Visitor Attraction Quality Scheme – 2016 participants

Last updated 30 September 2016. Please direct any listing queries to [email protected].

East Midlands

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Alford Manor House Alford www.alfordmanorhouse.co.uk Ashby de la Ashby De La Zouch Museum www.ashbydelazouchmuseum.org.uk/ Zouch Chatsworth Bakewell www.chatsworth.org Haddon Hall Bakewell www.haddonhall.co.uk www.northlincs.gov.uk/tourism- Waters' Edge Country Park & Barton upon museums-and-the-arts/waters-edge- Visitor Centre Humber visitors-centre-and-country-park/ Boston Guildhall Boston www.bostonguildhall.co.uk www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynat RSPB Frampton Marsh Nature Boston ure/seenature/reserves/guide/f/frampto Reserve nmarsh/ Poole's Cavern & Buxton Buxton www.poolescavern.co.uk Country Park www.chesterfield.gov.uk/explore- Chesterfield Museum and Art Chesterfield chesterfield/museums/chesterfield- Gallery museum-and-art-gallery www.chesterfield.gov.uk/explore- Revolution House Chesterfield chesterfield/museums/revolution- house 1620s House & Garden at Coalville www.doningtonleheath.com Donington le Heath Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Coningsby www..gov.uk/bbmf Visitor Centre Denby Visitor Centre Denby www.denbyvisitorcentre.co.uk Calke Abbey Best Told Story 2014 Derby www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke-abbey/ www.derbymuseums.org/museumartg Derby Museum & Art Gallery Derby allery/ www.derbymuseums.org/pickfords- Pickford's House Museum Derby house/ Gainsborough Old Hall Gainsborough www.gainsborougholdhall.com Belton House Grantham www.nationaltrust.org.uk/belton-house www.nelincs.gov.uk/culture-events- Fishing Heritage Centre Grimsby and-tourism/grimsby-fishing-heritage- centre/ Hinckley & District Museum Hinckley www.hinckleydistrictmuseum.org.uk Wicksteed Park Kettering www.wicksteedpark.co.uk Bradgate Park Leicester www.bradgatepark.org 1

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King Richard III Visitor Centre Leicester www.kriii.com National Space Centre Best Told Story 2015 Leicester www.spacecentre.co.uk www.leicester.gov.uk/leisure-and- New Walk Museum & Art culture/museums-and-galleries/our- Leicester Gallery venues/new-walk-museum-and-art- gallery www.leicester.gov.uk/leisure-and- Newarke Houses, Museum & Leicester culture/museums-and-galleries/our- Gardens venues/newarke-houses-museum/ www.leicester.gov.uk/your-council- The Guildhall, Leicester Leicester services/lc/leicester-- museums/museums/the-guildhall/ Bransby Horses Lincoln www.bransbyhorses.co.uk Lincoln Castle Lincoln www.lincolncastle.com www.visitlincoln.com/things-to- Lincoln Guildhall Lincoln do/guildhall-and-stonebow www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/museumoflinc Museum of Lincolnshire Life Lincoln olnshirelife Museum of RAF Firefighting Lincoln www.firemuseum.co.uk The Collection - Art & Lincoln www.thecollectionmuseum.com in Lincolnshire www.charnwood.gov.uk/pages/charnw Charnwood Museum Loughborough ood_museum Great Central Railway Loughborough www.gcrailway.co.uk Manor Farm Park & Woodlands Loughborough www.manorfarm.info Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Ludborough www.lincolnshirewoldsrailway.co.uk Sherwood Pines Forest Park Mansfield www.forestry.gov.uk/sherwoodpines Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Market Best Told Story 2014 www.bosworthbattlefield.com Centre Bosworth Market Harborough Museum www.leics.gov.uk/harboroughmuseum Harborough Market Rockingham Castle www.rockinghamcastle.com Harborough Hall Farm Park Market Rasen www.hallfarmpark.co.uk Rand Farm Park Market Rasen www.randfarmpark.com Crich Tramway Village Matlock www.tramway.co.uk The Heights of Abraham Gold 2015 Matlock Bath www.heightsofabraham.com Logins Sample Cellar & Belvoir Melton Mowbray www.belvoirbrewery.co.uk Brewery Tours Melton Carnegie Museum Melton Mowbray www.leics.gov.uk/meltonmuseum Queen Elizabeth Diamond Near Normanton www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-

Jubilee Wood Le Heath woods/wood-information/qedjw Newark Air Museum Newark www.newarkairmuseum.org Charles Rennie Mackintosh Gold 2015 Northampton www.78derngate.org.uk House 2

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www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches /Completelistofchurches/St-Peters- St Peter's Church Northampton Church-Northampton- Northamptonshire/ Attenborough Nature Centre Nottingham www.attenboroughnaturecentre.co.uk D H Lawrence Birthplace Nottingham www.dhlawrenceheritage.org Museum Framework Knitters' Museum Best Told Story 2015 Nottingham www.frameworkknittersmuseum.org.uk Galleries of Justice Museum Nottingham www.galleriesofjustice.org.uk Nottingham Castle Museum & Nottingham www.nottinghamcastle.org.uk Art Gallery Papplewick Pumping Station Nottingham www.papplewickpumpingstation.org.uk Wollaton Hall Nottingham www.wollatonhall.org.uk Fineshade Nr Corby www.forestry.gov.uk/toplodge Salcey Forest Nr Hartwell www.forestry.gov.uk/salceyforest Barnsdale Gardens Oakham www.barnsdalegardens.co.uk Rutland County Museum Oakham www.rutlandcountymuseum.org.uk www.anglianwater.co.uk/leisure/water- Rutland Water Park Oakham parks/rutland Rufford Abbey Country Park Ollerton www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/ruffordcp Newstead Abbey Historic House Ravenshead www.newsteadabbey.org.uk and Park Renishaw Hall & Gardens Renishaw www.renishaw-hall.co.uk 20-21 Visual Arts Centre Scunthorpe www.northlincs.gov.uk/20-21 Normanby Hall Country Park Scunthorpe www.normanbyhall.co.uk North Lincolnshire Museum Best Told Story 2014 Scunthorpe www.northlincs.gov.uk/museums Skegness www.skegnesspier.co.uk Cogglesford Watermill Sleaford www.cogglesfordwatermill.co.uk Cranwell Aviation Heritage Sleaford www.cranwellaviation.co.uk Centre community.lincolnshire.gov.uk/navigati Navigation House Sleaford onhousevisitorcentre/index.asp Ayscoughfee Hall, Museum and Spalding www.ayscoughfee.org Gardens The Lincolnshire Aviation Spilsby www.lincsaviation.co.uk Heritage Centre www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches St John's Church Stamford /Completelistofchurches/St-Johns- Church-Stamford-Lincolnshire/ Conkers Swadlincote www.visitconkers.com Sharpe's Pottery Museum Swadlincote www.sharpespotterymuseum.org.uk The Canal Museum, Stoke www.stokebruernecanalmuseum.org.u Towcester Bruerne k Creswell Crags Welbeck www.creswell-crags.org.uk

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East of

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The Red House Aldeburgh www.brittenpears.org Aylsham www.bvrw.co.uk Redwings Aylsham Visitor www.redwings.org.uk/visiting/aylsham- Aylsham Centre visitor-centre/ www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynat RSPB South Marshes Basildon ure/seenature/reserves/guide/s/southe Nature Reserve ssexmarshes/ The Higgins Bedford Bedford www.thehigginsbedford.org.uk/ The Shuttleworth Collection Biggleswade www.shuttleworth.org Bishop's Bishop's Stortford Museum www.rhodesbishopsstortford.org.uk Stortford Brandon Country Park Brandon www.brandoncountrypark.org.uk High Lodge, Thetford Forest Brandon www.forestry.gov.uk/highlodge Centre Old MacDonald's Farm & Fun Brentwood www.omdfarm.co.uk Park Jordans Mill Broome www.jordansmill.com Bushey Museum & Art Gallery Hidden Gem 2015 Bushey www.busheymuseum.org The Forties Experience Bushey www.fortiesexperience.co.uk www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches All Saints' Church Cambridge /Completelistofchurches/All-Saints- Church-Cambridge-Cambridgeshire/ Cambridge American Cemetery Cambridge www.abmc.gov & Memorial City Sightseeing - Cambridge Cambridge www.citysightseeing-cambridge.com King's College Chapel Cambridge www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/ Scudamore's Punting Company Cambridge www.scudamores.com Self Hire Scudamore's Punting Company Cambridge www.scudamores.com Tours Castle Valley Railway www.colnevalleyrailway.co.uk Hedingham Museum Chelmsford www.chelmsford.gov.uk/museums Hylands House & Estate Chelmsford www.chelmsford.gov.uk/hylands RHS Garden Hyde Hall Chelmsford www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/hyde-hall Clacton on Sea www.clacton-pier.co.uk Bodyflight Ltd Clapham www.bodyflight.co.uk Marks Hall Garden & Arboretum Coggeshall www.markshall.org.uk Beth Chatto Gardens Colchester www.bethchatto.co.uk

