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New Attractions Across the UK


Glide at Battersea power station, London

The Battersea power station has London’s newest ice-skating arena. Glide has three interconnected skating areas around a 10-metre Christmas tree. There is a rinkside bar serving wine and hot chocolate; street-food trucks and huts dishing up hog roasts and fondues; and a vintage fun fair.

Until 8 January, from £8 children /£12 adults /£36 families,

www.batterseapowerstation.co.uk


Wake the Tiger, Bristol

This “amazement park” combines an art gallery, theme park and film set. Artists, videographers and robotics experts have teamed up to make an immersive experience with 27 different environments, such as secret passageways, hidden forests and ice caves. Visitors enter a portal to a parallel dimension , emerging in an abandoned factory that is now home to alchemists (炼金术士) who are trying to save the world.

£12.50 children /£18.50adults,

www.wakethetiger.com


The Children’s Country House at Sudbury, Derbyshire

Sudbury Hall in Derbyshire reopened as the Children’s Country House - the first stately home aimed at kids. The National Trust worked with 100 children to make the hall fun and interactive, so now visitors can create their own portraits in the picture gallery, dance and sing in the saloon and curl up with a book in the library. There is also an evacuee - themed escape room, a revamped museum of childhood and gardens with new play and picnic areas.

£11 children /£22 adults /£55 families ,

www. nationaltrust. org. uk


Eureka ! Science and Discovery, Merseyside

Designed for children under 15, Eureka! is a museum aiming to bring science, technology, engineering and maths to life. Home, exploring how things around the house work; and Nature, looking at solutions to big environmental problems. Mersey Ferries is offering museum-goers 20% off river cruise tickets, so families can combine a visit with a hop-on, hop-off boat trip from Liverpool.

From L6.95 children /£15.95 adults, closed 1 January,

www. eurekadiscovery. org. uk

1. Where is the amazement park Wake the Tiger located?
A.In London.B.In Bristol.
C.In Derbyshire.D.In Merseyside.
2. What can people do in The Children’s Country House?
A.Paint pictures.B.Make a film.
C.Go ice - skating.D.Take a cruise.
3. Which website can a parent visit if he wants his kid to acquire scientific knowledge?
A.www. batterseapowerstation. co. uk.B.www.wakethetiger.com.
C.www. nationaltrust. org. uk.D.www. eurekadiscotery. org. uk.
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