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Salford Quays/Lowry/War Museum Manchester
6 Reviews The Lowry is a brand new arts complex with galleries, a huge theatre and eateries. the visual look of the building is stunning as well. Unfortunately the day i saw it, the sky was gun metal gray and...
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Castle Howard York
8 Reviews 14 miles. By bus including entry £15. Pay the driver board at Bootham Bar, across from the tourist info. This is where the TV series 'Brides-head Revisited' was filmed. The castle grounds are worth...
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Canals Birmingham
5 Reviews Many locals and tourists don't have the Birmingham Canal Network in mind when having a holiday - obviously I wouldn't suggest in Winter, but it is good to take a sideways trip from the city sights and...
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Iffley Oxford
3 Reviews When you have seen the university buildings and are a bit tired of the touristy and noisy city, come to Iffley to enjoy its peace and quiet. Situated on the Thames, it can be reached by boat from the...
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Cathedral City of Ely Cambridge
5 Reviews Ely Cathedral is a wonderful church inside and it has lovely stained glass. Within the Cathedral, there is a Stained Glass Museum which is woth visiting. You need to pay separately to enter the...
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Libraries Manchester
7 Reviews Chetham's Library is off the beaten path. I'd never heard of it and neither had my boyfriend who has lived in Manchester all his life. Most visitors to Manchester may see the John Ryland's Library on...
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Whip ma whop ma gate York
2 Reviews What a great name for a street. I wish more streets had great names like Whipmawhopmagate - it's rather more interesting than Castle St. or High St. Only 32 metres long, It's very easy to miss this...
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Nearby Attractions Birmingham
11 Reviews Birmingham is slap bang in the middle of England. With an excellent public transport system, there are literally hundreds of locations within a hour or so of the CBD by train or bus. Hiring a car...
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Cowley Road Oxford
3 Reviews If Oxford is a genteel, civilised place, Cowley Road is its uncouthed, yet strangely alluring neighbour. Just 5 minutes walk from the town centre, but a million miles away in terms of atmosphere,...
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Mill Road area pubs Cambridge
4 Reviews Mill Road.Seen here in the early morning,but usually busy with people and traffic.The shops,cafes,restaurants and pubs on and around Mill Road are among the best on offer and well worth a wander over...
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Helmsley York
5 Reviews Helmsley lies about 20 miles west of York and is one of England's loveliest market towns. This is really the perfect English town - a large market square with a beautiful church and castle commanding...
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Museums & Galleries Birmingham
3 Reviews By Car: Take the A38 (Bristol Road), turning onto Edgbaston Park Road. Parking is available in the University's South Car Park, with the Institute situated at the top of the hill opposite King...
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Port Meadow Oxford
4 Reviews Port Meadow is a large open country public field that stretches as far as the eye can see,there are plenty of footpaths to walk on and you can cross bridges over the River Thames that flows through...
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Castle Hill Cambridge
3 Reviews .....is closed off at the moment. I suspect local skateboarders have been using and eroding it. A typical Norman motte, its bailey now hidden by the council buildings, it's still worth a visit....
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City - Miscellaneous York
18 Reviews England's most famous highwayman might have been from Essex and have had relations to Derby but he spent so much time in York he actually died here. His grave can be found if you continue down to the...
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Brindley Place Birmingham
2 Reviews I always remember coming down to Brindley place when I was younger to go to The National SeaLife Centre which is just next to Brindley Place. Especially in the Summer next to the canal this area of...
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Jericho Oxford
2 Reviews Jericho is one of Oxford's most interesting neighbourhoods. Most of the action takes place on Walton Street, where there ar enumerous bars and restaurants, but it's also worthwhile exploring the side...
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Grantchester Cambridge
4 Reviews This church is just a few steps away from the tea garden " Orchard ". A graveyard is all around it, many of the tombstones are too withered to read who has been buried there. In front of the altar...
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Fountains Abbey York
7 Reviews The monks elected Prior Richard abbot, but by 1133 they were forced to look for outside help in order to survive. They turned, naturally enough, to the source of their inspiration, the Cistercian...
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Parks Birmingham
6 Reviews Cannon Hill is a reasonably sized park just on the out skirts of the city centre its about 5 to 10 minutes away on the bus ( no 45 or 47 from ouside the palisades shopping centre). it has a large...
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Botanic Garden Oxford
7 Reviews Britain's oldest botanic garden with thousands of species of plants from all over the world. A lovely place to sit, or wander down the river. Situated on the site of the old Jewish cemetary. Open:...
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Wittgenstein's Grave Cambridge
1 Review The greatest philosopher of the the 20th century is buried in a small graveyard in Cambridge. In the same cemetry also stands the grave of GE Moore a leading exponent of Logical positivism. In the...
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Beverley York
3 Reviews Beverley. It is a small market town approx 35 mile between York and Hull. It has a large Minster which could rival York but is sadly overlooked by most tourists. The town is nice for an hour or two,...
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Jewellery Quarter Birmingham
2 Reviews The advent of such contraptions as the thing I am using now to scrawl this tip led to the death knell of a once proud Brimingham industry. That and the Bic Biro. There was at one time over 100 firms...
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Headington Shark Oxford
3 Reviews Somewhat annoyingly, I was looking for this piece of art, but got a bit lost, so I have yet to describe it from the flesh, as it were. The story of the shark and the battle for it's retention against...
