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Free attractions

In this depressing recessionary climate we are all suffering from it is refreshing to think that there are many places we can visit that are free. A visit to a National Trust forest or a coastal walk is worth considering and the exercise could do us good.

But, there are also plenty of places in our cities that are free that can provide, interest, entertainment, education and above all enjoyment – many art galleries, museums, historical buildings, are free attractions.

Here are just some of the key free attractions to be found around the country:

The North

National Football Museum. Sir Tom Finney Way, Preston, Lancs, PR1 6PA
01772 908 442 www.nationalfootballmuseum.com

The National Railway Museum, Leeman Road, York, YO26 4XJ
08448 153139 www.nrm.org.uk

Wales

The National Museum, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NP
01286 870 630 www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/cardiff

St. Fagans, Open-air National History Museum, Cardiff, CF5 6XB
029 2057 3500 www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/stfagans

Scotland

National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF
0131 225 7534 www.nms.ac.uk

Glasgow Museums, Culture and Sport, 20 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5ES
0141 287 4350 www.glasgowmuseums.com

London and the South East

The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN
020 7747 2894 www.nationalgallery.org.uk

The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD
020 7942 5000 www.nhm.ac.uk

The Royal Parks, London – 8 in all www.royalparks.org.uk

The Science Museum, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 2DD
0870 870 4868 www.sciencemuseum.org.uk

Midlands and East Anglia

Coventry Transport Museum, Millennium Place, Coventry, CV1 1JD
024 7623 4270 www.transport-museum.com

The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum, Lichfield, Staffs, WS13 6LG
01543 264972 www.samueljohnsonbirthplace.org.uk

 

Angel of the North

Cardiff Castle

Edinburgh Museum

National Gallery, London

Natural History Museum, London

Derwent Valley, Midlands


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