England Family-Friendly Sightseeing, Attractions & Activities

recommended places to visit and things to do with children in England


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Europe's best preserved medieval fortress, inextricably linked with centuries of British history and home to the British crown jewels

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Cromford Mills is the home of Sir Richard Arkwright’s first mill complex. Boasting powered machinery, a large workforce and factory village, this site became the model for others throughout Britain and abroad

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mentioned as far back as 300BC and is strongly woven into the lives of the Cornish people. This is the sole tin mine still producing tin items

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uncover the history of the Potteries including the world's greatest collection of Staffordshire ceramics and a Fine Art collection of Impressionist paintings

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Blue John is Britain's rarest mineral first discovered at Castleton by the Romans almost 2000 years ago. These are the world's only known deposits of this extremely rare and beautiful stone

Tolgus Tin

Perranporth

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taking visitors through the process of tin streaming and explaining how tin ore recovered from the stream running through the site is smelted on-site to create exquisite Cornish jewellery