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Culture -
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Education
Update
- November 2005 |
LONDON
Things to do
and see in London
General interest:
London Eye; river cruise; sightseeing bus tour; London Dungeon;
London Aquarium; Madame Tussauds / Planetarium; Science Museum;
Natural History Museum; British Museum; Tate Modern; Tate Britain;
Saatchi Gallery; National Gallery; Wallace Collection; Tower of
London; Tower Bridge Experience; HMS Belfast; Golden Hinde; Cabinet
War Rooms; National Maritime Museum; Buckingham Palace; Westminster
Abbey; St Paul's Cathedral; Museum of Childhood; Museum of London.
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Possible Tour Combinations |
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1.
Flight on London
Eye or visit to London Aquarium
Easy walk to
Waterloo Pier or across the river to Westminster Pier (taking in
views of the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben and Westminster Abbey)
River
cruise to Greenwich (past St Paul's Cathedral,
Shakespeare's Globe and the Tower of London)
Afternoon
at the National Maritime Museum and Observatory |
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2.
Morning at Tate
Britain
Transfer
by river to Tate Modern
Let
off steam in the afternoon at the nearby London Dungeon
(great fun for all ages) |
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3.
Morning at the Science / Natural History or British Museum
Afternoon
on sightseeing bus tour |
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Theatreland
London Shows: Musicals:
Blood Brothers, Lion King; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (closing
September so get in soon); Stomp; Fame; Mary Poppins; Saturday
Night Fever; Billy Elliot - the Musical; Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolour Dreamcoat; The Woman in White; Les Miserables; Phantom
of the Opera Coming soon - Scrooge
Plays: The
Woman in Black; Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman; Elmina's
Kitchen; Brian Friel's The Home Place and Aristocrats; Hedda Gabler;
Shakespeare's The Tempest; Pericles, Prince of Tyre; The Winter's
Tale; Henry V (Parts I and II) Coming soon - As You
Like it; Journey's End; The Countess
Theatre-based
Venues: Theatre Museum (introductory
activities, tour or workshop); Shakespeare's Globe (exhibition, tour
or workshop); backstage tour of National Theatre; backstage tour of
Theatre Royal Drury Lane (how did they recreate the sinking of the Titanic?)
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Possible Tour Combination
Morning
at the Theatre Museum
(introductory
activities or workshop)
Lunchtime
stroll around the historic-but-buzzing piazza of Covent Garden
with its actors' church and street entertainers
Afternoon
at matinee theatre performance |
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Things to do
and see around
the country:
York:
Jorvik; river cruise; Castle Museum; York Minster; National Railway
Museum; York Dungeon; Holy Trinity Church; City Art Gallery;
Brighton:
sightseeing bus tour; Royal Pavilion; Art Gallery; Brighton Museum;
Booth Museum of Natural History.
Edinburgh:
Dynamic Earth; Camera Obscura; Royal Yacht Britannia; Edinburgh
Castle; Writers' Museum, Huntley House Museum, Museum of Childhood,
The People's Story, Royal Museum of Scotland, Museum of Fire,
Gallenes, Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Crags and Holyrood Park; Royal
Botanic Gardens; Parliament House; St Giles Cathedral.
Stratford
upon Avon: sightseeing bus tour,
Royal Shakespeare Theatre; Shakespeare properties; Holy Trinity
Church; Shakespeare Memorial Gardens; canal cruise; Warwick Castle.
Cross
the Channel to Lille: Palais
Rihour; Fine Arts Museum; The Citadel (once governed by d'Artagnan of
Musketeer fame); Matisse Park; Euralille.
Alternatively
to Brussels (a joint language /
politics visit perhaps): European Parliament / Council / Commission;
Royal Museum of Fine Art; Mini-Europe; market place.
Eurostar and
European rail tickets can be included.
Good
To See PO Box 1, 30 Culver Road, St Albans,
Hertfordshire, AL1 4ED
Tel: 01727
834475 Fax: 01727
847418
Email:
groups@goodtosee.com
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END OF TERM DOLDRUMS?
Three thoughts:
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The kids who are
taking exams are out on study leave (most of the time).
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The kids who are
not taking exams are bored and restless (pretty well all of the time).
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This is the moment
to make the most of a clearer timetable and blow away the cobwebs
with an out-of-school visit - educational, just for fun or both.
As well as booking
venues Good To See are happy to quote
for travel by coach or rail. We can include tickets for London
Underground (unlimited travel through all but the outermost reaches
of the network), or hop on-hop off riverboat tickets. Equally, we're
happy to leave the travel arrangements to you.
To add value to
your visit we can:
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Mix and match free
venues with those that need to be paid for.
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Arrange overnight
accommodation to give a really full itinerary and take advantage of
off peak travel costs (don't worry about what to do in the evenings.
Budget-friendly theatre tickets, ten pin bowling etc can take care of this).
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Suggest visits
suitable across departments, e.g. a joint Art and History visit, to
allow effective use of teacher cover.
All itineraries
include maps and directions, and, should you need help with your risk
assessment, we shall be glad to give support.
The summer term
does not last forever, of course (it only feels that way). The new
academic year will be upon us all too soon, and in this regard the
old proverb, the early bird catches the worm springs to mind. This is
particularly so with theatre tickets and accommodation. Getting the
ball rolling sooner rather than later widens your options, gives
parents a chance to budget, and allows you to bask away the summer
months in Barbados (well OK then, Bognor Regis), smug in the glow of
an A* in Forward Planning.
Some
ideas and itineraries are suggested,
but
all our tours are tailor-made to meet
individual
needs and objectives.
To
request a quotation, or to talk
through
your requirements generally,
please
send an email or give Good
to See
a call.
Lesley
Eames
Hazel
Archer
Alison
Lusha
Tel:
01727
834475 |