Bollocks to Alton Towers: Uncommonly British Days Out () is a humorous travel book written by Robin Halstead, Jason Hazeley, Alex Morris, and Joel Morris (the creators of The Framley Examiner), which showcases unusual attractions, left-field museums and one-off days out in the United Kingdom.
The introduction describes the book as "a collection of the underdogs of British tourism... [that] say more about Britain and the British than any number of corkscrew thrill rides or high-tech Interactive Visitor Experiences."
The book was published in hardback by Michael Joseph Ltd (an imprint of the Penguin Group) in 2005. It was also published in paperback by Penguin Books in 2006. The book received favourable reviews from The Times, The Press, and The Daily Telegraph. A sequel, titled Far From the Sodding Crowd, was published in hardback in 2007. A paperback edition, More Bollocks to Alton Towers, () was published in April 2008.
A short documentary, Far From the Sodding Crowd, was made in 2009 and features some of the attractions included in both books, as well as writers Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris.
Contents
Attractions covered in the book:
Blackgang Chine
British Lawnmower Museum
Peasholm Park Naval Warfare
Louis Tussaud's House of Wax - No longer open
Kelvedon Hatch Nuclear Bunker
Porteath Bee Centre
Mad Jack's Sugar Loaf
Keith and Dufftown Railway
The EastEnders Set
Pitt Rivers Museum
Eden Ostrich World - No longer open
Keith Harding's World of Mechanical Music - No longer open
Shah Jahan Mosque
The Beckham Trail
Mother Shipton's Cave and Dripping Well
Apollo Pavilion
Hamilton Toy Collection
Imber
Cumberland Pencil Museum
Pack o' Cards Inn
Diggerland
Orford Ness
The Wellcome Collection of Medical History
Cast Courts, Victoria and Albert Museum
Tebay Services
The Williamson Tunnels
Barometer World
Portmeirion
Edinburgh Camera Obscura and World of Illusions
The Dinosaur Park and Tidal Lake
House of Marbles
Dennis Severs' House
Bletchley Park
The Workhouse Museum
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South Bridge Vaults
Gnome Magic
A La Ronde
Port Sunlight
Morpeth Bagpipe Museum
Bekonscot Model Village
Avebury
Christ's House
References
External links
Far From the Sodding Crowd (Film) - Film not currently available (as of 30 August 2015) Far From the Sodding Crowd (Film) - on Vimeo