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Redhills
Penrith
Cumbria
CA11 0DQ
Telephone: 01768 868000
Fax: 01768 868002
Website: www.rheged.com The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites. Every day at Rheged
Films
The Living Sea explores the last frontier on earth.
Mysteries of Egypt - a National Geographic Film. Fly down the Nile, soar over the great Pyramids and descend into the sacred tomb of Tutankhamun.
Everest - The Movie
Rheged - The Movie
Shops
Saunders Chocolate Workshop
Mountain Life Outdoor Adventure Shop
Food from the Fells
The Paper Mill Shop
Others
Everest - 'The Top of the World' Exhibition
Children's indoor play area
Restaurant Rheged's awards
Voted Best Large Visitor Attraction in the Cumbria for Excellence Awards 2002
British Airways Tourism for Tomorrow Award for the
Built Environment 2001
Voted "Best Day Out" by the readers of the Cumberland News | | | FACTS | | Rheged was the name of the ancient Celtic Kingdom of Cumbria. Rheged is Europe's largest grass covered building. Rheged was opened in August 2000 by Lord Melvyn Bragg of Wigton and in April 2003, welcomed its millionth visitor. The cinema screen at Rheged is the size of six double decker buses. Rheged has disabled access to all levels of the building and shopmobility trolleys are bookable in advance. · The Everest 'The Top of the World' Exhibition is the only exhibition of its kind anywhere in the world. Rheged is an £18 million development designed to minimise the impact
on the landscape and be environmentally friendly in operation. 77% of the funding for Rheged came from Westmorland Motorway Services. The remainder of the funding was from the European Regional Development Fund, English Partnerships, the North West Development Agency and Cumbria
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| | Rheged is open every day from 10am - 5.30pm, and is home to a giant cinema screen showing four films daily: Rheged - The Movie, Everest, Mysteries of Egypt and The Living Sea. Rheged is also home to local craft, & gift shops, artists exhibitions, restaurants, tourist information centre, and children's indoor play area. Located just off M6 (Junction 40) at Penrith. FRIDAY 23 JANUARY 2004
8.00pm
SIR CHRIS BONINGTON - BOUNDLESS HORIZONS
Chris Bonington is undoubtedly Britain's best-known mountaineer. This lecture looks beyond his well documented expeditions to Everest, to his adventures on some of the most famous - as well as other less well known - mountains around the world. His career has encompassed exploratory climbs in Patagonia, the first British ascent of the Eiger's North Face, the first ascent the Central Pillar of Freney and leadership of groundbreaking Himalayan expeditions. He has an amazing wealth of mountaineering experience. This lecture will give an insight into a remarkable man's adventurous career.
Ticket price: £13.50
Supper (needs to be pre-booked): £5.00
Entry to Everest: Top of the World Exhibition £3.90
To book your tickets please call 01768 860 005. SATURDAY 24 JANUARY 2004
MOVIE MEAL EVENING- SHACKLETON & EVEREST
Rheged is pleased to announce the return of Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure as part of our Movie Meal Evening; also showing tonight on our giant cinema screen is Everest - The Movie, the world's most popular giant movie. The Bluebird Bar is open from 5.30pm, Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure will be shown at 6.30pm, a four-course dinner will be served at 7.30pm and at 9.30pm Everest - The Movie.
For film and dinner - £20.00 per person
Two films and dinner £24.00 per person
To book please call 01768 860 090 between 8.30am and 5.30pm. SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2004
8.00pm
KARL FARKAS - OF SNOW, ICE, SLEDS AND HUSKIES
Karl in an experienced mountaineer, adventure traveller and wilderness photographer who was lucky enough to be in Antarctica when dog teams were still in use with the British Antarctic Survey. The Antarctic is undoubtedly one of the most stunning places on the planet and sledding with dogs was the most traditional of polar travel methods. Karl outlines the challenge and the joy of a method of travel that has vanished from the snowfields, glaciers and ice piedmonts of the Great White South.
Ticket price: £6.00
Supper (needs to be pre-booked): £5.00
Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure £3.90
Entry to Everest: Top of the World Exhibition £3.90
To book your tickets please call 01768 860 005 FRIDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2004
8.00pm
COLIN PRIOR - PHOTOGRAPHING WILD PLACES
Colin Prior has established a well-deserved reputation as one of the world's finest and most exciting photographers of wild places. While his work makes use of the latest in wide format camera technology, his success in communicating the essence of wilderness, through his amazingly vibrant work, is the result of dogged determination, persistence and skill. This has mostly involved being in the right place at the right time - typically dawn and dusk - to capture critically acclaimed images. In this talk, supported by some of his finest shots, he will give an insight into the skills, approach and philosophy that have made him one of the finest photographers of his generation.
Ticket price: £10.00
Supper (needs to be pre-booked): £5.00
Entry to Everest: Top of the World Exhibition £3.90.
To book your tickets please call 01768 860 005 SATURDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2004
ST VALENTINES MOVIE MEAL EVENING
Special movie meal evening. Have a drink in the Bluebird Bar followed by a candlelit dinner in Taliesin restaurant. Then settle back in your cinema seat as Ryan O'Neal and Ally MacGraw play out the drama in the classic 1970s hit 'Love Story' (1970, PG, 99mins) shown on the giant cinema screen. £20 per person. Movie only, £5 per person. To book call 01768 860090. Bar opens 7pm. Dinner 7.30pm. Movie 9pm THURSDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2004
BIRDBOX BONANZA
Bring your children along and build a bird box in our Education Room. This event is being held in conjunction with East Cumbria Countryside Project. All materials are provided.
The cost of the workshop is £8.00 per box, just bring along a hammer and have a fun afternoon. From 1.00pm through to 4.00pm (3 x 1 hour sessions).
Please call 01768 860 090 to book tickets. FRIDAY 20 - THURSDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2004
8pm
TOUCHING THE VOID (PG)
Described as 'Breathtakingly Beautiful' (The Observer) and 'Powerful, Painful, Unmissable' (The Sunday Times), this is the true-life tale of two ambitious young mountaineers, Simon Yates and Joe Simpson, who in 1985, set out to scale the unclimbed West Face of Siula Grande, a remote and treacherous peak in the Peruvian Andes. Following a successful 3-day ascent, disaster struck. Witness the life or death struggle of Joe Simpson, as he attempts to escape the clutches of a massive crevasse and fight his way off a 23,000ft mountain with a badly broken leg.
To book call on 01768 860 025. FRIDAY 5 MARCH 2004
7.30pm
SIMON YATES - BEYOND THE VOID
Simon Yates is perhaps best known for his role in the epic mountaineering tale - Touching the Void. He's the one who cut the rope! Simon will be presenting a stunning new illustrated lecture, Beyond the Void. Outlining 18 years of adventures amongst the world's most stunning peaks, he will take a philosophical and humorous view at some of his more notable experiences and achievements. Tickets are £10.00 and includes entry into the Everest; The Top of the World Exhibition. A one-course supper will also be available for £5.00. To book call 01768 860 005. Text supplied by Rheged. |
