Tourist attractions in your city!

[feltip]

I love Zaha Hadid's work.

If she could do New Street i'd be very happy but if she can do anything in Birmingham would be very very happy.

[Butterfield]

Tourist attractions in my, erm, city:


Dudley Castle & Zoo




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The Black Country Living Museum





And possibly The Merry Hill shopping centre

[sloyne]

Originally Posted by Butterfield

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I recently watched a TV documentary about architecture and this zoo was featured. It was a very interesting show.

[Butterfield]

Yes, Dudley Zoo is a strange place with a number of Art Deco buildings, including those empty kiosks dotted around and the notorious bear pit of a similar design (shown below). I haven't been for about 10 years but I think it hasn't changed all that much.

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[Delirium]

meh just a list of well known and lesser known attractions,

The Star attractions:
-The Clifton Suspension Bridge-surprisingly hard to find for many
-The SS Great Britain-easy to find, but unlike the above it isnt free
-The Matthew

Museums and similar shizz:
-The City museum and Art gallery
-The Georgian House
-The Red Lodge
-The British Empire & Commonwealth Museum (dunno when they're supposed to be shutting up shop)
-@Bristol science thingamajig
-The Museum of Bristol (being built) originally the old industrial museum
-The camera obscura and Clifton observatory (although i think it's being refurbed into something at the mo')

Art, Theatre and culture shizz
-Arnolfini
-The watershed
-The Cube microplex
-Bristol Old Vic
-Bristol Hippodrome
-The Tobacco factory
-Colston hall
-The pro cathedral
-Circomedia
-St Georges hall
-The architecture centre
-Spike island art space
-Here
-possibly art space in the arcade and Bridewell island, although you know those arty farty types...
-Create centre

other Old buildings shizz:
-The New room-Wesleys Chapel
-Bristol Cathedral
-St Mary Redcliffe (and redcliffe caves)
-Cabot tower
-The Granary
-all those other churches such as the Lord mayors chapel.

Other:
-Bristol Zoo
-Clifton (which is home to a few of said attractions)
-New aquarium they're planning for the defunct wildwalk at @Bristol
-The Harbourside (again home to quite a few of the city's attractions) and harbour cruises
-Christmas steps
-Corn street market (on certain days)/St Nichs Market
-Bristol Blue glass

Further afield
-it's pretty obvious.

Some less travelled areas in the city worth travelling to:
Gloucester Road
Stokes coft
Montpelier
St Pauls
Easton
Southville

[Delirium]

Dudley zoo looks a bit...


shite.

[sloyne]

Originally Posted by Helium

Dudley zoo looks a bit...
shite.

And yet, according to the TV documentary I watched, it is one of the finest examples of art deco design and construction anywhere in the world.

[Delirium]

yes, because that makes a great zoo

[legolamb]

The Deep - The World's only Submarium. One of the largest aquariums in Europe. Home to 40 sharks and over 3,500 fish, it is the most successful millennium project in the country.
http://www.thedeep.co.uk/



The Museums Quarter - Large area of Old Town close to the River Hull with converted old buildings and newer additions.



Incorporates:

Wilberforce House -
the birthplace and residence of William Wilberforce, who campaigned against the slave trade in the 19th century.



Streetlife Museum -
tells the story of 200 years of transport in Hull.



Arctic Corsair -
real trawlermen share their experiences on board the 1960s sidewinder trawler permanently berthed on the River Hull.



Hull and East Riding Museum -
tells the amazing story of the area from the beginning of geological time, through the early tribes all the way up to the 17th century. Also includes fine Roman Mosaics and the Hasholme Boat (an Iron-Age Logboat)





Also, elsewhere in the City Centre:

Hull Maritime Museum -
discover Hull’s rich maritime history, the story of whaling and deep-sea fishing in the frozen Arctic seas.

Ferens Art Gallery -
one of the finest provincial art galleries in the country. The Ferens has an extensive and internationally renowned permanent collection.

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Spurn Lightship -
for an insight into the life of the Humber estuary.
The Guildhall Collection - houses a high quality public collection that includes fine art, sculpture, furniture, the Civic Insignia and silver.

Hands on History Museum -
Housed in the former Hull Grammar School building built 1583. The ground floor houses Victorian Britain - a themed hands-on interactive exhibition which examines aspects of Victorian Britain. The first floor is home to The Story of Hull and its People - local social history displays, and Ancient Egypt - life and death, including tomb furniture and the mummy of an ancient Egyptian priest.

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Beverley Gate -
Last remaining part of the city's medieval wall. It was at this gate at the top of Whitefriargate that King Charles I was denied entry into the city by John Hotham and various city elders. One of the defining and major political preambles to the English Civil War.

Holy Trinity Church -
Largest Parish Church (by area) in the UK, and a cathedral sized beauty. Includes some of the finest and oldest medieval brickwork in Europe.
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[yoshef]

Originally Posted by Helium

yes, because that makes a great zoo

i went to a zoo the other day

it only had one animal, a dog












it was a shitzu



(i'll get my coat...)

