One of the most important parts of Raleigh history is the man it's named after. Even the town's former Groundhog Day groundhog shared his name. Sir Walter Raleigh is, ironically, often ...

Sir Walter Raleigh (or Ralegh), explorer, courtier, writer and poet, is buried in the chancel of St Margaret's Church Westminster and there is a memorial tablet and stained glass window to him there.

In the 16th century, Elizabethan explorer Sir Walter Raleigh set sail in search of El Dorado, a legendary city full of gold and precious jewels. 400 years on, and with the site of El Dorado still ...