I grew up in Sussex as a kid , got a green rover on the bus . Got to Croydon got a red rover ticket. Went all around London visiting museums great. We are talking early sixties. My parents didn’t even know where we were. Times change
I grew up in London (mid sixties) and did the same, from about 8 years old but without the green rover. The red rovers were a godsend. If there was a sight to be seen or a museum to visit, I was there. Some of the best times I ever spent. Sadly, I wouldn't want my grandkids to grow up there nowadays.
The same here. From about 8 years old onwards, my friends and I used to get a Red Rover ticket from Cockfosters tube station, catch a 29 bus and go all over London on our own in the school holidays. We went to almost all the museums at that time. My favourites were the Science Museum, which had loads of models you could operate by turning handles and the Imperial War Museum. I didn't like the Victoria and Albert Museum as it was full of clothing and furniture, which wasn't of interest to me at that age. Strangely, I've never ever been to the British Museum. My mother suggested I wouldn't like it so I never went. I left London for Cambridgeshire in my mid twenties, so probably will never go now even though I would probably love it now I'm older. Unfortunately, the London of my childhood is long gone now. It's not even safe for adults, yet alone for kids to travel around on their own. I can't believe how it's been destroyed when I see what's going on in the news.
Same here. I grew up in North west London and used to get a rover ticket and travel around exploring places I’d never been. Sometimes with my friend, sometimes alone.
@@daftphil9706 The V&A and the British Museum are my favorites; if you are at the V&A then you are next to Natural History and Science which are also great.
@@spacechannelfiver I used to love the science museum as a kid when the exhibits were relevent to what I was being taught at my school. But I went as an adult some 40 years later and It had all changed.😞 Full of stuff even the Museum couldn't get me to understand. What's Quantum Physics?? Nevermind. The kids that were there seemed to be having a great, boisterous time.
When we visited the natural History museum we got to see the labs and meet someone who worked there who gave my son a fossilized shark tooth which was a treasured possession for ages
Named after the city of Lancaster in the Duchy of Lancaster a title the sovereign holds regardless of whether it's a King OR Queen. I live there,Lancaster in Lancashire.
@@Diamondmine212One of my favourite artists, John Waite, is a well known son of Lancaster. He had hits in the eighties including Missing You. He had huge success with Bad English from 1988 to 1991 in America.
One thing worth adding about the Imperial War Museum is the building it is in. The museum opened just after WW1 but the building is much, much older and was originally the Bethlehem Hospital for (what we would call today) the mentally ill, or "Bedlam". It was the the place that gave us the word
@@vickylewis8558 Also one just off Smithfield, Bethlehem was a popular name for Asylums in Victorian times. A place of safety for the inmates they were not, the name sounded safe for local residents.
The Bethlehem Hospital was a Medieval Monastic Spital (hospital) for what was those deemed possessed in mind & spirit ,that was situated where the Liverpool Street RailTerminus stands , It was moved around the 17Cty to Moorfields & Thence across the River Thames to Lamberth North In the IWM building,then in late Geogian & Victorian times due to over crowding two new hospitals were built to house the Inmates in the West St Bernards (Hanwell) & in the North(Middlesex assylum for paupers) Shenly/London Colney & later close by middlesex assylem for Imbeciles( this meant non Violent) Leavesden Herts, after WW1 the newly formed IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM was housed in the present day building rather fittingly a redundant Asylum housing the abject lunacy of modern warfare ??
The world really opens up when you get comfortable with doing things for yourself. I just did a week’s holiday rambling about Spanish cities on my own, stuffing my face with local food and meeting local people. It’s a totally different experience when you’re by yourself.
Know is a longer trip but highly recommend Duxford by Cambridge, is under the IWM band and is a original ww2 airfield that is now a museum dedicated to both air and land military history. Interesting fact as well as being a key airfield during the battle of Britain, it was also home to the the very first squadron to receive Spitfires and holds the first combat action for that aircraft
Got to agree, of all the IWM I find Duxford my favourite. It's extra special when they have an air show on but it's very expensive, but worth every penny.
