Great West Way Travel Magazine | Issue 08
Combining expansive countryside views surrounding Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty with vibrant cities and thriving towns, the Great West Way welcomes you to explore its exciting route this spring and summer. This issue has everything from sporting events, summer music festivals to best days out with the kids. Learn about the Great West Way’s vast history as you visit some of the wonderful museums found along the path – including brand new exhibitions and events and treat yourself to a hot brew and freshly baked scone at one of the routes quintessential teashops. Discover star-studded celebrities born along the way from royalty to internationally acclaimed actors and authors and don’t miss our interview with Graham Dillamore, deputy head of gardens and estates at Historic Royal Palaces. We hope this latest edition with its range of experiences will help inspire you to make the most of a season full of unforgettable memories .
Combining expansive countryside views surrounding Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty with vibrant cities and thriving towns, the Great West Way welcomes you to explore its exciting route this spring and summer. This issue has everything from sporting events, summer music festivals to best days out with the kids. Learn about the Great West Way’s vast history as you visit some of the wonderful museums found along the path – including brand new exhibitions and events and treat yourself to a hot brew and freshly baked scone at one of the routes quintessential teashops. Discover star-studded celebrities born along the way from royalty to internationally acclaimed actors and authors and don’t miss our interview with Graham Dillamore, deputy head of gardens and estates at Historic Royal Palaces. We hope this latest edition with its range of experiences will help inspire you to make the most of a season full of unforgettable memories .
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the Wiltshire Museum, features key facts about the crop circle
phenomenon and mixes it with stunning photography. At the
attached Crop Circle Information Centre, be sure to read the
latest up-to-date crop circle reports and visit between 15 June
- 15 August 2023 to enjoy a personal guided exhibition Tour &
High Tea.
TROWBRIDGE MUSEUM, TROWBRIDGE
In Wiltshire’s county town, 1000 years of the town’s history
comes to life at the Trowbridge Museum, which recently
underwent a multi-million-pound expansion, which saw the
museum double in size for its re-opening! The museum offers
an insight into the rich textile-related heritage in the heart of
the town including how Trowbridge was shaped by the scale
of production and quality of its West of England woollen cloth
and became the county town of Wiltshire. Visit before the 29
April 2023 to see the In Focus Photography Showcase of work
by award winning photographers Sheri O’Reilly, Sue McDine
and Roy McDine.
FOX TALBOT MUSEUM AT LACOCK, LACOCK VILLAGE
In the picture-perfect village of Lacock you will find National
Trust’s Lacock Abbey and Fox Talbot Museum and Village.
Here, in 1835, William Fox Talbot created the world’s first
photographic negative, and so it is only proper that the
Museum of Photography is established here. New for 2023
the Fox Talbot Museum is holding Mandy Barker's Plastic Soup:
Photography Exhibition until 23 April 2023 where the work of
award-winning photographer, Mandy Barker, created to raise
awareness of marine plastic pollution will be on display. You
might also enjoy combining your trip to the nearby market
town of Corsham, home to two more museums, a moving
historical experience in the original 17th century Corsham
Schoolroom and Almshouse and The Pound Arts Centre, a
North Wiltshire hub for the performing and visual arts.
THE CROFTON BEAM ENGINES, MARLBOROUGH
Discover a pair of remarkable survivors from the early days
of the Industrial Revolution. The Crofton Beam Engines were
built over 200 years ago to maintain water levels in the nearby
Kennet & Avon Canal and, amazingly, those great steam
engines are still in working order, doing the job for which they
were designed!
BOSCOMBE DOWN AVIATION COLLECTION, OLD
SARUM, SALISBURY
If historic aeroplanes are a ‘must-see’ for you or your children,
you need look no further than the Boscombe Down Aviation
Collection, where cockpits are mostly open, and you can sit in
and use the controls. Exhibits of national importance including
the unique Sea Harrier XZ 457 and the rare Comit C Mk 2
Sagittarius, and the museum is proud to have the most fast jet
cockpits available to sit in than anywhere else in the UK.
REME MUSEUM, CHIPPENHAM
Since its formation in 1942, the Corps of Royal Electrical and
Mechanical Engineers has been the driving force of the British
Army and the inspiring story of the unit is told at the REME
Museum through its collections of armoured vehicles and
weaponry and child-friendly interactive displays. Don’t miss
Wartime Britain between the 13-14 May 2023 - an amazing
weekend exploring the vehicles, weapons and military life
experienced by many during World War II.
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