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Colchester Castle & Roman www.visitcolchester.com/visitor- Colchester Theatre info/Roman-Colchester.aspx East Anglian Railway Museum Welcome 2015 Colchester www.earm.co.uk Fingringhoe Wick Nature www.essexwt.org.uk/reserves/fingringh Welcome 2014 Colchester Reserve oe-wick firstsite Colchester www.firstsite.uk.net/ Hollytrees Museum & Visitor Colchester www.cimuseums.org.uk/hollytrees Information Centre www.cimuseums.org.uk/naturalhistory Natural History Museum Colchester museum rnli.org/aboutus/historyandheritage/mu RNLI Henry Blogg Museum Best Told Story 2015 Cromer seums/Pages/Henry-Blogg- Museum.aspx? Downham Discover Downham www.discoverdownham.org.uk/ Market ZSL Whipsnade Dunstable www.zsl.org/zsl-whipsnade-zoo visitely.eastcambs.gov.uk/cromwell/oliv Oliver Cromwell's House Hidden Gem 2014 Ely er-cromwells-house Creake Abbey Quality Café 2014 Fakenham www.creakeabbey.co.uk Pensthorpe Natural Park Fakenham www.pensthorpe.com Thursford Collection Welcome 2015 Fakenham www.thursford.com Redwings Horse Sanctuary - www.redwings.org.uk/get- Fritton Caldecott involved/visit/caldecott-visitor-centre www.redwings.org.uk/get- Redwings Ada Cole Welcome 2015 Harlow involved/visit/ada-cole-rescue-centre www.broxbourne.gov.uk/lowewoodmus Lowewood Museum Hoddesdon eum www.cimuseums.org.uk/Christchurch- Christchurch Mansion Ipswich Mansion www.cimuseums.org.uk/Ipswich- Ipswich Museum Ipswich Museum Bircham Windmill King's Lynn www.birchamwindmill.co.uk Houghton Hall King's Lynn www.houghtonhall.com www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynat RSPB Titchwell Marsh Nature King's Lynn ure/seenature/reserves/guide/t/titchwel Reserve lmarsh/ www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches St Nicholas' Chapel King's Lynn /Completelistofchurches/St-Nicholas- Chapel-Kings-Lynn-/ Knebworth House, Gardens & Knebworth www.knebworthhouse.com Park RSPB Lakenheath Fen Nature www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/l/lake Welcome 2015 Lakenheath Reserve nheathfen Leighton Mead Open Farm www.meadopenfarm.co.uk Buzzard Limited Lowesoft www.pleasurewoodhills.com 5

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Somerleyton Hall & Gardens Lowestoft www.somerleyton.co.uk Combined Military Services Maldon www.cmsm.co.uk/ Museum Hillside Animal & Shire Horse Near Cromer www.hillside.org.uk Sanctuary www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches Church of St John Norwich /Completelistofchurches/Church-of-St- John-Maddermarket-Norwich-Norfolk/ Fairhaven Woodland & Water Norwich www.fairhavengarden.co.uk Garden Playbarn Norwich www.theplaybarn.co.uk RAF Air Defence Radar Norwich www.radarmuseum.co.uk Museum www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynat RSPB Strumpshaw Fen Nature Norwich ure/seenature/reserves/guide/s/strump Reserve shawfen/ Wroxham Barns Norwich www.wroxhambarns.co.uk www.neneparktrust.org.uk/ferry- Ferry Meadows Country Park Peterborough meadows Peterborough Cathedral Peterborough www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk Sacrewell Peterborough www.sacrewell.org.uk www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynat RSPB Rainham Marshes Nature Purfleet ure/seenature/reserves/guide/r/rainha Reserve mmarshes/ www.rochford.gov.uk/leisure_culture_a Rayleigh Windmill Rayleigh nd_tourism/visit_rochford_district/herit age_attractions/rayleigh_windmill Whitwell & Reepham Railway Reepham whitwellstation.com/ Shepreth Wildlife Park Royston www.sheprethwildlifepark.co.uk Saffron Walden Museum Saffron Walden www.saffronwaldenmuseum.org RSPB The Lodge Nature www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/t/thelo Welcome 2014 Sandy Reserve dge RSPB Minsmere Nature www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/m/min Saxmundham Reserve smere Sheringham Museum Sheringham www.sheringhammuseum.co.uk Southend-on- Adventure Island www.adventureisland.co.uk Sea Southend-on- Sea Life Adventure www.sealifeadventure.co.uk Sea Southend-on- www.southend.gov.uk/southendpier Sea Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Albans www.stalbanscathedral.org St Alban www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/verula Verulamium Museum St Albans mium/ Willows Activity Farm St Albans www.willowsfarmvillage.com 6

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RSPB Rye Meads Nature Stanstead www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/r/rye

Reserve Abbotts meads Museum of East Anglian Life Stowmarket www.eastanglianlife.org.uk Gainsborough's House Sudbury www.gainsborough.org Lee Valley Park Farms Waltham Abbey www.leevalleypark.org.uk Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey www.royalgunpowdermills.com Watford Museum Watford www.watfordmuseum.org.uk Wells-next-the- Holkham Hall www.holkham.co.uk Sea Mersea Island Museum West Mersea www.merseamuseum.org.uk Muckleburgh Collection Weybourne www.muckleburgh.co.uk Wildfowl and Wetland Trust - Wisbech www.wwt.org.uk/welney/ Welney Woburn Abbey and Gardens Woburn www.woburn.co.uk/abbey Woburn Woburn www.woburnsafari.co.uk Easton Farm Park Woodbridge www.eastonfarmpark.co.uk Broads Tours Wroxham www.broadstours.co.uk/

London

Attraction Accolade Town Website

www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to- Epping Forest Chingford do/green-spaces/epping- forest/Pages/default.aspx The View, Queen Elizabeth's Chingford www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/huntinglodge Hunting Lodge & The Valence House Best Told Story 2015 Dagenham www.lbbd.gov.uk/valence Capel Manor College and Enfield www.capelmanorgardens.co.uk/ Gardens www.visitleevalley.org.uk/en/content/c Myddelton House Gardens Enfield ms/nature/gardens- heritage/myddelton-house-gardens/ Cutty Sark Best Told Story 2014 Greenwich www.rmg.co.uk/cuttysark National Maritime Museum Greenwich www.rmg.co.uk/ Queen's House Greenwich www.rmg.co.uk/ Royal Observatory Greenwich www.rmg.co.uk/ Royal Air Force Museum Hendon www.rafmuseum.org ArcelorMittal Orbit London www.arcelormittalorbit.com

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Arsenal Stadium Tour & London www.arsenal.com/tours Museum Bateaux London Welcome 2014 London www.bateauxlondon.com Ben Uri Gallery & Museum London www.benuri.org.uk Chelsea Football Club Stadium www.chelseafc.com/the-club/stadium- Gold 2015 London Tour & Museum tours-museum.html www.city-sightseeing.com/tours/united- City Sightseeing - London London kingdom/london.htm Estorick Collection of Modern London www.estorickcollection.com Italian Art Guildhall Galleries London cityoflondon.gov.uk/guildhallgalleries HM Gold 2015 London www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london Horniman Museum and Gardens London www.horniman.ac.uk Jewish Museum London London www.jewishmuseum.org.uk Kensington Palace London www.hrp.org.uk/kensington-palace www.rbkc.gov.uk/subsites/museums/le Leighton House Museum Best Told Story 2014 London ightonhousemuseum1.aspx London Duck Tours London www.londonducktours.co.uk London Transport Museum London www.ltmuseum.co.uk www.lords.org/lords/things-to-do/tours- Lord's Tour London of-lords/ Museum of the Order of St John London www.sja.org.uk/museum Old Royal Naval College London www.oldroyalnavalcollege.org Greenwich Royal London Hospital Archives Best Told Story 2015 London www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/rlhmuseum & Museum St Bartholomew's Hospital London bartshealth.nhs.uk/bartsmuseum Museum The Courtauld Gallery London www.courtauld.ac.uk The Crystal Gold 2015 London www.thecrystal.org The Escape Hunt Experience London www.escapehunt.com London Tower Bridge Exhibition Welcome 2015 London www.towerbridge.org.uk Wembley Stadium Tours Best Told Story 2014 London www.wembleystadium.com/tours Wildfowl and Wetland Trust - www.wwt.org.uk/wetland- London The Wetland Centre centres/london/ ZSL London www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo Discover Stratford www.discover.org.uk Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Best Told Story 2015 Wimbledon www.wimbledon.org/museum Museum & Tour www.greenwichheritage.org/visit/green Greenwich Heritage Centre Woolwich wich-heritage-centre

