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Amazonian rainforest opens in Scotland
10 Oct 2005
The UK’s largest indoor tropical rainforest, Amazonia, was officially opened in Scotland last week by Christine Hamilton, a former contestant on I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.
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Strawberry Hill receives £4.6m
07 Oct 2005
A £4.6m grant has been awarded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to secure the future of a Gothic castle created by Horace Walpole in the 18th century. Strawberry Hill, called the ‘little castle’ is located in London along the Thames between Chiswick and Hampton.
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Hard Rock to launch first theme park
07 Oct 2005
Hard Rock International (HRI) has announced that it is planning to launch its first theme park in the US, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
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Guidebooks for historic buildings
05 Oct 2005
A number of historic properties in England – including Stonehenge, Goodriche Castle and Lindisfarne Priory – will feature in a brand new range of guidebooks.
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Alexandra Palace out for let
04 Oct 2005
Alexandra Palace has been made available on a 125-year lease by its owner, the Alexandra Palace and Park Charitable Trust.
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British tourism receives royal boost
04 Oct 2005
Around five million American TV viewers have been offered a unique insight into Royal households this week in an effort to increase Britain’s allure as a tourism destination and allay security fears raised by the July bombings.
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NMM opens Your Ocean exhibition
30 Sep 2005
A new gallery exploring key issues facing the marine environment in the 21st century has opened at the National Maritime Museum (NMM) in Greenwich, London.
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TiLE to be held in June in 2006
29 Sep 2005
Richard Curtis, organiser of the annual TiLE exhibitions announced at TiLE 2005 last week that next year’s event will see the exhibition return to being held in June.
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Saatchi Gallery to move from County Hall
29 Sep 2005
The Saatchi gallery has announced it will leave its current premises at County Hall in London and move to the Duke of York Building near Sloane Square at Chelsea in west London.
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Paris chief rolls in to judge awards
29 Sep 2005
Paul Roll, chief executive of the Paris tourist board, has been invited to join the judging panel for the annual Visit London tourism awards, to reflect the city’s growing accessibility to overseas visitors.
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Successful year for Flying Scotsman
15 Sep 2005
More than 22,000 people took the opportunity to ride the Flying Scotsman steam engine between York and Scarborough this summer.
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