Title: UKsights Version: 02b (October 2002) Final Version Platform: EPOC (e.g., Psion 5mx) & Windows Description: Details of interesting places to visit in the British Isles Terms: Copyright Freeware Hi, These notes describe the 'UKsights' database file, which contains details of interesting places to visit in the British Isles. I never found a holiday book that consistently provided the details needed on tourist attractions so I produced this. 'UKsights' consists of a single database file. The file must be copied to the PDA without any conversion, typically using 'drag and drop' within the PsiWin application. On the Psion S5 a data file may be placed almost anywhere. The entries can be sorted into a different order than currently given, however, by default the order is geographical: 1 London 2 Rest of England 3 Wales 4 Edinburgh 5 Rest of Scotland 6 Northern Ireland 7 Republic of Ireland A minimally-formatted PC version also exists for those who don't have an EPOC device. The main changes in this version are: 1 Updates to existing records (See Appendix 1) 2 Addition of new records (See Appendix 1) 3 Removal of out-of-date records 4 Change of format for grid references The following is a list of the fields: Geo: An integer (hidden) indicating geographical position. After sorting on the 'Geo' field (default), records will be displayed in geographical order (See Appendix 1). Chrono: An integer (hidden) best indicating the year associated with the sight, e.g., Shakespeare's Birthplace '1564'. After sorting on the 'Chrono' field, records will be displayed in chronological order. This gives a view of the historical development of the British Isles. Name: Name of the sight. Description: A brief description. Address: The geographical address. Undergrnd: The nearest underground station, where applicable, for sights in central London or Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Notes: General notes about the location. Did u know: Typically historical and anecdotal information and interesting facts to put things into context. Tel: Telephone number. 'R' after a number indicates a recorded message, usually interrogateable from a TouchTone telephone. To call a UK number from outside the UK, dial the international access code of your own country, followed by '44' for the UK, followed by the telephone number shown but with the initial '0' removed. For example, to call '01453 123456' from the USA. Dial '011 44 1453 123456'. Numbers for the Irish Republic are prefixed with the '+' sign (an international convention) indicating the international access code e.g. 00 in the UK, 011 in the USA. Cost: Unless stated otherwise, only the single adult entrance fee is given. Many cathedrals and museums allow a voluntary subscription, whilst some suggest a minimum contribution. Open: All opening times are in the 24hr format. They are as accurate as can be established at present, however, details change frequently, and it would be advisable to ring the particular location before visiting, just to be certain. Most attractions are closed on obvious days such as Christmas and New Year. However, this has been omitted from the database to save space. The last admission time is shown after the closing time using the letters 'LA' followed by the difference between last admission time and closing time. For example, a closing time of 17.00 with a last admission time of 16.00 would be shown as 17.00LA-01.00. There is a subtlety insofar as, if there is no space between the closing time and the 'LA', the last admission time applies only to the time to which it is juxtaposed, otherwise it applies to all the closing times preceding it in the field. Unless stated otherwise, month ranges are inclusive, e.g., Mar-Oct denotes 01 March - 31 October. A closing time followed by '/dusk' means that closure will occur at the time shown or at dusk if dusk is