@@jerry2357 Yes, that was the only Concorde I ever went aboard! And to watch a real Spitfire land and move into an actual WW2 hangar gave me goosebumps. Unforgettable...
Nice vid. The Canadians made a huge contribution to the Allied cause, resulting in significant casualties. They were involved in very heavy fighting in Normandy with the 12th SS. We thank the Canadians for their help. 🇨🇦
I have not been since it was updated a few years ago and would love to revisit. The Imperial War Museum is commendable for the sensitivity with which it deals with war, not in any way glorifying it. It is incredibly informative and comprehensive. I assume it is still there but last time I was there in about 2008 there was a display focused on the Holocaust which included shoes from the victims. Profoundly disturbing and moving at once. The Imperial War Museum North in Salford also does a good job at educating people about the past. There is a part of the Twin Towers in the entrance to the main space and the floor is uneven by design to convey the sense of dislocation engendered by war and conflict through the ages.
There's the transport museum..but you have to pay. But there's the artillery museum at Woolwich which is better than one might think - and if you sow interest you may be allowed to look at the shed with Coldwar monster vehicles.
Suggestions for future visits: the collection of museums in Greenwich is great for a day out (National Maritime, the Royal Observatory, the Queen's House and the Old Royal Naval College). For something other than a museum, you could try a few days walking on the North Downs Way or a visit to Knole Park on the outskirts of Sevenoaks. If you're interested in the history of the 'Keep Calm and Carry On' poster, my dear friend, Dr Bex Lewis, wrote a book on the topic; it was probably in the gift shop.
Alanna you missed out on one of the best exhibits in the museum. The collection of Victoria Cross medals and the powerful stories of how they were earned. Moving stuff
Another good place is the RAF Museum in Hendon London. Also a hidden gem is The Wallace Collection, a little bit behind Selfridges Central London. It’s free to go into, has a fantastic paintings gallery upstairs, downstairs is quite a few rooms with plenty of historical artifacts, arms and armoury (suits of armour, swords, very old guns). And in the middle is a glass covered cafe and restaurant where you can sit and relax. And as it’s a hidden gem it’s normally not busy, and no school kids!
When I lived in the UK, I would often have an hour or two between or after meetings when I was in London, and I would usually go to one of the smaller London museums. The Wallace Collection really is a gem. I liked the regimental museums, as I was very interested in the Napoleonic Wars at the time. There are also some wonderful specialist museums, based on hobbies, crafts or occupations.
It's strange how different people find different things nerve wracking. I'd get on a train and go to the IWM without a thought but I'd never film myself and stick it on RU-vid in a million years.
My Canadian WWI story. Sgt Allen Smith came over here with the Canadian Army, in 1916. While waiting to go to France, he met and 'became close with' an English 17-year old girl from a well to do family (not *very* rich, but 'comfortable'). Lucky Stg Allen! Unfortunately, she became pregnant. Sgt Allen must have been an honourable man, because he quickly married her. And then got sent over to France. Where he died during the 2nd battle of the Somme. His son was born in July 1917, after his father had been killed. His wife had an 'adventurous' life, marrying another three times and becoming the Ladies Golf Champion of Mexico, among other things. His son was a piano student in a music school in Vienna when the Germans took over Austria and hightailed back to the UK, where he joined the RAF as a pilot in 1938. He flew Mosquitos as a night-fighter pilot defending London from the V-bombs, amongst other things. After the war, he married and had two sons and a daughter (one was me). He became a computer programmer in the early 1970's, and eventually became the foremost expert in hyphenation in computer typesetting programmes, and spent his later years being flown by his employers (Monotype) all over the world to help customers with computer generated hyphenation (mostly for newspapers) in their various languages and alphabets, before dying in 1990. So Thanks! Sgt Allen and Canada! They could be said to have had a significant positive impact on my life!
