The battlemented exterior does not give the impression of a building, part of which dates back to the 1440s; the west tower with battlements and pinnacles dates from 1493. The church, which is dedicated to St Peter, was raised to cathedral status in ..

This merchants' district, Little Germany , was named after the booming mid-19C export trade with Germany. It has been cleaned and restored to enhance the high Victorian architecture. Many of the buildings were designed by Eli Mines (1830-1899) and i..

Part of the Science Museum, this museum houses Britain's largest cinema projector and a curved screen, 16 m high and 20 m wide, designed to show the Canadian IMAX projection system. The exhibition illustrates the history of photography, the cinema an..

The fascinating little Colour Museum is housed in the headquarters of the Society of Dyers and Colourists. The only museum of its kind in Great Britain, it puts on interactive exhibitions to explain the theory and use of colour.

Built in 1867 in Italian style, the Wool Exchange was the centre of the world's wool trade. Brokers still meet here once a week. The statues at the entrance are those of St Blaize, the patron saint of wool combers and Edward III who did much to encou..