Nerdy Days Out

By Dominic on September 4, 2011 in DayTripFinder

It’s hard to define what makes a good nerdy day trip but you’ll be sure to be spoilt for choice if you live in the UK. Ben Goldacre has asked his blog visitors to crowd source a Google Map of geeky adventures. We’ve pulled all the ones into England onto the table below and linked to their profile on DayTripFinder.

We’ll try and keep these updated, so please leave us your comments. Tell us what have been your favourite days out!

Attraction Name	County
Clifton Observatory, Camera Obscura and Cave	Bristol
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery	Bristol
Bletchley Park Museum & National Museum of Computing	Buckinghamshire
Bekonscot Model Village & Railway	Buckinghamshire
Milton Keynes Museum	Buckinghamshire
Flag Fen Archaeology Park	Cambridgeshire
Cambridge Museum of Technology	Cambridgeshire
Imperial War Museum Duxford	Cambridgeshire
Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre	Cheshire
The Weaver Hall Museum (previously the Salt Museum)	Cheshire
Anderton Boat Lift - Visitor Centre	Cheshire
Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker	Cheshire
Catalyst Science Discovery Centre	Cheshire
Alderley Edge	Cheshire
Eden Project	Cornwall
Porthcurno Telegraph Museum	Cornwall
The China Clay Museum	Cornwall
St Ives Museum	Cornwall
National Maritime Museum Cornwall	Cornwall
The Pencil Museum	Cumbria
Midland Railway - Butterley	Derbyshire
Silk Mill - Derby's Museum of Industry and History	Derbyshire
Derby Arboretum	Derbyshire
Creswell Crags	Derbyshire
Heage Windmill	Derbyshire
Sir Richard Arkwright's Masson Mills	Derbyshire
Speedwell Cavern	Derbyshire
Arkwright's Cromford Mills	Derbyshire
Crich Tramway Village	Derbyshire
Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway	Devon
Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site	Devon
Diggerland	Devon
Barometer World	Devon
Norman Lockyer Observatory and James Lockyer Planetarium	Devon
Museum of Electricity	Dorset
The Tank Museum	Dorset
Tyneham Village	Dorset
Yorkshire Waterways Museum	East Riding of Yorkshire
Royal Air Force Holmpton - RAF Holmpton	East Riding of Yorkshire
Seaford Museum and Heritage Society	East Sussex
Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker	Essex
Southend Pier Museum	Essex
Radar Tower (Beacon Hill Fort)	Essex
Gnome Magic	Essex
Coalhouse Fort	Essex
Puzzlewood	Gloucestershire
Hat Works - Museum of Hatting	Greater Manchester
Manchester Museum	Greater Manchester
Greater Manchesters Museum of Transport	Greater Manchester
Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI)	Greater Manchester
Bolton Museum, Aquarium and Archive	Greater Manchester
Farnborough Air Sciences Museum	Hampshire
Milestones, Hampshire's Living History Museum	Hampshire
INTECH Science Centre & Planetarium	Hampshire
Westgate Museum	Hampshire
The Natural History Museum at Tring	Hertfordshire
Welwyn Roman Baths	Hertfordshire
Verulamium Museum	Hertfordshire
Shaw's Corner	Hertfordshire
The Needles Old Battery & New Battery	Isle of Wight
Blackgang Chine	Isle of Wight
Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway (Dungeness)	Kent
Brogdale Farm National Fruit Collection	Kent
Chislehurst Caves	Kent
St Clement's Church, Knowlton	Kent
Dymchurch Martello Tower	Kent
Kit's Coty and Little Kit's Coty House	Kent
Darwen Tower	Lancashire
Singing Ringing Tree - Panopticon	Lancashire
National Space Centre	Leicestershire
Abbey Pumping Station	Leicestershire
The National Gas Museum	Leicestershire
Woolsthorpe Manor	Lincolnshire
Collectors world	Lincolnshire
The Trolleybus Museum	Lincolnshire
Sir John Soane's Museum	London
Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy	London
Royal Air Force Museum Hendon	London
Old Operating Theatre, Museum and Herb Garret	London
Royal Observatory Greenwich	London
Monument	London
Kew Bridge Steam Museum	London
Horniman Museum and Gardens	London
London Transport Museum	London
London Sewing Machine Museum	London
British Library	London
National Maritime Museum	London
Williamson Tunnels Heritage Centre	Merseyside
Western Approaches Museum	Merseyside
British Lawnmower Museum	Merseyside
RAF Air Defence Radar Museum	Norfolk
Bressingham Steam and Gardens	Norfolk
Fakenham Museum of Gas and Local History	Norfolk
Yorkshire Air Museum	North Yorkshire
National Railway Museum	North Yorkshire
York Castle Museum	North Yorkshire
York Observatory	North Yorkshire
Museum of Victorian Science	North Yorkshire
York Cold War Bunker	North Yorkshire
Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway	North Yorkshire
Carpetbagger Aviation Museum	Northamptonshire
Alnwick Castle	Northumberland
Barter Books	Northumberland
Cragside House, Gardens and Estate	Northumberland
Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre	Nottinghamshire
Papplewick Pumping Station	Nottinghamshire
Didcot Railway Centre	Oxfordshire
Pitt Rivers Museum	Oxfordshire
Pendon Museum	Oxfordshire
Bodleian Library	Oxfordshire
Museum of the History of Science	Oxfordshire
Ashmolean Museum	Oxfordshire
Botanical Garden	Oxfordshire
Rollright Stones	Oxfordshire
Rutland Water Nature Reserve	Rutland
Enginuity	Shropshire
Darby Houses (Ironbridge)	Shropshire
Royal Air Force Museum Cosford	Shropshire
Ironbridge Gorge Museums	Shropshire
White Ladies Priory	Shropshire
The Bakelite Museum	Somerset
Fleet Air Arm Museum	Somerset
Stanton Drew Stone Circle	Somerset
Orford Ness National Nature Reserve	Suffolk
Mechanical Music Museum and Bygones	Suffolk
Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum	Suffolk
St Peter's Brewery and Visitor Centre	Suffolk
West Midlands Police Museum	West Midlands
Black Country Living Museum	West Midlands
Thinktank-Birmingham Science Museum	West Midlands
Amberley Working Museum	West Sussex
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway	West Yorkshire
Thwaite Mills Watermill	West Yorkshire
Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills	West Yorkshire
Bingley Five Rise Locks	West Yorkshire
Thackray Museum	West Yorkshire
Castle Hill and Victoria Tower	West Yorkshire
National Media Museum	West Yorkshire
Stoodley Pike Monument	West Yorkshire
Bradford Industrial Museum	West Yorkshire
West Kennet Long Barrow	Wiltshire
Silbury Hill	Wiltshire
Avebury Stone Circle	Wiltshire
Museum Of Computing	Wiltshire
Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings	Worcestershire

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Dominic is passionate about travel and all things web. He launched DayTripFinder in 2011 and also runs Dot Tourism, a digital marketing agency.

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http://harriyott.com Simon Harriyott

Love the Amberley working museum. There are some excellent geeky exhibits. http://www.flickr.com/photos/harriyott/sets/72157626126512892/
Anonymous

Excellent pics Simon, I’ll have to visit Arundel to take a look close up. Wouldn’t mind one of those green phones Would it be okay if we used a few photos on DayTripFinder (with credit of course)?
http://harriyott.com Simon Harriyott

Interestingly, my father used to make those phones. I still have one somewhere. Yes, the photos should all be CC licensed, so that would be fine.
Anonymous

Thanks Simon, will try and upload a few (including the phone one!) in the next few days.

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