WE have compiled a list of alternative spots to visit when coming to Worcester.
With this list, we wanted to move away from the typically recommended spots in Worcester that are well-known to tourists and offer something different for your next visit.
The list features activities, attractions and businesses that are all well worth exploring in the city.
Worcester Medical Museums
Worcester has two medical museums which are both free to enter throughout the year, apart from Bank Holidays when they are closed.
The Royal Infirmary Museum is based on the University of Worcester's City Campus and is open Monday to Saturday between 10am to 3pm.
The museum is an interactive exhibition combining history, science, art and technology to explore the medical stories of one of England’s oldest infirmaries.
Worcester Infirmary operated from this site from 1771 until 2002 and at that time observed many advances in healthcare and innovation.
Also in the city, you have the George Marshall Medical Museum at Worcestershire Royal Hospital, which is open between Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm.
The George Marshall Medical Museum is situated in the Charles Hastings Education Centre and exhibits a collection of objects illustrating the way that medicine and healthcare have developed over the past 250 years.
Cafe Afloat
Cafe Afloat is a quirky, independent business in a converted canal boat moored in Diglis Basin.
The cafe serves meals, snacks and drinks on the water and has tables on the quayside for customers to sit and enjoy.
In October, the business was among one of the top ten per cent best in the world, according to TripAdvisor reviews from customers.
This commendation was announced as part of TripAdvisor's Travellers' Choice 2022 and was posted on the businesses social media thanking its customers and staff.
Retroids
Retroids, on New Street, is a video game bar featuring a selection of pinball machines and classic arcade games.
The business is planning to move to a larger location on College Street after plans to open around the corner on Pump Street fell through at the last minute almost a year ago.
The business serves a variety of craft beers and is a great place to bring friends when visiting the city.
The Cardinal's Hat
This city centre pub, on Friar Street, is Worcester's oldest inn and originally dates back to the fourteenth century.
In 2013, a restoration project turned it back into a traditional English ale house retaining a wonderful sense of its unique heritage.
The pub still offers rooms when visiting Worcester, as well as a host of drinks and food.
Worcester Paint Festival Tour
The Worcester Paint Festival 2022 was held between Saturday, September 17 to Sunday, September 18.
The festival brings artists from across the UK, and local emerging artists together to celebrate creativity.
Giant murals were commissioned around the city, which can be visited by following the Worcester Paint Festival Map.
On your next trip to Worcester, why not follow the trail and find some quirky art?
For more information on where to find the locations, visit https://worcesterpaintfestival.co.uk/map/.
The King Charles House
This historic New Street pub is most famous for King Charles II famously fleeing from the pub nearly 300 years ago in a dramatic escape during the Battle of Worcester.
Tourists often make a pit stop at the pub because the building has been around before the United States of America declared independence from Great Britain in 1776.
Mediums have also claimed that the pub that ghosts run around the cellar of the pub as well.
Now, the pub is popular for its pies and cosy interior.
Diglis Fish Pass
The Diglis Fish Pass, on the banks of the River Severn, contains a room below the water with a large viewing window where fish can be seen making their way upstream.
Two cameras are stationed in the viewing room, which both monitor every fish which passes through.
The viewing window is illuminated with a backlight so that the cameras can detect fish at all times of the day.
Fish that can be seen at the window include twait shad, dace, lampreys (or vampire fish), pike and even salmon.
For more information on tours of the Fish Pass, you can visit https://www.unlockingthesevern.co.uk/diglis-island-fish-pass-tours/.
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