Title: UKsights Version: 98c April 98 Platform: S3 and S5 Description: Key details of interesting places to visit in the British Isles Terms: Freeware Author: Gerard Mulholland Hi, These notes describe the 'UKsights' Psion database file, which provides details of interesting places to visit in the British Isles. I never found a holiday book that consistently provided the details I needed on tourist attractions, so I produced this. This version primarily contains enhancements to background information from the previous version. 'UKsights' consists of a single Psion database file. Two versions are provided depending on which type of Psion it will be loaded onto. The filenames are: 1. UKsights (S5 version) 2. Uksights.dbf (S3a/S3c/Siena version) On the S5, a data file can be placed almost anywhere, whilst on the S3 it should be copied into the \DAT\ directory on any disk. The entries for the S5 version can be sorted into a different order than what I have chosen, but at present they are in geographical order: 1 London 2 Rest of England 3 Wales (Cymru) 4 Scotland 5 Northern Ireland 6 Republic of Ireland (Eire) The entries for England, Northern Ireland and Wales are sorted according to a generally anticlockwise tour. Other regions are still underrepresented. but I hope to address that in later releases. The following abbreviations are used: AKA Also known as am, pm ante meridiem, post meridiem AV Audio Visual (presentation) Ave Avenue BH Bank (Public) Holiday Co County Ctr Centre Eas Easter Esp Especially Exc, Inc Excluding, Including - Inclusive ft foot, feet Gdn Garden hr hour Hse House Jan-Dec January-December Jnt Road junction Lt Late min minute ml mile Mo-Su Monday-Sunday Mts Mountains OAP Old-age pensioner Pk Park PWR Pressurised Water Reactor Rd Road Rm Room Sq Square St Street, Saint Sum, Win Summer, Winter Typ Typically Usu Usually WW World War yd yard yr year / per > Greater than, more than The following is a list of the fields: Geo: An integer indicating geographical position. This field is hidden in the S5 version and non existent in the other version. After sorting on the 'Geo' field (default) records will be displayed in geographical order (See Appendix 1). Chrono: An integer best indicating the year associated with the sight, e.g., Shakespeare's Birthplace '1564'. This field is hidden in the S5 version and non existent in the other version. After sorting on the 'Chrono' field records will be displayed in chronological order. This gives a view of the historical development of the UK. 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 information and interesting facts to put things into context. Only available on the S5 version. The S5 software doesn't seem to like converting a large memo field to any other type of fixed-size field such as is used with the S3. 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 preceded with the '+' sign. The '+' indicates 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 I can establish 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 file 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 in the field. Unless stated otherwise, month ranges are inclusive, e.g., Mar-Oct denotes the beginning of March until the end of October. A closing time followed by '/dusk' means that closure will occur at the time shown or at dusk if that is earlier. http:// An Internet home page address if available. And that's about it. For any comments, additions or general improvements, feel free to email me at: gmulholland@geocities.com The only other thing to mention is that I can't give any guarantees as to the accuracy of the data. Having said that, however, I've tried the best I can to maximise accuracy. 