As a graphic designer, I can confirm that most people drastically underestimate the true importance of competent hyphenating … hyphen engineers are the backbone and heart of a literate society -
So pleased you enjoyed going on your own, and hope you make many more solo trips to share with us.. IWM is a brilliant museum, with such human touches throughout- not glorifying war, but showing the cost of conflict. A small museum I love is The Foundling Museum (entry £12:50) and The Wallace Collection, which is huge and free. Both in central London and near tube and bus stops. Love your enthusiasm.
Some of my family escaped Estonia, and some of them didn’t, through everything from pogroms to WWII, thank you for being respectful, The Shoah is in my soul.
I volunteer at IWM. If you look on the website before you go you can usually find something special put on for that day. I do WWT (we were there), as its name suggests we have ex service people telling about their experiences (it includes a lady that grew up in the troubles in Ireland), but the best bit is people that were evacuated as children in WW2. They are all in their 90's now but still draw large crowds. You can also go to HMS Belfast (on the river at Liverpool Street station), or the Churchill War Rooms (next to the Treasury). Although they are part of the IWM they do cost to get in.
I am so jealous. I’m a Brit currently languishing in the US and suffering from severe homesickness 😢. Your videos are amazing. They help take away some of my anxiety and bring a smile to my face and calmness to my heart. Thank you so much and God bless.
Sending you good wishes. My wife is French and has lived in the UK for thirty years but still feels the pull back to France as often as possible. I have great admiration for anyone who moves to another country for however long and starts from scratch in finding their feet. I know how hard she found it and I also do not think I could do it in a million years. I am sure you have the resilience to survive and prosper in the US and in the future wherever it takes you.
@@unitedkingdomoffiveeyes9765 Right, because the Tories did such a good job over the past 14 years, didn't they? 🤦♂ And you do know that you are always free to leave, right? 👍
I love going to museums on my own. I used to visit the British Museum (highly recommend!) of a lunchtime which was down the road from my work. You can take your time to really absorb and understand all the exhibits at your own pace without having to think about where friends/family are. 👍
I also worked nearby and would often pop in at lunchtime. People would sometimes ask me questions about exhibits, where certain things were etc. I then realised that because I was wearing a suit and tie people assumed I worked there 😅 Office workers don't usually dress up these days so it wouldn't happen. I'm not really qualified to give a lecture on Ancient Egyptian funerary customs, although I could direct them to the nearest loo with a high level of competence.
As a long time Western Canadian who was born and grew up in London I would suggest that you visit the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington. An amazing Museum and close to others such as the Natural History and Science museums.
Brilliant video Alanna, I love the IWM, it's a great place to visit. I also have a lot respect for the Canadian Army as they set up and ran a General Hospital for wounded soldiers at the start of WW2 in Leavesden, close to where I live and are now part of the local history. How about a trip to the London Transport museum next, an interesting way to find out about the modern history of the city.
Nice 👍 many years ago I used to work in central London and I had a really weird shift pattern where I had a four hour gap in the middle of the day between shifts. It wasn't enough time to go home and back again so I got used to visiting museums and galleries in that time as they were all nearby. I would go to the Museum of Moving Image on the South Bank which was my favourite, the Tate Modern, the Tate, the British Museum, the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum. I look back now and am really grateful for having that opportunity, because I wouldn't have otherwise done it. Literally nobody notices, or cares in the slightest that you are on your own. In fact I struck up many conversations with other people who were on their own and doing a similar thing. I also went to some interesting talks simply because they were happening when I was there! I got so used to it, sometimes I would go to the cafe in the British museum for lunch and read my book, because I had to get up early one time I fell asleep on the comfy sofa - woke up to a family sitting down next to me lol 🤣🤣🤣
Sadly MOMI closed down. They had a green screen where my sons could “fly” over London only the younger one's shirt was the right shade of green so he had a disembodied head arms and lower half flying over London.
As an introvert and an only child I've always been very happy in my own company. In fact I'd say that it's preferable to me to do things on my own. My dad took me to IWM many times as a child, indeed I knew it so well that when we went there on a school field trip I was almost like a museum guide I knew it so well. I have regularly visited IWM several times on my own and it never bores me.
