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THE SILVERSTONE EXPERIENCE
MOTOR racing fans will want to head over to Silverstone to see a new exhibition about the sport’s history.
As part of a £20m project, the archive of the British Racing Drivers’ Club is to go on display in a newly restored Second World War RAF hangar.
Visitors will learn about the science behind the modern-day sport as well as seeing historic cars and bikes. On display will be Barry Sheene’s 1979 Suzuki, leathers and helmet – modified with a hole to allow him to smoke whilst wearing it – and Nigel Mansell’s 1992 British Grand Prix-winning Williams.
Archive items on display for the launch include a driver scrapbook from the 1940s, a collection of BRDC gold stars won by F1 champion James Hunt and a 1992 Grand Prix signing-on sheet featuring the signatures of Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, Mansell and Damon Hill.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund-backed attraction will open its doors on October 25 at Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire. Tickets from £14 per person for day tickets (based on a family of four). Visit silverstone-experience.co.uk
ENJOY A LUXURIOUS BATH
BATH is bathed in Georgian splendour and this boutique bolthole is no exception.
The Broad Street Townhouse has 11 impeccable bedrooms, set over three floors and a cute cafe which morphs into a bar by night.
Near to Bath’s famous Pulteney Bridge, this Grade II-listed property has been beautifully restored. There’s Victorian tiling, high ceilings, sash windows and lovely watercolours and framed botanical prints in the rooms.
Breakfast comes delivered to your room in a wicker basket.
Doubles from £145, B&B. See broadstreettownhouse.co.uk