The Bank Holiday weekend is almost here and to get you in the mood Decode Studios has done a special RUOTW - bank holiday edition!

Stuck for something to do? We’ve scouted the internet to find the 5 top places to go. 

1. The National Space Centre is the largest space centre in the UK and is a great day out for adults and children.

2. Chatsworth House is in the heart of Derbyshire. It offers an exhibition, garden, farmyard, adventure playground, grift shops and restaurants open every day.

3. Located in the outskirts of Marton in North Yorkshire, Eden Camp is an award winning Modern History Museum placed in an original World War Two prisoner of war camp. 

4. The Langham Glass company is in Norfolk. They sell beautiful glass from the contempory to the quite unusual.

5. If aviation is more your thing then don’t miss Norwich Aviation Museum. It’s the best chance you have to get up close to planes that used to carry nuclear bombs.

The full title of the country is ‘the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’:

• Great Britain is made up of England, Scotland and Wales
• the United Kingdom (UK) is made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are not part of the UK. The term ’British Isles’ covers the UK, all of Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

In mid-2003 the UK population was 59.6 million.

The average age was 38.4 years.

There are more people in the UK aged over 60 (12.4 million), than there are children under 16 (11.7 million).

The UK population is growing. It grew by 232,100 people in the year to mid-2003, and the growth was 0.4 per cent in each of the years since mid-2001. The UK population has increased by 6.5 per cent in the last 30 years or so, from 55.9 million in mid-1971. It is one of the largest populations in the European Union (EU), accounting for 13 per cent of the total.

Every ten years, a population census takes place. Statistics for the last census (2001) are available online. Full details, including individual census returns, are available for the censuses held in 1901 and earlier. SOURCE

With that, all of us at Decode Studios hope you have a happy and fun filled bank holiday and make the most of your extra long weekend.