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Needham Lake

Needham Lake is a popular countryside attraction centred round a flooded gravel pit alongside the River Gipping close to Needham Market. The park ...

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Filed Under: Suffolk Tagged With: Attraction, Country Park, Free, Industrial History

Maritime Greenwich

The Old Royal Naval College, the great baroque masterpiece of English architecture is set in landscaped grounds on the River Thames in the centre of ...

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Filed Under: London Tagged With: Attraction, Free, Industrial History, Military, Museums, World Heritage Sites

The Workhouse

Explore the most complete workhouse in existence and immerse yourself in the unique atmosphere as the audio guide (based on archive records) brings ...

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Filed Under: Nottinghamshire Tagged With: Houses, Industrial History, National Trust, Sandford Award Winners

Wollaton Hall

Wollaton Hall is a spectacular Elizabethan mansion in the heart of Nottingham. It is a prominent Grade One Listed building and following its major ...

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Filed Under: Nottinghamshire Tagged With: Art Galleries, Gardens, Houses, Industrial History, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Walsall Leather Museum

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 ...

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

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

Sunlight Vision Museum

Port Sunlight is unique and those who visit for the first time are usually astonished at what they discover. It is argued to be the finest surviving ...

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Filed Under: Merseyside Tagged With: Gardens, Houses, Industrial History, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

St Fagans: National History Museum

A walk around Wales – from Celtic times to the present day. St Fagans is one of Europe's leading open–air museums and Wales's most popular heritage ...

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Filed Under: Cardiff Tagged With: Gardens, Houses, Industrial History, 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

Soho House Museum

The elegant home of industrial pioneer Matthew Boulton, who lived in Soho House from 1766 to 1809. Here, he met with some of the most important ...

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

The Shugborough Estate

Shugborough is the UK's only Complete Working Historic Estate and a world class visitor attraction. Over a quarter of a million people visit the ...

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Filed Under: Staffordshire Tagged With: Gardens, Houses, Industrial History, Sandford Award Winners

Science Museum

The Science Museum was founded in 1857 with objects shown at the Great Exhibition held in the Crystal Palace. Today the Museum is world renowned for ...

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Filed Under: London Tagged With: Attraction, Free, Industrial History, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

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