Places to see in ( Milnthorpe - UK )
Places to see in ( Milnthorpe - UK )
Milnthorpe is a large village and electoral ward within the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. Historically part of Westmorland and straddling the A6 road, the town contains several old hostelries and hosts a market in The Square every Friday. The parish and ward of Milnthorpe had a population of 2,106 recorded in the 2001 census, increasing to 2,199 at the 2011 Census.
Milnthorpe is the site of the 19th-century Church of St Thomas, which overlooks The Green and The Square. Prior to its construction Milnthorpe was in the parish of Heversham. Milnthorpe became a centre of business and activity because it was originally a port, using the River Bela and estuary (now only navigable to Arnside), and it remains a significant commercial centre for the area.
Local industry includes Duralon Combs, a 300-year-old comb-making family business. Also Big Fish Internet Ltd, Britain's very first website design agency, founded in early 1996. Tourism and hospitality have always thrived, Milnthorpe being a convenient stop-off point on the A6 for coaches and cars en route to the Lake District. Just to the north is Levens Hall, famed for its topiary. The village used to be a major traffic bottleneck before the opening of the M6 motorway in 1970, and the A590/A591 Kendal link road a few years later. The popular children's drink Um Bongo was made in Milnthorpe by Libby's in the 1980s.
Each August, the Friends of the Exhibition holds its annual art exhibition in the church. Milnthorpe has two steel bands, one for adults and the other based in the town's junior school. The grade I listed house Dallam Tower, with an estate known for its deer, stands near to the River Bela just south-west of Milnthorpe, whilst St Anthony's Tower may be seen on the top of St Anthony's Hill to the north-east of the town centre, overlooking the village and the housing estate of Owlet Ash Fields in nearby Ackenthwaite. It has one secondary school, called Dallam School, and one primary school, called Milnthorpe Primary School. The three pubs in the village are The Cross Key, The Bull's Head and The Coach and Horses.
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Places to see in ( Ashford - UK )
Places to see in ( Ashford - UK )
Ashford is a town in the county of Kent, England. Ashford lies on the River Great Stour at the south edge of the North Downs, about 61 miles southeast of central London and 15.3 miles northwest of Folkestone by road. Ashford has been a market town since the 13th century, and a regular market continues to be held.
Ashford has been a communications hub and has stood at the centre of five railway lines since the 19th century. The arrival of the railways became a source of employment and contributed to the town's growth. With the opening of the international passenger station it is now a European communications centre, with new lines running between London and the Channel Tunnel (via High Speed 1). The M20 motorway also links Ashford to those two destinations for road traffic.
The town has been marked as a place for expansion since the 1960s and appeared on several Government plans for growth. Changes have included the County Square shopping centre, the redevelopment of the Templer Barracks at Repton Park, and the award-winning Ashford Designer Outlet. In the 1970s, a controversial ring road scheme and construction of the multi-storey Charter House building destroyed significant parts of the old town, though some areas were spared and preserved.
St Mary's Church in Ashford has been a local landmark since the 13th century, and expanded in the 15th. Today, the church functions in a dual role as a centre for worship and entertainment. Ashford has two grammar schools; the Norton Knatchbull School and Highworth Grammar School.
By road, Ashford is about 61 miles (98 km) southeast of central London, 20.9 kilometres (13.0 mi) southeast of Maidstone, and 15.3 miles (24.6 km) northwest of Folkestone. The town lies at the intersection of two valleys in Kent – the south edge of the North Downs and the valley of the River Stour, at the confluence of the Great Stour and East Stour rivers. This made it an ideal place for a settlement. The Borough of Ashford lies on the eastern edge of the ancient forest of Andredsweald or Anderida. This originally stretched as far west as Hampshire and formed the basis from which the Weald is formed.
St Mary's parish church lies in the town centre. Parts of it date from the 13th century, including a brass of the first rector, Robert de Derby. A Mk. IV tank built in Lincoln and used in World War I was presented to the town on 1 August 1919 to thank the townsfolk for their war efforts. It is situated in St Georges Square near the town centre.
H.S. Pledge & Sons Ltd built two flour mills in Ashford, and became an important employer in the town. The Corn Exchange, situated at the junction of Bank Street and Elwick Road, opened on 3 December 1861. Ashford's main library originally opened in 1966 on a war-damaged site on Church Road. The Ashford Green Corridor is a linear park alongside the two main rivers through the town, which is protected from development by lying on the main flood plain.