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North East

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The Alnwick Garden Alnwick www.alnwickgarden.com Woodhorn Museum Ashington www.experiencewoodhorn.com Castle Bamburgh www.bamburghcastle.com rnli.org/aboutus/historyandheritage/mu RNLI Grace Darling Museum Bamburgh seums/Pages/Grace-Darling- Museum.aspx? The Bowes Museum Barnard Castle www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk Beamish, The Living Museum of Best Told Story 2015 Beamish www.beamish.org.uk the North Berwick-upon- Ford & Etal Estates www.ford-and-etal.co.uk Tweed Bishop Hamsterley Forest www.forestry.gov.uk/hamsterleyforest Auckland Killhope, The North of England Bishop Hidden Gem 2015 www.killhope.org.uk/ Lead Mining Museum Auckland - Darlington www.head-of-steam.co.uk Railway Museum Paddock Farm Water Gardens Darlington www.paddock-farm.co.uk Raby Castle Gold 2015 Darlington www.rabycastle.com Adventure Valley Durham www.adventurevalley.co.uk/ Auckland Castle Durham www.aucklandcastle.org Botanic Garden Durham Durham www.durham.ac.uk/botanic.garden University www.durhamworldheritagesite.com/arc Durham Castle Durham hitecture/castle Hall Hill Farm Durham www.hallhillfarm.co.uk Oriental Museum Welcome 2015 Durham www.dur.ac.uk/oriental.museum Palace Green Library Durham www.dur.ac.uk/palace.green Ushaw Durham www.ushaw.org BALTIC Centre for Gateshead www.balticmill.com Contemporary Art Shipley Art Gallery Gateshead www.twmuseums.org.uk/shipley Roman Army Museum Welcome 2015 Greenhead www.vindolanda.com Camerons Brewery Visitor www.cameronsbrewery.com/visitor- Hartlepool Centre center/ www.destinationhartlepool.com/see- Hartlepool Art Gallery Hartlepool and-do/attraction/hartlepool-art- gallery.html www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/englandn Kielder Castle Visitor Centre Hexham orthumberlandkielderkielderkieldercastl eforestparkcentre 9

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Roman Vindolanda Best Told Story 2015 Hexham www.vindolanda.com The Heritage Centre, Hexham www.bellingham-heritage.org.uk Bellingham mima Middlesbrough www.visitmima.com RSPB Saltholme Nature www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/s/salt Welcome 2015 Middlesbrough Reserve holme Middleton-in- High Force www.highforcewaterfall.com/ Teesdale Near Kielder Kielder Observatory kielderobservatory.org/ Village Newcastle Upon www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/tours/n BBC Tours Newcastle Best Told Story 2015 Tyne ewcastle Newcastle upon www.twmuseums.org.uk/greatnorthmu Great North Museum Hancock Tyne seum Newcastle Upon Hatton Gallery www.hattongallery.org.uk/ Tyne Newcastle Upon Seven Stories www.sevenstories.org.uk Tyne City Sightseeing - Newcastle Newcastle- www.city-sightseeing.com/tours/united-

Gateshead upon-Tyne kingdom/newcastle-gateshead.htm Newcastle- Discovery Museum www.discoverymuseum.org.uk upon-Tyne Newcastle- Laing Art Gallery laingartgallery.org.uk/ upon-Tyne Newcastle- Life Science Centre www.life.org.uk Upon-Tyne Kirkley Hall Zoological Gardens Ponteland www.kirkleyhallzoo.co.uk www.redcar- Kirkleatham Museum Redcar cleveland.gov.uk/museums Saltburn Cliff Tramway Saltburn www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/clifflift Hardwick Park Sedgefield www.durham.gov.uk/hardwickpark Cleveland Ironstone Mining Skinningrove www.ironstonemuseum.co.uk Museum Arbeia Roman Fort www.twmuseums.org.uk/arbeia South Shields Museum & Art South Shields www.twmuseums.org.uk/southshields Gallery River Escapes Stannington www.riverescapes.co.uk Preston Park Museum & Stockton on www.prestonparkmuseum.co.uk/ Grounds Tees Monkwearmouth Station www.seeitdoitsunderland.co.uk/monkw Sunderland Museum earmouth-station-museum National Glass Centre Best Told Story 2015 Sunderland www.nationalglasscentre.com Sunderland Museum & Winter www.seeitdoitsunderland.co.uk/sunderl Sunderland Gardens and-museum-winter-gardens

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Segedunum Roman Fort, Baths Wallsend www.twmuseums.org.uk/segedunum & Museum Wildfowl and Wetland Trust - Washington www.wwt.org.uk/washington/ Washington The Gardens at Wynyard Hall Wynyard wynyardhall.co.uk/

North West

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Runway Visitor Park Altrincham www.runwayvisitorpark.co.uk Grizedale Forest Park Welcome 2014 Ambleside www.forestry.gov.uk/grizedale Ashton-under- www.tameside.gov.uk/museumsgalleri Central Art Gallery Lyne es/central Museum of the Ashton-under- www.tameside.gov.uk/museumsgalleri

Regiment Lyne es/mom Ashton-under- www.tameside.gov.uk/museumsgalleri Portland Basin Museum Lyne es/portland Barrow-in- Dock Museum www.dockmuseum.org.uk Furness www.visitwirral.com/attractions-and- Birkenhead Park Birkenhead activities/birkenhead-park-p44211 Gold 2014 Blackpool www.blackpoolpleasurebeach.com Sandcastle Waterpark Gold 2015 Blackpool www.sandcastle-waterpark.co.uk , Art Gallery and Bolton www.boltonlams.co.uk Aquarium Hall i' th' Wood Museum Bolton www.boltonlams.co.uk Bolton www.boltonlams.co.uk Smithills Open Farm Bolton www.smithillsopenfarm.co.uk Turton Tower Bolton www.turtontower.com Bowness on Windermere Lake Cruises www.windermere-lakecruises.co.uk Windermere Blackwell - the Arts & Crafts Bowness-on- www.blackwell.org.uk House Windermere Bowness-on- The World of Beatrix Potter www.hop-skip-jump.com Windermere www.lancashire.gov.uk/leisure-and- Welcome 2014 culture/museums/gawthorpe-hall.aspx www..gov.uk/leisure-and- Queen Street Mill Burnley culture/museums/queen-street-mill- Museum textile-museum.aspx

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www.burnley.gov.uk/residents/townele Towneley Hall Burnley y-hall RSPB Dee Estuary - Burton www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/d/dee Burton Mere Wetlands -parkgate/ Bury buryartmuseum.co.uk/ Bury www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk Best Told Story 2014 Bury www.fusiliermuseum.com Kirklinton Hall & Gardens Carlisle www.kirklintonhall.co.uk Tullie House Museum and Art Carlisle www.tulliehouse.co.uk Gallery Walby Farm Park Welcome 2015 Carlisle www.walbyfarmpark.co.uk Leighton Hall Hidden Gem 2014 Carnforth www.leightonhall.co.uk/ www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynat RSPB Leighton Moss Carnforth ure/seenature/reserves/guide/l/leighton moss/ Cheshire Military Museum Chester www.cheshiremilitarymuseum.co.uk/ Gold 2015 Chester www.chesterzoo.org ChesterBoat Chester www.chesterboat.co.uk www.city-sightseeing.com/tours/united- City Sightseeing - Chester Chester kingdom/chester.htm grosvenormuseum.westcheshiremuse Grosvenor Museum Chester ums.co.uk/ Restaurant Cruiser Chester www.millhotel.com Roman Tours Ltd Chester www.romantoursuk.com The Ice Cream Farm Chester www.cheshirefarmicecream.co.uk Astley Hall Chorley www.chorley.gov.uk/astleyhall Chorlton-on- Victoria Baths www.victoriabaths.org.uk Medlock www.lancashire.gov.uk/leisure-and- Clitheroe Castle Museum Clitheroe culture/museums/clitheroe-castle- museum.aspx The Lakes Distillery Cockermouth www.lakesdistillery.com Congleton Museum Congleton www.congletonmuseum.co.uk Steam Yacht Gondola Coniston www.nationaltrust.org.uk/gondola The Ruskin Museum Coniston www.ruskinmuseum.com National Waterways Museum Ellesmere Port www.boatmuseum.org.uk Farmer Parr's Animal World Fleetwood www.farmerparrs.com www.lancashire.gov.uk/leisure-and- Welcome 2014 Fleetwood culture/museums/fleetwood- museum.aspx Old Holly Farm Quality Café 2014 Garstang www.oldhollyfarm.com Ullswater 'Steamers' Glenridding www.ullswater-steamers.co.uk

