| SOUTH
OF ENGLAND ATTRACTIONS |
| Thorpe
Park, south of Staines |
Purpose built and water oriented theme park..
Tel: 01932 562633 |
| Chessington
World of Adventure, 12 miles south west of London |
Entertainment for all the family with activities that will
fill the best part of a day.
Tel: 01372 727227 |
| Sissinghurst
Gardens, 15 miles east of Tunbridge Wells |
Transformed by Vita Sackville-West into one of England's
greatest and most popular gardens.
Tel: 01580
712850
|
| Leeds
Castle, Maidstone |
On
the edge of the North Downs, this castle is more like a fairytale
palace than a defensively efficient castle.
Tel: 01622
880008 |
| Canterbury
Cathedral 01227 865300 |
Seat of the Primate of all England.
Tel: 01227
865300 |
| Battle
Abbey |
A magnificent Abbey, built by William The Conqueror in thanks
for his victory at Hastings..
Tel: 01424
773792 |
| Brighton
Royal Pavillion |
The Prince Regent's extraordinary confection of slender minarets,
twirling domes, pagodas, balconies and miscellaneous motifs
imported from India and China.
Tel: 01273
290900 |
| The
Bluebell Line Railway, 9 miles north of Lewes |
An
entertaining and nostalgic way of traveling through the Sussex
countryside, especially in May when the bluebells are in bloom.
Tel: 01825
722370 |
| Arundel
Castle |
The
structure dates from Norman times but was ruined during the
Civil War. Lavishly reconstructed during the nineteenth century.
Tel: 01903
882562 |
| Portsmouth
Royal Naval Base |
Visit HMS Warrior, Britain's first iron-clad battleship, HMS
Victory and the Mary Rose, Henry VIII's flagship.
Tel: 01705
722351 |
| Osborne
House, Isle of Wight |
Originally
designed as a summer retreat for the royal family, but which
became Queen Victoria's permanent residence after the death
of Prince Albert.
Tel: 01983
200022 |
| Marwell
Zoological Park, Winchester |
Tigers a speciality.
Tel: 01426
943163
|
| The
Watercress Line, Alresford |
A jolly steam powered train.
Tel:
01962 734866 |
|
National
Motor Museum, Beaulieu
|
A
collection of 250 cars and motor cycles and adjacent abbey
housing an exhibition depicting medieval monastic life..
Tel: 01590
612123 |
|
Blenheim
Palace, 7 miles north of Oxford
|
Designed
by Sir John Vanbrugh, architect of Castle Howard in Yorkshire,
and birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill.
Tel:
01993 811325 |
| The
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
The
oldest public museum in the country.
Tel: 01865
278000 |
| Buckingham
Palace, Green Park Tube |
Serving as the monarch's permanent London residence since
the accession of Queen Victoria.
Tel:
0171 930 4832 |
| The
Tower of London, Tower Hill Tube |
One of London's greatest landmarks - variously used as a place
of imprisonment, armoury, royal residence and repository of
the crown treasure.
Tel:
0171 680 9004
|
| The
Natural History Museum, South Kensington Tube |
A must for the kids, amazing animatronic dinosaurs, and for
the non-squeamish, the insect room with its giant models of
bugs.
Tel:
0171 942 5000 |
| Madame
Tussauds, Marylebone Road |
Lifesize models of the famous and the infamous.
Tel: 0171
935 6861 |
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