This 1920s tradesman's house, once home to Worksop's grocer Mr Straw, is preserved as it was years ago. A fascinating glimpse into the past, it offers a rare opportunity to see once-common household articles in an original setting.
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Mar - Oct 2013; not Mon or Sun (annual)
Run over one and three-quarter miles, the illustrious St Leger Race provides the ultimate test for staying thoroughbreds and is the climax of the St Leger Festival. The famous course at Doncaster provides the perfect backdrop for the festivities and is always packed to its 20,000 capacity.
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Sep 2013 (annual)
Bringing Leicester's history to life, Castle Park resounds to a festival running up to and over the August Bank Holiday weekend. A wide range of music, street theatre, dance, storytelling, children's activities, guided walks and free events fill the park.
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Aug 2013 (annual)
Castle Park is Leicester's Old Town, an historic area of ancient walls and gateways, churches, fine old buildings, museums, gardens and riverside walks.
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Daily
In honour of its most famous outlaw, Nottingham holds an annual Robin Hood Festival in Sherwood Forest. Throughout the week visitors are entertained by jugglers and jesters, strolling minstrels and street theatre performers, a falconer and experts in medieval combat.
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Aug 2013 (annual)
The Magna science and adventure centre was converted from a former steelworks. Visitors can walk on air, feel the heat of a fire tornado, blast water cannons and take the controls of a JCB.
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Daily
Opened in May 2003, the £15.7 million iceSheffield is a state-of-the-art ice skating venue, hosting national and international events and recreational skating for the community, including learn-to-skate lessons.
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Daily; not Mon
Celebrate the demise of Guy Fawkes at the After Dark fireworks spectacular at Sheffield's Don Valley Grass Bowl. Attractions include a bonfire, family funfair, fire jugglers, musical accompaniment to the display itself and plenty of food and drink.
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Nov 2013 (annual)
With approximately 20,000 people either participating or attending, the annual Sheffield Fayre at Norfolk Heritage Park is among the largest free events in South Yorkshire. The various events include favourites like the Sheffield Horticultural Show and a History Camp.
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Aug 2013 (annual)
The Leadmill in Sheffield has good reason for its "Great Night Out" guarantee as it was voted best club outside London by NME and Melody Maker. It hosts different club nights and live music throughout the week.
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Daily
The Sheffield International Documentary Festival is among the UK's leading media events - both a public film festival and an industry gathering dedicated to documentary film and TV. It's based at the Showroom Cinema but events take place throughout Sheffield.
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Jun 2013 (annual)
The Crucible Theatre in Sheffield hosts the World Championships, the most famous and important tournament in snooker. To win here is to reach the pinnacle of the game.
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Apr - May 2013 (annual)
Situated very close to Sheffield's Millennium Galleries, the Graves Art Gallery features the city's collections of 19th and 20th-century British and European art, along with temporary shows. Highlights include works by Picasso, Stanley Spencer and Henry Moore.
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Daily; not Sun
Part of Sheffield's Heart of the City project and directly connected through Arundel Gate to the Winter Garden, the Millennium Gallery offers a 21st-century approach to enjoying the visual arts. Watch out for details of visiting blockbuster exhibitions.
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Daily
Part of Sheffield's £120-million Heart of the City project and directly connected through Arundel Gate to the Millennium Gallery, Winter Garden is a huge temperate glasshouse and a green oasis in the city centre. People-watch in this jungle-like interior.
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Daily
Sheffield's medieval cathedral is the city's oldest building. Now Grade I listed, it contains architecture from the 15th to the 20th centuries, magnificent Tudor memorials and striking stained glass. The bells ring out every Sunday and on special occasions.
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Daily
Located in one of Sheffield's oldest industrial districts, the Kelham Island Museum houses working machinery that recreates the sights, sounds and smells of the Industrial Revolution. Find out a about the steel industry and how it thrust Sheffield into the global economy.
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Daily; not Fri or Sat
Sheffield's answer to Kew Gardens, the 19-acre Botanical Gardens were originally laid out in 1836. Today, the gardens are listed by English Heritage as a Grade II site and contain three restored Victorian glass pavilions with connecting walkways. They are full of exotic warm-temperate plants from Asia, the Himalayas, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
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Daily
Chesterfield's popular local market takes a step back in time every July, as it takes on a medieval theme and offers shopping and entertainment for all the family. Expect medieval re-enactments, a court jester and a funfair for the children.
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Jul 2013 (annual)
Newstead Abbey is a beautiful historic house set in landscaped gardens and parkland in the heart of Nottinghamshire. Founded as a monastic house in the late 12th century, Newstead became the ancestral home of the poet Lord Byron.
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Daily
The Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) sits in a 200-year-old landscaped park outside Wakefield. It aims to utilise the natural beauty of the area to display a changing array of sculptures including, most notably, works by Barbra Hepworth and Henry Moore.
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Daily
Chatsworth, stately home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, hosts a country fair every year in its 1000-acre grounds. The fair offers visitors a chance to peruse local arts and crafts and buy delicious treats from hundreds of stalls.
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Aug - Sep 2013 (annual)
Chatsworth, stately home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, welcomes the best riders in the country every May to compete in its International Horse Trials. Testing both rider and steed to their limits, it makes for a great day out.
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May 2013 (annual)
Chatsworth House, stately home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, is also known as the "Palace of the Peak". In addition to art treasures, it has a beautiful 105-acre garden and a working farmyard, which is great fun for kids.
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Mar - Dec 2013 (annual)
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