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Nov 23rd, 2017 |
By The Editor
Brexit means we leave the EU in 2019. So why did five UK cities think that they could enter the European Capital of Culture 2023 competition?
Posted in Travel rumblings |
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Tags: Belfast/Londonderry/ Strabane, Cities like Dundee, EU, Eurpean Capital of Culture, Leeds, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, UK government
Nov 5th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
Never underestimate a dragon. It has been responsible for attracting visitors to heritage sites in Wales just as Taylor Swift has attracted people to New York. They are just two items that Adrian includes in his Saturday column this week.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Abu Dhabi, Blackpool, British Airways, CADW, GRAMMY Museum®, Japan, London - Hyde Park, Monarch, Natural History Museum, New York, Nottingham, Nottingham Trail, Oakland, Sharm El Sheikh, the Taylor Swift Experience, Wizz
Oct 31st, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot (and what’s not) in the travel world
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: airlines, Anfield, Budapest, Connecticut, Cornwall, Cumbria, Eating out, Flying, Kit Kemp, languages, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Lost In Translation, New York, Nottingham, Paris, restaurants, Sheffield, Yayoi Kusama
Jul 23rd, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
Its a fortnight until an entirely new tourist attraction opens – the British Airways i360. The beaches in Nottingham and Ramsgate are included in the many stories Adrian rounds up from the week.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Air Canada, Brighton, Brtish Airways i360, Cardiff Airport, Edinburgh trams, Embarq, England Coast Path, Glasgow, Hannover, Jet2holidays, Maschsee Lake Festival, Natural England, Nottingham, Ramsgate, Welsh tourism, Westfield Stratford City
Oct 23rd, 2015 |
By The Editor
Nottingham has been voted England’s home of sport in a VisitEngland campaign.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Nottingham, VisitEngland
Sep 25th, 2015 |
By The Editor
This October, Nottingham will come alive with more major festivals and events than any other city in the UK, fifteen in all.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Goose fair, Nottingham, Robin Hood
Jul 28th, 2014 |
By The Editor
For the 30th year, the Robin Hood Festival returns to Sherwood Forest (where else could it be held?) from the 4th until the 10th of August.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Robin Hood Festival, Sherwood Forest
Feb 15th, 2014 |
By The Editor
Nottingham is riddled with caves, at least 450 of them. But these are man-made and many are under pubs so that is where many entrances are. I’ll leave you to ponder why they might be there. Now a research team in Nottingham has developed a new mobile phone application to allow people to explore the city’s caves from above ground. The free app will be available by the end of February. The application would have a map function to allow people to locate the caves
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Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Abu Dhabi, Broadstairs, Ceredigion, Cornwall, Devon, Iceland, Loch Ness Monster, Nottingham, Olympic Museum Lausanne, Papua New Guinea, USA, VAT on tourism, Visit Britain
Jan 11th, 2014 |
By Adrian Lawes
Given the floods, Adrian ponders whether 2014 will be the year of the British beach holiday as Expedia claims 2013 was.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Aberystwyth, Malt Cross, Newport, Nottingham, Tenerife, Thames Garden Bridge, Up Helly Aa
Apr 23rd, 2013 |
By The Editor
The world’s largest greenhouses and its best mountain biking routes, a first edition of Shakespeare’s sonnets and Europe’s first international dark sky reserve all help make up VisitEngland’s ‘101 things to do before you go abroad’, revealed today to mark St George’s Day
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Big Ben, Cambridgeshire, Europe, Exmoor National Park, Ian Fleming, John Rylands Library, Kent, Lincoln, Newcastle, Nottingham, St George\'s Day, Stonehenge, The Eden Project, The Shard, UNESCO
Oct 1st, 2012 |
By The Editor
This Halloween there’s a whole (g)host of spooktacular events happening across the country to keep you and your little horrors entertained. VisitEngland looks at some of the country’s top terror-inducing activities
Posted in Travel news, Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Brighton, Exbury, Halloween, Lee Roberts, London, Nottingham, Sweeney Todd, Warwick Castle, William Shakespeare
Aug 4th, 2012 |
By The Editor
England is a country world-renowned for its history. Our ancient lineage of Kings and Queens, revered historic architecture and deep-seated traditions bring visitors from near and far. But the country’s history is also peppered with tales of smuggling and witchcraft, piracy and ghostly hauntings, which lend a more sinister side to many of England’s popular destinations. Here, VisitEngland looks at some of the country’s darker tourist attractions
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Tags: Blackpool, British Pullman, Chester, East London, England, Kent, Lancashire, Nottingham, Somerset, York
Jul 23rd, 2012 |
By The Editor
The weekend saw the release of this summer’s most anticipated blockbuster, The Dark Knight Rises, Christopher Nolan’s final Batman film with Nottingham’s Wollaton Hall taking centre stage as Wayne Manor
Posted in Travel news, Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Batman, Buckinghamshire, Corfe Castle, Devon, Dorset, Enid Blyton, Nottingham, oxford, Sherwood Forest, Swanage, The Dark Knight