to the internet by two keen amateur historians and technology enthusiasts.
Historic UK was the first website of its kind dedicated to the history and heritage of Britain. But this wasn’t just any old history website…
Historic UK’s vision was to bring history to life, and to do so it needed to be two websites in one. The first section of the website is called the Historic Accommodation Guide, a collection of castle hotels, historic holiday cottages and characterful hotels designed to stir the imagination and allow history lovers to stay in some of the most historic buildings in the country.
The second section of the website is the History Magazine, a monthly online publication featuring all of those weird, gruesome and interesting bits of history that were often left out of the school curriculum. From great British eccentrics to the inventor of the loo, we like to think of our articles as a ‘Horrible Histories for Adults’!
Starting as a team of two, it was soon obvious that the scale and scope of the website required some extra manpower, alongside the expertise and enthusiasm of numerous guest authors across the globe.
Our research team and magazine authors
With more than 800,000 page views each month, we believe that we are now the largest on-line history magazine in the UK. We fully recognise however, that size is not everything and we pride ourselves on the historical accuracy of our articles.
Our researchers and magazine authors are a diverse bunch, ranging from staff and researchers at some of the world’s most esteemed museums and universities, history teachers, students and PhD graduates to the most enthusiastic of amateur historians (we include ourselves in the latter!)
However, we also realise that history is always open to interpretation, particularly as new evidence and artefacts are discovered. With that in mind, if you have any interesting facts or information to share about the articles we provide, please do get in touch to let us know!
Of course, the final say on what is published goes to our editor extraordinaire, aka Deborah.
How to Contact Us:
As we’re a rather social bunch, you can contact Historic UK in a whole variety of ways:
Email:
For Press and PR enquiries, use our dedicated contact form here. For more general enquiries please use our Contact Us page.
X:
We’re on X (formerly known as Twitter) with the username @HistoricUK. Please feel free to follow us as well, the more the merrier!
Instagram and TikTok
You can also follow us on Instagram and TikTok.
Facebook:
Or head to our Facebook page where we tend to post every day.
Phone:
Contact us via phone; for general enquiries please phone 020 8144 1377.
Snail Mail:
We’re also contactable via the good ol’ fashioned Royal Mail. Please write to us at:
Historic UK
P.O. Box 81
Budleigh Salterton
EX9 9AJ
Company details:
Historic UK Ltd.
Company Registered in England No. 5621230
VAT Registration No. GB 864 8175 86