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Heritage Tours
Nottingham and
Wollaton Hall
Saturday 12 April
Coach departs Northwich
Memorial Hall at 9.00amc
Other pick-ups available
£20.00

Ripon and the Church of
Christ the Consoler
Saturday 10 May
Coach leaves Northwich
Memorial Hall at 8.30amb
Other pick-ups available
£23.00

At over 3,000 square
metres, Nottingham Contemporary is one of the
largest contemporary art
centres in the UK. It has
four galleries - lit by 132
skylights.
Other attractions in the city
include Nottingham Castle,
the Galleries of Justice,
Lace Market, Museum of
Nottingham Life and
Nottingham Cathedral. The
cathedral architect was
Augustus Welby Northmore
Pugin who also designed the
interior of The Houses of
Parliament.

After lunch we visit
Wollaton Hall. It was
originally designed by
Robert Smythson and built
in 1588 - the year of the
Spanish Armada. The
building is in the English
Renaissance style and its
flamboyant design is
considered to be a masterpiece. It is home to the
city's natural history
museum and there are also
period room settings.

Ripon Cathedral was begun
in the 7th century when
Saint Wilfrid built one of
England's first stone
churches on this site.
The Prison and Police
Museum complex of buildings in St Marygate served
Ripon as the House of
Correction, Prison and
Police Station. Ripon
Workhouse was almost a
self sufficient world of its
own with its own teacher,
chaplain and doctors.
We finish the day at the
Church of Christ the
Consoler. With its colourful
and vibrant interior, this
Victorian church seems the
very celebration of life, yet
it stands as a testament to
tragedy. It is a memorial to
Frederick Vyner who, age
23, was captured and
murdered by brigands in
Greece in 1870. His mother
used the money collected
for his ransom to commission British architect
William Burges to design
this church.
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Black Country Museum
Saturday 31 May
Coach leaves Northwich
Memorial Hall at 9.00amc
Other pick-ups available
£19.00
Black Country Living
Museum is a remarkable
place to explore, enjoy and
spend time. Set in a
landscape of 26 acres, it is
one of the most extraordinary open-air museums in
the UK, offering a glimpse
into 200 years of history
like no other.

Over fifty authentic shops,
houses and workshops have
been carefully reconstructed to preserve the
character of the region
when its manufacturers
bought worldwide fame to
Black Country Towns. You
can see bread, sweets,
chain, nails and horse
brasses all being made.
The museum also has a fullscale working replica of a
Newcomen steam engine.
The 'fire engine' is housed in
a brick building from which
a wooden beam projects
through one wall.