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Jubilee weekend highlights
Celebrate the Jubilee with our two national treasures
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Fancy a cracking day out this Jubilee weekend? We've teamed up with British treasures Wallace & Gromit at Anglesey Abbey and Felbrigg Hall to bring you tea parties to remember. Watch Wallace & Gromit films on a big screen whilst enjoying a picnic with friends and family. A great day out you won't want to miss.
In the headlines...
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50 Things to do before you're 11¾
Today we launched a nationwide campaign to encourage sofa-bound children to take to the outdoors and enjoy classic adventures from skimming stones to building dens.
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Technology reveals the secret lives of gulls
Scientists from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) are working with us, using GPS technology to gain fascinating insights into the secret lives of gulls breeding at Orford Ness National Nature Reserve.
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What was life like below stairs at Ickworth?
Ickworth, near Bury St Edmunds, reveals the daily lives of staff a century ago - living and working for the Hervey family in the extensive, and now newly restored, servants' basement and finishing kitchens below the famous Rotunda.
Bluebell watch
We want to find out when Britain's bluebells bloom and where you have seen them. Our map shows where you have reported them so far.
Researching Repton
On the 200th anniversary of Humphry Repton’s creation of Sheringham Park, £100,000 of funding has been awarded to explore Repton’s masterpiece.