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    Most of our day visits are by hired coach departing from the Bridge Chapel Centre.   More information may be obtained from the Visits Secretary and is also available at meetings where names are taken of those interested.

    Wednesday October 26th 2011

     

    Victoria Gallery and Museum Tour and Tea

    The Victoria Gallery & Museum is housed in the Grade II listed Victoria Building on Brownlow Hill, the University's original site.

    Designed by Alfred Waterhouse,
    the Victoria building's distinctive
    red brick exterior inspired the
    term "red brick" university.

     

    Wednesday 25th January 2012

     

    Tour of the Museum of Liverpool

    The museum was opened on July 19th 2011 on the day its close neighbour, the Liver Building, celebrated its centenary.

    Two of the many objects on show are the Liverpool Cityscape, by Ben Johnson, and the enormous model of Sir Edwin Lutyens' design for Liverpool's Catholic Cathedral - one of the most elaborate architectural models ever built in Britain.

    The Museum of Liverpool's spiral staircase

    The Museum of Liverpool

    Wednesday 28th March 2012

     

    Visit to Haddon Hall, Derbyshire

    Haddon Hall is a fortified medieval manor house dating from the 12th Century, and is the home of Lord and Lady Edward Manners whose family have owned it since 1567.

    Described by Simon Jenkins in 1000 Best houses as "the most perfect house to survive from the middle ages", this remarkable old house is surrounded by terraced Elizabethan gardens and is set amongst the rolling countryside of the Peak District National Park.

    Wednesday 9th May 2012

     

    Visit to the Japanese Garden at Tatton Hall

    The Japanese Garden was almost certainly the result of Alan de Tatton’s visit to the Anglo-Japanese Exhibition at the White City in London in 1910.

    Inspired by what he saw there, Alan de Tatton decided to introduce a Japanese Garden to Tatton.  A team of Japanese workmen arrived to put together what is now rated to be the "finest example of a Japanese Garden in Europe".

    Japanese Garden at Tatton Park

    Wednesday 27th June 2012

     

    Visit to Daresbury and the story of Alice in Wonderland

    Set deep in the Cheshire countryside lies the Village of Daresbury, only a few minutes from Warrington. It is well known for its connection with Alice in Wonderland and author Lewis Carroll.

    At the centre of the Village is All Saints Church. Inside this beautiful Church are the stained glass Lewis Carroll Memorial Windows.

    One of the best-known features of All Saints'
    The Lewis Carroll Memorial Window.

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