Big Days Out

Great Places To Visit

Wigan Pier

11 January 2010 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

Closed. The ‘Way We Were’ Museum closed to the public in December 2007. Winner of Sandford Award 1987,1992,1997, 2002.

Filed Under: Lancashire Tagged With: Sandford Award Winners

Weston Park

11 January 2010 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

Weston Park is one of the most welcoming stately homes with as much character as any English castle and with as many stories as any royal home. Open to the public for a day out or perfect for private celebrations, Weston offers more than just beautiful gardens, architecture and history; the House and Stables are […]

Filed Under: Shropshire Tagged With: Gardens, Houses, Sandford Award Winners

Weald And Downland Open Air Museum

11 January 2010 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

Set in 50 acres of beautiful Sussex countryside is a very special place to wander amongst a fascinating collection of nearly 50 historic buildings dating from the 13th to the 19th century, many with period gardens, together with farm animals, woodland walks and a picturesque lake. Rescued from destruction, the buildings have been carefully dismantled, […]

Filed Under: Sussex Tagged With: Gardens, Houses, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Walsall Leather Museum

11 January 2010 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

Working museum, housed in a restored leather factory. For two hundred years Walsall people have been making some of the world’s finest saddles and leather goods. Walsall Leather Museum seeks to celebrate this great tradition and reflect the achievements of the leather craftsmen and women of Walsall. In atmospheric workshops you can watch skilled leather […]

Filed Under: West Midlands Tagged With: Industrial History, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

The Wallace Collection

11 January 2010 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

The Wallace Collection is a national museum which displays the wonderful works of art collected in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by the first four Marquesses of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace, the son of the 4th Marquess. It was bequeathed to the British nation by Sir Richard’s widow, Lady Wallace, in 1897. Winner of […]

Filed Under: London Tagged With: Art Galleries, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

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