earlier. http:// A WWW home page address if available. West, North Longitude, Latitude co-ordinates. This is the final version of the database. Therefore be warned from now on the entries will become increasingly out of date. For that, and other, reasons I can't give any guarantees as to the accuracy of the data. Also, if you fall out of a balloon, sink in a boat, get run over by a tour bus or if any harm, trouble or unpleasantness arises as a result of your reading or acting upon the information given; you have my sympathy but that's all. The same conditions and degree of sympathy extend to the effects of accessing the information on your PDA/PC etc. I don't expect any problems to arise but I like to cover myself. Hope you find it useful. Regards, Amergin Adare. Appendix 1 - Database Contents List ~ Indicates significantly changed record since previous version London The Palace of Westminster Westminster Abbey Westminster Cathedral ~ The Prime Minister's Residence The Banqueting Hse Horse Guards' Parade Ground Trooping The Colour St James's (Royal) Pk ~ The Cabinet War Rms The Guards Museum Buckingham Palace The Royal Mews The Queen's Gallery St James's Palace The London Marathon Memorial to The Crimean War Nelson's Column The National Gallery St Martin in the Fields Charing Cross Rd The National Portrait Gallery The Coliseum Leicester Sq Planet Hollywood The Pepsi Trocadero Piccadilly Circus Hamley's Toy Shop Carnaby St ~ Soho Chinatown The Museum of Mankind ~ The Royal Academy of Arts Spencer Hse The Royal Institution of Gt Britain ~ Christies Auction Hse Green (Royal) Pk The Hard Rock Cafe The Wellington Museum The Royal Mint ~ The National Army Museum The Chelsea Flower Show Bungee Jumps Harrods The Victoria & Albert Museum The Natural History Museum The Science Museum The Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gdns & Hyde (Royal) Pk The Albert Memorial Kensington Palace The Commonwealth Institute The University Boat Race The Notting Hill Carnival The Toy & Model Museum The Site of Tyburn Tree Gallows Marble Arch ~ Speakers' Corner Sotheby's Auction Hse The Wigmore Hall The Wallace Art Collection The Planetarium Madame Tussaud's The Sherlock Holmes Museum The Saatchi Art Collection The Marylebone Cricket Club & Museum Regent's (Royal) Pk ~ London Zoo The Jewish Museum The Family Records Office The British Library Reading Rms The Science-for-Life Exhibition The BT Tower Pollock's Toy Museum! The BBC Experience Oxford St Covent Gdn The London Transport Museum The United Grand Masonic Lodge of England The Theatre Museum The Royal Opera Hse The British Museum The Dickens Hse Museum Murder Mystery Dinner The Royal Courts of Justice The Samuel Pepys Exhibition Dr Johnson's Hse The Old Bailey St Paul's Cathedral The Museum of London The Barbican Ctr The Hse of Detention The National Postal Museum The Mansion Hse The Bank of England The Monument The Lloyds-of-London Building The Guildhall The Lord Mayor's Show The Geffrye Museum The Tower of London The Tower Bridge Experience The Beefeater London Pub Walks Thames Sightseeing Cruises Thames Night-time Cruise & Meal Thames Lunch & Dinner Cruises Cleopatra's Needle The Tate Britain The Gt Balloon Experience Battersea Pk Zoo Lambeth Palace The Imperial War Museum The Museum of Gdn History The Florence Nightingale Museum London Aquarium The London Eye The Royal Festival Hall The Museum of The Moving Image The Hayward Gallery The London IMAX Cinema The National Film Theatre The Royal National Theatre The Tate Modern Shakespeare's Globe Theatre & Museum Vinopolis The Clink Prison Museum The Golden Hinde Southwark Cathedral The Design Museum The Bramah Tea & Coffee Museum London Dungeon The Britain at War Experience HMS (Her Majesty's Ship) Belfast The Mayflower Public Hse Canada (Canary Wharf) Tower The National Maritime Museum The Queen's Hse The Old Royal Greenwich