heart of england and middle england
Heart of England and Middle England
Stretching from the Wye Valley and the Cotswold
Hills in the South West, to the Marshes and Wolds of Lincolnshire in the North
East; from the borders of Wales to Rutland's rolling hills and great lake,
you will see a wonderful country side of great variety.
The Cotswold Hills with pale weathered limestone walls and tranquil pastures
lead up to the famous Hereford Beacon, site of a famous pre-Christian fortified
settlement. Lovely Shropshire in the North West is bordered by Staffordshire,
famous for its potteries.
History and battles abound, with Shakespeare's birthplace and the world
renowned Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon; Sherwood Forest,
between Lincoln and Nottingham, the haunt of Robin Hood; the Lincoln Wolds and
Tennyson Country near historic Lincoln with its magnificent hilltop castle and
cathedral.
Derbyshire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Herefordshire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Northamptonshire
Nottinghamshire
Rutland
Shropshire
Staffordshire
Warwickshire
West Midlands
Worcestershire
Local Attractions
Castles
Tutbury Castle Tutbury
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Situated at the heart of England, Tutbury Castle sits on wooded slopes overlooking the winding River Dove, with spectacular views across the plain of the Dove to the beautiful Derbyshire Hills. Cathedrals
Coventry Cathedral Coventry
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Coventry Cathedral has been a place of worship for over 900 years. To walk from the ruins of the old Cathedral into the splendour of the new is to walk from Good Friday to Easter, from the ravages of human self-destruction to the glorious hope of resurrection. Cricket Grounds
Football Grounds
Museums
Ashby De La Zouch Museum Ashby-De-La-Zouch
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Ashby-de-la-Zouch Museum. Information about exhibitions, collections, special events, educational events, opening times, admission costs, research facilities, room hire, history talks and events, children's activities, Friends of Ashby de la Zouch Museum, Junior Friends of Ashby de la Zouch Museum and museum shop. Exhibits include Ivanhoe Baths, Dolly Shepherd, first woman parachutist, early mining artefacts, the history of Ashby de la Zouch, Ashby castle new model, Grace Dieu Priory new model. Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery Birmingham
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Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery – Aston Hall, Weoley Castle, Sarehole Mill, Museum of the Jewellery Quarter and Blakesley Hall, a collection of historic museums and art galleries in the West Midlands Brimingham & Midland Museum Of Transport Birmingham
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The Transport Museum at Wythall is home to a large collection of buses operated by Midland Red, Birmingham City Transport, West Midlands PTE, Walsall, West Bromwich and Wolverhampton Corporations, plus other operators in the area. We also have a collection of Battery Electric Milk Floats and Bread Vans. Avoncroft Museum Of Historic Buildings Bromsgrove
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Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings Worcestershire is a fascinating museum of historic buildings spanning seven centuries, rescued and rebuilt on a beautiful open-air site in the north of Worcestershire. Bushey Museum & Art Gallery Bushey
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Bushey Museum covers local history through the Bushey Museum Trust's collections of artefacts, documents, maps and works of art, with important collections of work by Hubert von Herkomer and Lucy Kemp-Welch The Museum Of Cannock Chase Cannock
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Cannock Chase District Councils index of documents and pages organised within the following categories, Leisure and culture, Museums and galleries Coventry Transport Museum Coventry
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Devoted to collection of British road transport. Includes virtual tours, hours and directions. Free admission. Hereford Museum & Art Gallery Hereford
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Herefordshire Council works in partnership with central and local government to help support the citizens of the County: Putting people first - Preserving our heritage - Promoting our county - Providing for our communities - Protecting our future - Quality life in a quality county Hertford Museum Hertford
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Hertford Museum is a local history museum in an early 17th century town house in Bull Plain, Hertford New Mills Heritage & Information Centre High Peak
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New Mills Heritage and Information Centre tells 'The New Mills Story'. New Mills lies on the north-western fringe of the Peak District, about 8 miles east of Stockport, England. Lowewood Museum Hoddesdon
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Your official guide to local history in the Borough of Broxbourne, covering Hoddesdon, Broxbourne, Wormley, Turnford, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross and Goffs Oak Rothwell Arts & Heritage Centre Kettering
