My UK Museum & Historical Places Bucket List


 After spending 18 months travelling in New Zealand, I am back on British soil and raring to explore my home country. One thing I have realised whilst I've been away is that I have barely explored my hometown of Lancashire never mind the rest of the UK and that includes museums and heritage places. I started compiling a list of such places that I want to visit once I'm back even though it's unlikely I will get to visit them any time soon due to Covid. What places are on your UK museum and historic places bucket list?

North West

Pendle Heritage Centre, Lancashire 

Helmshore Textile Museum, Lancashire

Imperial War Museum North, Manchester

The Beatles Story, Liverpool

International Slavery Museum, Liverpool

British Music Experience, Liverpool

The Pankhurst Centre, Manchester

Quarry Bank, Cheshire

Helmshore Textile Museum
North East

Eden Camp, Yorkshire

National Science & Media Museum, Bradford

South East

Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth

The D Day Story, Portsmouth

Mary Rose Museum, Portsmouth

Gurkha Museum, Winchester

1066 Battle of Hastings, Abbey & Battlefield, East Sussex

Midlands

Black Country Living Museum

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Think Tank Science Museum

Coventry Music Museum


South West

Museum of Witchcraft & Magic 

National Maritime Museum Cornwall

Ashton Court Estate, Bristol

Tintagel Castle, Cornwall

Roman Baths, Bath

Fashion Museum, Bath

Stonehenge, Wiltshire

London

Vagina Museum

The British Museum 

Victoria & Albert Museum

National Portrait Gallery

Churchill War Rooms

Tower of London



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