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National and Regional Round-up
East of England
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n 2009, the East of 1903, Letchworth in Hertfordshire is the world’s first
England Tourist garden city and in the same county, St Albans, with its
Board is introducing magnificent abbey, dates back to the 1st century BC.
a series of online
The headquarters of CAMRA, the Campaign for Real
itineraries for visitors
Ale, is located in St Albans and the organisation’s
to the region. There
Great British Beer Festival will take place in August
are six themes:
2009. In the meantime, the 2009 St Albans Festival,
Culture, Heritage,
two weeks of music, theatre and culture will take
Food and Drink,
place from 20 June to 05 July.
Aviation Heritage,
Gardens and Wildlife.
The coastline of East Anglia is not just a continual
These comprehensive
band of unspoilt sandy beaches. Each unique resort
plans for an exciting
has its own special events, such as Cromer’s Art
day out recommend places of interest and venues for
Week in May, Heacham’s Lavender Festival in July and
lunch and afternoon tea. There is a facility to print
Aldeburgh’s Festival of Music and the Arts in June.
off each itinerary in the form of an attractive, easy
2009 will also see the opening of a new contempo-
to use brochure.
rary art gallery in Colchester. The great British artists,
Norwich is the most complete medieval city in
John Constable, Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Alfred
Britain, whilst Colchester is the country’s oldest
Munnings ensured that this corner of Essex was
recorded town. Bury St Edmunds is home to Britain’s
always an art lover’s paradise but the addition of this
smallest pub whilst Lavenham, also in Suffolk, is
£17.8 million gallery will ensure Colchester’s position
England’s best preserved medieval village. Founded in
as one of England’s cultural hotspots.
England’s North West
hosting major festivals and sports events and the
North West has some of the country’s finest offer-
ings. In 2008, Manchester saw its Radisson Edwardian
Hotel receiving the Large Hotel of the Year Award.
Liverpool is a city of world class music, breathtaking
architecture and ground breaking art and the city claims
that it will always be a European cultural capital. Run
Liverpool is a series of running events taking place in
E
ngland’s North West is not only home to some of the and around the city. At the end of May the Tunnel 10k
country’s chief cultural centres such as Liverpool, run will take place, with competitors making their way
Chester and Manchester, it is also the home of England’s beneath the Mersey from Liverpool to New Brighton.
largest National Park. It also features the country’s longest
Whilst the Lake District is the country’s largest
canal, deepest lake, highest peaks and one of the largest
National Park, the North West also accommodates 32
shopping malls, The Trafford Centre.
nature reserves, four areas designated as Areas of
The 2nd Manchester International Festival will Outstanding Beauty and a Heritage Coast.
involve opera, art exhibitions, dance, theatre, food
Cumbria is home to England’s longest and deepest
and street entertainment. The North West frequently
lake and the country’s highest peak, Scafell Pike.
features in the Tourism Awards organised by
England’s five tallest mountains, all situated in
VisitBritain and the 2008 festival received the
Cumbria, provide some of Britain’s most breathtaking
Regional Visitor Experience of The Year Award.
scenery as well as making this the country’s biggest
Quality orientated accommodation is essential when adventure playground.
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