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The Verdant Works

Verdant Works is so called because when it was built for merchant and flax spinner David Lindsay in 1833 the area was surrounded by green fields. The ...

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Filed Under: Dundee Tagged With: Industrial History, Sandford Award Winners

The Tenement House

The Tenement House is an authentic 19th-century Glasgow tenement house and was the home, for over fifty years, of Miss Agnes Toward, an ordinary lady ...

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Filed Under: Glasgow Tagged With: Houses, National Trust, Sandford Award Winners

Stirling Castle

Royal stronghold, palace of pleasures, regimental garrison - Stirling Castle has played many roles. Features include: The largest banqueting hall in ...

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Filed Under: Stirling Tagged With: Castles, Houses, Military, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Stanley Mills

Stanley Mills is one the best-preserved relics of the 18th-century Industrial Revolution. It was established as a cotton mill by local merchants, with ...

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

Scone Palace

Once the crowning place of the Kings of Scots, Scone Palace occupies a unique position in the history of Scotland. A breathtakingly beautiful place of ...

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

Palace Of Holyroodhouse And The Queen’s Gallery

The Palace of Holyroodhouse, the official residence in Scotland of Her Majesty The Queen, stands at the end of Edinburgh's Royal Mile against the ...

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Filed Under: Edinburgh Tagged With: Art Galleries, Castles, Houses, Sandford Award Winners

New Lanark

Award winning Visitor Centre. Beautifully restored 18th century cotton mill village nestled in the spectacular south Lanarkshire valley in southern ...

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Filed Under: South Lanarkshire Tagged With: Industrial History, Sandford Award Winners, World Heritage Sites

National Galleries Of Scotland

Magnificent galleries in Edinburgh, located on three sites, each home to special exhibitions and different parts of the national collection of fine ...

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

Highland Folk Museum

The Highland Folk Museum brings to life the domestic and working conditions of earlier Highland peoples. Visitors to this living history Museum can ...

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

Edinburgh Zoo

Edinburgh Zoo is the largest and most exciting wildlife attraction in Scotland, over 1,000 wonderful animals in a beautiful parkland setting on the ...

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Filed Under: Edinburgh Tagged With: Sandford Award Winners, Zoos And Wildlife Parks

Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle is a castle fortress which dominates the sky-line of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, from its position atop the volcanic Castle ...

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Filed Under: Edinburgh Tagged With: Castles, Military, Sandford Award Winners

Discovery Point And RRS Discovery

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 ...

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

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