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Abbot Hall Art Gallery & Museum of Lakeland Life & Kendal www.lakelandartstrust.org.uk Industry Kendal Museum Kendal www.kendalmuseum.org.uk Lakeland Climbing Centre Kendal www.kendalwall.co.uk Levens Hall & Gardens Kendal www.levenshall.co.uk Quaker Museum Hidden Gem 2014 Kendal www.quaker-tapestry.co.uk Coniston Launch Keswick www.conistonlaunch.co.uk Honister Slate Mine Keswick www.honister.com Whinlatter Forest Park Keswick www.forestry.gov.uk/whinlatter Acorn Farm Kirkby www.acornfarm.co.uk Gauntlet Birds of Prey, Eagle & Knutsford www.gauntlet.info Vulture Park Tatton Park Knutsford www.tattonpark.org.uk www.visitlancashire.com/things-to- Cottage Museum Lancaster do/the-cottage-museum-lancaster- p1751 Judges' Lodgings Museum Lancaster www.lancashire.gov.uk/museums Lancaster Canal Boats Welcome 2014 Lancaster www.budgietransport.co.uk Lancaster Castle Best Told Story 2014 Lancaster www.lancastercastle.com www.lancashire.gov.uk/leisure-and- Lancaster City Museum Lancaster culture/museums/lancaster-city- museum.aspx www.lancashire.gov.uk/leisure-and- Lancaster Maritime Museum Hidden Gem 2014 Lancaster culture/museums/lancaster-maritime- museum.aspx Lancaster Priory Lancaster lancasterpriory.org/ Williamson Park & Butterfly www.lancaster.gov.uk/williamson- Lancaster House park/butterfly-house British Commercial Vehicle www.britishcommercialvehiclemuseum Hidden Gem 2014 Leyland Museum .com www.nationaltrust.org.uk/beatles- Beatles Childhood Homes Tour Liverpool childhood-homes/ Beatles Story Liverpool www.beatlesstory.com City Explorer Open Top Tour Liverpool cityexplorerliverpool.co.uk Croxteth Hall and Country Park Liverpool www.croxteth.co.uk Fab Four Taxi Tour Liverpool fab4tours.co.uk/ Liverpool Cathedral Liverpool www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk Liverpool Cycle Tours Liverpool www.liverpoolcycletours.com Liverpool Football Club Tour & Liverpool stadiumtours.liverpoolfc.com/ Museum Centre www.cavernclub.org/the-magical- Magical Mystery Tour Liverpool mystery-tour/item/magical-mystery-tour Mersey Tunnel Tours Hidden Gem 2014 Liverpool www.merseytunnels.co.uk

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www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritim Merseyside Maritime Museum Liverpool e/ Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ Liverpool www.liverpoolmetrocathedral.org.uk The King Liverpool Museum of Liverpool Liverpool www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/ National Wildflower Centre Liverpool www.nwc.org.uk Paul Beesley: Professional Tour Liverpool www.paulbeesley.co.uk/ Guide www.architecture.com/liverpoolcitytour RIBA Liverpool City Tours Liverpool s Sandemans New Europe Tours Liverpool www.neweuropetours.eu Sefton Park Palm House Liverpool www.palmhouse.org.uk Shiverpool Liverpool www.shiverpool.co.uk Tate Liverpool Gold 2015 Liverpool www.tate.org.uk/liverpool The Walker Art Gallery Liverpool www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/ Theatre on Foot Best Told Story 2014 Liverpool www.theatreonfoot.co.uk Victoria Gallery and Museum Liverpool www.liv.ac.uk/vgm World Museum Gold 2015 Liverpool www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/ Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre Quality Café 2014 Macclesfield www.jodrellbank.net Macclesfield Silk Museum & The Macclesfield www.silkmacclesfield.org.uk Old Sunday School Cholmondeley Castle Garden Malpas www.cholmondeleycastle.com/ Chill Factore Manchester www.chillfactore.com Police Hidden Gem 2014 Manchester www.gmpmuseum.co.uk/ Museum & Archives Manchester Cathedral Manchester www.manchestercathedral.org Manchester City Football Club Manchester www.mcfc.co.uk Manchester www.manchester.ac.uk/museum www.manutd.com/en/Visit-Old- Manchester United Museum and Manchester Trafford/Museum-And-Stadium- Tour Centre Tour/Welcome.aspx Manchester www.nationalfootballmuseum.com Quality Food & Drink People's History Museum Manchester www.phm.org.uk 2015 The Library Manchester www.manchester.ac.uk/library Gold 2015 Manchester www.manchester.ac.uk/whitworth www.lionsaltworks.westcheshiremuseu Salt Works Marston ms.co.uk Ness Botanic Gardens Ness www.nessgardens.org.uk canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the- Anderton Boat Lift Best Told Story 2014 Northwich waterways/museums-and- attractions/anderton-boat-lift Arley Hall and Gardens Northwich www.arleyhallandgardens.com

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Blakemere Northwich blakemerevillage.com/ Delamere Forest Park Northwich www.forestry.gov.uk/delamere Stockley Farm Park Northwich www.stockleyfarm.co.uk Stretton Watermill Northwich www.strettonwatermill.org.uk Weaver Hall Museum & Northwich www.saltmuseum.org.uk Workhouse Gallery Oldham www.galleryoldham.org.uk Farmer Ted's Farm Park Ormskirk www.farmerteds.com Wildfowl and Wetland Trust - Ormskirk www.wwt.org.uk/martin-mere/ Martin Mere Askham Hall Gardens & Cafe Penrith www.askhamhall.co.uk Lowther Castle & Gardens Penrith www.lowthercastle.org Port Sunlight Museum and Port Sunlight www.portsunlightvillage.com Garden Village Anson Engine Museum Poynton www.enginemuseum.org Knowsley Safari Prescot www.knowsleysafariexperience.co.uk/ Brockholes Nature Reserve Preston www.brockholes.org Harris Museum & Art Gallery Preston www.harrismuseum.org.uk Hoghton Tower Preston www.hoghtontower.co.uk www.lancashire.gov.uk/leisure-and- Preston culture/museums/museum-of- lancashire.aspx Preston www.ribblesteam.org.uk Ribchester Roman Museum Preston ribchesterromanmuseum.org/ Samlesbury Hall Preston www.samlesburyhall.co.uk Muncaster Castle, Gardens & Quality Café 2014 Ravenglass www.muncaster.co.uk Owl Centre Ravenglass and Eskdale Ravenglass www.ravenglass-railway.co.uk Railway Greater Manchester Fire Service www.gmfsmuseum.org.uk Museum Hidden Gem 2014 Rochdale www.rochdalepioneersmuseum.coop Rochdale www.rochdale.gov.uk/townhall www.link4life.org/centres/touchstones- Welcome 2015 Rochdale rochdale www.lancashire.gov.uk/leisure-and- Helmshore Mills Rossendale culture/museums/helmshore-mills- textile-museum.aspx Norton Priory Museum and Runcorn www.nortonpriory.org Gardens www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/tours/m BBC Tours Salford Salford edia_city Lowry Salford www.thelowry.com