It sort of jars when refer to yourself as a foreigner - you are a Canadian which makes you family. I'm so proud of the way Canada came to Britain's aide in troubled times - and offered to look after our children too.
Watching from Kelowna, BC. Temperature was 37 degrees C today. I am a woman who travels solo all the time and have done since my early 20s (I’m 66 now). I love museums and last week when I was on Vancouver Island I visited the Canadian Air Force Museum at CFB Comox. Loved it! A hidden gem. About exploring solo: just plan for a safe trip and enjoy it!
A long way for Alana from Kent but a wonderful museum collection. Similar museums are Black Country Museum in Dudley, West Midlands and Iron Bridge in south Shropshire.
How ever harrowing and upsetting it is to learn about the Holocaust 80 years after the event, just spare a thought for all the poor devils who had to live through it and endure it. It just blows my mind and I thank God that we haven't had to live through anything like it. I also pray that we never do.
Prayer is helpful but it is most important to vigilant. Don’t take things for granted. Question your chosen leaders and don’t follow blindly out of fear of the other.
I've considered watching episode twenty of "The World At War" in 1973 when I was thirteen to be part of my growing up. Heard my parents (who were schoolkids during WW2) mention 'Belsen' and 'Concentration Camp', but I didn't know what it was in any depth.
@@suttoncoldfield9318 Episode 1 deals with the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre which is bad enough. The Bergen-Belsen episode you refer to is - and trust me on this - definitely not for the faint of heart. Let's just say that I know all those cruelties happened and I'm glad that future generations are made aware of them (they have to be told for the sake of humanity) but to have to see images of them is an experience I do not plan to repeat. That's my convoluted way of saying that once is enough.
I took my daughter here several years ago while she was studying GCSE history, the period she studied covered WW2, so for her it was her lessons made real. But although I obviously knew about that period in history including the Holocaust, I had never actually learned about it in any depth. Like you, the holocaust floor had me in tears, especially the piles of shoes and personal belongings confiscated by the Nazis from those who ended up in the concentration camps, it made it so personal and really brought home to me that the 6 million murdered by the Nazis were all individuals with different stories, and how important it is that everyone knows the horror of what happened. Even though I found it harrowing I would love to revisit.
My Grt Uncle (though English) fought as a Canadian in WW1..Was in the 47th Batt. CEF.....He suffered a severe headwound and was evacuated back to Canada. He spent the remainder of his life in the Westminster Hospital, London, Ontario....when in 1927 he died from drinking corrosive acid (possible suicide). He is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, London, Ontario, Canada. He had been living in Union Street, Vancouver, British Columbia in 1916. He was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England...Same place as me.
@@beng7845 Yeah..not great...I was contacted by a lady who's own parents are buried in the same cemetery..and she offered to take a picture of his grave the next time she visited her parents grave....And she did..very kind of her...I also have another Grt Uncle killed on the opening day of the Battle of the Somme...He was 18...It's eye opening what you discover when researching your family tree.
Back in the 1990's my partner an I bought a house in SW London with a very long garden, at the end of which was a large concrete slab. When we had it lifted there was a fully intact Anderson shelter underneath
We had one where we lived when I was a child. I wasn't allowed near it because it was basically a muddy hole and bits of rusty metal. Not small child friendly.
Very unusual as normally they were only half buried, to reduce the risk of flooding. The spoil excavated was piled over the top to provide protection for the exposed area
The Wellcome Collection near Euston Station is great, very interesting and informative and mostly pretty quiet and a good spot for a solo visit. A mix of medical/biological/anatomical science, an art gallery and a collection of just "stuff" collected by a super wealthy Victorian 'World Traveller' (i.e. stuff he nicked from bits of the Empire), including some full sets of tattooed human skins and a small collection of chairs (a birthing chair, a torture chair and I think maybe an electric chair or something as well). It's open to the public for free, but parts of the collection are very academic and accessible either online or by request in person. They also provide a lot of the bits for the Science Museum's medical galleries. They also have possibly the coolest gift shop. Cannot recommend it enough!
