Some of England’s best-known tourist attractions will reopen to the public this weekend following the gradual easing of the Covid-19 lockdown.
Even the statues at Madame Tussauds have been socially distanced – with some wearing masks outside the London venue – while planes were sanitised at the Imperial War Museum Duxford before an invasion of visitors.
The London Eye is ready to rotate again while staff were revving up at the Brooklands Museum for the restart.
And Castle Howard in North Yorkshire, one of England’s most celebrated stately homes, was also being made spick and span as the attraction prepares to reopen its doors.
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![Things have come full circle at the London Eye as visitors return (John Walton/PA)](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/748c249a040735da8368b92330da2690Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTk2MjAyODk2/2.54791354.jpg?w=640)
![The London Eye will start turning again following the lockdown (John Walton/PA)](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/23839da1cb3d579dd9991f553bc181a3Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTk2MjAyMzIx/2.54791364.jpg?w=640)
![Castle Howard employee Dr Chris Ridgway cleans an ornate 17th-century Delft tulip vase (Danny Lawson/PA)](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/dfa8f844fc904fe15d6e8dfb006620adY29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTk2MjAxOTU5/2.54794132.jpg?w=640)
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![Theresa Ellis prepares Castle Howard for reopening (Danny Lawson/PA)](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/a04e2dd615ecaf5edafc45e240895031Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaCwxNTk2MjAyMDMx/2.54793978.jpg?w=640)
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