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Rothwell Heritage with Desborough and Rothwell Art Gallery is a lively community resource, ideally located as a gateway to the heritage of the area.We rely on our dedicated volunteers, who answer queries, steward the galleries, care for museum objects and make the centre the success it is Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum Lichfield
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The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum stands in the centre of the historic city of Lichfield, which remained close to Johnson's heart throughout his life. Best known for his Dictionary of the English Language. Foxton Canal Museum Market Harborough
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Canal museum teling the stort of Foxton Locks , the inclined plane barge lift, and britains canals Wellington Aviation Moreton-In-Marsh
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Wellington Aviation Museum is a small independent museum based in Moreton-in-Marsh, England, which serves to remember the hundreds of trainee pilots who passed through its gates. Flintham Museum Newark
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Flintham Museum looks at rural life in a village through the eyes of Fred White, its shopkeeper for much of the twentieth century. Newark Air Museum Newark
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The official website of the Newark Air Museum, which currently displays 68 aircraft and cockpit sections from across the history of aviation. We hope it will encourage you to pay a real visit to the UK’s largest volunteer managed aviation museum. Historical Model Railway Society Ripley
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The Senior Society in Britain for the collection and exchange of information for historians and modellers of the railways of the British Isles. Royal Air Force Museum Shifnal
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Royal Air Force Museum - with aircraft collections at London and Cosford, West Midlands, the museums offer a free day out to families and aircraft history enthusiasts alike Museum Of St Albans St. Albans
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The collections and services of St Albans museums including the Roman Verulamium museum, 3rd largest city in Roman Britain and Museum of St Albans with new exhibitions every few months. Falstaffs Stratford-Upon-Avon
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Voted the second best Tourist Attraction in Warwickshire, this Award-Winning museum is set in a magnificent Tudor building, set along a cobbled courtyard Shakespeare himself has walked upon. Tudor World / The Falstaff Experience it is the largest museum in Stratford and is also famous world-wide as the second most haunted building in Britain. Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust Stratford-Upon-Avon
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Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust owns five Shakespeare's Houses in and around Stratford-upon-Avon, all directly linked to Shakespeare. The Trust also cares for Harvard House. The Teddy Bear Museum Stratford-Upon-Avon
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world famous teddy bear museum and shop located in a heritage 16th century building in the heart of shakespeares stratford warwick Moira Furnace Museum Swadlincote
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Moira Furnace is a nineteenth-century iron-making blast furnace located in Moira, Leicestershire on the banks of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. Coalport China Museum Telford
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Collection of ten family friendly museums that celebrate the history of the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage site. Information is available to help visitors plan their day, as well information about the collections Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Telford
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Collection of ten family friendly museums that celebrate the history of the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage site. Information is available to help visitors plan their day, as well information about the collections Jackfield Tile Museum Telford
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Collection of ten family friendly museums that celebrate the history of the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage site. Information is available to help visitors plan their day, as well information about the collections Museum Of Iron Telford
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Collection of ten family friendly museums that celebrate the history of the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage site. Information is available to help visitors plan their day, as well information about the collections The Museum Of The Gorge Telford
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Collection of ten family friendly museums that celebrate the history of the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage site. Information is available to help visitors plan their day, as well information about the collections Walter Rothchild Tring
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Natural History Museum at Tring. Discover the fascinating range of animals collected by Lionel Walter Rothschild in our beautiful Victorian Museum. It is home to the world-class research and collections of the Natural History Museum's Bird Group. The Elgar Birthplace Museum Worcester
