Roam the Dome
There are only 37 Dome-hopping days until New Year's Eve when the country's biggest white elephant packs its trunks forever. It's still a great family day out. The Learning, Work and Home Planet zones are only outshone by the acrobatic feats of The Millennium Experience show.
Open daily, 9am-8pm. £20/£16.50/ family £57. Drawdock Rd, London SE10 (0870 6062000).

Northern lights
Edinburgh's festive season begins this week with a traditional German-style market, Norwegian tree-lighting ceremony and the largest outdoor ice rink in Britain.
Nov 29-Dec 24. For more information call 0131-473 3800.

Past lives
Step back in time at Milestones, Hampshire's brand new living-history museum. Highlights include re-created street scenes, hands-on interactive areas and staff in period costume.
Opens Nov 25. £5.95/ £2.95. Tues-Fri 10am-5pm. Sat-Sun 10am-6pm. The Leisure Park, Churchill Way West, Basingstoke (01256 477 766).

Yorkshire Yule
Forty of Yorkshire's historic properties will be holding Christmas events from wreath-making classes and carols by candlelight to deer-watching walks.
Further information: 01482 888158.

Thumbs up
Original visor helmets worn almost 2,000 years ago and stone monuments from Pompeii are part of the British Museum's Gladiators and Caesars exhibition, a must for all Russell Crowe fans.
Until Jan 21. 10am-5pm. £6/£3. The British Museum, Great Russell St, London (020-7323 8299).

Christmas theme
Drayton Manor Theme Park has all the usual rides plus a giant Christmas tree, pantomime, Santa's grotto and seasonal shopping.
Open weekends until Dec 10, then daily from Dec 16-24. Rides open 11am till dusk. £9.75/£7.75/£32.50. Drayton Manor Family Theme Park, nr Tamworth, Staffordshire (01827 287 979).

Languid poses
Twenty idealised female beauties by Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti are on view in Birmingham, including the Blue Bower masterpiece.
Until Jan 14. Free. 10am-5pm. Mon-Sat, noon-5pm. Sun. Barber Institute of Fine Arts, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham (0121-414 7333).

Bobbin along
The National Christmas Lacemaker's fair features frames, antique lace, supplies and over 100 exhibitors.
Nov 25-26.10am-5pm. £5. National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham (0121-767 3888).