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www.salfordcommunityleisure.co.uk/cu Museum Salford lture/ordsall-hall www.salford.gov.uk/museum-and- Salford Museum & Art Gallery Salford galleries/ Dunes Splash World Southport www.splashworldsouthport.com The Atkinson Southport www.theatkinson.co.uk/ www.tameside.gov.uk/museumsgalleri Astley Cheetham Art Gallery Stalybridge es/astleycheetham www.stockport.gov.uk/services/leisure Stockport culture/museumsandgalleries/bramallh all/?view=Standard www.stockport.gov.uk/services/leisure Chadkirk Chapel Stockport culture/museumsandgalleries/chadkirk chapelcountryestate/?view=Standard www.stockport.gov.uk/services/leisure - The Museum of Stockport culture/museumsandgalleries/hatworks Hatting / Robinson's Brewery Visitor's www.robinsonsbrewery.com/brewery- Gold 2014 Stockport Centre experience www.stockport.gov.uk/services/leisure and Stockport Hidden Gem 2015 Stockport culture/museumsandgalleries/staircase Story Museum house/?view=Standard www.stockport.gov.uk/services/leisure Stockport Air Raid Shelters Stockport culture/museumsandgalleries/airraidsh elters/ Cotebrook Shire Horse Centre Tarporley www.cotebrookshirehorses.co.uk Thornton www.wyre.gov.uk/info/200313/parks/4 Wyre Estuary Country Park Cleveleys 9/wyre_estuary_country_park Conishead Priory & Buddhist Ulverston www.manjushri.org Temple Lakeland Motor Museum Ulverston www.lakelandmotormuseum.co.uk Walton Hall & Gardens Warrington www.warrington.gov.uk/waltongardens Warrington Museum Warrington www.warringtonmuseum.co.uk/ The Beacon Museum Welcome 2014 Whitehaven www.thebeacon-whitehaven.co.uk The Rum Story Hidden Gem 2014 Whitehaven www.rumstory.co.uk Seecret Tours Widnes www.seecrettours.co.uk and Country Park Wigan www.wlct.org/wigan/haigh/hall/ Brockhole on Windermere Quality Café 2014 Windermere www.brockhole.co.uk Mountain Goat Tours and Hidden Gem 2015 Windermere www.mountain-goat.com Holidays www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylev Lady Lever Art Gallery Wirral er/

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South East

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All Saints' Church, Sutton Abingdon www.allsaints-church.org.uk Courtenay Millets Farm Centre Abingdon www.milletsfarmcentre.com Drusillas Park Alfriston www.drusillas.co.uk/ REME Museum of Technology Arborfield www.rememuseum.org.uk Arlington Bluebell Walk & Farm Hidden Gem 2015 Arlington www.bluebellwalk.co.uk Trail Arundel Castle & Gardens Arundel www.arundelcastle.org Wildfowl and Wetland Trust - Arundel www.wwt.org.uk/arundel Arundel Sulgrave Manor Banbury www.sulgravemanor.org.uk Milestones Museum Basingstoke www.milestones-museum.com Beaulieu Gold 2015 Beaulieu www.beaulieu.co.uk Buckler's Hard Beaulieu www.bucklershard.co.uk Powell- Museum Birchington www.quexmuseum.org www.city-sightseeing.com/tours/united- City Sightseeing - Windsor Bracknell kingdom/windsor.htm www.bracknell- The Look Out Discovery Centre Bracknell forest.gov.uk/thelookoutdiscoverycentr e Brighton Marina Brighton www.brightonmarina.co.uk www.brighton-hove- Brighton Museum and Art Brighton rpml.org.uk/Museums/brightonmuseum Gallery /Pages/.aspx www.brighton-hove- Preston Manor Brighton rpml.org.uk/Museums/prestonmanor/P ages/home.aspx www.brighton-hove- Royal Pavilion Brighton rpml.org.uk/RoyalPavilion/Pages/home .aspx Canterbury Historic River Tours Best Told Story 2015 Canterbury www.canterburyrivertours.co.uk Canterbury Punting Company Hidden Gem 2015 Canterbury www.canterburypunting.co.uk Canterbury Tales Welcome 2015 Canterbury www.canterburytales.org.uk Historic Dockyard Chatham Welcome 2015 Chatham www.thedockyard.co.uk Royal Engineers Museum, Welcome 2014 Chatham www.re-museum.co.uk/ Library & Archive sussexpast.co.uk/properties-to- Fishbourne Roman Palace Chichester discover/fishbourne-roman-palace Tangmere Military Aviation Chichester www.tangmere-museum.org.uk Museum The Novium Museum Chichester www.thenovium.org 17

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Quality Food & Drink West Dean Gardens Chichester www.westdean.org.uk/gardens 2015 Farley Farm House Hidden Gem 2014 Chiddingly www.farleyfarmhouse.co.uk/ Wendover Woods Chivery www.forestry.gov.uk/wendoverwoods Jeskyns Cobham www.forestry.gov.uk/jeskyns Didcot www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk Pines Garden Museum and Tea Hidden Gem 2015 Dover pinesgarden.co.uk/ Room Hampton Court Palace and East Molesey www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-palace Gardens Hever Castle Edenbridge www.hevercastle.co.uk Shepherd Neame Visitor Centre Best Told Story 2015 Faversham www.shepherdneame.co.uk Breamore House & Countryside Fordingbridge www.breamorehouse.com/ Museum Bedgebury National Pinetum Welcome 2014 Goudhurst www.forestry.gov.uk/bedgebury Roald Dahl Museum and Story Great Best Told Story 2014 www.roalddahlmuseum.org Centre Missenden Guildford Cathedral Guildford www.guildford-cathedral.org Guildford House Gallery Guildford www.guildford.gov.uk/guildfordhouse Loseley Park Guildford www.loseleypark.co.uk/ Michelham Priory House and sussexpast.co.uk/properties-to- Hailsham Gardens discover/michelham-priory Borde Hill Garden Haywards Heath www.bordehill.co.uk Wakehurst Place Gardens Haywards Heath www.kew.org/visit-wakehurst Sussex Prairie Garden Henfield www.sussexprairies.co.uk Henley-on- River & Rowing Museum Gold 2015 www.rrm.co.uk Thames Wildwood Trust Herne Bay www.wildwoodtrust.org Odds Farm Park High Wycombe www.oddsfarmpark.co.uk Hook Norton Brewery Hook Norton www.hooky.co.uk Hove Museum and Art Gallery Hove brightonmuseums.org.uk/hove/ sussexpast.co.uk/properties-to- Anne of Cleves House Lewes discover/anne-of-cleves-house Blackberry Farm Lewes www.blackberry-farm.co.uk Charleston Hidden Gem 2015 Lewes www.charleston.org.uk Lingfield www.britishwildlifecentre.co.uk www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynat RSPB Dungeness Nature Welcome 2015 Lydd ure/seenature/reserves/guide/d/dunge Reserve ness/ St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery Lymington www.stbarbe-museum.org.uk www.newforestcentre.org.uk/new- New Forest Museum Hidden Gem 2015 Lyndhurst forest-museum/ Kent Life Maidstone www.kentlife.org.uk

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Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Welcome 2014 Maidstone www.museum.maidstone.gov.uk Art Gallery Mapledurham Trust Mapledurham www.mapledurham.co.uk Bletchley Park Milton Keynes www.bletchleypark.org.uk/ Milton Keynes Museum Milton Keynes www.mkmuseum.org.uk Sammy Miller Motorcycle New Milton www.sammymiller.co.uk Museum Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch New Romney www.rhdr.org.uk Railway Newhaven Fort Newhaven www.newhavenfort.org.uk Paradise Park Newhaven www.paradisepark.co.uk Owl and Monkey Haven Gold 2014 Newport www.owlandmonkeyhaven.co.uk/ Amberley Museum & Heritage Nr Arundel www.amberleymuseum.co.uk Centre www.aspinallfoundation.org/port- Port Lympne Wild Animal Park Nr Ashford lympne Waddesdon Manor Gold 2014 Nr Aylesbury www.waddesdon.org.uk Howletts Wild Animal Park Nr Canterbury www.aspinallfoundation.org/howletts Alice Holt Forest Park Nr Farnham www.forestry.gov.uk/aliceholt Longdown Activity Farm Nr Southampton www.longdownfarm.co.uk Bainton Bikes www.baintonbikes.com Bodleian Library Best Told Story 2015 Oxford www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk City Sightseeing - Oxford Oxford www.citysightseeingoxford.com/ Oxford Castle Unlocked Oxford www.oxfordcastleunlocked.co.uk www.visitoxfordandoxfordshire.com/offi Oxford Official Walking Tours Best Told Story 2014 Oxford cial-tours Sheldonian Theatre Hidden Gem 2015 Oxford www.admin.ox.ac.uk/sheldonian/ Waterperry Gardens Oxford www.waterperrygardens.co.uk Petworth House and Park Petworth www.nationaltrust.org.uk/petworth Emirates Spinnaker Tower www.spinnakertower.co.uk www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynat RSPB Pulborough Brooks Pulborough ure/seenature/reserves/guide/p/pulbor Nature Reserve oughbrooks/ Buckinghamshire Railway Quainton www.bucksrailcentre.org Centre RAF Manston Spitfire & Ramsgate www.spitfiremuseum.org.uk Hurricane Memorial Museum Skiplex Reading Reading www.skiplex.co.uk/location/reading/ Brewery Ringwood www.ringwoodbrewery.co.uk www.medway.gov.uk/leisurecultureand Guildhall Museum Welcome 2014 Rochester sport/localhistoryandarchives/museum s/guildhallmuseum.aspx Rochester Castle Rochester www.medway.gov.uk/tourism

