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"Churchill
Attractions" comprises representation from the following
sites:
This
informal group are able to offer a unique timeline through the
eventful life of this great statesman - "our Greatest Briton".
See where Churchill was born, where he lived and worked,
where he influenced, where he is buried and where he is remembered.
Ticketing
and promotional opportunities are being explored by the Group
and details will be posted onto this site very shortly.
Use
the links below to visit these sites in order to find out more
about
the unique life of this great statesman:
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 Blenheim
Palace, Oxfordshire |
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"At
Blenheim, I took two very important decisions - to be
born and to marry. I am happily content with the decisions
I took on both of these occasions"
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| Birthplace
of Winston Churchill in November 1874, Blenheim Palace is
a priceless national treasure and World Heritage Site. Visit
the Churchill Exhibition; enjoy a stroll in the gardens
and visit the Temple of Diana where Churchill proposed to
Clementine Hozier; and take time to visit Churchill's grave
in nearby Bladon. |
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| Bletchley
Park, Buckinghamshire |
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"Station
X" - "the geese that laid the golden eggs and
never cackled"
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During
World War Two, the German armed forces top secret codes
were broken at Bletchley Park thus providing Churchill
and the Allies with vital information towards their war
effort. The world's first programmable computer and other
pioneering technology were initiated at Bletchley Park
between 1939 and 1946.
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| Cabinet
War Rooms, London |
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"the
nerve centre of Britain's war effort"
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In
August 1939, one week before war began, the Cabinet War
Rooms became operational in a former government storage
basement. In the 30 rooms of this cramped and spartan refuge,
Churchill and his War Cabinet worked, slept and survived
the ferocious air attacks on London.
A major new museum illustrating the life of Winston Churchill
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| Chartwell,
Kent |
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"A
day away from Chartwell is a day wasted"
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The
family home of Sir Winston Churchill from 1924 until the
end of his life. Sir Winston loved Chartwell as a haven
away from the pressures of his public and political life.
The house and gardens remain as they were when he lived
there with his wife and family - a wonderful insight into
the private world of Britain's famous wartime Prime Minister.
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| Churchill
Archives Centre, Cambridge |
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"preserving
a heritage of greatness"
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Churchill Archives Centre, opened in 1973, holds over 570
collections of private papers covering the history of the
Churchill era and after, documenting all those fields of
public life in which Sir Winston Churchill himself played
a personal role or took an interest. Visits are by appointment
only to the Archives Centre; detailed catalogues are available
online. |
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