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A new leaflet featuring all the latest attractions that have opened over the last few years thanks to Lottery money from the Millennium Commission is now available. The leaflet highlights over 50 entertaining and exciting visitor attractions as well as acres of new parkland, woodlands and open spaces together with miles of restored coastal walks, cyclepaths, railways and waterways. Keen holidaymakers and day-trippers alike will find there is something for everyone, of all ages and outlooks, to keep minds and bodies occupied and entertained, whatever the weather. Copies of the leaflet can be picked up free from tourist information centres or browsed at local libraries from early June 2002. Thanks to Lottery funding from the Millennium Commission there are now more reasons than ever to get out and about and enjoy all that the UK has to offer including: - taking a spin on the spectacular new Falkirk Wheel, part of the Millennium Link in Scotland;
- riding the world's only underwater acrylic lift to come face to face with sharks, hog fish, green moray eels and hundreds of other species of fish at the Deep in Hull;
- picnicking in one of the many new woodlands and parks which have been created throughout the UK;
- taking a stroll through a tropical rainforest in one of the unique biomes at The Eden Project in Cornwall;
- building a racing car or playing a laser harp at Odyssey's W5, Northern Ireland's first interactive science discovery centre;
- spending a day in West Cumbria, taking a Himalayan walk amongst rhododendrons at Muncaster Castle;
- sitting amongst Antarctic penguins at Wildscreen or playing a game of virtual volleyball at Explore, all part of the exciting At-Bristol complex;
- enjoying a relaxing steam train ride at the newly restored Welsh Highland Railway in Gwynedd or on the Kent and East Sussex Bodiam 2000 railway;
- cycling along the 10,000 miles of new cycle paths around the UK;
- seeing the world through the eyes of an insect or taking a woodland walk at Conkers, the hands-on experience in the heart of the National Forest in Leicestershire;
- feeling the force of a fire tornado or discovering how it feels to fly at Magna, the UK's first science adventure centre in Rotherham;
- seeing pictures by LS Lowry at the new waterfront Lowry complex in Salford, taking in contemporary craft and design at Millennium Galleries, Sheffield or visiting the hugely popular Tate Modern in London;
- climbing inside a giant nose at Dundee's science centre Sensation or finding out about futuristic space exploration at the Big Idea in Irvine or the National Space Centre, Leicester.
These projects are amongst the 200 around the UK which the Millennium Commission has supported with Lottery money. This is the single largest non-governmental investment in the social infrastructure of the UK. There are now more reasons than ever to get out and about around the UK and explore the diverse range of fun and educational attractions funded by the Millennium Commission. -ends-
Notes to Editors
1 The Millennium Commission is one of the good causes funded by the National Lottery.
2 The Millennium Commission has supported:
· Around 200 new buildings, environmental projects and visitor attractions on over 3000 sites across the UK;
· A UK-wide programme of community festivals which began on New Year's Eve 1999 and culminated on New Year's Eve 2000 with celebrations in 32 towns and cities across the UK;
· The Millennium Experience at Greenwich and the National Programme.
3 The Millennium Commission also works with over 100 Awards Partner organisations to distribute Millennium Awards to individuals for community based projects. Over 20,000 people have already received a Millennium Award and there are still thousands of Awards available. Further information is available on 0800 06801 2000. For further information contact the Millennium Commission Press Office on 020 7880 2007, out of hours 07771 565 606. back to top Copyright © 2002 The Millennium Commission
Millennium Commission 12th-June-2002
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