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By playing The National Lottery, £30M you raise for good causes every week*

How would you like to visit the Eden Project’s amazing rainforest-in-captivity, spot kingfishers and grass snakes at one of Wales’s top nature reserves or explore a famous Scottish battlefield?

Whatever your dream day out looks like, let your imagination run riot as National Lottery Open Week kicks off today, with hundreds of UK venues offering free entry or other special offers until Sunday, June 13.

National Lottery Open Week is a big thank you to its players who raise £30 million for good causes every week*.

With hundreds of National Lotterysupported venues taking part, you won’t have to travel far to unlock the fun.To find out what’s on near you, simply enter your postcode at NationalLottery Unlocked.com.

For history buffs there’s free entry to many fascinating sights. Highlights include half-price entry and a free D-Day concert for National Lottery ticket holders at Biggin Hill Memorial Museum (the airfield was key during the

Battle of Britain). There’s also Culloden Battlefield, where the 1745 Jacobite rising came to a tragic end, and many of Scotland’s most majestic castles from Culzean to Kellie – all part of National Trust Scotland. Culture lovers can register for a free online creativity workshop with artist Robert Fitzmaurice. Get inspired at the Museum of Making in Derby with free tickets to the Scale exhibition, which examines prototypes, mapping and perspective. Or marvel at the beautiful pottery and porcelain tiles at the Allen Gallery in Alton, Hampshire, before enjoying a free hot drink in the cafe when you purchase another item.

For bookworms there’s free entry to the London museums dedicated to Charles Dickens and illustrator Heath Robinson, while aspiring writers will receive a free goodie bag at Grimm & Co, a Yorkshire-based charity running workshops to build confidence and creativity in the under-18s.

Wannabe engineers will adore the Concorde Exhibition at the National Museum of Flight in East Lothian, or the Morgans, Jaguars and Land Rovers at the British Motor Museum – both are offering free or discounted entry.

Craving the great outdoors? You can enjoy free entry to the Eden Project in Cornwall, which has a new Korean Garden open this summer, or visit one of the RSPB’s participating reserves free, including Conwy in Wales and Titchwell Marsh in Norfolk.