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Butlin's Pwllheli was a holiday camp located near Pwllheli in Wales. The site is now used by Haven Holidays for a caravan park and has been renamed Hafan y Môr. When originally opened in 1947, it was named Butlin's Pwllheli. In 1987 it was named Pwllheli Holiday World, and in 1990 it was renamed Starcoast World.
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View pinCwm Pennant Fault
The Cwm Pennant Fault is a SSW-NNE trending normal fault system in North Wales. While initially understood as a simple normal fault system throwing down to the east, research has revealed it is part of a wider, more complex structure known as the Cwm Pennant Fracture Zone. This zone represents one of several linear belts of unusual deformation across North Wales, interpreted as reflecting the movement of older Lower Palaeozoic-era rocks above pre-existing basement fractures. The fracture zone ha
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View pinGrave of David Lloyd George
The Grave of David Lloyd George, stands on a bank of the Afon Dwyfor in the village of Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd, Wales. It commemorates Lloyd George who grew up in the village, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 1916 and 1922, and died at Llanystumdwy in 1945. The grave and its setting were designed by Clough Williams-Ellis, the architect of Portmerion and a lifelong friend of Lloyd George. The grave comprises a boulder set in an oval enclosure, the walls of which bear two slate plaqu
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View pinKingsland, Shropshire
Kingsland is a suburb of the town Shrewsbury, Shropshire in the West Midlands of England. It lies adjacent to the town centre of Shrewsbury across the River Severn by the Kingsland Bridge, built 1881.
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View pinDarwin Shopping Centre
The Darwin Shopping Centre is the main shopping centre in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, comprising approximately 17 per cent of the town centre's retail offer by leasable area.
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View pinKingsland Bridge
Kingsland Bridge is a privately owned toll bridge, spanning the River Severn between Kingsland and Murivance in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, owned and operated by the Shrewsbury (Kingsland) Bridge Company. The toll point is located on the Murivance side and the cost for cars to cross is 30p by contactless credit and debit cards only. The bridge also has an honesty box for pedestrians with a suggested payment of 1p. It is a Grade II listed building.
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View pinThe Quarry (park)
The Quarry is the main recreational park in Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England. The park was created in 1719 and encompasses 29 acres. It is listed Grade II in Historic England's Register of Parks and Gardens. With a location within easy walking distance of Shrewsbury town centre, Shrewsbury Sixth Form College and Shrewsbury School, it is the most heavily used public park within the county.
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View pinShrewsbury Sixth Form College
Shrewsbury College is a post-secondary co-educational sixth-form college located in Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England. The college currently has an enrolment of approximately 1,650 students, generally ranging between the ages of 16 and 19. The curriculum consists of AS, A levels and a small range of BTECs. GCSE English Language and Maths can only be taken alongside an A level programme as resits. The college was ranked as the 17th-best sixth-form college in 2012, has the best A-
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View pinRosyth
Rosyth is a town and Garden City in Fife, Scotland, on the coast of the Firth of Forth.
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View pinAbbeyview
Abbeyview is a housing estate in the city of Dunfermline in Fife, Scotland. It is situated in the east of the town, approximately 2 miles from the town centre. Most of the streets in the area are named after Scottish rivers and islands.
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View pinDalgety Bay
Dalgety Bay is a coastal town and parish in Fife, Scotland, on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, nine miles from Edinburgh city centre. The civil parish is the eighth-largest in Fife, with a population of 9,710 in 2020.
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View pinInverkeithing Friary
Inverkeithing Friary, formally known as the Hospitium of the Grey Friars, is a 14th-century friary building and gardens located Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland.
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View pinInverkeithing High School
Inverkeithing High School is a secondary school located in Inverkeithing, a historic town on Fife's southern coast 3½ miles from Dunfermline city centre, 9½ miles from Edinburgh city centre, and in between the towns and villages of Dalgety Bay, Rosyth and North Queensferry.
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View pinSt Margaret's Marsh
St Margaret's Marsh is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) located on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth between North Queensferry and Rosyth in Fife, Scotland.
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View pinShoreham Tollbridge
Shoreham Tollbridge is a bridge crossing the River Adur near Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex, England. It is the last of its kind in Sussex and one of the last of its kind anywhere in the world.
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View pinShoreham-by-Sea
Shoreham-by-Sea is a coastal town and port in the Adur district, in the county of West Sussex, England. In 2011 it had a population of 20,547.
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View pinSt Peter's Church, Shoreham-by-Sea
The name St Peter's Church has been borne by two Roman Catholic churches in the town of Shoreham-by-Sea in the district of Adur, in the English county of West Sussex. The original church with that dedication was the town's first permanent Roman Catholic place of worship; founded in 1875, it was paid for by Augusta, Duchess of Norfolk, a member of the most important Dukedom in England. After its closure, a new St Peter's Church was built nearby. The old building, which still stands and is in resi
Local GemsSt Peter's Church, Shoreham-by-Sea
View pinRed Lion Inn, Shoreham-by-Sea
The Red Lion Inn is a 16th-century public house in the ancient Old Shoreham part of the town of Shoreham-by-Sea, in the Adur district of West Sussex, England. Established in the 16th century in part of a former monastery and cottage in the centre of Old Shoreham, opposite the village's former tollbridge, it was extended in the 19th century and became central to life in the old village. Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem Rizpah is based on events at the inn in the 19th century which resulted in the cap
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View pinSouthwick (electoral division)
Southwick is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council.
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View pinAdur Estuary
Adur Estuary is a 62.2-hectare (154-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the western outskirts of Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex. Part is a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds nature reserve.
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View pinAdmiralty M-N Scheme
'The Admiralty M-N Scheme' was a World War I British plan to close the Strait of Dover in the English Channel to German U-boats, by means of a chain of either eight or twelve massive towers linked by anti-submarine booms and nets. Only two towers had been constructed before the Armistice with Germany caused the cancellation of the project.
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View pinWidewater Lagoon
Widewater Lagoon is a 8.8-hectare (22-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Lancing in West Sussex. It is owned by West Sussex County Council and managed by Lancing Parish Council.
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View pinShoreham Beach
Shoreham Beach is a 26.2-hectare (65-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex. It is owned and managed by Adur District Council.
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View pinLuton Rural District
Luton Rural District was a local authority in Bedfordshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It covered an area which almost surrounded but did not include the towns of Luton and Dunstable.
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