Windermere Jetty Museum opens

The Lake District’s new Windermere Jetty Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories opened its doors on 23 March following a £20 million development by Lakeland Arts. Principally funded by the National Lottery, and located within the Lake District National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site, the museum will display the internationally important collection of boats … Read more

Launch of Peterloo anniversary website

A new website, Peterloo1819.co.uk, has been launched today (18 March) that will interactively explore the events and legacy of the Peterloo Massacre 200 years after this watershed moment in Britain’s democracy.  Using detailed 3D imagery the user is placed in St Peter’s Field so that they can see how events unfolded when 60,000 people gathered … Read more