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  1. Add Reading Museum to your Itinerary

    Reading Museum

    Address

    Blagrave Street, Reading, BERKSHIRE, RG1 1QH

    Telephone

    +44 0118 9373400

    Reading

    Twelve hands-on galleries including Roman Silchester, changing art gallery, Box Room, Britain's Bayeux Tapestry and the world's only biscuit gallery, Huntley & Palmers.

  2. Add Bristol Cathedral to your Itinerary

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    Bristol Cathedral

    Address

    College Green, West End, Bristol, BS1 5TJ

    Telephone

    +44 (0)117 926 4879

    West End, Bristol

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    Visit Bristol Cathedral as part of your trip along the Great West Way. 

    Bristol’s beautiful and historic Cathedral is located on College Green in the West End of the city. A church has almost certainly stood on the site for over a thousand years,…

  3. Add Apsley House to your Itinerary

    Apsley House

    Address

    149 Piccadilly, Hyde Park Corner, London, W1J 7NT

    Telephone

    020 7499 5676

    London

    Be amazed by the glittering interiors of the grandest address in the capital, once known as 'Number 1 London'. This beautiful Georgian building was the London home of the first Duke of Wellington and has changed very little since his great victory…

  4. Add Blenheim Palace to your Itinerary

    Blenheim Palace

    Address

    Woodstock, Oxfordshire, OX20 1PP

    Telephone

    01993 810530

    Woodstock

    Receive a warm welcome into the home of the 12th Duke and Duchess of Marlborough and the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill. Wonder at this masterpiece of 18th Century Baroque architecture, which houses some of the finest antique collections in…

  5. Add Wyvern Theatre to your Itinerary

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    Wyvern Theatre

    Address

    Theatre Square, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 1QN

    Telephone

    01793 524481

    Swindon

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    The Wyvern Theatre offers a mixed programme of concerts, comedy, dance, drama, musical theatre and local amateur productions. The theatre was opened by Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness Prince Phillip in September 1971.

  6. Add Jane Austen’s House to your Itinerary

    Jane Austen’s House

    Address

    Winchester Road, Chawton, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 1SD

    Telephone

    +44 01420 83262

    Alton

    Jane Austen’s House in Chawton, Hampshire is the picturesque country cottage where Jane Austen lived. It is the most treasured Austen site in the world. It was here that Jane’s genius flourished and where she wrote, revised and had published all her…

  7. Add Marlborough College Summer School to your Itinerary

    Marlborough College Summer School

    Address

    Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 1PA

    Telephone

    01672 892388

    Marlborough

    This extremely popular multi-generational learning experience will take place over four weeks during Summer.

  8. Add Boscombe Down Aviation Collection to your Itinerary

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    Boscombe Down Aviation Collection

    Address

    Hanger 1 South, Old Sarum Airfield, Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wilts, SP4 6DZ

    Telephone

    01722 323636

    Old Sarum, Salisbury

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    Collection of aircraft, cockpits, replicas and models weapons and trials equipment to show the story of flight and flight test in the UK.

    The cockpits are mostly open and you can sit in and use the controls.

  9. Add Aerospace Bristol to your Itinerary

    Aerospace Bristol

    Address

    Hayes Way, Patchway, Bristol, Avon, BS34 5BZ

    Telephone

    01179 315 315

    Bristol

    With Concorde as its stunning star attraction, Aerospace Bristol takes you on a fantastic flight through history. From the earliest aeroplanes, through two World Wars, the Cold War and the space race - discover incredible feats of aviation and step…

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  10. Add Museum of English Rural Life to your Itinerary

    Museum of English Rural Life

    Address

    University of Reading, Redlands Road, Reading, BERKSHIRE, RG1 5EX

    Telephone

    +44 0118 378 8660

    Reading

    The Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL) is England’s most extensive museum dedicated to farming, food, craft, rural life and countryside issues.

  11. Add Newbury Racecourse to your Itinerary

    Newbury Racecourse

    Address

    The Racecourse, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 7NZ

    Telephone

    01635 40015

    Newbury

    Newbury Racecourse is one of the most famous and prestigious horseracing venues in the UK, providing world class racing all-year-round and excellent facilities for conferences and events.

  12. Add Reading Abbey Quarter to your Itinerary

    Reading Abbey Quarter

    Address

    Blagrave Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 1QH

    Telephone

    0118 937 3400

    Reading

    You can also see the mill arch over the Holy Brook. This is the only remaining part of what was once the mill for Reading Abbey. The mill was in use until the twentieth century! 

  13. Add Atwell-Wilson Motor Museum to your Itinerary

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    Atwell-Wilson Motor Museum

    Address

    Downside, Stockley Lane, Calne, WILTSHIRE, SN11 0NF

    Telephone

    01249 813119

    Calne

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    Motor museum with vintage, post-vintage and classic cars, including American models. The Museum also houses an impressive collection of Lorries, Motorcycles, Mopeds, Push bikes, a large selection of vehicle manuals and other archive material.

  14. Add STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway to your Itinerary

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    STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway

    Address

    Fire Fly Avenue, Off Kemble Drive, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 2EY

    Swindon

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    Get up close to magnificent locomotives, be a signalman in the GWR interactive Signal Box and drive the steam train simulator as you travel through STEAM’s story-telling displays!

    STEAM tells the story of the men and women who built, operated and…

  15. Add Studley Grange Garden & Leisure Park to your Itinerary

    Studley Grange Garden & Leisure Park

    Address

    Hay Lane, Nr. Wroughton, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN4 9QT

    Telephone

    01793 852400

    Swindon

    In Butterfly World and the animal paddock meet the otters and meerkats and visit the Craft Village offering a huge range of beautiful and interesting handcrafted gifts. Take refreshments in the 'Butterfly Cafe' overlooking the butterfly garden.

  16. Add The British Museum to your Itinerary

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    The British Museum

    Address

    Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG

    London

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    The British Museum was the first national public museum in the world, and today is home to eight million objects. Discover the vast diversity of human cultures from the dawn of human history to the present.

  17. Add Bath Preservation Trust to your Itinerary

    Bath Preservation Trust

    Address

    1 Royal Crescent, Bath, BA1 2LR

    Telephone

    +44 (0) 1225 338 727

    Bath

    Through conservation, education and museums, Bath Preservation Trust ensures the future success of our beautiful heritage city.

  18. Add West Berkshire Museum to your Itinerary

    West Berkshire Museum

    Address

    The Wharf, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 5AS

    Telephone

    01635 30267

    Newbury

    West Berkshire Museum is housed in two of Newbury’s best loved historic buildings - the 17th century Cloth Hall and the old Granary/Corn Stores in the Wharf. The permanent exhibition ‘Lives and Landscapes’ tells the story of West Berkshire. The…

  19. Add The Matthew to your Itinerary

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    The Matthew

    Address

    Princes Wharf, Wapping Road, Bristol, BS1 4RN

    Telephone

    +44 (0)117 927 6868

    Wapping Road, Bristol

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    In 1497 John Cabot set sail from Bristol to find a new trade route to Asia. Instead, he arrived in Newfoundland and therefore became the original discoverer of North America. To celebrate the quincentenary of this voyage, a replica Matthew was built…

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