Herschel Museum of Astronomy
The house where William Herschel discovered Uranus from the back garden in 1781.
A modest Georgian terrace house where the musician-turned-astronomer built his telescopes and, with his sister Caroline, found a new planet from the garden. The rooms are furnished as they were, with his workshop in the basement. Small, cheap and indoors; an hour for anyone with an interest in the sky.
When it works
Indoors, so the weather does not matter. Best morning, afternoon.
Good for going solo and kids.
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