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The Best Attractions In Easington

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Easington is a town in eastern County Durham, England. It comprises the ancient village of Easington Village and the ex-mining town of Easington Colliery, which are separate civil parishes. It is located at the junction of the A182 leading north-west to Hetton-le-Hole. Seaham Harbour and Houghton-le-Spring, and the A19, which travels north to Sunderland and south to Middlesbrough. As a former coal mining town, Easington is now an unemployment blackspot after the mine closed in 1993. The population of Easington Village was 2,164 in 2001, increasing slightly to 2,171 at the 2011 Census. There is evidence of Easington having been an important pre-conquest...
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  • 1. Spurn Point Easington
    Spurn is a narrow sand tidal island located off the tip of the coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England that reaches into the North Sea and forms the north bank of the mouth of the Humber Estuary. Prior to a severe storm in February 2017, which damaged part of the sandbank, Spurn was a spit with a semi-permanent connection to the mainland. A storm in 2013 made the road down to the end of Spurn impassable to vehicles at high tide.The island is over 3 miles long, almost half the width of the estuary at that point, and as little as 50 yards wide in places. The southernmost tip is known as Spurn Head or Spurn Point and is the home to an RNLI lifeboat station and two disused lighthouses. It forms part of the civil parish of Easington. Spurn Head covers 280 acres above high water and 450 a...
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  • 2. RSPB Bempton Cliffs Bempton
    Bempton Cliffs is a nature reserve, run by the RSPB, at Bempton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is best known for its breeding seabirds, including northern gannet, Atlantic puffin, razorbill, common guillemot, black-legged kittiwake and fulmar. There is a visitor centre.
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  • 3. National Centre for Birds of Prey Helmsley
    The International Centre for Birds of Prey, formerly the National Birds of Prey Centre, in the United Kingdom houses a large collection of birds of prey with over 60 species of owls, eagles and hawks. It works towards the conservation of birds of prey through education, captive breeding, research and rehabilitation. The centre is located at Boulsdon near Newent in Gloucestershire. The Director is Jemima Parry-Jones. In March 2013 a new branch was opened at Duncombe Park in Helmsley, North Yorkshire.
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  • 5. Fantasy Island Ingoldmells
    Fantasy Island is a Family Amusement Park in Ingoldmells on the East Coast of England. It sits in the middle of one of the biggest spreads of Holiday Parks in the United Kingdom. Whilst entry to the Park is free, customers either pay per ride or purchase an unlimited ride wristband. The pay-per-ride option uses an iCard System, this option allows credit to be added to the ticket to be able to ride rides in the Park. Rides are priced depending on the ride type. Many of the smaller rides are indoors. Fantasy Island also premiered the IMAX ridefilm attraction Fun House Express: Jimmy's Clown Chaos in its IMAX ridefilm theatre. This attraction has since been closed, though Fun House Express: Jimmy's Clown Chaos has been show in IMAX ridefilm theatres around the world, including Las Vegas. The ...
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  • 6. Clumber Park Worksop
    Clumber Park is a country park in the Dukeries near Worksop in Nottinghamshire, England. It was the seat of the Pelham-Clintons, Dukes of Newcastle. It is owned by the National Trust and open to the public. The park is listed Grade I on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
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