Today we visit the University of Manchester’s Jodrell Bank Observatory, home to two Grade I listed radio telescopes and a centre for groundbreaking research in the fields of astronomy and interferometry.
Join Emma Barnett, Jane Sidell (Historic England Inspector of Ancient Monuments) and category judge Professor Lord Robert Winston for the final instalment in the Science & Discovery category.
Find out more and nominate a place at https://historicengland.org.uk/100places
Irreplaceable: A History of England in 100 Places is a Historic England podcast, sponsored by Ecclesiastical
A Bronze Age time capsule and haunting seaside abbeys
George Orwell and The Hacienda
The Brontës, Dickens and the 100 Club
Austen, Handel and Hendrix
Stratford, stereo sound and Socialism
Royal Processions and Olympic Feats
The birthplace of the Paralympics and post-war theatre
Cathedrals of tennis and rugby, and a much-loved lido
Cricket, a steeplechase and a beautiful ballroom
Sport and Leisure double bill on the 9th of January 2018
Post-war prefabs & social housing
Victoria & Abdul, industrial villages & experimental horticulture
Public parks, allotments & a very grand design
Castle life & the birth of charity
I do like to be beside the seaside
The great outdoors
Pubs, trains & New England
What did the Romans do for travel & tourism?
DNA, Rosalind Franklin & Photo 51
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