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This is a lovely time of year in the countryside. The corn fields are at their best, as in a week or two they will be harvested and the landscrape will change again. Walking is the best way to see the area.Along the many footpaths kept open for us all to enjoy.
we took the tour bus to stonehenge , my brother and I -- ( he's a wanna be Druid - Y' know) so i tagged along ...I thought it was just going to be a big 'heap" of rocks piled around in a circle... turns out it was a very special , "sacred" place --- Imagine 5000 years ago ...humans erected this stucture to worship their gods.. it was a very "mystical" journey out there indeeed........ well worth it! j
The tiny Welsh village of Llanddewi Brefi (it exists on VT, but no tips yet) shot to fame in 2004, when it featured in the hit BBC sketch show 'Little Britan'.Matt Lucas portays an outrageously dressed homosexual, Daffyd, who is shocked to find anything gay or lesbian around apart from his good self - hence the catchphrase - 'Nooo, I am he only gay in the village'. The joke is of course that the remote Welsh village would be seen as parochial and conservative when in the series it is portrayed as having a wild gay scene (much to the disgust of Daffyd), with an impossibly camp verger of the local church and his live-in lover : the Vicar.Rather oddly, in Jan 2005, it was reported by the Times that the place in real life has a nearby lesbian commune and was also the location of one of the biggest LSD raids in the UK!
There are about 40 stations in total that have been 'abandoned' over the years.Many closed due lines being amalgamated from rival lines (which is why there is no longer a British Museum stop), or due to lack of use (e.g York Road) or due to the cost of refurbishment (e.g Aldwych).As a tourist, this is of little concern but you may spot the 'ghost' station at the British Museum, (Central line when travelling from Tot. Court Road to Holborn on the right hand side) or see buildings that used to be tube stops - such as the 'Strand' station at Aldwych. There are also some quite complex theories about 'missing stations' such as may lurk underneath Buckingham Place, the BBC or the MI6 headquarters. The one used in the Bond Film 'Die another day', when Bond gets his invisible Aston Martin is in fact just a studio mock up, but plenty of other films have spent time in the disused Aldwych Branch...
The Sikh community in Peterborough has taken over the old nightclub on Boongate as it's new Gurdwara.It is somewhat ironic that a club (trust me I know) where all sorts of immoral happenings went on is now a spiritually calming place of worship where drink, drugs and tobacco are banned.The mirrors over the walls remain, and the basic layout where the dancefloor and DJ sets were still remain. It has however been transformed into a very peaceful & soothing place of worship where the Holy book (the Guru Granth sahib) can be read.The Sikhs are a wonderfully hospitable people and from Friday to Sunday they will virtually force you to have a meal in the communal Langar (dining area). The veg. thali that was served was one of the best Indian meals I have ever had.Feel free to ring up, or just turn up - you will find it a very fulfilling experience. The address is :Singh Sabha...
On the south coast of the county of Dorset, about 25 miles west of Weymouth, is the pretty seaside town of Lyme Regis. You will find some beautiful cliffs and beaches here.But what makes Lyme Regis special is that it is now a World Heritage Site. Vast quantities of fossils have been discovered in the cliffs. And continue to be discovered.Because of the geology of the area, rocks dating back to the Jurassic period, 200million years old, are exposed at Lyme Regis. Apparently Springtime is best to come and find lots of fresh fossils on the beach. Every winter the storms wash more objects out of the rock. Watch for bellemnites (very common, pencil-like sea creatures) and ammonites (like coiled squid) amongst the pebbles. Kids seem to love this sort of thing, we could hardly drag my neice of the beach :-)The earliest collectors found complete skeletons of prehistoric fish and reptiles.If you...
In the village of Avebury, there is a small church that dates from Norman times. When I visited it was raining so heavily and we found the church was open so initially, it made a good momentary escape from the rain. But once inside it was clear that the church was something that was really worth seeing. It was tiny and very intimate. And it was filled with intricate and beautiful stonework. There were grave stones set into the walls and floor. My favorite was one that said (In Latin, luckily my friend reads Latin) "Death is not the End". That phrase really struck and moved me.. and Ill never forget that cold rainy day and the little church in Avebury. It was truly a special day.
Somerset and much of Southern England is made up of chalk with a very thin layer of topsoil above it. It makes for a very interesting sight when they remove it or dig any depth.This is an example. The soil has been removed so that a parking lot may be built. You can clearly see the white chalk underneath.
Lancashire historically has a lot to offer all travellers. $ hours from Heathrow if the motorway isnt congested, is a dream. Lots of old relics and burting with history whether it be fact or fiction. The night life is abundant and there is much to offer for all ages. The abbey at Whalley is a must see especially for those interested in the fall of catholicism and witches.
we were in a small town in Lancashire called Hurstgreen I think that is right if not i apologise to all the people who live there. We went to this little club and had one of the best nights of my life. The band was a duo who were very talented and for a small club the place really came alive. Im still in shock to think that a club of that size could provide the entertainment that they did
The Montague On The Gardens London
5 Reviews and 1067 Opinions The concierge was fabulous, the hotel very grand, and despite the rooms being small they were...
Radisson Edwardian Manchester Manchester
4 Reviews and 929 Opinions I had a great time there. Stayed due to business 4 nights in the hotel. Staff was great, friendly...
Guy Fawkes Inn York
4 Reviews and 233 Opinions We went to the pub new years gay. I ordered the fish and chips and found a lump of metal in the...
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Q: Hi! We r planning to go Paris from London on 16th June Saturday by eurostar. We r planning to stay at L'Elysee Val D'Europe hotel...
A: Lookin on google maps I notice that the L'Elysee Val d'Europe is basically sitting on top of a railway station. It's not the station where the Eurostar stops, but that is...
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