attractiOns & museums


Pleasurewood Hills invests ahead of summer season


Suffolk Coast theme park Pleasurewood Hills has opened four new rides for its 2013 season, as part of a £3.5m investment in the attraction. Te refurbishment sees the return of pedalos to Pleasurewood Lake, a family teacup ride at Woodies Tea Party, and the Moby Dick ride. Thrill ride Hobs Pit will open soon.


Nine new rides have now opened at the theme park since it was bought in 2011 by Looping Holding Group, includ- ing 40m tower drop The Jolly Roger. Details: http://lei.sr?a=n5X1r


Oxford plans £38m science centre


Science Oxford has submitted a planning application for its proposed £38m attraction Te Magnet - the UK’s first inte- grated science discovery and innovation centre. The development has


been designed by Foster + Partners to be built next to Castle Mound. Its centre- piece attraction would be a world-class planetarium but it would also include displays, events and lectures promoting all forms of science. The innovation centre


An artist’s impression of the Foster + Partners design for Te Magnet


would provide accommo- dation and support for 50 local high-tech companies. Te Magnet is expected to attract 150,000 guests annually, create more than 100 skilled jobs and generate £128m over the next 10 years for the local economy. Chief executive of Science Oxford, Ian Griffin, said: “Working together the discovery


Glasgow Museum will purchase bespoke storage


Scottish museums and galleries get capital funds


Twenty-four successful applicants have been announced by Museums Galleries Scotland to receive a share of its £500,000 Capital Fund programme. Te government-funded grants of up


to £40,000 each will be used for proj- ects such as re-thatching the roof on the Glencoe Museum and installing solar pan- els at Historylinks Museum in Dornoch. Glasgow Museums will use a £28,000 grant to purchase bespoke storage for their col- lection of Dutch and French pastels. Details: http://lei.sr?a=s3t7M


Welsh museums attract more visitors than ever


Te number of people visiting National Museum Wales’ (NMW) sites reached a record high of 1.75m visits in 2012-13. Over the last 12 months, NMW’s seven


museums collectively welcomed 50,000 more visitors than in 2011 - 12, with four of the museums enjoying their best years ever. National Museum Cardiff, which has


developed its offer with a new National Museum of Art, welcomed a record 477,399 visitors - an increase of 29 per cent since 2010-11. Details: http://lei.sr?a=m6o2M


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and innovation elements of Te Magnet will provide education, inspiration and support for the long term benefit of Britain’s science econ- omy. We’re proposing a world class building which reflects the spirit of discovery and inno- vation and enhances its historic setting close to Oxford Castle.” Details: http://lei.sr?a=C1T1w


Coventry Transport Museum plans revamp


Coventry Transport Museum will redevelop a 12th-century school building and improve its galleries and visitor facili- ties with a £4.6m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The project is set to be


complete by April 2015, when a new learning pro- gramme will also be launched with aims to attract 30,000 visitors to participate in heritage and community development activities. The renovated Old


Grammar School, which has been unused for the past 30 years, will serve as an exhibition, event and education space. It is in close proximity to the museum and is a grade-I listed building, included on English Heritage’s ‘at risk’ regis- ter. Te museum galleries will be improved to


Te museum is set for a major faceliſt following the £4.6m HLF grant


better explain Coventry’s transport heritage. Reyahn King head of Heritage Lottery Fund


West Midlands said: “Coventry was and is so important to the motor industry and cars are in its DNA. Details: http://lei.sr?a=b1F4x


Five-year plan for Antonine Wall heritage site


Public feedback is being sought before a five- year management plan is finalised for the Antonine Wall World Heritage Site in Falkirk. Te wall became part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site in 2008 and the site also includes Hadrian’s Wall and


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the German Limes. Historic Scotland and five local authorities along the wall have launched the 12-week consultation on the draſt manage- ment plan, which seeks to maximise the social, cultural and economic potential of the heritage site. Details: http://lei.sr?a=K2e1i


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