This magnificent 235 acre park is a Grade 1 historic park in the Sefton Park district of Liverpool. It is a Green Flag and Green Heritage awarded site with beautiful features and monuments. An angling permit is required if fishing in the boating lake. The site of the park was once within the boundaries of …
Sudley House is a historic house in Aigburth, Liverpool, England. Built in 1824 and much modified in the 1880s, it is now a museum and art gallery which contains the collection of George Holt, a shipping-line owner and former resident, in its original setting. Sudley House is a historic house in Aigburth, Liverpool, England. Built …
Ogmore Castle (Welsh: Castell Ogwr) is a Grade I listed castle ruin located near the village of Ogmore-by-Sea, south of the town of Bridgend in Glamorgan, South Wales. It is situated on the south bank of the River Ewenny and the east bank of the River Ogmore.[1] Its construction might have begun in 1106.[2] Ogmore …
The castle was first built by a Norman baron in c.?1100 on a cliff above the River Nidd. There is documentary evidence dating from 1130 referring to works carried out at the castle by Henry I.[1] In the 1170s Hugh de Moreville and his followers took refuge there after assassinating Thomas Becket. In 1205 King …
Contemporary Six is a leading independent art gallery located in the heart of the city centre of Manchester – opposite the beautiful Town Hall. Established in 2010 by Alex Reuben, the gallery is known for offering a warm and friendly welcome to art enthusiasts, collectors, and new visitors and explorers to the city. Visit today …
Tickets for Magical Mystery Tour & Cavern Club Visit the childhood homes of The Beatles Visit Strawberry Fields Penny Lane The Cavern Club and lots of other Beatles destinations This is a great tour for any The Beatles fans. You can see their childhood homes, Strawberry Fields, Penny and The Cavern Club. For full ticket …
Tickets for Shakespeare’s Globe: Guided Tour. One of our BESTSELLERS. What’s Included Admission to the Shakespeare’s Globe Globe Theatre Guided Tour Shakespeare’s Globe is a world-renowned performing arts centre. Given it’s history, its also a cultural attraction and education centre. Shakespeare’s Globe is home to the Globe Theatre and Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. It was founded …
A family run Pontefract business started in 1987 and specialising in quality picture framing. We also have 2 floors of original artwork and prints. Pomfret Gallery established in 1987 by Chris and Linda Pennock. The areas one stop art shop. Two floors of picture framing, art, photography and digital printing. Pomfret Gallery?s picture framing service …
The Former Everard’s Printing Works (grid reference ST588730) is at 37-38 Broad Street in Bristol, England. It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building. It was built in 1900 by Henry Williams, with the Pre-Raphaelite art nouveau style facade by William Neatby, who was the chief designer for Doulton and Co.,as the main …
Woodhenge is an atmospheric Neolithic site close to Stonehenge. With suggestions that it was built about 2300 BC, it was originally believed to be the remains of a large burial mound, surrounded by a bank and ditch almost completely destroyed by ploughing. Aerial photography detected rings of dark spots in a crop of wheat, and …
Blaise Castle is a folly built in 1766 near Henbury in Bristol, England. The castle sits within the Blaise Castle Estate, which also includes Blaise Castle House, a Grade II* listed 18th-century mansion house. The folly castle is also Grade II* listed and ancillary buildings including the orangery and dairy also have listings. Along with …
Established in 1992, the Atkinson Gallery is nationally recognised and holds major contemporary art exhibitions which are open to the general public. It aims to support young, aspiring artists and bring high calibre, international art to the South West region. Millfield?s stimulating arts landscape is also enhanced by a unique sculpture collection within our extensive …
Cottage. 1812. By John Nash and George Repton. For JS Harford. Random rubble, brick lateral stacks and a stone tile hipped roof. Single-depth plan. Picturesque style. Single-storey and attic; 1-window range. The front has a tall gabled open porch with a pointed-arched doorway to a plank door, right-hand service block and a left-hand pent over …
Situated in the ancient harbour town of Watchet, West Somerset, The Lynda Cotton Gallery was established over thirty five years ago. Watchet is said to be the port from which the Ancient Mariner set sail on his fateful voyage in Samuel Taylor Coleridge?s epic poem, the Rime of the Ancient Mariner. It has a long …
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, officially known as the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, is the seat of the Archbishop of Liverpool and the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool in Liverpool, England.The Grade II* Metropolitan Cathedral is one of Liverpool’s many listed buildings. The cathedral’s architect, Frederick Gibberd, was the winner of …
St Paul’s Cross (alternative spellings ? “Powles Crosse”) was a preaching cross and open-air pulpit in the grounds of Old St Paul’s Cathedral, City of London. It was the most important public pulpit in Tudor and early Stuart England, and many of the most important statements on the political and religious changes brought by the …
The Williamson Tunnels are a series of extensive subterranean excavations, of unknown purpose, in the Edge Hill area of Liverpool, England. They were created under the direction of tobacco merchant, landowner and philanthropist Joseph Williamson between 1810 and 1840. The Williamson Tunnels Heritage Centre provides an insight into the fascinating underground world created by Joseph …
Radio City Tower is a radio and observation tower in Liverpool, England, built in 1969 and opened by Queen Elizabeth II. It was designed by James A. Roberts Associates in Birmingham. It is 138 metres tall, and is the second tallest free-standing building in Liverpool and the 32nd tallest in the United Kingdom. Near the …
Hylton Castle (/?h?lt?n/ HIL-t?n) is a stone castle in the North Hylton area of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Originally built from wood by the Hilton (later Hylton) family shortly after the Norman Conquest in 1066, it was later rebuilt in stone in the late 14th to early 15th century.[1] The castle underwent major changes …
Since opening in 2010 we are one of the leading contemporary art galleries in this area on the West Yorkshire – Lancashire boarder. We are well placed to draw on a wealth of local artists, in addition to contacts with nationally acclaimed artists, building up an eclectic mix of artists working in many different genres, …
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Sandal Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Sandal Magna, a suburb of the city of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, overlooking the River Calder. It was the site of royal intrigue and the setting for a scene in one of William Shakespeare’s plays. William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey (1081?1138) was granted the …
Sherborne Old Castle (50.9494?N 2.5024?W) is the ruin of a 12th-century castle in the grounds of the mansion. The castle was built as the fortified palace of Roger de Caen, Bishop of Salisbury and Chancellor of England, and still belonged to the church in the late 16th century. After passing through Sherborne on the way …
After more than a hundred years of searching by archaeologists, London’s Roman Amphitheatre was finally rediscovered in 1988 hidden beneath Guildhall Yard. It was a quite surprising discovery as the amphitheatre was found within the old Roman city walls, whereas the majority of ancient amphitheatres were located on the outside. It was built around AD70 …
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London. One of the United Kingdom’s most treasured and distinctive buildings, it is a registered charity held in trust for the nation, as it receives no public or government funding. It can seat 5,267. Since the hall’s opening by Queen …
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