Seconded, brilliant collection. Also, museum at the royal college of surgeons. Fascinating, and after the redevelopment a brilliant sculptural experience too. Although probably not suitable for filming in….
Absolutely loved your video. Canada did so much for the war effort as did all the commonwealth countries. My Dad was a rear gunner in Lancasters, He had a lot of respect for the Canadians, they were involved in so many of the critical campaigns, battles & escapes.🙂👍❤
There are some great small museums in London. They're not free and you get round them usually in 45 mins to 90 mins. But all the ones I've been to were really worth a look. The museum of garden history. The guards museum. The household cavalry museum. The museum of brands and advertising. The canal museum. The london transport museum. Among others
Please do a solo picnic in Hyde Park. You could show us your shopping trip for goodies (but not what you bought), then your travel to and walk around Hyde Park, then finally what you bought and what you think of what you bought. Love your channel. Nice to see the UK through the eyes of others.
I used to live near the IWM as a child so was always in there, seeing that nose of the Lancaster brought me back. I have been in there again a few years ago but it's changed too much for me. Glad that you enjoyed it. 🙂
Been over 40 years since my one and only visit there, would love to go back but that would require at least a three day trip (to get there, day to visit, return). My one piece of history I know about part of the collection there is that in Oct 1918 on the reverse of the ration booklets, was a call by the museum for letters, photos and artefacts relative to the present war to be donated so as to tell the story for future generations. If you haven't already,, make the trip up to Leeds to visit the Royal Armouries, the polished metal alone will make your jaw drop!
10:38 Thanks for sharing this. My grandad was Scottish and I recently discovered that his uncle emigrated to Toronto (Degrassi street no less!) before the war and fought in the Canadian Army in WW1
South Kensington might be a good bet next. A clutch of museums with the Victoria and Albert the most broadly interesting and the Brompton Oratory close by, the most beautiful Catholic church outside Italy. They don't allow photography in the Oratory but it is a wonderful place just to see. Walk in one direction from Sth Ken and you have Knightsbridge with all the money and Harrods. Walk another way to find the Royal College of Music, the Royal Albert Hall and Kensington Gardens/Hyde Park. ... or you could forget all that and go to Battersea to see one of London's more interesting parks. As you walk along the edge of the park by the river you can simultaneously get the smell of countryside (from the park) and the smell of seaside ( from the river). It is a most curious sensation.
I wasn't alive during world war II, but one of those children Mickey Mouse gas masks survived in my family into my childhood, and I remember playing with it. When breathing out, your breath escaped through that little rubber flappy thing and made a sound like passing wind. As a kid, I thought it was hilarious. As an adult now, you reflect back on the purpose of that thing and realise that if it was being used for its intended purpose, it would have been anything but funny.
As a child, I was taken (at my request!) to the IWM in London, every time my family went to London. To see actual tanks, planes and kit that was used during D-Day, or WW1, The Falklands and many other conflicts was mesmerising. I'd urge anyone who's in the UK as a resident or tourist to go and have a look. There's plenty for all the family and one thing I can promise, is that you won't have to worry about the kids being bored! Great video, Alanna!
Excellent video; a lot of work went into making it I'm sure. Last time I was in the IWM was 1974 and it's a lot more professional looking than it was back then. I'd like to see more of this kind of vid because it gives people from 'up north' who have never had a chance to travel down to London an impression of what these places are like. Thank you.
Two years ago I visited Vimy Ridge in NE France, the most famous site of the Canadians fighting in WW1. It was one of several WW1 sites and cemeteries I visited. Being where the battles took place can be quite overwhelming to experience. You realise how vast the battles were and that 1,000's died just to cover the length of a farmer's field. The most shocking was the remains of the French fortification at Verdun. It truly expressed the meaning of the word apocalypse. And I visited the River Somme, which today is a beautiful river with wooded islands.
