Links
Here are links to some of the many organisations Played in Britain has come across in its researches. If you would like us to feature your site, send an email with full details to . Also, please visit our featured museum archive.
Friends of Played in Britain
- English Heritage, our esteemed publishers and partners
- Historic Scotland, our esteemed partner north of the border
- Glasgow City Council, sponsors of Played in Glasgow
- Liverpool 08, sponsors of Played in Liverpool
- Manchester City Council, sponsors of Played in Manchester
- Birmingham City Council, sponsors of Played in Birmingham
- Populous (formerly HOK), sponsors of Engineering Archie, designers of the new Wembley, the new Emirates Stadium, the Reebok Stadium and many more fine buildings
- S&P Architects, sponsors of Great Lengths and Liquid Assets, have designed numerous swimming pools around Britain and are currently working with Zaha Hadid on the London Aquatics Centre for 2012
If your company would be interested in sponsoring future Played in Britain titles please contact us
Britain's sporting museums
- Arsenal FC at the Emirates Stadium
- Badminton at Milton Keynes
- Bradford City AFC at Valley Parade
- Cricket, at Lords
- Cycling at Llandindrod Wells
- Golf, at St. Andrews
- Grand Prix at Donington Park
- Horse Racing at Newmarket
- Lancashire County Cricket Club at Old Trafford
- Lawn Tennis, at Wimbledon
- Liverpool FC at Anfield
- Manchester United FC at Old Trafford
- Motor Cycling at Bickenhill
- Motor Racing at Brooklands
- National Fencing Museum
- National Football Museum, Preston
- Real Tennis, at Hampton Court and elsewhere
- River and Rowing, at Henley
- Rugby Union, at Twickenham
- Scottish Football, at Hampden Park
- Surfing at Brighton
- Warwickshire CCC at Edgbaston
General sporting heritage
- Sports Heritage Network
- Cricketing heritage in Calderdale and Kirklees
- lidos - the definitive site
- Groundtastic - the football grounds fanzine site
- Salford Lads Club
- Falkland Palace, the world's oldest tennis court
- Roman circus in Colchester
- British Society of Sports Historians
- Joseph Strutt online edition
- Martin Polley's sport history blog
- Rugby football history
- Traditional games
- John Hulley, Olympian
Pub games
- The Online Guide to Traditional Games
- East Kent Friendly Bat and Trap
- Canterbury & District Bat & Trap League
- Sevenoaks & District Bat & Trap League
- British Isles Backgammon Association
- Coventry Backgammon Club
- Gammoned.com
- Pétanque in Great Britain
- David Parlett Games
- Card Games
- St Austell & District Euchre League
- St Ives & District Euchre League
- Arun Cribbage League
- All England Bar Billiards Association
- Chester & District Bagatelle League
- Lewes & District Bar Billiards League
- Patrick Chaplin - darts historian
- Domino games
- Toad in the hole
- Quoits in Wales
- Suffolk Quoits
- Ring Board
- Bampton & District Aunt Sally Association
- Oxford & District Aunt Sally Association
- London Skittles
- Irish Skittles
- British Foosball Association
Pools and Pools Campaigns
- Saltdean Lido, near Brighton
- Haggerston Pool Campaign, Hackney, London
- The London Pools Campaign
- Victoria Baths, Manchester
- Cleveland Pleasure Baths, Bath
- King's Meadow Swimming Pool
- Save Britain's Heritage
- Save Broomhill Lido, Ipswich
- Kentish Town Baths, London
- Save Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
- www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com
- Govanhill Baths, Glasgow
- Ladywell Pool, Lewisham, London
- Moseley Road Baths, Birmingham
- Poplar Baths, east London
- Victoria Leisure Centre, Nottingham
- Hilsea Lido Pool for the People Trust
- The Lido, Bristol (formerly the Clifton Pool)
- Save Ripon Spa Baths
Uppies and Downies
- Ashbourne Shrovetide football
- Haxey Hood game
- Kirkwall Ba' Game
- More Kirkwall Ba' Game
- Doc Rowe archive
- Eton Wall Game
- Pathe News for film clips of games at Ashbourne, Alnwick, Chester-le-Street and others
- Wacky Nation - crazy British goings-on
- Workington Uppies and Downies
Architecture and atmosphere
- Pastscape
- 20th Century Society
- Victorian Society
- Cinemas
- Classic cafés
- Peter Ashley's Unmitigated England
- Old tube stations
- National Piers Society
- Victorian Turkish baths
- Lost London
- Corrugated iron... yes, really
- Tin tabernacle website too
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