Some Facts About BritainThe large, bearded spectre that haunts bedrooms in Glamis Castle, Scotland; a number of ghosts at Jamaica Inn on Bodmin Moor, including a murdered sailor who sits on an outside wall; the screams of Katherine Howard, begging for her life, still heard in Hampton Court Palace; the black-clad ghost of Deadman's Cove, Cornwall; Lyonesse, the fabled land that once joined Land's End to the Isles of Scilly; the phantom great Dane seen at Cheriton Cross, Devon; the skeletal horse ridden by Old Crockern at Crockern's Tor, Dartmoor; the spectre of George II, sometimes asking "Where are they?" in a German accent, seen at the windows of Kensington Palace, London; the ghostly bag lady haunting the M4 near Heathrow Airport; and the Blue Lady of Berry Pomeroy Castle, Devon, who lures men to heir deaths and is sometimes a portent of death, are among the ghosts, haunted places, folklore, myths and legends of Britain. Queen Mab wishes you a comfortable stay in your Kirkham England UK hotel. The famous and/or historic hotels of the world are major destinations in their own right. The Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong, the Menger Hotel in San Antonio, the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, the Chelsea Hotel in New York, the Four Seasons Hotel Macao Cotai Strip in Macau, the Peace Hotel (formerly the renowned Cathay Hotel) in Shanghai and the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. are internationally renowned hotels. |