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CULTURAL VISITS IN UK
London List A
Places of interest: Madame Tussauds, London Aquarium, St Paul’s Cathedral, Tower of London, London Eye, The London Dungeon (age 13+), Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Westminster Abbey, Charles Dickens Museum, Dopamine Land, Jack The Ripper Museum, Clink Museum Walking Tours: Jack The Ripper Tour, Harry Potter Tour
London List B
Places of interest: British Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, Natural History Museum, Science Museum, Museum of London, Tate Modern, National Gallery, Covent Garden, Camden Market, The Design Museum, Museum of Brands, Barbican Centre Walking Tours: Westminster Tour (Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, Downing Street, Trafalgar Square & Buckingham Palace), Piccadilly Tour (Piccadilly Circus, China Town, Soho, Regent Street, Oxford Street & Leicester Square), Portobello Tour (Notting Hill, Portobello Road & Portobello Market)
Aberdeen
Maritime Museum, University & Cathedral, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Gordon’s Highlander Museum, Glendronach Whisky Distillery, Johnstons of Elgin, Dean’s Visitor Centre, Dunnottar Castle, Fettercairn Distillery, St Cyrus Nature Reserve, Montrose Wildlife Centre
Bedfordshire
Priory Marina, Bedford Higgins Museum (old brewery), Panacea Museum, John Bunyan Museum, Market Town (Sandy, Biggleswade, St Ives or St Neots), Whipsnade Zoo, Woburn Safari Park & Manor House, Shuttleworth Park (Museum of Aeroplanes and Vintage vehicles ), Wrest or Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes Town or Shopping Centre, Milton Keynes Museum of Computers, Willen Lake
Belfast
Crumlin Road Gaol, Titanic Belfast, HMS Caroline, Giants Causeway (and Carrick-a-rede rope bridge), Ulster museum, The MAC, Game of Thrones Tour, Street art walking tour, Folk museum, Transport museum, W5, ST George’s Market
Berkshire
Windsor Boat trip, Runnymede boat trip, Bentley Priory Museum, Ruislip Lido Railway, Ealing Abbey, Spitfire Simulator & Air Transport Auxiliary, Windsor shops, Pitzhanger Manor Museum, The Gunnersbury Museum, The Natural History Museum, Uxbridge Shopping Mall, Animal Rangers Holyport, Bekonscot model village, Boulters lock & Ray Mill Island
Birmingham
Dudley Zoo and Castle, Sea Life centre, trip to Stratford, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Lichfield Cathedral & town, Black Country Living & Working Museum
Buckinghamshire
Bletchley Park Museum, Roald Dahl children’s gallery, Natural History Museum (Tring), National Film and Sci-fi Museum, Milton Keynes Museum, Woburn Abbey, Castlethorpe Castle, Warwick Castle, Bedford Canoe Trail, Bromham Mill and Gallery, Buckingham old Gaol Museum, Chessington World of Adventures theme park
Cambridgeshire
University Colleges tour, Open Bus Tour, Fitzwilliam Museum, Punting tour of the River Cam, University Botanic Gardens, Wren Museum, Grantchester Village & The Orchard Tea Garden, Museum of Anthropology & Archaeology, Ely & Ely Cathedral, Museum of Cambridge, Sedgwick Museum, Museum of Zoology, Market Square, Wandlebury Country Park, Mill Road & Cemetery, Fudge Kitchen, Milton Country Park, Historic Eagle Pub (+18)
Cornwall
Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro Cathedral, Pendennis Castle, Tintagel Castle, Newquay Zoo, Lands End Experience, Eden project, Poldark Mine, Minack Theatre, St Michael’s Mount, The Lost Gardens of Heligan
Cotswolds
Blenheim Palace or Broadway Tower, a Village Walking Tour (possible choices depending on family location: Castle Combe, Bourton on the Water, Moreton in Marsh, Bibury, Tetbury, Cheltenham Spa Town, Broadway Village), Painswick Rococo Gardens or Snow Hill Manor and Gardens or Batsford Arboretum, Tewkesbury Abbey, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Punting on the river
Devon
World of Country Life, Paignton Zoo, Dartmoor Zoo, a museum, Pennywell Farm, Wildlife Centres, Kents Cavern, a historical castle, Living Coast, Greenway, Burgh Island, Becky Falls, Morwellham Quay, Plymouth Aquarium, Knightshayes House, Tiverton Castle, Donkey Sanctuary, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, World of Country Life
Dorset
Bournemouth Beach, Russell Cotes Museum, Christchurch Priory & Quay, Hengistbury Head & Mudeford Spit, Wimborne Minster & Model Town, Kingston Lacy House, Poole Harbour & Quay, Sandbank Beach, Compton Acres
Edinburgh
Edinburgh Zoo or Edinburgh Castle or The Royal Yacht Britannia, Rosslyn Chapel, National Museum of Scotland, Museum of Childhood, National Portrait Gallery, National Gallery of Modern Art. For over 18s: pub tour, whisky tasting
Essex
Colchester Castle, Colchester Zoo, Railway Museum, Medieval Market town (Baintree, Brentwood or Saffron Walden), Audley End House, Sealife Adventure, Seaside destination (Southend on Sea , Clacton-On-Sea or Mersea Island), Police Museum, Colchester History Tour, Chelmsford Cathedral, Imperial Bird of Prey Academy, Barleylands
Glasgow
