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# We Had No Idea England Was Like This
- URL: https://www.gonewiththewynns.com/no-idea-england-was-like-this/
- Published: 2026-09-13T13:00:44.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-13T13:00:43.000Z
- Author: Nikki Wynn
- Tags: Family Travel, Adventures, United Kingdom, Boat Life, All Videos

**We have had a very incomplete picture of** [**England**](https://www.gonewiththewynns.com/tag/united-kingdom/)**.** We immediately think London, royalty and castles. Then quaint countryside, pubs, fish n chips and sticky toffee pudding. We certainly did not think of striking white cliffs, rugged coastlines or dinosaur-lined beaches.

But the Jurassic Coast is full of things we somehow never associated with England at all. Fossils in the cliffs, a village emptied by war, giant coastal walks, military ranges that change where we can anchor, strange little discoveries everywhere.

And sadly, [Mary](https://www.gonewiththewynns.com/tag/family-travel/) only has a few days left aboard, so we are squeezing as much out of them as we can.