Museum of Somerset reopens after £7m refurbishment 29 September 2011 The Museum of Somerset (previously the Somerset County Museum) has reopened after a £7m refurbishment. Housed in the Grade I listed Taunton Castle, the Museum of Somerset opened its doors following the major transformation on 29th September...

Giant Pandas arrive at Edinburgh Zoo 7 December 2011 Popular Scottish attraction Edinburgh Zoo has welcomed two Giant Pandas, Tian Tian and Yang Guang, from China. Tian Tian and Yang Guang, meaning "sweetness" and "sunshine" respectively, are the first Giant Pandas to live in the...

Portsmouth's National Museum of the Royal Navy gets £1.4m lottery grant 7 December 2011 Popular Portsmouth attraction, the National Museum of the Royal Navy in the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard , has received a £1.4m lottery grant for new exhibitions. Georgian Storehouse 10, built in 1776 and one...

HMS Victory at Portsmouth Dockyard to get £16m restoration 7 December 2011 Popular Portsmouth attraction HMS Victory is to undergo a £16m restoration. The warship, used by Lord Nelson in the Battle of Trafalgar and now moored at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, has been worked on by engineers since...

HMS Belfast closed due to gangway collapse 29 November 2011 Popular central London attraction HMS Belfast has been closed due to the collapse of a gangway earlier today. Permanently docked on the River Thames, the retired warship is accessed by a large gangway and it is this gangway which sheared and...

Avebury Manor features in BBC1 series The Manor Reborn A 500 year old Wiltshire Manor House, Avebury Manor is the subject of The Manor Reborn, a BBC1 documentary series with Penelope Keith that follows the ground-breaking renovation project of the house and gardens by the BBC and National Trust. In four...

Avebury Manor and Gardens reopens to the public 500 year old Wiltshire Manor House reopens to the public after a ground-breaking renovation project by the BBC and National Trust Avebury House and Gardens has undergone a complete restoration this year in a joint project between the BBC and owners of the...

The Shrewsbury Music Hall has closed and is being refurbished. It will reopen in 2012 as the home for the Shrewsbury County Museum and Art Gallery and a tourist information centre. Shrewsbury's Theatre has relocated to the new Theatre Severn

Harborne Pool and Leisure Centre to reopen in Jan 2012 Harborne Pool and Leisure Centre, the first all new Birmingham City Council Leisure Centre to be built for 20 years, will open to the public in January 2012. The brand new Leisure Centre will boast a 25m main pool and a smaller training pool. Other...

IMAX Birmingham undergoes transformation The IMAX Cinema at the Thinktank, Millennium Point in Birmingham closes today (14th September 2011) so it can be upgraded and become the Midlands' largest independent giant screen digital 3D cinema. The Cinema will temporarily close from today so the conversion...