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LONDON BY NIGHT - A SUNSET CRUISE FOR UNDER £10
Many visitors to the city will pay vast sums to go on an evening cruise down the Thames where they can watch the sun setting and then see...
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A SLOW WEEKEND IN WEST LONDON: VISITING BRENTFORD LOCK
For the Slow Traveller who doesn't want to stay in central London, either because they have already explored all there is to see there or...
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BIZZARE AND BEAUTIFUL: AN UNUSUAL SCULPTURE PARK ON THE WELSH BORDERS
The British Ironwork Centre, near Oswestry in Shropshire, has something for all ages. With a large open air museum of steel sculpture...
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VISITING DANEBURY IRON AGE HILL FORT, HAMPSHIRE
Danebury is an Iron Age hillfort in the south of England between the cities of Salisbury and Winchester. For many it is seen as the...
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TOWER BRIDGE: BRITISH ICON AND STEAMPUNK MASTERPIECE
Tower Bridge on the river Thames is a London icon, its image instantly recognisable across the globe and synonymous with London itself....
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THE CLINK PRISON MUSEUM: 900 YEARS OF TORTURE AND MISERY IN SOUTHWARK, LONDON
With only a few rooms, a visit to The Clink is short but sweet. With a rather shlock-horror layout of torture equipment, displays...
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VISITING HYDE PARK AND KENSINGTON GARDENS: TAKING TIME OUT IN CENTRAL LONDON
The largest of London's parks at 350 acres, Hyde Park and its neighbour Kensington Gardens (275 acres), create a vast green space amid...
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LEPE: THE D-DAY BEACH, HAMPSHIRE
Lepe is a small hamlet on the shore of the Solent in Hampshire which was a secret manufacturing site for parts of the Mulberry Harbours...
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THE BOVINGTON TANK MUSEUM IN DORSET
Bovington Tank Museum in Dorset, on the southern coast of England, is located in a military base, the home of The Armour Centre. A huge...
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