Explore Central England

Events and Attractions

Whether you are looking to take a
short break or you're planning a weekend break in Britain, there are plenty of things to do and see around the UK this winter.

With a wealth of local attractions and choices of how to spend your spare time, there are good reasons to holiday at home.

Whether you are looking for outdoor pursuits, history, culture or entertainment, our hotels offer the perfect base for you to explore Britain and enjoy a comfortable and memorable stay.

• Outdoor Attractions 

  CADBURY WORLD, Bourneville, Birmingham
  www.cadburyworld.co.uk
  Tel: 0845 450 3599
  Open: All year with closed dates
  in January
  Entrance: Entrance Charges apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: The Charlecote Pheasant (27 miles)

  ALTON TOWERS
  www.altontowers.com
  Tel: 08705 20 40 60
  Open: March - October
  Entrance: Entrance Charges apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: Makeney Hall
  (29 miles)
  
  GULLIVERS KINGDOM, Matlock
  www.gulliversfun.co.uk
  Tel: 01925 444888
  Open: Throughout the year, check for opening times
  Entrance: Entrance Charges apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: Makeney Hall
  (11 miles)

  WARWICK CASTLE
  www.warwick-castle.co.uk
  Tel: 0870 442 2000
  Open: 4 April - 2 November 2009
  Entrance: Entrance Charges apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: The Charlecote Pheasant (6 miles), Brownsover Hall
  (13 miles)
  
  WEST MIDLANDS SAFARI PARK, Bewdley
  www.wmsp.co.uk
  Tel: 01299 402114
  Open: 14 February - 6 November
  (closed 19 Sept)
  Entrance: Entrance Charges apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: The Charlecote Pheasant (39 miles)
  
  KENILWORTH CASTLE, Kenilworth
  www.english-heritage.org.uk
  Tel: 01926 852078
  Open: Throughout the year except 24 - 26 December and 1 January
  Entrance: Entrance Charges apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: The Charlecote Pheasant, (12 miles), Brownsover Hall, (19 miles)
  
  
  THE HEIGHTS OF ABRAHAM, Matlock
  www.heightsofabraham.com
  Tel: 01629 582365
  Open: 14 February - 1 November, daily except February - March weekends only.
  Entrance: Entrance Charges apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: Makeney Hall,
  (11 miles)
  
  COOMBE COUNTRY PARK, Coventry
  www.coventry.gov.uk
  Tel: 024 7645 3720
  Open: Throughout the year
  Entrance: Free
  Nearest Folio hotels: The Charlecote Pheasant
  (17 miles)

  STRATFORD BUTTERFLY FARM, Stratford-upon-Avon
  www.butterflyfarm.co.uk
  Tel: 01789 299 288
  Open: Throughout the year except
  25 December
  Entrance: Entrance Charges apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: The Charlecote Pheasant
  (5 miles)

  DERBY CATHEDRAL
  www.derbycathedral.org
  Tel: 01332 341201
  Open: Throughout the year with
  various events
  Entrance: Free
  Nearest Folio hotels: Makeney Hall
  (7 miles)

  MATLOCK FARM PARK
  www.matlockfarmpark.co.uk
  Tel: 01246 590200
  Open: Throughout the year until
  mid-December
  Entrance: Entrance Charges apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: Makeney Hall
  (18 miles)
  
  SEA LIFE CENTRE, Birmingham
  www.sealifeeurope.com
  Tel: 0121 643 6777
  Open: Throughout the year
  Entrance: Entrance Charges apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: The Charlecote Pheasant (27 miles)
  
  UTTOXETER RACECOURSE, Uttoxeter
  www.uttoxeter-racecourse.co.uk
  Tel:01889 562561
  Open: Throughout the year, check for fixtures
  Entrance: Entrance Charges apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: Makeney Hall
  (26 miles)

  CRICH TRAMWAY MUSEUM, Matlock
  www.tramway.co.uk
  Tel: 01773 854321
  Open: 28 February - November, days of opening vary by season
  Nearest Folio hotels: Makeney Hall
  (8.5 miles)
  