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www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches St James' Church Rochester /Completelistofchurches/St-James- Church-Cooling-Kent/ Upnor Castle Welcome 2014 Rochester www.medway.gov.uk/tourism Isle of Wight Steam Railway Gold 2015 Ryde www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk Dinosaur Isle Sandown www.dinosaurisle.com www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches St Peter's Church Sandwich /Completelistofchurches/St-Peters- Church-Sandwich-Kent/ Exbury Gardens & Steam Southampton www.exbury.co.uk Railway Manor Farm and Country Park Welcome 2014 Southampton www.hants.gov.uk/manorfarm Hush Heath Winery Staplehurst www.hushheath.com Houghton Lodge & Gardens Stockbridge houghtonlodge.co.uk/ Kent & East Sussex Railway Tenterden www.kesr.org.uk Gold 2015 The New Forest www.paultonspark.co.uk Penshurst Place and Gardens Tonbridge www.penshurstplace.com Tonbridge Castle Tonbridge www.tonbridgecastle.org Bombay Sapphire Distillery Whitchurch www.distillery.bombaysapphire.com Whitchurch Silk Mill Whitchurch www.whitchurchsilkmill.org.uk Winchester www.marwell.org.uk hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk/westgate Westgate Museum Winchester -museum hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk/winchest Winchester City Museum Winchester er-city-museum Wychwood Brewery Tours Witney www.wychwood.co.uk RHS Garden Wisley Woking www.rhs.org.uk/wisley Blenheim Palace Woodstock www.blenheimpalace.com The Lido Entertainment Centre Worthing www.theworthinglido.co.uk

South West

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Abbotsbury Tourism Ltd Abbotsbury www.abbotsbury-tourism.co.uk River Dart Country Park Ashburton www.riverdart.co.uk Barnstaple www.exmoorzoo.co.uk www.city-sightseeing.com/tours/united- City Sightseeing - Bath Bath kingdom/bath.htm Fashion Museum Bath www.fashionmuseum.co.uk 20

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Jane Austen Centre Welcome 2015 Bath www.janeausten.co.uk No. 1 Royal Crescent Gold 2014 Bath no1royalcrescent.org.uk/ Prior Park Landscape Garden Bath www.nationaltrust.org.uk/priorpark Roman Baths Bath www.romanbaths.co.uk Victoria Art Gallery Bath www.victoriagal.org.uk Berkeley Castle Berkeley www.berkeley-castle.com Cattle Country Adventure Park Berkeley www.cattlecountry.co.uk Dr Jenner's House and Garden Hidden Gem 2015 Berkeley www.jennermuseum.com Cardinham Bodmin www.forestry.gov.uk/england www.citysightseeing- City Sightseeing - Bournemouth Bournemouth bournemouth.co.uk/home.jspx Arnos Vale Cemetery Bristol arnosvale.org.uk At Bristol Bristol www.at-bristol.org.uk Bristol www.avonvalleyrailway.org www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/tours/b BBC Tours Bristol Best Told Story 2015 Bristol ristol Bristol Insight Bristol www.bristolinsight.co.uk Gardens Bristol www.bristolzoo.org.uk www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches Church of St John The Baptist Bristol /Completelistofchurches/Church-of-St- John-the-Baptist-Bristol-Bristol/ Clifton Suspension Bridge Bristol www.cliftonbridge.org.uk Visitor Centre Noah's Ark Zoo Farm Bristol www.noahsarkzoofarm.co.uk Oakham Treasures Bristol www.oakhamtreasures.co.uk ss Great Britain Best Told Story 2014 Bristol www.ssgreatbritain.org The Royal West of England Bristol www.rwa.org.uk/ Academy of Art Bristol www.wildplace.org.uk/ Beechenhurst Lodge Broadwell www.forestry.gov.uk/beechenhurst Pennywell Farm Buckfastleigh www.pennywellfarmcentre.co.uk Forde Abbey & Gardens Chard www.fordeabbey.co.uk Gloucestershire Warwickshire Cheltenham www.gwsr.com Railway Chipping Hidcote Manor Garden www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hidcote Campden Corinium Museum Gold 2015 Cirencester coriniummuseum.org/ Wadworth Brewery Visitor Welcome 2015 Devizes http://www.wadworthvisitorcentre.co.uk Centre Dorset County Museum Dorchester www.dorsetcountymuseum.org Exeter's Underground Passages Exeter www.exeter.gov.uk/passages Haldon Forest Park Exeter www.forestry.gov.uk/haldonforestpark Royal Albert Memorial Museum Exeter www.rammuseum.org.uk 21

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www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches St Martin's Church Exeter /Completelistofchurches/St-Martins- Church-Exeter-Devon/ exeter.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/our- St Nicholas Priory Exeter attractions/st-nicholas-priory/ World of Country Life Exmouth www.worldofcountrylife.co.uk Falmouth Art Gallery Falmouth www.falmouthartgallery.com National Maritime Museum Falmouth www.nmmc.co.uk Cornwall Glastonbury Abbey Glastonbury www.glastonburyabbey.com Gloucester Cathedral Gloucester www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the- waterways/museums-and- Gloucester Waterways Museum Gloucester attractions/national-waterways- museum-gloucester Thelma Hulbert Gallery Honiton www.thelmahulbert.com Aquarium Ilfracombe www.ilfracombeaquarium.co.uk Trethorne Leisure Park Launceston www.trethorneleisure.com/ Dingles Fairground Heritage Lifton www.fairground-heritage.org.uk Centre Trebah Garden Gold 2015 Mawnan Smith www.trebahgarden.co.uk/ Minehead www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk Moretonhampst Miniature Pony Centre www.miniatureponycentre.com ead Batsford Arboretum and Garden Moreton-in- www.batsarb.co.uk/ Centre Marsh Welcome 2014 Newquay www.newquayzoo.org.uk Oasis Fun Pools Newquay www.oasis-hendra.co.uk Walled Gardens of Cannington Nr Bridgwater www.canningtonwalledgardens.co.uk/ Wildwood Escot Ottery St Mary www.escot.wildwoodtrust.org Environmental Paignton www.paigntonzoo.org.uk Park Painswick Rococo Garden Painswick www.rococogarden.org.uk Minack Theatre Penzance www.minack.com/ Penlee House Gallery and Penzance www.penleehouse.org.uk Museum National Marine Aquarium Plymouth www.national-aquarium.co.uk Plymouth City Museum and Art Plymouth www.plymouthmuseum.gov.uk Gallery Plymouth Gin Hidden Gem 2014 Plymouth www.plymouthgin.com Farmer Palmer's Farm Park Poole www.farmerpalmers.co.uk Poole Museum Poole www.poolemuseum.org.uk

