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Dennis New World Fire Engine, 1939, in the Ipswich Transport Museum collection Photo © Ipswich Transport Museum collection

Ipswich Transport Museum

5 Apr - 29 Nov 2009; Sun only (annual)

Housed in a 1937 trolleybus depot, Ipswich Transport Museum has an extensive collection of local transport - either built in the area or used to transport its populace around. Visitors can…

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The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum. Courtesy of The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum

The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum

1 - 30 Nov 2009; not Mon (various dates)

The Rifles Museum in Salisbury is the museum of the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiments. The four rooms hold a chronological display of war artefacts from the mid-18th…

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Gordon Highlanders Museum, Aberdeen. Courtesy of Gordon Highlanders Museum

Gordon Highlanders Museum

1 - 30 Nov 2009; not Mon or Sun (various dates)

The Gordon Highlanders Museum in the West End offers an informative and evocative journey through the dramatic 200-year history of the regiment. Exhibitions include personal testimonies…

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Jersey War Tunnels, Jersey, Channel Islands Courtesy of Jersey Tourism

Jersey War Tunnels

1 Feb - 1 Dec 2009 (annual)

Excavated by slave labour, the Jersey War Tunnels are both a chilling reminder of Nazi horrors and an inspiring insight into Jersey's resilience under occupation during the Second World War.

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Etruria Industrial Museum. Photo credit to Stoke-on-Trent Museums Photo credit to Stoke-on-Trent Museums

Etruria Industrial Museum

8 Apr - 9 Dec 2009; not Mon or Tue (annual)

The Etruria Industrial Museum is a canal-side monument to Stoke-on-Trent's ceramic-making heritage. Built in 1857 to grind materials for the many potteries operating in the area, it ceased…

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Buckland Abbey

6 Nov - 13 Dec 2009; Fri, Sat, and Sun only (various dates)

Within the 700-year old Buckland Abbey is a beautiful 16th-century Great Hall and memorabilia from the time of Elizabethan seafarers Sir Francis Drake and Sir Richard Grenville. Walks…

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Photo courtesy Compton Verney

Compton Verney

21 Mar - 13 Dec 2009; not Mon (annual)

Compton Verney is an art gallery situated in a Grade I-listed 18th-century Robert Adam mansion near Warwick, with 120 acres of stunning Capability Brown-designed gardens.

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Killerton

28 Feb - 23 Dec 2009 (annual)

Killerton, an 18th-century house in Exeter, contains a collection of 18th to 20th-century costumes as well as a Victorian laundry. Check out what fashion was like in the olden days and be…

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The cottage in which Elgar was born. Courtesy of the Elgar Birthplace Museum

Elgar Birthplace Museum

1 Feb - 23 Dec 2009 (annual)

One of England's most celebrated composers, Sir Edward Elgar, composer of Pomp and Circumstance, is remembered in Worcester's Elgar Birthplace Museum. A curiously small place given his great…

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Birmingham Back to Backs, Birmingham. © Marketing Birmingham

Birmingham Back to Backs

3 Feb - 23 Dec 2009 (annual)

Back to Backs, Birmingham's last remaining city-centre National Trust-restored back-to-back housing, reflects four periods from 1840 to 1977. Experience the lives of its residents and stock up…

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Buckland Abbey

18 - 23 Dec 2009 (various dates)

Within the 700-year old Buckland Abbey is a beautiful 16th-century Great Hall and memorabilia from the time of Elizabethan seafarers Sir Francis Drake and Sir Richard Grenville. Walks…

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Wordsworth's Rydal Mount. Courtesy of the Cumbria Tourist Board

Rydal Mount

1 Nov - 31 Dec 2009; not Tue (various dates)

William Wordsworth's family home from 1813 until his death in 1850, Rydal Mount stands amidst the spectacular Lake District landscape which inspired the great poet. The period building and its…

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Charles Dickens' Birthplace, Portsmouth. Courtesy of Portsmouth Tourism

Charles Dickens' Birthplace

Feb 2010 (various dates)

One of Britain's most famous authors, Charles Dickens began life in Portsmouth in 1812 and stayed for a short three-year stint. The interior of the house in which he was born is now set in the…

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Arlington Court and the National Trust Carriage Museum

Feb 2010 (various dates)

Arlington Court is a Regency house packed with beautiful furniture. The National Trust Carriage Museum in the Stable Block contains one of the UK's best collections of 19th-century horse-drawn…

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Semi-State Rooms

26 Sep 2009 - 25 Feb 2010 (annual)

The private apartments created by George IV at Windsor Castle are officially known as the Semi-State Rooms and can be viewed during the winter months. The King was renowned for his impeccable…

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Wordsworth's Rydal Mount. Courtesy of the Cumbria Tourist Board

Rydal Mount

1 - 28 Feb 2010; not Tue (various dates)

William Wordsworth's family home from 1813 until his death in 1850, Rydal Mount stands amidst the spectacular Lake District landscape which inspired the great poet. The period building and its…

51.148497
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Arlington Court and the National Trust Carriage Museum

Feb - Mar 2010; Weekends only (various dates)

Arlington Court is a Regency house packed with beautiful furniture. The National Trust Carriage Museum in the Stable Block contains one of the UK's best collections of 19th-century horse-drawn…

50.49325
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Buckland Abbey

Feb - Mar 2010; Fri, Sat, and Sun only (various dates)

Within the 700-year old Buckland Abbey is a beautiful 16th-century Great Hall and memorabilia from the time of Elizabethan seafarers Sir Francis Drake and Sir Richard Grenville. Walks…

51.065505
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The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum. Courtesy of The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum

The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum

1 Feb - 31 Mar 2010; not Mon (various dates)

The Rifles Museum in Salisbury is the museum of the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiments. The four rooms hold a chronological display of war artefacts from the mid-18th…

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Gordon Highlanders Museum, Aberdeen. Courtesy of Gordon Highlanders Museum

Gordon Highlanders Museum

Feb - Mar 2010; not Mon or Sun (various dates)

The Gordon Highlanders Museum in the West End offers an informative and evocative journey through the dramatic 200-year history of the regiment. Exhibitions include personal testimonies…