  BELVOIR CASTLE, Grantham
  www.belvoircastle.com
  Tel: 01476 871002
  Open: Various days throughout
  April - September
  Entrance: Entrance Charges apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: Makeney Hall
  (46 miles)

  BOSWORTH BATTLEFIELD
  www.bosworthbattlefield.com
  Tel: 01455 290429
  Open: Throughout the year
  Entrance: Entrance Charges apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: Brownsover Hall (27 miles), The Charlecote Pheasant
  (36 miles)
  
  TWYCROSS ZOO, Atherstone
  www.twycrosszoo.com
  Tel: 01827 880250
  Open: Throughout the year
  Entrance: Entrance Charges apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: Brownsover Hall (26 miles)
  

• Houses to Visit / Museums 

  SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHPLACE,
  Stratford-upon-Avon
  www.shakespeare.org.uk
  Tel: 01789 204016
  Open: Throughout theyear except
  25-26 December
  Entrance: Entrance Charges apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: The Charlecote Pheasant (29 miles), Brownsover Hall
  (6 miles)

  ANNE HATHAWAY'S COTTAGE, Stratford-upon-Avon
  www.shakespeare.org.uk
  Tel: 01789 201806
  Open: Throughout theyear except
  25-26 December
  Entrance: Entrance Charges apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: The Charlecote Pheasant (7 miles)Brownsover Hall
  (30 miles)

  NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM, Coventry
  www.nationalmotorcyclemuseum.co.uk/
  Tel: 01675 44 33 11
  Open: Throughout the year
  Entrance: Entrance Charges apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: The Charlecote Pheasant (20 miles)

  HERITAGE MOTOR CENTRE, Gaydon
  www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk
  Tel: 01926 641188
  Open: Throughout the year except
  24 December - 1 January
  Entrance: Entrance Charges apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: The Charlecote Pheasant (14 miles), Brownsover Hall (22 miles)
  
  CHARLECOTE PARK, Warwick
  www.nationaltrust.org.uk
  Tel: 01789 470277
  Open: Closed on various dates during year
  Entrance: Entrance Charges apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: The Charlecote Pheasant
  (0.5 miles), Brownsover Hall (26 miles)
  
  KEDLESTON HALL, Derby
  www.nationaltrust.org.uk
  Tel: 01332 842191
  Open: Throughout the year, check for opening times
  Entrance: Entrance Charges apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: Makeney Hall, (6miles)
  
  HERBERT ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM, Coventry
  www.theherbert.org
  Tel: 024 7683 2386
  Open: Throughout the year
  Entrance: Free
  Nearest Folio hotels: The Charlecote Pheasant
  (17 miles), Brownsover Hall (14miles)
  
  COVENTRY TRANSPORT MUSEUM, Coventry
  www.transport-museum
  Open: Throughout the year except 24 - 26 December and 1 January
  Entrance: Free
  Nearest Folio hotels: The Charlecote Pheasant
  (17 miles), Brownsover Hall (14.5 miles)
  
  STANFORD HALL, Lutterworth
  www.stanfordhall.co.uk
  Tel: 01788 860250
  Open: Throughout the year, afternoons
  Entrance: Entrance Charges apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: Brownsover Hall
  (7.5 miles),
  
  DENBY VISITOR CENTRE, Denby
  www.denby.co.uk
  Tel: 01773 740799
  Open: Throughout the year
  Entrance: Free
  Nearest Folio hotels: Makeney Hall
  (6 miles)
  
  DERBY MUSEUM and ART GALLERY
  www.derby.go.uk/museums
  Tel: 01332 716659
  Open: Throughout the year
  Entrance: Entrance Charges apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: Makeney Hall
  (8 miles)
  