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www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches St George's Church Portland /Completelistofchurches/St-Georges- Church-Portland-Dorset/ Cornwall Gold Redruth www.cornwall-gold.com www.forestry.gov.uk/moorsvalleycount Moors Valley Country Park Ringwood rypark Salisbury Cathedral Quality Café 2014 Salisbury www.salisburycathedral.org.uk The Salisbury Museum Salisbury www.salisburymuseum.org.uk Seaton www.tram.co.uk Sherborne Museum Sherborne www.sherbornemuseum.co.uk Donkey Sanctuary Sidmouth www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk Wildfowl and Wetland Trust - Slimbridge www.wwt.org.uk/slimbridge/ Slimbridge Dean Heritage Centre Soudley www.deanheritagemuseum.com St Austell Brewery Visitor Centre Best Told Story 2015 St Austell www.staustellbrewery.co.uk The Lost Gardens of Heligan St Austell www.heligan.com/ The Leach Pottery St Ives www.leachpottery.com Woodchester Mansion Stonehouse www.woodchestermansion.org.uk Museum in the Park Welcome 2015 Stroud www.museuminthepark.org.uk Swanage www.swanagerailway.co.uk Lydiard Park Swindon www.lydiardpark.org.uk Bishops Lydeard Mill Taunton www.bishopslydeardmill.co.uk Highgrove Gardens Tetbury www.highgrovegardens.com Westonbirt Arboretum Gold 2015 Tetbury www.forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt Torquay www.livingcoasts.org.uk RHS Garden Rosemoor Torrington www.rhs.org.uk/Gardens/Rosemoor Corfe Castle Model Village Wareham www.corfecastlemodelvillage.co.uk www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/a/arn RSPB Arne Wareham e Longleat Safari & Adventure Warminster www.longleat.co.uk Park Bishop's Palace and Gardens Gold 2014 Wells www.bishopspalacewells.co.uk Wookey Hole Caves Wells www.wookey.co.uk Weston Super SeaQuarium Ltd www.seaquarium.co.uk Mare Weston-Super- Grand Pier www.grandpierwsm.co.uk Mare Weston-Super- Puxton Park www.puxton.co.uk Mare Bennetts Water Gardens Weymouth www.waterlily.co.uk RSPB Radipole Lake Nature www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/r/radi Weymouth Reserve polelake Sudeley Castle & Gardens Winchcombe www.sudeleycastle.co.uk 23

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Haynes International Motor Yeovil www.haynesmotormuseum.com Museum

West Midlands

Attraction Accolade Town Website

Ragley Hall Park and Gardens Alcester www.ragleyhall.com National Memorial Arboretum Alrewas www.thenma.org.uk Bewdley www.svr.co.uk West Midland Safari and Leisure Bewdley www.wmsp.co.uk Park Aston Hall Best Told Story 2014 www.bmag.org.uk/aston-hall Barber Institute of Fine Arts Birmingham www.barber.org.uk www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/tours/bi BBC Tours Birmingham Birmingham rmingham www.birminghambotanicalgardens.org. Birmingham Botanical Gardens Birmingham uk Birmingham Museum & Art Quality Food & Drink www.bmag.org.uk/birmingham- Birmingham Gallery 2015 museum www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/blak Blakesley Hall Birmingham esley Cadbury World Birmingham www.cadburyworld.co.uk Museum of the Jewellery www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/jew Best Told Story 2015 Birmingham Quarter ellery RSPB Sandwell Valley Nature Birmingham www.rspb.org.uk/sandwellvalley Reserve www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/sare Sarehole Mill Birmingham hole www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/soh Soho House Birmingham o The Coffin Works Birmingham www.coffinworks.org Thinktank Birmingham www.thinktank.ac Winterbourne House & Garden Birmingham www.winterbourne.org.uk Avoncroft Museum of Historic Bromsgrove www.avoncroft.org.uk Buildings Claymills Victorian Pumping Burton upon www.claymills.org.uk Station Trent Burton Upon The National Brewery Centre www.nationalbrewerycentre.co.uk Trent Museum of Cannock Chase Cannock www.wlct.org/museumofcannockchase

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Coombe Country Park Coventry www.coventry.gov.uk/coombe Coventry Cathedral Coventry www.coventrycathedral.org.uk Coventry Transport Museum Coventry www.transport-museum.com/ Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Coventry www.theherbert.org Ryton Organic Gardens Coventry www.gardenorganic.org.uk/ryton www.sandwell.gov.uk/info/200265/mus Haden Hill House Museum Cradley Heath eums_and_art_gallery/11/haden_hill_h ouse_museum_and_haden_old_hall Black Country Living Museum Dudley www.bclm.co.uk Dudley Canal Tunnel & Dudley www.dudleycanaltrust.org.uk Limestone Mines Dudley Museum & Art Gallery Dudley www.dudley.gov.uk/dudleymuseum Dudley Zoological Gardens Dudley www.dudleyzoo.org.uk Almonry Heritage Centre Evesham www.almonryevesham.org/ www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches /Completelistofchurches/St- St Lawrence's Church Evesham Lawrences-Church-Evesham- Worcestershire/ British Motor Museum Gaydon www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk www.worcestershire.gov.uk/museums/i Worcestershire County Museum Kidderminster nfo/3/county_museum Hergest Croft Gardens Kington www.hergest.co.uk Eastnor Castle & Arboretum Ledbury www.eastnorcastle.com RSPB Coombes Valley Leek www.rspb.org.uk/coombeschurnet Lichfield Cathedral Welcome 2015 Lichfield www.lichfield-cathedral.org Wyre Forest Nr Bewdley www.forestry.gov.uk/wyreforest Redwings Horse Sanctuary - www.redwings.org.uk/get- Oxhill Oxhill involved/visit/oxhill-visitor-centre Rodbaston Animal Zone Penkridge www.southstaffs.ac.uk/visitorcentre Rugby Art Gallery and Museum Rugby www.ragm.org.uk Cannock Chase Rugeley www.forestry.gov.uk/birchesvalley Royal Air Force Museum Shifnal www.rafmuseum.org Cosford Shifnal www.weston-park.com Battlefield 1403 Shrewsbury www.battlefield1403.com www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches /Completelistofchurches/Church-of-St- Church of St Mary The Virgin Shrewsbury Mary-the-Virgin-Shrewsbury- Shropshire/ Hawkstone Park Follies Shrewsbury www.hawkstone.co.uk Shugborough Estate Stafford www.shugborough.org.uk Emma Bridgewater Factory Stoke-on-Trent www.emmabridgewaterfactory.co.uk/ Ford Green Hall Stoke-on-Trent www.fordgreenhall.wordpress.com

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Gladstone Pottery Museum Stoke-on-Trent www.stokemuseums.org.uk/visit/gpm/ Middleport Pottery (Home of Stoke-on-Trent www.middleportpottery.co.uk Burleigh) Museum & Art Gallery Stoke-on-Trent www.stokemuseums.org.uk/visit/pmag/ Trentham Gardens Gold 2015 Stoke-on-Trent www.trentham.co.uk Trentham Monkey Forest Stoke-on-Trent www.trentham-monkey-forest.com World of Wedgwood Stoke-on-Trent www.worldofwedgwood.com www.dudley.gov.uk/see-and- Red House Glass Cone Stourbridge do/museums/red-house-glass-cone/ Stratford-on- Compton Verney www.comptonverney.org.uk Avon City Sightseeing - Stratford- Stratford-upon- www.city-sightseeing.com/tours/united- upon-Avon Avon kingdom/stratford-upon-avon.htm Tamworth Castle Tamworth www.tamworthcastle.co.uk www.ironbridge.org.uk/our- Blists Hill Victorian Town Gold 2015 Telford attractions/blists-hill-victorian-town/ www.ironbridge.org.uk/our- Broseley Pipeworks Telford attractions/broseley-pipeworks/ www.ironbridge.org.uk/our- Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron Telford attractions/coalbrookdale-museum-of- iron/ www.ironbridge.org.uk/our- Coalport China Museum Telford attractions/coalport-china-museum/ www.ironbridge.org.uk/our- Darby Houses Telford attractions/darby-houses/ www.ironbridge.org.uk/our- Enginuity Telford attractions/enginuity/ www.ironbridge.org.uk/our- Jackfield Tile Museum Telford attractions/jackfield-tile-museum/ www.ironbridge.org.uk/our- Museum of the Gorge Telford attractions/museum-of-the-gorge/ www.ironbridge.org.uk/our- Tar Tunnel Telford attractions/tar-tunnel/ www.ironbridge.org.uk/our- The Iron Bridge & Tollhouse Telford attractions/the-iron-bridge-and- tollhouse/ heritage.warwickshire.gov.uk/museum- St John's House Warwick service/st-johns-house-museum- planning-your-visit/ Warwickshire Museum Market heritage.warwickshire.gov.uk/museum- Warwick Place service/market-hall-planning-your-visit/ www.sandwell.gov.uk/info/200265/mus Wednesbury Museum & Art Wednesbury eums_and_art_gallery/13/wednesbury Gallery _museum_and_art_gallery www.sandwell.gov.uk/info/200265/mus West Bromwich eums_and_art_gallery/1050/the_mano r_house_museum 26