Observatory The Cutty Sark The Thames Barrier The Guardian Interactive The Telegraph Box Office The Adelphi Theatre The Albery Theatre The Aldwych Theatre The Apollo Theatre The Apollo Victoria Theatre London Apollo Theatre The Arts/Unicorn Theatre The Cambridge Theatre The Comedy Theatre The Criterion Theatre The Dominion Theatre The Duchess Theatre The Fortune Theatre The Garrick Theatre The Gielgud Theatre The Haymarket Theatre Her Majesty's Theatre The London Palladium The Lyceum Theatre The Lyric Theatre The New London Theatre The Old Vic Theatre The Open Air Theatre The Palace Theatre The Phoenix Theatre The Piccadilly Theatre The Playhouse Theatre The Prince Edward Theatre The Prince of Wales Theatre The Queen's Theatre The Royal Court Theatres St Martin's Theatre The Savoy Theatre The Shaftesbury Theatre The Strand Theatre The Theatre Royal aka Drury Lane The Vaudeville Theatre The Victoria Palace Theatre Whitehall Theatre The Wyndhams Theatre The Original Bus Tour The Big Bus Tours London Pride Bus Tours London Discovery Walks The Jewish Military Museum ~ Alexandra Palace The Grave of Karl Marx The RAF Museum Wembley Stadium *** Closed *** The Public Record Office The Twickenham Experience Hampton Court Palace The Home of Rest for Old Horses Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum Heathrow Airport Observation Deck Gatwick Airport Observation Deck The Rest of England Blenheim Palace Christ Church College & Cathedral The Oxford Story Exhibition ~ Garsington Opera Waterperry Gdns Diana Princess of Wales' Birthplace, Grave & Museum Hughenden Manor Bekonscot Model Village Woburn Abbey Woburn Safari Pk Whipsnade Wild Animal Pk ~ Hatfield Hse Old Palace Banquets ~ Fresh Tracks ~ Audley End Hse ~ Cambridge Guide Friday Tours Geoff's Bike Hire Scudamore's Punt Hire The King's College Chapel University of Cambridge The Fitzwilliam Museum University of Cambridge The Botanic Gdns University of Cambridge The Mullard Radio Observatory University of Cambridge The American Military Cemetery Wimpole Hall & Home Farm Duxford Air Museum Peterborough Cathedral Ely Cathedral Oliver Cromwell's Hse Lakeside Nuclear Bunker Essex Secret Bunker ~ Colchester Castle Colchester Zoo Flatford Mill Britain's National Stud The National Horse Racing Museum RAF Mildenhall NATO Airshow Lavenham Sutton Hoo Visitor Ctr Rendlesham Forest Ctr Snape Maltings Somerleyton Hall & Gdns Pleasurewood Hills Amazonia Norwich Cathedral The Norfolk Broads Boat Hire Carting Action Sports The Muckleburgh Collection East Anglia Falconry Ctr Holkham Hall & Bygones Museum ~ Sea Life Ctr North Norfolk Steam Railway Sandringham Estate Grimes Graves & Thetford Forest Donington Pk Grand Prix Collection Bosworth Battlefield & Visitor Ctr The British Gas Museum The National Space Ctr Stonehurst Farm Rutland Water Cruises The Rutland Water Butterfly & Aquatic Ctr Lincoln Cathedral Rutland Open Air Theatre The World of Robin Hood Chatsworth Hse Bolsover Castle Eureka The World of The Honey Bee, Bugs & Beasties ~ The Royal Armouries Harewood Hse The Thackray Medical Museum The National Museum of Photography, Film & TV The Colour Museum The Brontë Parsonage Museum The Humber Bridge The John Bull World of Rock The Yorkshire Dales Falconry & Conservation Ctr The Yorkshire Air Museum The York Story Exhibition York Dungeon Guy Fawkes Night The Jorvik Viking Ctr The York Brewery Tour The Archaeological Resource Ctr The York Ghost Trail York Minster The Yorkshire Museum The York Castle Museum The National Railway Museum Boeing 737 Flight Simulator ~ Mother Shipton's Cave Castle Howard Eden Camp Sea Life Ctr Scarborough Castle Millennium ~ Rievaulx Abbey Lightwater Valley The Birds of Prey Ctr Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Gdns Middleham Castle Richmond Castle The North Yorkshire Moors Steam Railway Wade's Causeway Whitby Abbey The Dracula