Mansion with important collections and fascinating ‘below stairs’ area, set in a large country estate and deer park, with a rich and varied garden. Finest collection of Huguenot silver in Britain Ancient herd of fallow deer in a stunning 101-hectare (250-acre) park Scandal and romance retold in fascinating guided tours One of the North West’s […]
The Sandford Award is an independently judged, quality assured assessment of education programmes at heritage sites, museums, archives and collections across the British Isles.
More than 350 sites - including historic houses, museums, galleries, places of worship, gardens, landscapes and collections – have received an Award since the scheme began in 1978. They include Hampton Court Palace, Brunel’s ss Great Britain in Bristol, Fota Wildlife Park in Eire, Edinburgh Castle, and Big Pit - the National Mining Museum of Wales.
Dulwich Picture Gallery
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.
Dover Castle
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 […]
Dove Cottage & The Wordsworth Museum
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. […]
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 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 […]