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www.sandwell.gov.uk/info/200265/mus Oak House Museum West Bromwich eums_and_art_gallery/8/oak_house www.sandwell.gov.uk/info/200249/park Sandwell Valley Country Park & West Bromwich s_in_sandwell/1023/sandwell_valley_c Farm ountry_park www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk/visit/ba Bantock House Museum Wolverhampton ntock/ www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches /Completelistofchurches/Church-of-St- Church of St Mary Magdelene Worcester Mary-Magdelene-Croome-DAbitot- Worcestershire/ www.worcestershire.gov.uk/museums/i Commandery Worcester nfo/1/the_commandery Spetchley Park Gardens Worcester www.spetchleygardens.co.uk Worcester City Art Gallery and www.worcestershire.gov.uk/museums/i Worcester Museum nfo/2/city_art_gallery_and_museum

Yorkshire & The Humber

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Lotherton Hall & Estate www..gov.uk/lothertonhall www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynat RSPB Dearne Valley Old Moor Barnsley ure/seenature/reserves/guide/d/dearne Nature Reserve -oldmoor/ Wentworth Castle Gardens Barnsley www.wentworthcastle.org communitydirectory.kirklees.gov.uk/co mmunityDirectory/venueDetails.aspx?v enueID=5 www..gov.uk/leisure/museums & Country Park Batley Galleries/oakwell/index.aspx www.bradfordmuseums.org/venues/bol Bolling Hall ling-hall www.bradfordmuseums.org/venues/br Bradford Industrial Museum Bradford adford-industrial-museum www.bradfordmuseums.org/venues/ca Art Gallery Bradford rtwright-hall-art- gallery?ID=cartwrighthall RSPB Bempton Cliffs Nature www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/b/bem Bridlington Reserve ptoncliffs RSPB Fairburn Ings Nature www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/f/fairb Castleford Reserve urnings Wildlife Park Gold 2015 Doncaster www.yorkshirewildlifepark.co.uk 27

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Filey Bird Garden and Animal Hidden Gem 2015 Filey www.fileybirdgarden.com Park www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynat RSPB Blacktoft Sands Nature Hidden Gem 2014 Goole ure/seenature/reserves/guide/b/blackto Reserve ftsands/ Halifax www.halifaxminster.org.uk Hall Halifax www..gov.uk/museums RHS Garden Harlow Carr Harrogate www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/harlow-carr Ripley Castle Harrogate www.ripleycastle.co.uk Dales Countryside Museum Hawes www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk/ Helmsley Walled Garden Helmsley www.helmsleywalledgarden.org.uk Skydive Hibaldstow Hibaldstow www.skydiving.co.uk Hornsea Museum Hornsea www.hornseamuseum.com www.kirklees.gov.uk/leisure/museums Art Gallery Huddersfield Galleries/huddersfieldArtGallery/index. aspx canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the- Standedge Tunnel & Visitor waterways/museums-and- Huddersfield Centre attractions/standedge-tunnel-and- visitor-centre Huddersfield www.kirklees.gov.uk/tolson Dinostar Hull www.dinostar.co.uk Ferens Art Gallery Best Told Story 2014 Hull www.hullcc.gov.uk/ferens Hands on History Museum Hull www.hullcc.gov.uk www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pagei Hull and East Riding Museum Hull d=221,631546&_dad=portal&_schema =PORTAL www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pagei Maritime Museum Hull d=221,631051&_dad=portal&_schema =PORTAL www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pagei Streetlife Museum of Transport Hull d=221,631492&_dad=portal&_schema =PORTAL The Deep Hull www.thedeep.co.uk www.visithullandeastyorkshire.com/Hul l-Wilberforce- Wilberforce House Welcome 2015 Hull House/details/?dms=3&venue=217577 8 www.bradfordmuseums.org/venues/clif fe-castle-museum www.nationaltrust.org.uk/east- East Hall Keighley riddlesden-hall Leeds www.leeds.gov.uk/abbey house

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www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches Church of St John The /Completelistofchurches/Church-of-St- Leeds Evangelist John-the-Evangelist-Leeds-West- Yorkshire/ Abbey Leeds www.leeds.gov.uk/kirkstallabbey Leeds www.leeds.gov.uk/artgallery Leeds www.leeds.gov.uk/citymuseum Leeds Discovery Centre Hidden Gem 2015 Leeds www.leeds.gov.uk/discoverycentre Leeds Industrial Museum Leeds www.leeds.gov.uk/armleymills marksintime.marksandspencer.com/ho M&S Company Archive Leeds me House & Leeds www.leeds.gov.uk/templenewsam Estate Thackray Medical Museum Leeds www.thackraymuseum.org Leeds www.leeds.gov.uk/thwaitemills Yorkshire Trike Tours Gold 2014 Leeds www.yorkshiretriketours.co.uk/ Bolton Castle Leyburn www.boltoncastle.co.uk Scampston Walled Garden Hidden Gem 2014 Malton www.scampston.co.uk Henry VII Experience at richardiiiexperience.com/discover- Hidden Gem 2014 Micklegate Micklegate Bar medieval-york/about-henry-vii/ How Stean Gorge Pateley Bridge www.howstean.co.uk Dalby Forest Park Pickering www.forestry.gov.uk/dalbyforest Georgian Theatre Royal and Richmond www.georgiantheatreroyal.co.uk Museum Green Howards Museum Richmond www.greenhowards.org.uk Kiplin Hall Richmond www.kiplinhall.co.uk Richmondshire Museum Hidden Gem 2015 Richmond www.richmondshiremuseum.org.uk/ Ripon www.lightwatervalley.co.uk Clifton Park & Museum Rotherham www.cliftonpark.org.uk/ Rotunda, the William Smith www.scarboroughmuseumstrust.com/r Scarborough Museum of Geology otunda-museum Scarborough Art Gallery Scarborough www.scarboroughmuseumstrust.org.uk Scarborough Fair Collection Hidden Gem 2014 Scarborough www.scarboroughfaircollection.com www.simt.co.uk/kelham-island- Kelham Island Museum Sheffield museum Museum & Gallery Skipton www.cravenmuseum.org High Corn Mill Skipton www.highcornmill.co.uk Skipton Castle Skipton www.skiptoncastle.co.uk Southburn Archaeological Southburn www.samatsouthburn.com/ Museum World of James Herriot Thirsk www.worldofjamesherriot.org National Coal Mining Museum www.ncm.org.uk for England

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The Hepworth Wakefield Wakefield www.hepworthwakefield.org Yorkshire Sculpture Park Wakefield www.ysp.co.uk Captain Cook Memorial Gold 2015 www.cookmuseumwhitby.co.uk Museum Museum Withernsea www.withernsealighthouse.co.uk/ Barley Hall Best Told Story 2014 York www.barleyhall.org.uk Castle Howard Best Told Story 2014 York www.castlehoward.co.uk www.city-sightseeing.com/tours/united- City Sightseeing - York York kingdom/york.htm DIG Welcome 2015 York digyork.com/ www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches Holy Trinity Church Welcome 2014 York /Completelistofchurches/Holy-Trinity- Church-York-North-Yorkshire/ Jorvik Viking Centre Gold 2014 York www.jorvik-viking-centre.com Richard III Experience at Monk Best Told Story 2014 York richardiiiexperience.com/ Bar York Art Gallery Gold 2015 York yorkartgallery.org.uk York Castle Museum York www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk/ Yorkboat York www.yorkboat.co.uk York's Chocolate Story York www.yorkschocolatestory.com Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied York www.yorkshireairmuseum.co.uk Air Forces Memorial Yorkshire Museum & Gardens York www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk/

Channel Islands

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www.jerseyheritage.org/places-to- La Hougue Bie Grouville visit/la-hougue-bie-museum www.jerseyheritage.org/places-to- Elizabeth Castle St Helier visit/elizabeth-castle www.jerseyheritage.org/places-to- Jersey Museum and Art Gallery Best Told Story 2015 St Helier visit/jersey-museum---art-gallery-- merchant-s-house Maritime Museum and www.jerseyheritage.org/places-to- Best Told Story 2015 St Helier Occupation Tapestry Gallery visit/maritime-museum Hamptonne Country Life www.jerseyheritage.org/places-to- St Lawrence Museum visit/hamptonne-country-life-museum www.jerseyheritage.org/places-to- Mont Orgueil Castle St Martin visit/mont-orgueil-castle

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