A very nice day out! It was very nicely shown. You are so lovely, your partner is a very lucky man. Anyone, would be so blessed to have you in their lives. I love your videos... 👀👍
I've been to the British museum on my own, last times have been on a date.. wow awfull.. and with my son when he was young and was fun.. On my own I had me time to really look around and was Great! Hope u had fun xx
There is the IWM Duxford as well, they have more than 1 IWM in the UK, they are so good. Duxford specifically has a very large number of aircraft from throughout
Maybe in the future once you are used to solo day trips you could trying flying up to Edinburgh and staying the night in a hotel. Plenty of free stuff and sites including the national museum of Scotland.
You have a talent for this kind of video, Alanna. very informative and just the right tone. There will be SO many recommendations here in the comments for other museums, and they are ALL wonderful. . If you like Aircraft from both World Wars and post War then the RAF Museum in Hendon is the way to go. If you research that one you might find a date when they also have Car Auctions. So among the Spitfires and Messerschmitts you will find vintage Bentleys and E Type Jaguars etc. You won't beat that !!
My father was a Newfoundlander, he along 2,500 of his countrymen volunteered to join the Royal Navy at the outset, he survived the war and stayed in England. As a result I’m a duel national, a proud Brit and a proud Canadian.
Alana, if your grandad landed in Normandy on D day, you should know (but probably don't because it's not widely known) that the Canadians took higher casualties proportionately than any of the other allied forces, including the Americans on Omaha beach, and advanced further inland as well. The British took the least casualties proportionately, but didn't advance so far, probably because we had to stop for tea. Yes indeed, the British actually landed several tons of tea on the Normandy beaches on D day, but don't worry, we weren't as bad as the Americans who apparently landed a load of filing cabinets. I'll bet that gave the Krauts something to think about.
Thank you, my son and i visited about 6 weeks back. We only had to travel from Fitzrovia :-). I didn't get any Video so this helps. It was a sobering day
My last visit was about ten years ago and I believe it was in a lower ground floor but there were two interactive exhibits that were wonderful, no wrong word, more eye opening. One was walking through a WW1 trench, the other was sitting in a bomb shelter during the Blitz WW2. The noise, the dank smells puts how life was like living through this period. Oh you could also walk through the interior of the bomber. Stairs up the back, walk right through the fuselage to the cockpit and out near the front. Best of all museums for me, even the British Museum though the wife prefers the V&A. Good video though 👍
Doing stuff by yourself is a big step if it’s new, but liberating. 15 years ago, I went on holiday to Washington DC from the UK for a week, best trip ever. As a suggestion a botanical garden is a great shout like Wisley gardens, also Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust places a lovely, wherever you are in the UK should be one relatively close.
How about a country hike? There are hundreds of miles of public footpaths in Kent. Start small e.g. Faversham and Oare creek circular, and work up to the Saxon Shore Way! I'm a lone female walker who started out nervously walking two miles by myself but your confidence soon grows.