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 (including, but not limited to, your bungee rope snapping), you have my sympathy but that's all. The same degree of sympathy extends to the effects of accessing the information on your Psion. I don't expect any problems to arise but I like to cover myself. Hope you find it useful. Best Regards, Gerard Mulholland. Appendix - Database Contents List London Heathrow Airport Observation Deck Gatwick Airport Observation Deck St Paul's Cathedral Westminster Cathedral Westminster Abbey & St Margaret's Church St Martin-in-the-Fields Southwark Cathedral Palace of Westminster Buckingham Palace St James's Palace Kensington Palace Lambeth Palace Hampton Court Palace Spencer Hse British Museum 'Old' British Library Reading Rms British Library Reading Rms Dickens Hse Museum Pollock's Toy Museum Museum of Mankind Wellington Museum Guards Museum Science for Life Exhibition Science Museum Victoria & Albert Museum Natural History Museum Geffrye Museum London Transport Museum Design Museum Bramah Tea & Coffee Museum BT Museum of Telecommunications BT Tower National Postal Museum Museum of London Royal Mint Sherlock Holmes Museum Museum of Garden History Imperial War Museum National Army Museum Museum of The Moving Image Jewish Museum Marylebone Cricket Club Museum Toy & Model Museum National Gallery National Portrait Gallery The Queen's Gallery Royal Academy of Arts Hayward Gallery Royal Mews Tate Gallery Wallace Art Collection Saatchi Art Collection Prime Minister's Residence Public Record Office Museum Family Records Office Cabinet War Rms / Museum Nelson's Column Memorial to Crimean War Leicester Sq Piccadilly Circus Charring Cross Rd Marble Arch Cleopatra's Needle Golden Hinde HMS Belfast Britain at War Experience Cutty Sark The Mayflower Public Hse Old Royal Greenwich Observatory National Maritime Museum Thames Barrier Millennium Dome & Exhibition Ctr Tower of London Tower Hill Pageant The Beefeater Tower Bridge Experience Clink Prison Museum London Dungeon House of Detention London Aquarium Florence Nightingale Museum Pepsi Trocadero Planet Hollywood Hard Rock Cafe Royal Institution of Great Britain Commonwealth Institute Planetarium Madame Tussaud's Samuel Pepys Exhibition The Guildhall Bank of England Museum Mansion Hse Lord Mayor's Show The Monument Lloyds of London Building London's China Town Canary Wharf Tower Oxford St The BBC Experience Hamley's Toy Shop Carnaby St Speakers' Corner Harrods London Discovery Walks London Pub Walks Covent Gdn St James's (Royal) Pk Green (Royal) Pk Kensington Gdns. Extension of Hyde (Royal) Pk Albert Memorial Regent's (Royal) Pk London Zoo Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum Wembley Stadium The Twickenham Experience & Museum Alexandra Palace RAF Museum Grave of Karl Marx United Grand Masonic Lodge of England Trooping the Colour Horse Guards' Parade Ground London Marathon University Boat Race Notting Hill Carnival Earl's Court London Bus Tours The Great Balloon Experience Bungee Jumps Thames Lunch & Dinner Cruises Thames Sightseeing Cruises Thames Night-time Cruise & Meal The Guardian Interactive Phone Guide to London Telegraph Box Office Theatre Museum Barbican Ctr Royal Albert Hall Royal Festival Hall Lyttleton Theatre Cottesloe Theatre Olivier Theatre National Film Theatre Shakespeare's Globe Theatre & Museum Wigmore Hall Royal Opera Hse The Coliseum Adelphi Theatre Albery Theatre Aldwych Theatre Apollo Theatre Labatt's Apollo Theatre Apollo Victoria Theatre Arts Theatre Cambridge Theatre Comedy Theatre Criterion Theatre Dominion Theatre Duchess Theatre Fortune Theatre Garrick Theatre Gielgud Theatre Haymarket Theatre Her Majesty's Theatre London Palladium Lyceum Theatre Lyric Theatre New London Theatre Old Vic Theatre Open Air Theatre Palace Theatre Phoenix Theatre Piccadilly Theatre Playhouse Theatre Prince Edward Theatre Prince of Wales Theatre Queen's Theatre