Following work on a tourism plan for the Durham Cathedral and Castle World Heritage Site, we have been appointed by Durham Cathedral to give further advice on plans to display the Lindisfarne Gospels book at the Cathedral in 2013.
Archive for November, 2010
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Durham Cathedral
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Sounding the Sill
Bowles Green has recently worked on two research projects – Design Your Day and Living Landscapes – which included focus groups and pilot projects (nature safaris, orienteering, woodcrafts and looked to identify effective ways to engage target audiences (young people aged 11-18, ‘young explorers’ and ‘explorer families’) in the landscape surrounding Hadrian’s Wall.
The work (which was supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund) is being used to guide the redesign of the Northumberland National Park Authority’s visitor centre at Once Brewed and other interpretation and communications activity.
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New International Section added to ‘Our Work’
We’ve recently updated the “Our Work” section on the website to include examples of when Bowles Green has worked on a number of international projects. To go straight to the new section click here.
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The Falkland Islands
Steve Green helped with the re-development of tourism in the Falkland Islands following the 1982 conflict and the second ‘Shackleton Report’ on economic development of the islands. He produced and implemented a marketing strategy, represented the Islands in he UK, Europe and North America, sat on the Falkland Islands Tourist Board, helped to establish a direct airlink to Chile and inform tourism policy before handing these roles to staff at the London office of the Falkland Islands Government.
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Birdwatching in Bonaire
Steve Green visited the Dutch Antilles island of Bonaire to advise on the potential to develop birdwatching tourism. Interviews with birdwatchers, consulting bird and nature tour operators and site visits to the island informed the conclusion that bird watching could be developed as a 2-3 day add-on activity.
Who we work with
- The National Trust
- RSPB
- Forestry Commission England
- Lake District National Park
- One North East
- Cumbria Tourism
- Northumberland National Park
- Natural History Museum
- Countryside Council for Wales
- Northumberland Coast