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Great Places To Visit

Dulwich Picture Gallery

14 December 2009 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

Dulwich Picture Gallery is England’s first public art gallery: it was founded in 1811 when Sir Francis Bourgeois RA bequeathed his collection of old masters “for the inspection of the public”. Winner of Sandford Award .1990, 1995, 2000, 2005.

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

Dover Castle

14 December 2009 by bigdaysout 1 Comment

Known as ‘The key to England’, the great fortress of Dover Castle has played a crucial role in the defence of the realm for over nine centuries. Its spectacular site above the famous ‘White Cliffs’ was originally an Iron Age hill fort, and still houses a Roman lighthouse, one of the best-preserved in Europe. The […]

Filed Under: Kent Tagged With: Castles, English Heritage, Sandford Award Winners

Dove Cottage & The Wordsworth Museum

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Dove Cottage was the home of William Wordsworth from December 1799 to May 1808, the years of his supreme work as a poet. The cottage used to be an inn called the Dove and Olive and many of the building’s distinctive features date from this time; its white-washed walls, flagstone floors and dark, wood panelling. […]

Filed Under: Cumbria Tagged With: Houses, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Discovery Point And RRS Discovery

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A trip to Discovery Point is an adventure in its own right as audiovisual shows, computer-based multimedia and displays of the actual artefacts of the crew transport you to Antarctica. Climb aboard Captain Scott’s ship RRS Discovery where you will follow in the footsteps of him and his crew, see how they lived, what they […]

Filed Under: Angus Tagged With: Attraction, Sandford Award Winners

Dewsbury Museum

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Dedicated to the magical theme of childhood, Dewsbury Museum presents a child”s eye view of history. At Dewsbury Museum you can experience things that have changed in the lives of children over the last century. In the ”Growing Up in Dewsbury” exhibition, you can gaze through the windows of a 1940s classroom taking a trip […]

Filed Under: Yorkshire Tagged With: Museums, Sandford Award Winners

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