Experience Captain Cook's Birthplace Captain Cook's Endeavour Barnard Castle The Bowes Museum Durham Cathedral Beamish The Metro Ctr The Theatre Royal The Tyne Theatre & Opera Hse The Discovery Museum Lindisfarne Priory Hadrian's Wall Kielder Water & Forest Visitor Ctr Windermere The Lakeland Sheep & Wool Ctr ~ Amazonia William Wordsworth's Birthplace Castlerigg Stone Circle The Cars of The Stars Motor Museum Blackpool Tower Amazonia The Magic of Coronation St The Sefton Coast Liverpool Football Club Her Majesty's Customs & Excise Museum Granada Studios Jodrell Bank Chester Zoo Alton Towers Lichfield Cathedral The RAF Museum Sea Life Ctr Thinktank The Cadbury World Visitor Ctr Witley Court Hereford Cathedral Warwick Castle Coventry Cathedral Twycross Zoo Coughton Court Ragley Shakespeare's Birthplace Stratford 'Guide Friday' Tours The Royal Shakespeare Theatre The Shakespeare Walk The Heritage Motor Ctr ~ SS (Steam Ship) Gt Britain The Exploratory Bristol Cathedral Clifton Suspension Bridge Bristol Zoo Gdns The Roman Baths, Pump Rm & Museum The International Helicopter Museum Cheddar The Cheddar Cheese Co Moorlynch Vineyard Wookey Hole Wells Cathedral Glastonbury Abbey & Tor (Hill) The Haynes Motor Museum The Fleet Air Arm Museum Dartmoor Nat Pk & Moorland Visitor Ctr Buckfast Abbey Plymouth Dome The National Marine Aquarium Devonport Naval Base Guided Cruise Bodmin Moor King Arthur's Castle The Tate Gallery Land's End The Minack Amphitheatre & Exhibition Ctr St Michael's Mount Goonhilly Earth Station Glendurgan The Lost Gdns of Heligan The Eden Project The Cerne Abbas Giant Portland 'Castle' The Tank Museum Longleat Estate Stonehenge Avebury Stone Circles Salisbury Cathedral Wilton Hse Legoland Windsor Castle Savill Gdn Frogmore Hse, Gdns & Mausoleum The New Forest Nat Pk Beaulieu Hse Exbury Gdns Highclere Castle & Gdns Winchester Cathedral Marwell Zoological Pk Jane Austen's Hse & Gdns Stratfield Saye Hse Submarine World Portchester Castle The D-Day Museum The Historic Ships Exhibition The Needles Thorpe Pk Kew Gdns Gatwick Zoo The Royal Horticultural Society's Gdn The Sussex Falconry Ctr Fishbourne Roman Palace Chichester Cathedral The Doll Hse Museum Petworth Hse & Pk Bignor Roman Villa Pulborough Brooks Nature Reserve Southdown Gliding Club Arundel Castle The Body Shop Tour Leonardslee Gdns Sea Life Ctr Paradise Beachy Head & Countryside Exhibition Ctr Herstmonceux Science Ctr Battle Abbey Hever Castle Chartwell Hse Knole Penshurst Place & Gdns Groombridge Place Lamberhurst Vineyards Lullingstone Castle Lullingstone Roman Villa Rochester Castle The World Naval Base The Museum of Kent Life Leeds Castle The Old Lighthouse U-475 Russian Submarine The Channel Tunnel The White Cliffs Experience Dover Castle Walmer 'Castle' & Gdns Deal 'Castle' Canterbury Cathedral The Canterbury Tales Claremont Landscape Gdn Chessington World of Adventures Balloon Flights Virgin Balloon Flights Center Parcs St George's Day Wales / Cymru Farm World ~ Motor Safari The Dr Who Experience & Model Railway World The Llangollen Annual International Musical Eisteddfod The Llangollen Steam Railway Afonwen Craft & Antique Ctr Bodelwyddan Castle The Harlequin Puppet Theatre The Alice In Wonderland Ctr Conwy Castle Bangor Museum & Art Gallery The Museum of Childhood Stone Science Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch Bird World Anglesey Sea Zoo ~ Caernarfon Castle Segontium Roman Museum Caernarfon Air World The Welsh Slate Mine Museum ~ Dinorwic Discovery aka Electric Mtn Llanberis Pass Snowdon Mtn & Railway ~ Pathfinder Mtn Activities Bodvel Hall ~ Glasfryn Activity Pk The Lloyd George Museum & Childhood Home Sygun Copper Mine Llechwedd Slate Caverns Harlech Castle Welsh Gold King Arthur's Labyrinth Celtica Borth Animalarium Coastal Voyages Dolaucothi Gold Mines The Museum of the Welsh Woollen Industry Portmeirion Cilgerran