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One of England's greatest composers, Sir Edward Elgar, was born in this pretty country cottage near Worcester in the heart of England. After his death in 1934, Elgar's daughter Carice set up a Museum here, as her father had wished. In 2000, the new Elgar Centre was added to the Museum, to display even more treasures from this wonderful collection. The Museum Of Worcester Porcelain Worcester
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The Worcester Porcelain Museum cares for and displays Worcester porcelain, factory archives, pattern, design and employment records. Period settings and an audio tour provide access to and encourage study and enjoyment of the worlds' largest collection. Racecourses
Hereford Racecourse Hereford
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Enjoy exciting horse racing days out at Hereford Racecourse plus racing hospitality, events, conference & venue hire and racing sponsorship. Ludlow Racecourse Ludlow
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Site of Ludlow Race Club - National Hunt Racing in the Heart of the Shropshire Countryside. Uttoxeter Racecourse Uttoxeter
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Uttoxeter Racecourse - a versatile leisure venue offering horse racing days out, public events, corporate hospitality, conference facilities and venue hire opportunies. Wolverhampton Racecourse Wolverhampton
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Wolverhampton Racecourse information on horseracing fixtures, racing, events and sponsorship opportunities. Racing news, racing links and a list of today's racing fixtures Worcester Racecourse Worcester
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Worcester Racecourse information on horseracing fixtures, racing, events and sponsorship opportunities. Racing news, racing links and a list of today's racing fixtures. Stately Homes
Ragley Hall Alcester
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Welcome to Ragley Hall, Park and Gardens, Warwickshire's leading sustainable country estate. Ragley has something for everyone. Whether it’s an action-packed day out for the whole family, a stunning venue at which to hold your corporate event or wedding, or somewhere tranquil to get lost in your own thoughts, Ragley has it all... Chatsworth Bakewell
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choose chatsworth and discover a day out in the Peak District with a difference Belvoir Castle Belvoir
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Belvoir Castle of England. The castle and Gardens are ideal for a history school trip, castle wedding venue, corporate entertainment Nottinghamshire, unusual wedding venue, Educational school visit, child fun day out. Belvoir Castle: historic house garden, duke of rutland, castle weddings Walcot Hall Bishops Castle
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Walcot Hall provides for Holiday Apartments, Weddings, Wedding Reception, Self Catering, Walcot Hall, Shropshire, Lydbury North, Bishop's Castle Belton House Grantham
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Restoration country house with magnificent interiors, gardens and park Eastnor Castle Ledbury
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Castle weddings at premier wedding venue and corporate events and entertainment venue: romantic, fairytale castle, Eastnor Castle. Hellens Ledbury
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Hellens, in Much Marcle, Herefordshire, is a living monument to much of England's history Rockingham Castle Market Harborough
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This remarkable castle, built on the instruction of William the Conqueror, has been my family home for 450 years. Prior to the Watsons ownership the Castle was held by the crown. Kelmarsh Hall Northampton
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Kelmarsh Hall is a graceful 18 th century historic house, set in beautiful romantic gardens and surrounded by its own working estate in the rolling Northamptonshire and Leicestershire countryside. Kelmarsh Hall caters for all Corporate events & Conferences, Weddings and Special events. Patshull Hall Pattingham
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A mid-18th century Baroque house, set amid acres of Capability Brown landscaped gardens, Patshull Hall is an idyllic and inspiring setting for events of any size and nature. Sandon Hall Stafford
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Sandon Hall, conveniently located just 5 miles from Stafford in staffordshire, has rapidly become one of the most exclusive venues for private & corporate functions such as wedding receptions, social events, corporate affairs, museum tours and special events. Shugborough Stafford
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The offical website of The Complete Working Historic Estate Of Shugborough, Stafford, Staffordshire. With Mansion House, Servants' Quarters, Georgian Farm and 900 acres of riverside gardens and parkland. Shugborough is an historical day out where you can see, smell, taste and immerse yourself in the past bought to life with characters. Burghley House Stamford
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Burghley, the largest and grandest house of the first Elizabethan age, open to the public. Warwick Castle Warwick
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Experience one thousand years of jaw-dropping history; great battles, ancient myths, spellbinding tales, pampered princesses, heroic knights and the dark Castle Dungeon. 