Glasgow Science Centre, Sharmanka Kinetic theatre (static statues), The Ghost Walk, Shopping in Glasgow’s Style Mile, Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Gallery of Modern Art, Burrell Collection, Museum of Transport, Glasgow Cathedral & The Crypt of Saint Mungo, University of Glasgow, House for an Art Lover, The Hunterian, The Lighthouse, The Mackintosh House, The Mackintosh Church, Ruchill Church Hall, Scotland Street School Museum, Willow Tea Rooms. For the football fans: Visit of Ibrox Stadium, Hampden Park, The Football Museum & the Stadium
Hampshire (Portsmouth)
Historic Dockyard, Museum & Arts Gallery, Southsea Castle, Spinnaker Tower,The Mary Rose, The D-Day Story, Gunwharf Quays, Blue Reef Aquarium, Southsea Model Village
Hampshire (Southampton)
Sea City Museum, Solent Sky Museum, City Art Gallery, Tudor House & Garden, God’s House Tower, John Hansard Gallery, Westquay, Calshot Castle, Titanic Trail
Herefordshire
Hereford Museum & Art Gallery, Museum of Cider, Llantony Abbey, Black & White House, Brecon Canal, Hereford City & Cathedral, Hampton Court or Eastnore Castle, Butterfly Zoo, Waterworks Museum, The Time Machine, Golden Valley Llamas
Hertfordshire
Tring Natural History Museum, De Havilland Aircraft Museum, Verulamium Museum, Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, British Schools Museum, Mardleybury Gallery, Mill Green Museum, Hertford Museum, St Albans Museum, Stevenage Museum, Fire Brigade Museum, Broadway Gallery, Ashbridge House & Garden, Batford Springs Nature Reserve
Isle of Wight
Osborne House, Carisbrooke Castle, Qarr Abbey, Monkey Haven, Tapnell Farm, Farringford House, Brading Roman Villa, St Mildred Church, Dinosaur Isle, Calbourne Water Mill, Bus & Coach Museum, Quay Arts Centre , Cowes Maritime Museum, Coastal Path Walk
East Kent (Dover Area)
Dover Castle, Walmer Castle, Canterbury City Tour (including shopping & the cathedral), a zoo, a wildlife park, Broadstairs (including Dickens House Museum & Botany Bay), Margate (including Turner Gallery, boutiques & artisans’ shops), Folkestone (including the Creative Corner shops & cafes with artists’ workshops & galleries), White Cliffs Walk, Rye Medieval Town, Transport Museum, Spitfire Museum, Battle of Britain Museum, Ashford Designer Outlet
North Kent (Maidstone Area)
The Victorian Ropery, Old Forge Wartime House, Fort Amherst, Maidstone Carriage Museum, Guildhall museum, Chatham Dockyard, Rochester Castle, Rochester Cathedral, Blue Water Shopping Centre, Upnor Castle
West Kent (Tunbridge Wells Area)
Historic Tunbridge Wells Pantiles area, Lewes Castle, Sea Life Centre, Llama Farm, Brighton Museum, Batemans, Battle Abbey, Penshurst Place, Hever Castle
Liverpool
Liverpool FC tour, Blue Planet Aquarium, Planetarium, World Museum, Maritime Museum, Slavery Museum,Tate Gallery, Beatles Tour, Walker Art Gallery, Museum of Liverpool, British Music Experience, Beatles Museum
Manchester
Sea Life Centre, National Football Museum, Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester Museum, City Art Gallery, Trafford Shopping Centre, Imperial War Museum, China Town, Town Hall, People’s History Museum, City River Tour, The John Rylands Library, Manchester United Stadium Tour
Oxford
Blenheim Palace or Harry Potter Tour of Oxford, Oxford University Tour, Tour C.S. Lewis’s Home, City Walking Tour, Cotswold Wildlife Park, Ashmolean Museum, Natural History Museum, Science Museum, Oxford Botanical Garden , Punting on the river
North Somerset (Bath Area)
Roman Baths, Assembly Rooms & Fashion Museum, Shopping in Bath Centre, Bath’s Georgian Architecture (including the Circus & Queen Square), The Crescents of Bath, Royal Victoria Park & Botanical Gardens, Jane Austen’s Museum & Pulteney Street (where she lived), a Bath walk (Canal walk, Skyline walk, Ghost walk or Comedy walk), Prior Park Landscape, Museum of Bath Architecture, Beckford’s Tower & Museum, Herschel Museum of Astronomy, American Museum in Britain, Bath Postal Museum, Holburne Museum
North Somerset (Bristol Area)
Harbour & City Docks, Aquarium, Brunel’s SS Great Britain, Clifton Suspension Bridge & Observatory Hill, Cathedral, Brandon Hill Park & Cabot Tower, M Shed, St. Mary Redcliffe, Llandoger Trow, Bristol Old City, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Blaise Castle
North Yorkshire
York Minster, Jorvik Viking Centre, York Castle Museum, Yorkshire Museum, National Railway Museum, River Cruise to Bishopthorpe Palace, Yorkshire Air Museum, City Walls Walks, archaeological dig
Stratford
Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Warwick Castle, Holy Trinity Church, Coventry Transport Museum, Herbert Art Gallery, Redwings Horse Sanctuary, The Mad Museum, Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Magic Alley, Tudor World Museum, Butterfly Farm, Rother Street Market
Sussex
Historic Brighton Lanes, Lewes Castle, Sea Life Centre, Brighton Museum, Batemans, Arundel Castle, Smugglers Caves Experience, Worthing Pier, Chichester Village & Cathedral, Nymans National Trust Gardens, Battle & Battle Abbey, Bodiam Castle, Beachy Head & Seven Sisters, Hever Castle, Penshurst Place, Weald & Downland Living Museum, West Wittering Beach, Arundel & Riverside
Wiltshire (Salisbury)
Salisbury Cathedral & walking tour, Stonehenge, Woodhenge, Avebury, Fisherton Mill, Old Sarum, Mompesson House, Salisbury Museum, Boscombe Down Aviation Collection, The Rifle Military Museum
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