Charming venue in the Cotswalls; definitely worth a visit if in the area. The hall is ornate and…read moresound is good. Seats are not the most comfortable but more than adequate and not unusual for a countryside theater. The Basel Symphony Orchestra is performing tonight with Mozart, Ravel and Stravinsky on the program. Very enjoyable event.

The Town Hall is a very mixed bag. Buying tickets in person or over the telephone is a pleasure…read more However the same experience online - at least for the Literature or Science festivals - is a nightmare. The venue itself is imposing and spacious, though very crowded for big events like popular LitFest talks. The acoustics in the main hall are pretty bad, but staff do their best to overcome that. Overall, if there's something you want to see, go and see it! Your experience shouldn't be either ruined or greatly enhanced by the venue.

Nice big place. Very niuce inside. Lots of extertainment. Havent been in for ages but i remember…read morethey have nice decorations in. Nice older styled place. Have great shows here aswell !

This is a good place for meetings.read more

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We are members of the Sunday Times Wine Club and the Club had their annual pre-Christmas tasting on…read moreWed 1st Dec in the Town Hall. Organised by John Kemp and his team, we were able to try up to 28 samples of red, white and rose wines and some exotic port and whiskys. As we entered we were given a personal glass (which used throughout and were allowed to take home) and a tasting of champagne. Ten separate tables offered quite a variety and I tried the whites and my wife and son tried the rest !! We chose 12 bottles of wine made up of 3 pairs of Alma Andina from Argentina, Pinot Grigio from Hungary, Limonetto from Italy (whites), and three each of Merlot from Chile and Shiraz from Argentina. A nice selection for our Christmas period. Trays of canapes were brought round and they supplemented the tasting nicely. We taxied there and back. It was a cold night but we were able to try a 30 year old Speyside whisky (£50 per bottle)which certainly warmed us up for the journey home.

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We have eaten here loads of times. Great food good portions and friendly staff. Trendy decor set in…read morethe location of the old police station still with an old holding cell in the back. Mediterranean menu but veering toward Italian, featuring dishes such as seafood linguine, pizzas , fish and steak etc. There is an outside seating area popular for a quick lunch and cappuccino during the day.

Fantastic restaurant. The food was simply divine a wonderfully earthy and simple take on mushroom…read morebruschetta that ranks as one of the best things I've ever eaten. And a lovely chicken saltimbocca with a sauce that I couldn't stop "mopping" up. Top all that off with an excellent Malbec and the best service, it made for an amazing evening. Could not recommend more

King's Square is located downtown in St. George's at King's Square, St. George's. I visited King's…read moreSquare on June 27, 2016. There is no fee to visit it. The site contains replicas of stocks and a pillory and a whipping post, fake canons, a town hall building, shops in the surrounding area, other colonial buildings, and a replica ducking stool that is the site of reenactments. This site is for anyone interested in seeing what a town in Bermuda looked like in the past, and the reenactments are even great for kids. It interprets history as whatever happens in their reenactments, which I didn't get to see when I visited and what the town would have looked like through the appearance of the square. The Bermuda Tourism Authority is the name of the managing entity for King's Square. There isn't a mission explicitly stated for King's Square. Most likely the purpose of it is for tourism. The site succeeded in its mission because there were people there to visit, myself included. When my family and I visited King's Square, we bought smoothies from Go Jo's coffee shop, one of the stores in the surrounding area. My little sisters put their hands and heads in the stocks, and we took pictures. We saw the outside of the town hall and browsed the shops. I rated King's Square four stars because it shows tourists what stuff looked like back then, presents some history through their reenactments, and gives some history through the colonial buildings. http://www.gotobermuda.com/profile/kings-square/3152#about https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g147256-d169730-Reviews-King_s_Square-St_George_St_George_s_Parish_Bermuda.html

We did the inner circle tour and it was worth every penny! There is an option for a sunrise tour…read moreand sunset before and after the place closes to the public. We opted for the sunset tour and were still able to spend our money in the gift shop, as it remained open. But there were no food options open at this time. We then took the bus to the site and were allowed to go inside the circle. Normally, you must stand about 10 yards away but being inside was unreal! There were so many unique photo ops from this vantage point and the fewer people was priceless. There were about 30 people total and they split you into 2 groups to take turns being inside. The guide and information presented was great as well!