Gorge Canoeing Pembroke Castle Carmarthen Museum Dan-yr-Ogof Showcaves The Welsh Whisky Visitor Ctr Caerphilly Castle Llanerch Vineyard ~ The Museum of Welsh Life The Turner Hse Gallery Cardiff Castle The Welsh Industrial & Maritime Museum Techniquest The National Museum & Gallery Caerleon Roman Legionary Museum St David's Day Edinburgh The Royal Mile Edinburgh Castle The Edinburgh Military Tattoo Camera Obscura Supper With Burns The Robert Burns Tour The Museum of Childhood St Giles' Cathedral The Scotch Whisky Heritage Ctr The Witchery Tour The Ghost & Torture Tour The Underground City Tour The Confession-By-Torture Tour The Palace of Holyroodhouse Edinburgh Guide Friday Tours The Hard Rock Cafe The Bank of Scotland Museum The Royal Museum & Museum of Scotland Alexander Graham Bell's Birthplace Scottish Telecom World of Communications The National Gallery of Scotland The Scottish National Portrait Gallery The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art The Edinburgh Festival Hogmanay The Edinburgh Experience ~ Prince's St Edinburgh Zoo The Family Records Office The Royal Botanic Gdn The Royal Commonwealth Pool Arthur's Seat The Rest of Scotland Floors Castle Dawyck Botanic Gdn The Museum of Flight HMY (Her Majesty's Yacht) Britannia Hopetoun Hse Linlithgow Palace Bannockburn Heritage Ctr Stirling Castle Castle Campbell Deep Sea World St Andrews Castle ~ Scone Palace Drummond Castle Gdns Glamis Castle Pitlochry Power Station Visitor Ctr The Queen's View Killiecrankie Visitor Ctr Fasque Braemar Castle Balmoral Castle The Grampian Transport Museum The Gordon Highlanders Museum ~ Loanhead of Daviot Stone Circle Archaeolink The Castle Lighthouse & Museum Duff Hse Strathisla Distillery Glenfiddich Distillery Craigellachie Bridge Elgin Cathedral The Biblical Gdn Ron Parker Sculpture Cawdor Castle Fort George Culloden Moor & Visitor Ctr Inverness Annual Highland Games Aviemore Loch Morlich Watersports ~ Waltzing Waters Loch Ness Cluanie Pk Caithness Crystal Visitor Ctr Duncansby Stacks John O' Groats Orkney Boat & Coach Tours Maes Howe HMS Vulcan Naval Base Coastal Cruises Inverewe Gdns Skye Bridge The Isle of Lewis Ferry Trip Calanais Standing Stones & Visitor Ctr The Jacobite Stream Train Highland Mysteryworld Glencoe Visitor Ctr Cruachan Hydroelectric Power Station Younger Botanic Gdn Glasgow Cathedral The Big Idea The Burns Cottage & Museum Culzean Castle & Country Pk Castle Kennedy Gdns Logan Botanic Gdns St Andrew's Day Northern Ireland South Down The Flagstaff ~ The Silent Valley Spelga Dam & Reservoir Tollymore Forest Pk Castlewellan Forest Pk Legananny Dolmen Down Cathedral Strangford Lough & Ferry Exploris Aquarium Seaforde Butterfly Hse Mount Stewart The Ulster Folk & Transport Museums W5 ~ The Falls Rd HMP (Her Majesty's Prison) Maze *** Closed *** The Glens of Antrim Carrick-A-Rede The Giant's Causeway & Visitor Ctr Castle Coole Lough Erne Cruises Navan 'Hill Fort' & Visitor Ctr The Armagh Planetarium Gosford Castle Forest Pk Lough Neagh Discovery Ctr The Orangemen's Day Republic of Ireland / Éire New Grange Heywood Gdns Clonmacnoise Trinity College Dublin Castle St Mary's Abbey Historical Walking Tours of Dublin Dublin City Bus Tour Dublin Grand Bus Tour St Stephen's Green The Gdn of Remembrance Dublin's Viking Adventure Yépméj PonhÍj ~ Dublin Writers' Museum Kilmainham Jail The War Memorial Gdns The Shaw Birthplace The National Botanic Gdns The James Joyce Museum Castletown Hse Glendalough John F. Kennedy Arboretum The Irish National Heritage Pk New Ross River Cruising Restaurant ~ Waterford River Cruising Restaurant ~ Waterford Crystal Visitor Ctr Dunmore Cave Kilkenny Castle Jerpoint Abbey The Wreck of The French Armada Crag Cave Bunratty Castle & Folk Pk The Kilrush Exhibition The Cliffs of Moher The Burren Conemarra Aillwee Cave The Grave of W. B. Yeats Co Donegal Slieve League St Patrick's Day