A few suggestions for other places you might go (and bear in mind, I don't know where you're based, so some of these may be impractically far away) 1) London - Natural History Museum, same as IWM in terms of getting there, train, tube, short walk 2) London - Science Museum, same as IWM in terms of getting there, train, tube, short walk 3) London - HMS Belfast, same as IWM in terms of getting there, train, tube, short walk 4) London - Cutty Sark, same as IWM in terms of getting there, train, tube, short walk 5) Portsmouth - Historic Dock Yard, this includes several museums rolled into one, you can pay for entry to just one, or get a ticket to the lot combined, includes HMS Victory, Submarine museum across the harbour in Gosport (there's a water Taxi you can use for free with tickets to the museum), and a bunch of other cool stuff. Getting there isn't too difficult, you can get a train to Portsmouth, from London at least, and then it's only a short walk from the Portsmouth Harbour train station. 6) Cambridge - IWM Duxford. This is primarily a military aviation museum, it belongs to the same group that runs the museum you're at in this video, it used to be used as their "large item storage" and wasn't open to the public, but they later opened it as a museum in it's own right. Getting there's a little harder without a vehicle, you can get a train into cambridge easily enough from London, however, the museum isn't in the city itself, it's a little way outside, but I believe there's a bus service you could use. 7) York - National Railway Museum. Getting here is easy enough, there's good train links into York, and the museum is only a short walk from the railway station 8) York - Jorvik Center. This is a museum York as it was in Viking times (They called the city Jorvik). Again, good train links to York, this one isn't so close to the station, but it's definitely walkable, there's plenty of buses too if you'd prefer. 9) York - Eden Camp. This is a museum setup as a 2nd world war military camp. This is a little harder to get too with no vehicle, you can get into the center of York easy enough by train, as noted above, but Eden Camp is outside York. I'm not sure if there's busses that go there. 10) York - The bar walls are worth a visit. They're not a museum as such, they're just the old city walls that were built by the Romans, and are largely still in tact. Walking around the top of the walls, as far as possible, quite nice. Again, transport wise, you can get to York easily enough by train, as you come out of the station main entrance, you'll see the walls right in front of you, you're just outside them at this point, so it's easy enough to pick up the city wall walk, and follow them as far as you want, there will be places you have to deviate from the wall and pick it back up due to modern infrastructure and such, and at certain times they can close the wall off completely for safety, if it's icy or likely to become icy for example. 11) York - If you're in York, the Minister is worth a visit, it's a cathedral, and is, I believe, the biggest in the UK, and is the second largest Gothic Cathedral in Europe. It's impressive to see, although note it is quite often surrounded by scaffolding as there's constant, ongoing preservation work. Again, this is an easy enough walk from the train station 12) York - York Castle Museum. Again, easy enough to get to from York Station 13) York - Cliffords Tower. This is probably worth combining with the castle museum if you're going as you can literally see one from the other, only about a minutes walk (or maybe less if you walk quick) between the entrances. 14) Not sure if you're interested in Hiking/Cycling, but if so - York - Planets cycle route. This is a cycling and walking track that leads from York, most of the way towards Selby (ends at a small place on route to Selby called Riccall) that has models of the planets along it's length, I believe the idea is the planets are scaled, and spaced out such that it is all "to scale" with the real solar system. It's an enjoyable walk or bike ride. In total is a little over 6 miles each way. There is a bus that you could catch from the end back into York though. Anyways, just some things I've enjoyed over the years.
Alanna i have to say i so relate about you going somewhere on your own.i feel exactly the same but i have been going to various different places on my own i still feel kinda nervous but I'm just going to keep on going.thank you for the video it was great! Positivity peace and love ♥️
Great video and tour, glad you enjoyed the Imperial War Museum (if enjoyed is the right word). It's so interesting to see familiar places through different eyes. Other slightly less well known but fascinating places I can recommend: - The Horniman Museum in South London, a great community museum and easy to get to from Kent. It has the biggest collection of historical musical instruments in Britain, a butterfly house and some really beautiful gardens with amazing views across the city - Dulwich Picture Gallery not far from the Horniman, a brilliant art gallery and a lot quieter than all the central London ones And if you're feeling very adventurous and plucky (these can be quite busy): - Sir John Soane's Museum in Lincolns Inn...he was an architect and filled his house with a curated collection of art, architecture and all kinds of weird and wonderful stuff. It looks completely random inside but he designed every square inch of it to be a complete Romantic experience - the centrepiece is an Egyptian sarcophagus in a tall columned room which he would place candles around and have musicians playing ancient music to show it off for full dramatic effect - The Hunterian Museum opposite Soane's Museum is weird but strangely beautiful. It's in the Royal College of Surgeons and is a huge room full of glass cabinets containing specimens from animals and human biology that surgeons would use to learn about anatomy, diseases and finding cures. Not for the faint hearted but really interesting
Someplace I’ve always wanted to visit, so after seeing your video I’m going to make such I do indeed visit….and for free, wow I didn’t realise that either!
We went on a school trip a loooooonnnnnggggg time ago. And looking at some of the photographs my friend discovered a picture of his Dad sitting on a tank from the WW2 desert campaign!
