The Hill Country

Heritage places

Places to see in this region

Grand Hotel Nuwara Eliya

The Hill Country

Queen Elizabeth II in Nuwara Eliya: A Royal Walk Through Holy Trinity Church in 1954

Holy Trinity Church,NuwaraEliya

The Hill Country

St. Paul’s Girls School, Milagiriya

The Hill Country

The Holloways of Mount Franion: A British Planter Family in Old Ceylon

Mount Frenion Manor by Seven Angels

The Hill Country

Broughton Bungalow: A Forgotten Plantation House in Poonagala

Broughton Bungalow,Poonagala

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Old Ceylon stories

Stories from this region

Holyrood Estate Talawakelle: Old Ceylon Bungalow

Holyrood Estate, Talawakelle: An Old Ceylon Bungalow and a Name That Echoes Scotland

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An Old Bungalow in the Hills of Talawakelle Holyrood Estate Talawakelle | There is something about the old estate bungalows of Ceylon that makes them diff…

All Saints’ Church Maskeliya: Old Stone Church

All Saints’ Church, Maskeliya: The Old Stone Church and the People Who Never Left

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An Old Stone Church in the Tea Country All Saints’ Church Maskeliya | There is something about the old churches of Sri Lanka’s hill country that makes you…

St Margaret’s church of Kotagala: The Church That Watched Coffee Country Become Tea Country

St Margaret’s Church of Kotagala: The Little Stone Church That Watched Coffee Country Become Tea Country

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A Church Among the Estates St Margaret’s church of Kotagala | There is something slightly unexpected about finding an English-looking stone church among t…

Station Master’s House Ceylon: Railway Life

The Station Master’s House: Growing Up Beside the Railway in Old Ceylon

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A House Beside the Tracks station master’s house Ceylon | There were houses in old Ceylon where the railway was not something you travelled on, but someth…

Helboda Cart Road: Forgotten Route of Old Ceylon

The Forgotten Cart Road to Helboda: A Road the Hill Country Almost Swallowed

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A Road Without a Signboard Helboda Cart Road There are places in the hill country that are easy to miss because nobody has put up a board telling you to…