Your top 6 recommendations for sightseeing in your hometown

[richardfm]

Cardiff, in particular order;
Bute Park
Cardiff Castle
City Centre Arcades
Castell Coch
St Fagans Museum
Cardiff Bay

 

[Dave7]

I grew up in Moreton

Which is - or was - famous for the weird shaped roundabout
shaped like a figure of eight - luckily the centre was blocked off but it did mean the ends were a tight turn for a learner driver

The local driving instructors used to avoid that until the pupil was almost good enough to take their test

I did it the second lesson and the instructor was amazed how easily I took it - even though I lived 100 yards from it
I had been going round it on my bike faster than the cars for quite a few years
(but don;t tell my parents - I was supposed to get off and walk - but who does that!!!)

Also, famous for the shore line - a massive concrete embankment keeping the sea back and making for great view and a nice walk even at high tide.


If we include the whole Wirral - then we have to include the Ferry terminals and the Ferries - often playing "Ferry 'Cross The Mersey" and local trying to block their ears

and Birkenhead - Halmiton Square - very smart square of building surrounding an area of grass and flowers and stuff
it was supposed to be the template for the whole area
but then someone looked at the finances and - err - decided on a cheaper option
and Birkenhead Priory - where the monks lived who ran the first ferries - using oars

and Bidston Hill (known as Biddy Hill locally) highest point around and home of an observatory that was at the forefront of star gazing in the early days
now a lovely walking area with great views

Further south on the Peninsular - Thorton Hough and the surrounding area of a lovely village and surrounding farmland

Don't forget the sea front has the oldest brick built lighthouse in the UK (Leadowe front).
And Biston hill has an in tact windmill. You can book a slot to tour it via 'friends of Bidston Hill'.

 

[Dave7]

The stream does still run through the middle of town but on one side is now a car park. I’m not sure on the trout but I doubt it as I’ve not seen Mortimer and Whitehouse in there fishing.
1968 on your honeymoon that’s something, the first time I came up this way was 1966 and that was camping with the scouts down the road in Kirkdale.

And a horse drawn carriage giving small tours ?

 

[ianrauk]

Who🤷🏼‍♂️

https://iwiki.net/Ronnie_Pickering

 

[Webbo2]

https://iwiki.net/Ronnie_Pickering

Having had the misfortune to live Kingstown upon Dull for a number years I’ve never heard of him. I did ride with a Mike Pickering who as well as being a good bloke and cyclist worked on the tolls on the Humber bridge.

 

[Webbo2]

And a horse drawn carriage giving small tours ?

Unfortunately Pickering isn’t even a one horse town.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Wakefield

The Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin; 14th century bridge chapel (4 left in the country)

The Hepworth; a concrete box of an art gallery, on the banks of the River Calder

Heath village; a 'conservation village', where almost every building, barring the bus-stop, has a listed status

'Stanley Ferry' Aquaduct; grade 1 listed, 'bow-string' & seen as a model for Sydney Harbour Bridge & the Tyne Bridge (I pass this every working day)

Sandal Castle; oft stated to be the inspiration for the nursery rhyme The Grand Old Duke Of York, also the scene of a 'War Of The Roses' battle

Nostell Priory; close to the boyhood home of John Harrison, who perfected the marine chronometer, & one of his original clocks is on display, as are various Chippendale furniture items

 

[Webbo2]

Wasn’t Sandal castle where Richard Duke of York was lured outside and killed. He was the farther of Edward 4th brother of Richard 3rd.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Don't forget the sea front has the oldest brick built lighthouse in the UK (Leadowe front).
And Biston hill has an in tact windmill. You can book a slot to tour it via 'friends of Bidston Hill'.

Didn't know it was that old!!

I missed the windmill - it was just one of those things that was always there!

There must be some historic thingies about Laid's as well - they built enough stuff!
I have just not heard of them

There is also a canal thingy at Elesmere Port I think

 

[Drago]

Northampton:

Theres a Grade II listed sofa on a verge in Kingsley. In fact there is (or maybe was) a Facebook page devoted to the roadside sofas of Northampton.

A dog turd of outstanding natural beauty on a footway in the Mounts.

A dead swan of outstanding natural beauty floating in the Nene.

A Grade I listed supermarket trolley in the duck pond at Thorplands.

A local mime artist pretending to be an unconscious wino in the town centre.

A fantastic mystery zone in Semilong where no one speaks English, not even the English people.

 

[Gunk]

Northampton:

Theres a Grade II listed sofa on a verge in Kingsley. In fact there is (or maybe was) a Facebook page devoted to the roadside sofas of Northampton.

A dog turd of outstanding natural beauty on a footway in the Mounts.

A dead swan of outstanding natural beauty floating in the Nene.

A Grade I listed supermarket trolley in the duck pond at Thorplands.

A local mime artist pretending to be an unconscious wino in the town centre.

A fantastic mystery zone in Semilong where no one speaks English, not even the English people.

The Central Museum and Macintosh House are definitely worth a visit, there’s also Althorpe, it’s not all bad

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Wasn’t Sandal castle where Richard Duke of York was lured outside and killed. He was the farther of Edward 4th brother of Richard 3rd.

He was killed in the Battle of Wakefield, yes
There's a memorial on ManyGates Lane
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/858000

 

[Drago]

The Central Museum and Macintosh House are definitely worth a visit, there’s also Althorpe, it’s not all bad

The old gallows in the basement beneath Campbell Square nick are worth a visit.

 

[Dave7]

Didn't know it was that old!!

I missed the windmill - it was just one of those things that was always there!

There must be some historic thingies about Laid's as well - they built enough stuff!
I have just not heard of them

There is also a canal thingy at Elesmere Port I think

And there is Raby Mere. It used to have an electric shock machine. You put an (old) penny in, held the handles and see how much you could take. I recall our family of 4 linking hands and all getting equally shocked..... that would have been 1957ish.

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

Around here my top 6 would be

1. Caerlaverock Castle
2. Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum
3.Dumfries Museum and Camera Obscura
4. Robert Burn’s house
5. The Garden of Cosmic Speculation
6. Mabie Farm Park.