From prehistoric times to the modern day, the East of England has played a major role in British history.

This is the area in which Iceni Warrior Queen Boudicca – the Iceni were the dominant tribe in early Roman Britain – led a massive revolt which almost stopped the Romans in their tracks. From her base in Norfolk, she waged war across most of East Anglia, burning and destroying Roman settlements including Colchester (Essex) and St Albans (Hertfordshire), and threatened London before turning north to meet the Roman forces. The exact site of her final battle is uncertain, but has been linked with locations in Hertfordshire, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire.

Ketts Rebellion threatened the rule of a Tudor king, and at Holkham an agricultural revolution began.

Wherever you go you can discover echoes of that past, with majestic churches and cathedrals, stately homes, wool and cloth industries, printing and agriculture as well as the impact of the Second World War when much of the area became a ‘little America’ hosting countless airforce bases, a military history which continued until quite recently with secret installations and testing Orford Ness.