[Delirium]

there's nothing you can really say to that...
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speaking of Zoo's

They (bristol zoo gardens) are meant to be opening up a 136 acre safari park just off the M5 sometime by 2012.

http://www.conservationpark.org.uk/faq#looklike

The following animals are highly likely to be included: manatees

dear god, i know it's a slim chance of getting any of those animals listed, but I for the love of god hope they have those.
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also what exactly is a submarium? an underwater aquarium? [/endobvious]

[Leeds No.1]

I went to The Deep when it first opened. It's good, but I think it manages to be the worlds only submarium because submarium is kinda a made up word... marketing strategy for The Deep. There's only one part where you go under the tank, although there is a lift in the tank too. It is basically a huge aquarium...

[geordiejon]

For Newcastle and the Tyneside conurbation we have quiet a lot really:

Art Galleries:
The Biscuit Factory (where you can actually buy the art)- just outside city centre
Laing Art Gallery (fixed classical collections)-city centre
Shipley Art Gallery (fixed and changing collections- Gateshead
Hatton Gallery- city centre
Side Gallery (photgraphy gallery)
Waygood Gallery- currenty in £40m redevelopment- city centre
Baltic- changing modern art in former grain wharehouse on city centre quayside

Museums:
Great North Museum (former Hancock)- natural history, greek and egyptian collections in mulit million redevlopements reopens 2009- city centre
Discovery Museum- history of tyneside - city centre
Life- in Int. Center for Life- genetics museum- city centre
Segedunum- roman fort where the wall ends- in Wallsend (!!!)- world hertitage site
Arebeia Roman Fort- says it all really- South Sheilds
South Shields Museum - South Shields
Stephenson Railway Museum- North Shields
Tynemouth Blue Aquarium- Tynemouth
National Centre for Childrens Books- city centre

Theatres & Music venues:
7 theatres (Royal, Live, Northern Stage, Tyne in city centre and 3 others dotted around Tyneside)
Sage- home of the Northern Symphonia,
Metro Radio Arena- 10,000 seated arena
Carling Academy
City Hall

There is also:
Newcastle Castle Keep (great views from the top!)
Hadrians Wall (remains in the west of the city centre- better remains west of the conurbation though- world hertitage site
Newcastle Gateshead Quayside including award winning millenium bridge (which now titlts at midday every day for tourists), Norman Fosters Sage and of course 7 other bridges spanning the Tyne
Grainger Town- victorian architecture including Grey Street which was voted Britains best Street by Radio 4 listeners
Tynemouth priory
Catholic and Anglican cathedrals in the city centre
Angel of the North (UK's largest statue) welcomes people to Tyneside as you drive up the A1.

Metro Centre (now again Europes largest shopping centre after its expansion)

St James's Stadium Tours (you can all marvel at the empty trophy cabinets!!!!)
Newcastle Gosforth Park race course
Saltwell Park (awarded Britains best park 2005)
Four Blue Flag Beaches on Tyneside- Whitley Bay, Cullercoats, Tynemouth and South Shields. Tynemouth has a large surfing community, you can even book lessons to learn how to surf. National surfing competition has been held there for numerous years.

Finally I guess one huge toursit attraction is the nightlife up here, The Rough Guide To Britain recently voted a night out in NewcastleGateshead as the number one British attraction.

That is it, I personally think it makes a canny good weekend away, but then again I am biased!

[paulmat]

I forgot to mention events going on in Sheffield as I think this is really somewhere Sheffield excels. We seem to have an almost constant flow of major festivals on, plus lots of smaller ones.

Have a check on www.eventsheffield.com to see what's going on. There's 58 'events' just this Saturday and Sunday!

[Glasvegas]

Museums & Galleries
There are over 50 Museums and Galleries in total, these are just the main ones:
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Kelvingrove Museum
Hunterian Musuem
Gallery of Modern Art
People's Palace
Museum of Religious Life and Art
Scottish Football Museum
Museum of Transport
Tenement House
CCA
The Tall Ship
Burrell Collection

Mackintosh
Again, this is just a selection, there are quite a few more Mackintosh attractions.
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Glasgow school of art
Hillhouse
House for an art lover
Scotland Street School Museum
The Lighthouse
The Mackintosh House
The Willow tearooms

Theatre's and Venues
Again, just the larger attractions.
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The Barrowlands
Theatre Royal
Clyde Auditorium
Citizens Theatre
Tramway
SECC
Tron Theatre
Kings Theatre
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Pavillion Theatre
Fruit Market
City Halls
Kelvinhall
The Arches
Carling Acadamy

Parks and Gardens
Again, just the main ones. There are over 70 within the city boundary.
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Kelvingrove
Queen's Park
Glasgow Green
Botanic Gardens
Pollok Country Park
Tollcross Park

Other Attractions
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Glasgow Science Centre
St Mungo's Cathedral
The Necropolis
Celtic Park
St Andrew's Cathedral
Hampden Stadium
Pollok House
Waverly Paddle Steamer
Provan's Lordship
Ibrox
Glasgow Tower

Probably forgot some ...

[cardiff]

I love the design of the Bristol city museum, some intersting things in there.

[feltip]

Talking of aquariums; guess where the National Sealife centre is

Only the most landlocked city
Birmingham.

[Delirium]

all the more reason to have it

[cardiff]

That sea life center is expensive! Ive not been in so dont know if its worth it? I thought there was a national one in plymouth as well or has it been surplanted? I love aquariums, went to the one in Brighton as well which was alright, would be great to have one in one of the small docks next to the bay.

[Delirium]

The Birmingham is the national sea life one,

where as the Plymouth is merely the national one