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posted by Vacation Home Rentals on Apr 26

Birmingham is a diverse city in the county of the West Midlands, England and it is a really popular destination for short city breaks and  day trips. The city features a huge variety of first class tourist attractions including a great many churches which have Grade I status and other important structures as well as many museums and galleries, including Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery.

The Ikon Gallery is an art gallery which specialises in contemporary art which is located in the former Oozells Street Board School in Brindleyplace, however it was not always in such surroundings.

Founded in 1964 by four artists and Angus Skene.  The 4 artists were; David Prentice, Sylvani Merilion, Robert Groves and Jesse Bruton. Skene had acquired one of Prentice’s works of art and the two of them talked about the countless problems faced by local artists, which included the terrible lack of venues for local artists.  The discussion resulted in the basic concepts for Ikon which was to be a “gallery without walls”.

Angus initially funded the project, which consisted of mobile exhibitions in such varied locations as post offices and cinemas in a motorcycle sidecar. The idea was to allow the general public more access to art.  In order to to keep the expense minimal staffing was by the founding artists who did not charge. In 1965 the Gallery obtained a glass walled stall in the infamous Bull Ring shopping centre.

For almost 2 decades the Ikon Gallery moved from place to place until 1997 when it bought, with aid from the National Lottery, its present premises, the former Oozells Street Board School. In recent years the Ikon Gallery has held a number of exhibitions and its continual ability to produce the superb has caused it to become surprisingly popular, to such an extent that in 2006 it opened a second gallery, Ikon Eastside in  Digbeth.

If you are thinking about a short break in the city of Birmingham we hope that we have interested you enough to actually visit the Ikon Gallery. Also it is important to know that although there are many hotels in Birmingham finding bed and breakfast in Birmingham can every now and again be rather difficult. Because of this it is crucially important to book your accommodation at the earliest opportunity. You should know that Birmingham Airport is roughly 8 miles distance from the the city center just off the A45, near the M42. You will find there is a useful number of hotels and bed and breakfasts nearby the airport.

posted by Vacation Home Rentals on Apr 22

East Sussex, in the South East of England is an incredibly popular destination for vacations and extended breaks. Diverse vacations can be enjoyed ranging from rambling in the South Downs to vacations by the seaside. East Sussex really does offer a stunning range of vacation opportunities.

A great many visitors to the UK enjoy a trip to the seaside and the southern part of the county of East Sussex features a long stretch of coast, where there are towns such as Eastbourne, Hastings, Bexhill-on-Sea and Brighton & Hove.

The most popular seaside resort in East Sussex is Brighton & Hove, the largest seaside settlement in Britain. At one time Brighton was no more than a tiny fishing village however around 1750 a local doctor began to suggest that his patients should bathe in, and drink, seawater for their health, declaring that Brighton’s seawater was the finest. In only a few years, in seventeen eighty, Georgian terraces began to appear and the Brighton tourism industry was established.

Tourism received a boost by a visit by the Prince Regent (later King George IV of England) in 1783 and again with the arrival of the railway in 1841 (delivering swathes of day-trippers from as far away as London). Today the city gets about eight million visitors per annum and sometimes it seems as though you can hardly move for Brighton bed and breakfasts and tourists.

Another popular East Sussex seaside town is Eastbourne. Located at the east end of the South Downs, it is one of the United Kingdom’s sunniest towns. The town’s main industry is tourism and it has the typical pier as well as many other tourist attractions including a beach (shingle), numerous parks & gardens, museums and four theatres, as well as such things as a bandstand. Thankfully it is relatively easy to find cheap bed & breakfast, at least a little less expensive than many Brighton bed and breakfasts.

Besides the two seaside resorts introduced above, East Sussex also has the less well known, but very beautiful, seaside towns of Rye, Bexhill-on-Sea and Hastings, and numerous towns of interest inland such as the former market towns of Hailsham, Uckfield and Heathfield. A further fascinating East Sussex town well worth visiting is  Crowborough (situated in the middle of the Ashdown Forest), plus Battle and Lewes (the county town) as well as many others.

posted by Vacation Home Rentals on Jan 3

Long before the days of the Merchant Venturers, the city of Bristol has been a indispensable and thriving center of commercial enterprise, not simply as the gateway to theSouth but to world trade with a large and busy docks complex at Portbury and Avonmouth, near to Bristol, importing thousands of cars daily, 12 million tons of cargo employing more or less 5000 workers.  For this reason it has always been easy to find cars in Bristol for sale.

Bristol has always been plunged in History from the days of Isambard Kingdom Brunel and before, to the first trial flight of Concorde engineering at its best, adapting and lasting through good times and bad, withstanding the test of time encompassing ingenuity, dedication and passionateness symbolised by the evolution of the latest Bristol Space Planes project.

The recent recession has hit Bristol just as tough as any city around the earth but in Bristol and the west country, organizations have joined together to share ideas and offer up support and assistance to any business fighting the recession.  You can find some of these Bristol businesses in any good business directory for Bristol.

You can find numerous various comprehensive guides to Bristol online with Bristol business directories, employment in Bristol, Bristol property and community pages.  These types of internet site allow people to become connected with different people living in the area.  Whether they are looking to meet someone special with dates in Bristol or to try and arrange to eat at Bristol restaurants with a useful restaurant guide Bristol.

Bristol also has a bright music and arts scene with venues like the Colston Hall, Hippodrome and the charity St George’s concert hall. There are numerous nightspots and minor gigs taking place every night of the week. Last, but not least, the Old Vic Theatre Company and the very sucessfull Theatre School.  As a result of all these events taking place, many individuals from outside the area come to find places to stay in Bristol.  There are a enormous range of hotels Bristol to pick out from and they will meet most people’s budgets.

Shopping in the city of Bristol has just grown more stimulating with the starting of the Cabot Shopping centre in the center of Broadmead, including the lead names in designer shops and restaurants with parking for simply one pound an hour. With all that Bristol has to offer it would be a terrific idea for anyone to come and visit the urban center.