Royal Court Theatre Savoy Theatre Strand Theatre Shaftesbury Theatre St Martin's Theatre Theatre Royal Theatre Royal Vaudeville Theatre Victoria Palace Theatre Whitehall Theatre Wyndhams Theatre Soho England Blenheim Palace Christ Church College & Cathedral Oxford Story Exhibition Princess Diana's Grave & Museum Hughenden Manor Bekonscot Model Village Woburn Abbey Woburn Safari Pk Whipsnade Wild Animal Pk Hatfield Hse Old Palace Banquets Fresh Tracks King's College Chapel Cambridge 'Guide Friday' Tours Geoff's Bike Hire Scudamore's Punt Hire Cambridge University's Fitzwilliam Museum American Military Cemetery Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory Wimpole Hall Duxford Air Museum Peterborough Cathedral Ely Cathedral Oliver Cromwell's Hse Lakeside National Nuclear Bunker Essex Secret Bunker Bradwell Nuclear Power Station Colchester Castle Colchester Zoo Britain's National Stud The National Horse Racing Museum RAF Mildenhall Annual NATO Airshow Lavenham Sizewell Visitor Ctr Snape Maltings Somerleyton Hall & Gdns Pleasurewood Hills Norwich Cathedral Norfolk Broads Boat Hire Carting Action Sports Muckleburgh Collection East Anglian Falconry Ctr Holkham Hall & Bygones Museum Sea Life Ctr North Norfolk Steam Railway Sandringham Estate Grimes Graves & Thetford Forest Donington Pk Bosworth Battlefield & Visitor Ctr British Gas Museum River Soar Boat Hire Stonehurst Farm Rutland Cycle Hire Rutland Water Butterfly & Aquatic Ctr Lincoln Cathedral Rutland Open Air Theatre World of Robin Hood Chatsworth Hse Eureka Royal Armouries Thackray Medical Museum Harewood Hse National Museum of Photography, Film & TV Colour Museum Brontë Parsonage Museum John Bull World of Rock Yorkshire Air Museum York Story Exhibition York Dungeon Guy Fawkes Night Jorvik Viking Ctr York Brewery Tour Archaeological Resource Ctr The York Ghost Trail York Minster York Castle Museum Boeing 737-200 Flight Simulator Mother Shipton's Cave Castle Howard Eden Camp Sea Life Ctr Scarborough Castle Millennium Rievaulx Abbey Lightwater Valley Birds of Prey Ctr Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Gdns Middleham Castle Richmond Castle North Yorkshire Moors Steam Railway Wade's Causeway Whitby Abbey Captain Cook's Birthplace Captain Cook's Endeavour Barnard Castle Bowes Museum Durham Cathedral Beamish Metro Ctr Theatre Royal Tyne Theatre & Opera Hse Discovery Museum Lindisfarne Priory Hadrian's Wall Kielder Water & Forest Visitor Ctr Sellafield (formerly Windscale) Visitor Ctr Windermere Lakeland Sheep & Wool Ctr William Wordsworth's Birthplace Cars of the Stars Motor Museum Blackpool Tower Magic of Coronation St Her Majesty's Customs & Excise Museum Granada Studios Jodrell Bank Chester Zoo Alton Towers Aerospace Museum Sea Life Ctr Cadbury World Visitor Ctr Hereford Cathedral Warwick Castle Coventry Cathedral Twycross Zoo Shakespeare's Birthplace Royal Shakespeare Theatre SS Great Britain Clifton Suspension Bridge The Exploratory Roman Baths, Pump Rm & Museum International Helicopter Museum Cheddar Cheddar Cheese Co Moorlynch Vineyard Wookey Hole Wells Cathedral Glastonbury Abbey & Tor (Hill) Haynes Motor Museum Fleet Air Arm Museum Dartmoor National Pk Moorland Visitor Centre Buckfast Abbey Plymouth Dome Total Solar Eclipse in Devon & Cornwall King Arthur's Castle Tate Gallery Land's End Minack Amphitheatre & Exhibition Ctr St Michael's Mount Goonhilly Earth Station Glendurgan Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race Lost Gdns of Heligan Stone Age Giant Portland Castle Tank Museum Longleat Estate Stonehenge Avebury Stone Circles Salisbury Cathedral Wilton Hse Legoland Windsor Castle Savill Gdn Frogmore Hse, Gdns & Mausoleum 'New' Forest Beaulieu Hse Highclere Castle & Gdns Winchester Cathedral Jane Austen's Hse & Gdns Stratfield Saye Hse Submarine