  COVENTRY TOY MUSEUM, Coventry
  www.aboutbritain.com
  Tel: 02476 231331
  Open: Throughout the year
  Entrance: Free
  Nearest Folio hotels: Brownsover Hall
  (14 miles), The Charlecote Pheasant,
  (17 miles)

  RUGBY ART GALLERY and MUSEUM
  www.rugby.gov.uk
  Tel: 01788 533201
  Open: Open Tuesday to Sunday and closed between some exhibitions
  Entrance: Free
  Nearest Folio hotels: Brownsover Hall
  (3 miles)

  ROYAL PUMP ROOMS, ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA
  www.warwickdc.gov.uk/royalpumprooms
  Tel: 01926 742700
  Open: Open Tuesday to Sunday
  Entrance: Free
  Nearest Folio hotels: Brownsover Hall (18 miles), The Charlecote Pheasant
  (9 miles)

  HADDON HALL, Bakewell
  www.haddonhall.co.uk
  Tel: 01629 812855
  Open: Daily from May - September with selected dates open in October and December
  Entrance: Entrance Charges apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: Makeney Hall
  (19 miles)
  
  COMPTON VERNEY
  www.comptonverney.org.uk
  Tel: 01926 645500
  Open: 21 March - 13 December, Tuesday - Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays
  Entrance: Entrance Charges apply
  Nearest Folio hotels:
  The Charlecote Pheasant
  (5 miles), Brownsover Hall (29 miles)
  
  SANDRINGHAM HOUSE
  www.sandringhamestate.co.uk
  Tel: 01553 612908
  Open: Daily from 11 April - 24 July and
  2 August - 1 November
  Gardens and museum open daily from
  1 April.
  Entrance: Entrance Charges apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: Maids Head
  (43 miles)

  CHATSWORTH HOUSE, Bakewell
  www.chatsworth.org
  Tel: 01246 565300
  Open: Throughout the year until
  23 December
  Entrance: Entrance Charges apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: Makeney Hall
  (21 miles)

• Special Events 

  WINTER EVENTS 2010
  
  Leamington & Warwick Model Railway Show, Stoneleigh Park
  16 - 17 January 2010
  www.stonelighpark.com
  Tel: 01327 886236
  Entrance: Ticket prices apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: The Charlecote Pheasant Hotel, Brownsover Hall Hotel
  
  Snowdrops at Hopton Hall, Matlock
  1 - 28 February 2009
  www.hoptonhall.co.uk
  Tel: 01629 540458
  Entrance: Ticket prices apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: Makeney Hall Hotel
  
  Camra Winter Beer Festival
  4 -6 February 2010
  www.camra.org.uk
  Tel: 01332 331854
  Entrance: Ticket prices apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: Makeney Hall hotel
  
  

  SPRING AND SUMMER EVENTS 2010
  
  Spring Music Concert, Derby Cathedral
  17 April 2010
  www.dcu.org.uk
  Tel: 01332 230272
  Entrance: Ticket prices apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: Makeney Hall hotel
  
  The 25th Yorkshire Classic Car and Bike Show, Ripley Castle
  31 May 2010
  www.markwoodwardclassicevents.com
  Tel: 01253 407779
  Entrance: Ticket prices apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: Makeney Hall hotel
  
  Summer Food Fair, Chatwsorth
  26 June - 2 July 2010
  www.chastworth.org
  Tel: 01246 565377
  Entrance: Free entrance
  Nearest Folio hotels: Makeney Hall hotel
  
  
  
  AUTUMN EVENTS 2010
  
  Matlock Illuminations, Matlock
  4 September - 30 October 2010
  www.derbyshire-peakdistrict.co.uk
  Tel: 01629 553388
  Entrance: Ticket prices apply
  Nearest Folio hotels: Makeney Hall hotel
  
  World Heritage Site Discovery Days, Derwent Valley Mills, Matlock
  23 -31 October 2010 (check dates open)
  www.derwentvalleymills.org
  Tel: 01629 533363
  Entrance: Free entrance
  Nearest Folio hotels: Makeney Hall hotel
  

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