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Hey everyone, this video is about my holiday in North West England (and Wales). On the summer 2007, I lived in Bolton during 2 weeks, but in fact, I visited many cities and places of this region (Manchester, Liverpool, Blackpool, Chester, center part of Wales and Bolton of course).
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Adventurous bumpy ride through the Lake District aimed to sight Scafell Pike. England's highest mountain unfortunately remained cloud covered, but the unnamed road that led into Wasdale Head still provided a scenic track running alongside Wastwater.
4 of 8 Introduction to England
Travel documentary around England giving the history and readings from poets. The 1st program starts at the Lake District and goes to Hadrian's Wall, Lindisfarn, Bamburgh Castle, Whitby, York and finishes on Cheshire. Look for other areas.
Extremely High & Low Tides in Guernsey 21/8/09
This happens in Guernsey about once a year. We have one of the largest tidal ranges in the world, 30 feet or 10 metres. The high tide on this day was 10.1m and the low tide was 0.5m above chart datum. Luckily for the shops opposite the Victoria Marina there was a high pressure weather system over us at the time, because otherwise the shops and the road would normally get flooded out with sea water at this tide height.
Ye Olde Fighting Cocks St Albans | Euro Trip 2018 Pt3
We meet up with Ye Olde Friends at Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in St Albans.
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Ye Olde Fighting Cocks is a public house in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. It is one of several pubs that lay claim to being the oldest in England.[1] The building is described by Historic England as being of sixteenth century appearance, but as the earliest date for which it can be proved to have been licensed is 1756 - and even that date is not certain - its claim to this record is somewhat uncertain.[2] Others such as the Ye Olde Man & Scythe in Bolton, Greater Manchester and Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem in Nottingham may have better claims. Even in St Albans, the White Hart and the Fleur de Lys (currently called 'The Snug') have claims to have been trading as inns in the late medieval period.[3]
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Antony Colas visits the Arnside / Kent and Bela tidal bores 2017
Antony ‘Yep’ Colas, left his native France to holiday in the U.K. and visited Arnside and Sandside in Cumbria during June 2017. Antony photographs and surfs tidal bores around the World, and has some of the greats under his belt including the mighty bores on the rivers Amazon (Pororoca, Brazil), Qiantang (Silver dragon, China), Kampar (Bono, Indonesia), and Batang Lupar (Benak, Malaysia), to mention a few.
On 23rd June 2017 I was honoured to meet Antony at Arnside and we chased the bore past Sandside, up the River Bela, and witnessed the Kent bore fizzle out by Sampool Lane, near Levens Hall. There was an extremely energetic South Westerly wind which resulted in the bore passing Arnside pier about 45 minutes earlier than expected. The bore wasn’t very high, as it wasn’t a particularly large spring tide, but was travelling fast. We chased it to Sandside where it passed with a train of ‘whelps’.
Antony had previously had a hunch that the bore may travel up the River Bela and stop at the weir. To see if this was the case, we moved on further up Sandside and did indeed witness part of the bore ‘split’ and travel up the mouth of the River Bela. We then drove on and parked up on Marsh Lane near the weir. From here we watched the Bela bore encounter the weir and slam into a drainage valve. You can hear the two bangs it made as the drainage doors slammed shut when the bore hit them. The doors prevent the tide from flooding the area that is being drained. It took just a few minutes for the tide to top the weir. It was strange to see the weir flow in reverse.
We then drove past Levens Hall and down Sampool Lane, parked up and walked down a footpath by the river. The bore was now very small and undular, and seemed to fizzle out as it passed us. We expect the bore may travel a little further up river on higher spring tides, but the rapids near Levens Hall will probably prevent it going any further.
Antony visited the bore again the following day and used a SUP (Stand Up Paddle) to navigate the bore quite some distance.
Date filmed : 23rd June 2017
Expected high tide at Arnside : 9.79m @ 12:19
The bore passed Arnside Pier at 10:58
Passed Sandside, by the main road at 10:23
Entered the mouth of the Bela at 10:31
Reached the weir at 10:40
Finished near Sampool Lane at 11:17
All times BST (GMT+1)
If you are interested in other bores of North West England, search YouTube for : tidal bore rob bridges