Monthly Archives: June 2014

27Jun/14

YSP Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, Yorkshire

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This post is part of our FREE Family Days out in Yorkshire series

 
Yorkshire Sculpture Park is just off J38 of the M1 north of Sheffield, and it is HUGE. It is the very extensive grounds of Bretton Hall, and it has been turned into a home for works of art from a wide range of sculptors, including Henry Moore, and Antony Gormley. 

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09Jun/14

Stonehenge, Amesbury, Wiltshire

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How to introduce Stonehenge? Surely. there is no-one alive who couldn’t recognise Stonehenge on a picture?
 
Stonehenge is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is a mystery, and a wonder. It has been attracting visitors since it was built hundreds of years ago. Although archeologists and other people whose job I can’t spell are able to have a good idea of when and how Stonehenge was built, we really still don’t know why. 

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