World Portchester Castle D-Day Museum Historic Ships Exhibition The Needles Great Thorpe Pk Kew Gdns Gatwick Zoo Royal Horticultural Society's Gdn Sussex Falconry Ctr Fishbourne Roman Palace Chichester Cathedral The Dolls' Hse Museum Petworth Hse & Pk Bignor Roman Villa Pulborough Brooks Nature Reserve Southdown Gliding Club Arundel Castle The Body Shop Tour Leonardslee Gdns Deers Leap Pk Bluebell Railway Sea Life Ctr Paradise Beachy Head & Exhibition Ctr Herstmonceux Science Ctr Battle Abbey Hever Castle Chartwell Hse Knole Penshurst Place & Gdns Lamberhurst Vineyards Lullingstone Castle Lullingstone Roman Villa Rochester Castle Chatham Museum of Kent Life Leeds Castle Dungeness Nuclear Power Stations The Old Lighthouse U-475 Russian Submarine Channel Tunnel The White Cliffs Experience Dover Castle Walmer Castle & Gdns Deal Castle Canterbury Cathedral Claremont Landscape Gdn Chessington World of Adventures Balloon Flights Virgin Balloon Flights Center Parcs Wales / Cymru Farm World Motor Safari Doctor Who Experience & Model Railway World Llangollen Annual International Musical Eisteddfod Llangollen Steam Railway The Bunny Farm Afonwen Craft & Antique Ctr Bodelwyddan Castle Harlequin Puppet Theatre Alice In Wonderland Ctr Conwy Castle Bangor Museum & Art Gallery Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch Museum of Childhood Stone Science Wylfa Visitor Ctr Bird World Anglesey Sea Zoo Caernarfon Castle Segontium Roman Museum Caernarfon Air World Welsh Slate Mine Museum Dinorwic Discovery / Electric Mountain Llanberis Pass Snowdon Mountain & Railway Pathfinder Mountain Activities Bodvel Hall Glasfryn Activity Pk Lloyd George Museum & Childhood Home Sygun Copper Mine Llechwedd Slate Caverns Harlech Castle Welsh Gold King Arthur' Labyrinth Celtica Borth Animalarium Coastal Voyages Dolaucothi Gold Mines Museum of The Welsh Woollen Industry Portmeirion Cilgerran Gorge Canoeing Pembroke Castle Carmarthen Museum Dan-yr-Ogof Showcaves Welsh Whisky Visitor Ctr Caerphilly Castle Llanerch Vineyard Museum of Welsh Life Turner Hse Gallery Cardiff Castle Welsh Industrial & Maritime Museum Techniquest National Museum & Gallery Caerleon Roman Legionary Museum Scotland Edinburgh Castle Edinburgh Tattoo Alexander Graham Bell's Birthplace Hogmany Edinburgh Zoo Holyroodhouse Palace Scotch Whisky Heritage Ctr Deep Sea World Royal Yacht Britannia Family Records Office Waltzing Waters Balmoral Castle Loch Ness Cluanie Pk Scone Palace Culloden Moor & Visitor Ctr Duncansby Stacks John o' Groats Dounreay Visitor Ctr HMS Vulcan Military Nuclear Base Bannockburn Heritage Ctr Burns' Cottage & Museum Castle Kennedy Gdns The Callanish Stones & Visitor Ctr Loanhead of Daviot Stone Circle Duff Hse Northern Ireland South Down The Flagstaff 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 Ulster Folk & Transport Museums Her Majesty's Prison Maze Glens of Antrim Carrick-A-Rede Giant's Causeway & Visitor Ctr Castle Coole Lough Erne Cruises Navan Hill Fort & Ctr Armagh Planetarium Gosford Castle Forest Pk Orangemen's Day UK National Weather Report HotelWorld Republic of Ireland / Éire 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 Garden of Remembrance Dublin's Viking Adventure Dublin Writers' Museum Kilmainham Jail War Memorial Gdns The Shaw Birthplace National Botanic Gdns James (Augustine Aloysius) Joyce Museum St Enda's Pk Castletown Hse Glendalough John F. Kennedy Arboretum Irish National Heritage Pk New Ross River Cruising Restaurant Waterford River Cruising Restaurant Waterford Crystal Visitor Ctr Dunmore Cave Kilkenny Castle Jerpoint Abbey Wreck of French Armada Crag Cave Bunratty Castle & Folk Pk Kilrush Exhibition Cliffs of Moher The Burren Aillwee Cave Conemarra Grave of W B Yeats Co Donegal Silver League New Grange Heywood Gdns Clonmacnoise St Patrick's Day