Without making the children feel like that are back at school, educational centres can provide fun and learning at the same time.
Bristol – Willsbridge Mill Environmental Education Centre 0117
932 6885
Take brass rubbings on the Heritage Sculpture Trail – bring crayons
and paper, try the new geology trail and learn about wildlife.
Hatton Locks, Warwickshire 01926 626100 www.britishwaterways.co.uk
Watch the boats rise up an amazing flight of 21 locks on the Grand
Union Canal known as `The Stairway to Heaven’.
Tetbury Police Museum, Gloucestershire 01666 504670
A number of interesting displays of photographs and equipment
show the history of policing. The resident Sergeant is always on
duty in the station watching over the prisoners, local troublemakers
and the public as he has done for over a hundred years
Pewsey Vale Heritage Centre, Wiltshire 01672 562617 www.pewsey-heritage-centre.org.uk
A winnowing machine, printing press and sewing machine are a few
of the items to search for on the children’s trail.
RNLI Henry Blogg Lifeboat Museum, Norfolk 01263 511294
Cromer’s dramatic sea rescue history is told here through models,
pictures and photographs. The Tyne-class lifeboat is on view at
the lifeboat house.
Sedgwick Museum of Geology, Cambridgeshire 01223 333456 www.sedgwickmuseum.org
A magnificent collection of fossil animals and plants collected
worldwide. See hippopotamuses, wolves and bears, all found locally!
National Football Museum, Preston 01772 908442
Investigate all aspects of the beautiful game including displays
and Hall of Fame, Match of the Day Interactive and the Goalstriker
Experience.
Where to next?
- Visit Let’s go with the children for more places to visit
- Talk to other parents about their recomendations for a great day out
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