From Britain’s first public museum to the birthplace of the Beatles, find out where the country’s cultural history was created
The Cavern Club
Back in February 1961, the first incarnation of the Beatles played their first ever gig at a sweaty jazz club in Liverpool’s city centre. The band would go on to make nearly 300 appearances at the venue, cementing its place in music history. Today’s Cavern Club is actually a replica, located across the street from the original, but remains a mecca for Fab Four fans.
10 Mathew St, Liverpool, L2 6RE
Dulwich Picture Gallery
When Sir Francis Bourgeois bequeathed his collection of old masters for “public inspection” after his death in 1811, his friend Sir John Soane set to work designing this, England’s first purpose-built picture gallery. Bourgeois himself is buried on site in a mausoleum.
Gallery Road, Dulwich, London, SE21 7AD
