Heritage Sunday

Over the last 3 days it has been a "heritage weekend" in the UK

Lots of building, museums, churches, civic building opened their doors free to the public.

We visited Newstead Abbey which is only a few minutes down the road.

Newstead Abbey is steeped in the history of Lord Byron / D H Lawerence.

When I say it was free, the Abbey was free admission, but you still had to pay to enter the grounds (£6-00) per car oe £1-00 per walker. We paid the "walkers fee'.

Edited in GIMP with a "National Geographic" filter (yes I did say National Geographic).

[Annie D]

how interesting
I hope the fee goes towards preserving the architecture

[Phil Howcroft]

@annied thanks annie, the grounds and abbey are owned by thecity of Nottingham Council

[Gena Pegg]

Lovely image and great perspective. Free is a very good price...even when its not! hahaha!! Still, a bargain to see this lovely piece of architecture

[Sylvia du Toit]

Fav for me. Beautiful building. Suppose no photos inside?

[Ali P]

Nice flash of colour Phil

[Sylvia du Toit]

Just an invitation to take part in the F-word challenge. Any photo of something hanging from a chain or rope. There are so many things waiting to be photoghraphed. How about taking a photo of your favourite jewellery. A chain with a pendant or a light hanging on chains from the ceiling. Looking forward to see more photos in this challenge. For details see Discuss, themes...

[Judith Johnson]

Super shot Phil. We had such a busy weekend we didn't manage to get to any this year.

[Pat Knowles]

Love that rounded turret with the beautiful window! Rupert Murdock has bought National Geographic! Might never be the same again...he will want to make money on it!

[Phil Howcroft]

@happypat thanks Pat, I was a little disappointed inside the Abbey, the light was poor and dim and not good for photos.

@busylady thanks Judith, , next year then :)

@sdutoit thanks for the invite Sylvia, I do struggle a bit with my photos, finding the time shoot, edit, post and comment can be difficult. I'll se what I can do :)

@alinz thanks Ali, yes nice colours indeed

@eyesmile all part of our heritage Gena, these old buildings cost a fortune to maintain and keep in top condition

[Allison Williams]

Beautiful architecture. Love the family for additional interest and scale.

[Hazel]

I also wanted to title this 'the entrance'!! The figures give the building scale.

[Phil Howcroft]

@quietpurplehaze oooh yes good choice of title haze :-)

[Phil Howcroft]

@allie912 thanks Allison, I know you appreciate the grandeur of our architecture from your visit to Oxford a couple of years ago :-)