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Piles Copse
Piles Copse is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) within Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England. It is located 5km north of the town of Ivybridge in the valley of the River Erme, north of a stream called Piles Brook. This area is protected because it contains one of the few examples of ancient upland woodlands on Dartmoor and contains a high diversity of moss species.
Piles Copse
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Piles Copse
Piles Copse is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) within Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England. It is located 5km north of the town of Ivybridge in the valley of the River Erme, north of a stream called Piles Brook. This area is protected because it contains one of the few examples of ancient upland woodlands on Dartmoor and contains a high diversity of moss species.
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Pensnett Halt railway station
Local GemsPensnett Halt was a small railway stop on the Wombourne Branch Line. It was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1925 and closed in 1932. The halt served the small town of Pensnett.
Pensnett Halt railway station
View pinToddington, Gloucestershire
Local GemsToddington is a village and civil parish in north Gloucestershire in Tewkesbury Borough, located approximately 12 miles (19 km) north-east of Cheltenham with a population of 419 at the 2011 census.
Toddington, Gloucestershire
View pinScuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow
Local GemsOn 21 June 1919, shortly after the end of the First World War, the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet was scuttled by its sailors while held off the harbour of the British Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The fleet was interned there under the terms of the Armistice of 11 November 1918 while negotiations took place over its fate. Fearing that either the British would seize the ships unilaterally or the German government at the time might reject the Treaty of
Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow
View pinTudor Grange Academy, Solihull
Local GemsTudor Grange Academy is a co-educational Academy and technology college located in Solihull, West Midlands, England. Formerly known as Tudor Grange Grammar School and Tudor Grange Secondary School. It was originally a boys' grammar school for around 650 boys. A girls grammar school was built later and both original schools now form part of the current academy.
Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull
View pinLower Swell War Memorial
Local GemsLower Swell War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the centre of the village of Lower Swell in Gloucestershire in south-western England. The memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, was unveiled in 1921 and is today a grade II listed building.
Lower Swell War Memorial
View pinNewton Castle
Local GemsNewton Castle, a Category A listed building dating to the mid-16th century, stands near the town of Blairgowrie in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It had minor alterations in the 18th century, and in 1883 a wing was added to the northwest, possibly by Lake Falconer. A subterranean vault, possibly discovered in 1911, is listed separately.
Newton Castle
View pinSt Peter's Church, Mawdesley
Local GemsSt Peter's Church is in High Street in the village of Mawdesley, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chorley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
St Peter's Church, Mawdesley
View pinConnel Bridge
Local GemsConnel Bridge is a cantilever bridge that spans Loch Etive at Connel in Scotland. The bridge takes the A828 road across the narrowest part of the loch, at the Falls of Lora. It is a category B listed structure.
Connel Bridge
View pinNew Downs
Local GemsNew Downs is a farm near Camborne and St Agnes in Cornwall, England.
New Downs
View pinCarbisdale Castle
Local GemsCarbisdale Castle was built in 1907 for the Duchess of Sutherland on a hill across the Kyle of Sutherland from Invershin in the Scottish Highlands. From 1945 to 2011 it was used as a youth hostel, operated by the Scottish Youth Hostels Association. The castle is situated north of Culrain, and around 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north-west of Bonar Bridge. It lies within the civil parish of Kincardine and Community council of Ardgay and District.
Carbisdale Castle
View pinSandymouth Beach
Local GemsSandymouth is a beach three miles (5 km) north of Bude in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
Sandymouth Beach
View pinChurch Lench
Local GemsChurch Lench is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of South Lenches, in the Wychavon district, in the county of Worcestershire, England, approximately 5.5 miles due north of Evesham and 13 miles due west of Stratford-upon-Avon. It is the largest of the surrounding Lenches, accommodating the Lenches Sports Club, the Lenches Members' Club, Church Lench First School, Church Lench preschool and the Church Lench Village Hall.
Church Lench
View pinChetton
Local GemsChetton is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. According to the 2011 census the parish had a population of 349. It is about 20 miles (32 km) to the West of Wolverhampton in West Midlands and South of Telford. The parish church has a fine set of church bells.
Chetton
View pinNewport Law Courts, Isle of Wight
Local GemsNewport Law Courts, also known as the Isle of Wight Combined Court Centre, is a Crown Court venue which deals with criminal cases, as well as a County Court, which deals with civil cases, in Quay Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, England. It also accommodates the local magistrates' court.
Newport Law Courts, Isle of Wight
View pinAshton under Hill
Local GemsAshton under Hill is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire in England. It is situated at the foot of Bredon Hill. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 743, about six miles south-west of Evesham. A five house hamlet named Paris is located above the village with panoramic views over the surrounding hills.
Ashton under Hill
View pinAshton-under-Hill railway station
Local GemsAshton-under-Hill railway station was a station on the Midland Railway between Great Malvern and Evesham. It served Ashton under Hill in Worcestershire.
Ashton-under-Hill railway station
View pinWickhamford
Local GemsWickhamford is a village and a civil parish in Worcestershire, England. It is situated on the A44 road approximately halfway between the towns of Evesham and Broadway. It is mentioned in 1086 in the Domesday Book under the name of Wiquene when it was owned by Evesham Abbey. The origin of the name Wickhamford is unknown. The second element refers to a ford. The first element may be the tribal name Wycwona, or derived from the Welsh gwiggwaun meaning 'wood moor'.
Wickhamford
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