Kids Essex


27
Oct 11

Discovery Trail @ Colchester Castle Museum

From Saturday 22 October 2011 to Sunday 30 October 2011 you can drop in, take a trail sheet and find your way around the Castle to look for objects that had been buried in the past. You will also find out why they
were buried.

The cost is 50p per sheet and if you complete the trail sheet you can enter a prize draw.

Open Mon to Sat 10am–5pm and Sun 11am -5pm

Directions
Colchester Castle Museum is situated in Castle Park at the eastern end of the High St. The nearest car parks are St Botolph’s, Britannia and Osborne Street. The museum is a five minute walk from the bus station and Colchester Town railway station.

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19
Jul 07

Free Family Days Out

There was a great article in The Times recently listing free days out for the family this summer across the UK. These include:
1. Spitalfields City Farm, London
2. World Museum, Liverpool, Merseyside
3. Transport Museum, Coventry, West Midlands
4. East Midlands Aeropark, Castle Donington, Leicestershire
5. Pickfords House, Derby, East Midlands
6. Baltic Centre, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
7. High Force Waterfall, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Durham
8. Pudsey Park, Leeds, Yorkshire
9. Pitt River Museum, Oxford, Oxfordshire
10. Natural History Museum, Tring, Hertfordshire
11. National Museum, Cardiff, Wales
12. Victorian Pier, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex

If you have been to any of them, let others know whether or not they are worth visiting :)

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