Full information about the following parks and visits can be found in the Awards 2004 issue of Practical Caravan. For back issues telephone 08456 777812. Admission Price and Opening Times were correct at the time of publishing. Please check for latest information before visiting.

Where to go: THE CANAL MUSEUM

Address Stoke Bruerne, near Northampton
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Opening times Summer, daily, 10am-5pm; winter Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm.
 •  The history of more than two centuries of Britain's inland waterways are portrayed in this superb museum, which is housed in a restored cornmill in a picture-postcard setting on the banks of the Grand Union Canal. With the help of working models, videos, and pictorial and three-dimensional displays, visitors can find out how the canals made the Industrial Revolution possible, by enabling workers to transport machinery and products across the country in super-quick time.

Where to stay: BILLING AQUADROME

Address Crow Lane, Great Billing, Northampton NN3 9DA
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Open March-November

Where to go: COVENTRY TRANSPORT MUSEUM

Address Millennium Place, Hales Street, Coventry
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Opening times 10am-5pm, closed 24-26 December. Admission Free
 •  As part of Coventry's city centre regeneration scheme, the home of the world's largest collection of British road vehicles has just undergone a £7.5 million facelift and has been extended to include four new galleries. The new attractions include a gallery dedicated to cars, motorbikes and even skateboards from the 1980s and 1990s. Other galleries take visitors back in time to the birth of the motor industry, the Blitz and even into the virtual cockpit of Thrust SSC as it races across the desert to set a new world land-speed record.

Where to stay: RIVERSIDE CARAVAN PARK

Address Tiddington, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire CV37 7AB
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Open 1 April-31 October

Where to go: CRICH TRAMWAY VILLAGE: THE NATIONAL TRAMWAY MUSEUM

Address Crich, near Matlock, Derbyshire
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Opening times Daily until 31 October 10.30pm-4.30pm. November to December: open Saturdays and Sundays only. Closed 25-26 December.
Admission Adults £8, children (3-15) £4, senior citizens £7, family ticket £21, drivers of pre-1968 vehicles get free admission.
 •  This is a recreated townscape complete with cobbled streets and facades of historic buildings gathered from all over the country. Through it all, beautifully-restored vintage trams clatter, offering rides just as they did a century ago. There are more than 60 trams, and the tramline offers breathtaking views of the Derbyshire countryside.

Where to stay: GREENHILLS CARAVAN AND CAMPING PARK

Address Crowhill Lane, Bakewell, Derbyshire DE45 1PX
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Open 1 March-31 October

Where to go: GLASGOW MUSEUM OF TRANSPORT

Address Kelvin Hall, 1 Bunhouse Road, Glasgow
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Opening times Monday-Thursday 10am-5pm; Friday and Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and 1-2 January.
Admission Free
 •  One of the most popular attractions in Glasgow, this museum offers a unique insight into the history of Scotland's biggest city through the trams, buses, shipyards and underground for which it was famous. The recreation of an entire road from 1938 is detailed and convincing, but one of the most striking displays is the museum's collection of model ships and shipyards. As well as all this, there is a display of steam locomotives.

Where to stay: LOMOND WOODS HOLIDAY PARK

Address Tullichewan, Balloch, Loch Lomond G83 8QP
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Open All year

Where to go: DUXFORD IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM

Address Duxford, near Cambridge
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Opening times Daily, summer 10am-6pm; winter 10am-4pm.
Admission Adult (19-59) £10, senior citizens £8, children (16-18) and the unemployed £6, children under 16 and registered disabled visitors free. Special rates on air-show days.
 •  Acquired by the Imperial War Museum back in 1976, Duxford is the national centre for historic aviation with many of its wartime buildings still in use. There are some 200 military and civil aircraft here as well as many historic flying aircraft that can be seen in the air during the summer and at the museum's world-famous air displays.

