AllWays Traveller Features
Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens was founded in 1979 by former rubber planter and wildlife enthusiast Ken Sims. Its landscaped grounds feature a special collection of rare animals from Asia and includes endangered tigers, crocodiles and gibbons. The Thrigby Hall Conservation Fund supports a range of local and international conservation projects. Durin...
The Old Royal Naval College, part of Maritime Greenwich UNESCO World Heritage Site, has a virtual tour of the Painted Hall. A 360-degree virtual tour of the Painted Hall, narrated by actress Tara Fitzgerald, provides visitors with the opportunity to explore 'Britain's Sistine Chapel' up close. The Painted Hall re-opened in 2019 after an award-winni...
The Stratford Butterfly Farm has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help raise funds for the tropical butterfly farmers that they work with. Most of the 250 different species of butterflies found at the Butterfly Farm and around 2,000 individual butterflies, are imported from butterfly farmers in the tropics. Stratford Butterfly Farm buys their butter...
VisitScotland's marketing team, working from their own homes, have produced a short film to remind visitors what Scotland has to offer, trigger memories of previous visits and highlight it will still be there when travel is possible again. Built around the idea that absence makes the heart grow fonder, the film features stunning visuals from Sk...
The UK Government has submitted a bid to UNESCO for the Welsh slate landscape that includes the Talyllyn Railway to become a World Heritage Site. If successful, it will see Gwynedd's Slate Landscape join the Great Wall of China the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier Reef as UNESCO sites. The Talyllyn Railway is a narrow-gauge railway opened for g...
Ruby Hotels, the Munich-based hotel brand and pioneer of the 'Lean Luxury' philosophy, has launched its first UK property in London's Southbank. Located on Southbank's Lower Marsh, Ruby Lucy's interior design is inspired by the area's bustling fairs and markets, entertainment and theatre scene, with a carnival theme running throughout the hotel. Ri...