London, England travel: Big Ben, Parliament and us. Our slideshow. More than a day trip from Thornbury Castle, and certainly worth the travel! Copyleft music by James Shuttleworth. (You can view this video, and other travel videos in full-size and near-DVD quality, travel stills and more at jpmeyer.com). Thornbury Castle is part of the von Essen Group of hotels, "a private collection of individual country house hotels in the UK, each with a distinctive style and character of its own" according to vonessenhotels.co.uk, but we think of it as Real People having Real Fun!