Where to stay: HIGHFIELD FARM TOURING PARK

Address Long Road, Comberton, Cambridge
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Open 26 March-31 October

Where to go: THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY IN MANCHESTER

Address Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester
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Opening times Daily 10am-5pm, except 24-26 December.
Admission Free, except for special exhibitions. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.
 •  Situated in the world's oldest surviving passenger railway station, this museum tells the story of the history, science and industry of Manchester. Displays include a Rolls-Royce car hand-built in Hulme in 1905, and a Ford Model T van. The old engine shed fittingly houses locomotives and carriages, but there's also an Air and Space Hall as well as 'Out of this World', an exhibition that features objects such as the actual NASA Gemini paraglider.

Where to stay: LOSEHILL CARAVAN CLUB SITE

Address Castleton, Hope Valley S33 8WB
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Open All year

Where to go: NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM

Location Romney Road, Greenwich, London
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Opening times 10am-5pm, closed 24-26 December.
Admission Free (charges apply to special events).
 •  The National Maritime Museum contains more than two million objects related to seafaring and navigation. Inside, visitors can steer Viking boats and Seacat ferries, load cargoes, explore the sunken wreck of the Titanic and even examine the tools of today's smugglers. The museum incorporates the Royal Observatory designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1675, which is the home of Greenwich Mean Time and the Prime Meridian Line. By international decree, this is the official starting point for each new day, year and millennium.

Where to stay: ABBEY WOOD CARAVAN CLUB SITE

Address Federation Road, Abbey Wood, London SE2 OLS
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Open All Year

Where to go: NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM CORNWALL

Address Discovery Quay, Falmouth
Website: Click Here Open: Daily 10am-5pm, closed 25-26 December . Admission: Adults £6.50; senior citizens, students and children (5-15) £4.30; family ticket £17.
 •  This offshoot of the museum in Greenwich focuses on the world of small boats and Cornish maritime history. The flotilla of small craft on display here includes racing dinghies, working boats, fishing vessels, canoes, punts and rafts.
'The Will to Win' is an exhibition designed in honour of Olympic Games, and features six Olympic boats, including those in which Ben Ainslie and Shirley Robertson won gold medals at the 2000 Sydney games.

Where to stay: CARNON DOWNS CARAVAN PARK

Address Carnon Downs, Truro, Cornwall TR3 6JJ
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Open All Year

Where to go: NATIONAL MOTOR MUSEUM

Location Beaulieu, Brockenhurst, Hampshire
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Opening times Daily, October-April 10am to 5pm; May-Sept 10am to 6pm. Closed Christmas Day.
Admission Adults (18+) £14; seniors £13; children under 13 £7.25; youth £8.25; family £39.
 •  This collection has more than 250 classic vehicles on display from some of the earliest cars to world record breakers like Bluebird and Golden Arrow. Also on display are cars owned or used by the likes of Eric Clapton and Marlene Dietrich. You can also see Mr Bean's Mini and Del Boy's Reliant. The James Bond Experience is a glamourous exhibition of props including the Jaguar XKR Roadster used in Die Another Day, and the world's first ever jet ski from The Spy Who Loved Me.

Where to stay: HOBURNE BASHLEY HOLIDAY

Address Sway Road, New Milton, Hants BH25 5QR
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Open All year

Where to go: NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM

Address Leeman Road, York
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Opening times Daily 10am-6pm, closed 24-26 December
Admission Free, but charges apply for special events such as Thomas the Tank Engine days.
 •  Archaeological excavations at the 22-acre site of the former Summerlee Ironworks form the basis of today's award-winning heritage park. The works closed in the 1930s and the buildings were demolished, but the excavated site can now be viewed from a special walkway. Summerlee also has Scotland's only electric tramway and a huge undercover exhibition hall with working machinery. On the domestic front, period room settings recreate how people lived from the 1860s to the 1960s.

Where to stay: KNARESBOROUGH CARAVAN CLUB SITE

Address New Road, Scotton, Knaresborough HG5 9HH
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Open All Year

Full information about the above parks and attractions can be found in the Awards 2004 issue of Practical Caravan. For back issues telephone 08456 777812. Admission Price and Opening Times were correct at the time of publishing. Please check for latest information before visiting.