As a history lover, Stonehenge has been on my bucket list. My visit yesterday did not disappoint…read more In fact, Stonehenge is an amazing wonder. My heart skipped some beats as I got my first glimpse of the great rocks. My husband and I took a small group tour to visit the site. We arrived early in the morning before crowds of tourists. I had downloaded the audio tour on my phone, which was fabulous. We bought tickets at the site. Tickets allow access to the museum/discovery center, a bus ride to the site and access to the walking path around the stones. Fees collected support the site. Paid admission is totally worth the visit. Stonehenge is a Neolithic site that was built over a 1000 year time period 3000 B.C. The site was a burial site, ceremonial site with astrological importance to these early people. The construction of the site is a prehistoric wonder. Two different types of huge rocks were gathered and moved across many miles to the site. The stones were carved to shape and secure them in place. Thousands of people must have participated in construction. Burial mounds surround the rock formation. Artifacts discovered at the site suggest that people were highly sophisticated. Some of the artifacts are displayed and replicas of there homes can be explored at the Center. Stonehenge is a World Heritage UNESCO site. Parking is available but there is a fee. Restrooms are nice. There is a cafe that is quite good at the center and a gift shop with reasonably priced visitor guidebooks. The site is accessible for wheel chairs and strollers, but the path is not paved. Worth a visit....I highly recommend.

The donkeys were lovely and the museum had seating for when you get tired which was very helpful.read more

Even though my Aunt and I came here during the height of half-term, we were pleasantly surprised…read morethat we were able to have the run of Carisbrooke Castle (including the gardens and donkey wheel) without being impeded by crowds of kids run amok. It was easy to purchase tickets, although the guide at the front door was a bit overeager when it came to trying to sell us on the all-access pass to various English sites. Perhaps I had tourist stamped across my forehead, but more than likely he runs through the same spiel with everyone. The views of the surrounding countryside are excellent and it is hard to believe, until one actually sees it, how elevated one is until one is looking down. It never ceases to amaze me how much the English know about their own history and how lacking (for the most part, it is always dangerous to generalize) we Americans are about our own history, much less that of other countries. With that being said, the guides and instructional materials were excellent in providing an overview that anyone could appreciate, regardless of how much one knew going in about the time period in question. I even ended up picking up a souvenir guidebook to further my education.

Seems like a place best suited for kids. There's a large Farris wheel and an arcade and restaurants…read morethat are not great but serve food. There's the oceanarium and right now a pop up about the historic Air Force. There just isn't a ton for adults to enjoy unless you venture further away from the pier and into Bournemouth.

The original pier was built for £12,000 in 10 months, opening in July 1889. 600 feet long, it could…read moretake steamers, and had a bandstand. In 1904 it was taken into Council hands. The Council built a new pierhead building, and removed the bandstand to a local park. In 1940, during WW2, the pier was stripped, and three spans were blown up to prevent use for enemy landings. After a long battle with the Government for compensation, the Council refurbished the pier between 1958 and 1962, with a new pierhead building, and the Mermaid hall and cafe on the end - both designed by the Council architect, John Burton. The end was closed on safety grounds in 1990, and the rest closed in 2005 for similar reasons. Using the proceeds of the sale of a nearby car park to Barratts for housebuilding, the Council refurbished - and shortened - the pier as part of a multi million pound regeneration of Boscombe seafront. It reopened in 2008, and was declared 'Pier of the year' in 2010. At the pierhead, there is a cafe, and a shop selling cigarettes, newspapers and - as the sign quaintly says - "beach requisites". Art is displayed and sold on the pier on Sundays. Permits are available for fishermen. Events are held regularly (brass bands, carol singing, etc). There is a 'Friends of the pier' organisation (see website). Admission free. (Thanks to Andrew Emery's 'History of Bournemouth Seafront' for the historical details)