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Places to see in ( Market Drayton - UK )
Places to see in ( Market Drayton - UK )
Market Drayton is a market town in north Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh and Staffordshire border. It is on the River Tern, between Shrewsbury and Stoke-on-Trent, and was formerly known as Drayton in Hales and earlier simply as Drayton.
Market Drayton is on the Shropshire Union Canal and on Regional Cycle Route 75. The A53 road by-passes the town. The counties of Staffordshire and Cheshire are both close by. In 1245 King Henry III granted a charter for a weekly Wednesday market, giving the town its current name. The market is still held every Wednesday.
Ancient local sites include Audley's Cross, Blore Heath and several Neolithic standing stones. The Devil's Ring and Finger is a notable site 3 miles (5 km) from the town at Mucklestone. These are across the county boundary in neighbouring Staffordshire. The Old Grammar School, in St. Mary's Hall, directly to the east of the church, was founded in 1555 by Rowland Hill, the first Protestant Mayor of London. Former pupils include Robert Clive, and a school desk with the initials RC may still be seen in the town.
The great fire of Drayton destroyed almost 70% of the town in 1651. It was started at a bakery, and quickly spread through the timber buildings. The buttercross in the centre of the town still has a bell at the top for people to ring if there was ever another fire.
Other notable landmarks in the area include: Pell Wall Hall, Adderley Hall, Buntingsdale Hall, Salisbury Hill, Tyrley Locks on the Shropshire Union Canal and the Thomas Telford designed aqueduct. Fordhall Farm has 140 acres (0.57 km2) of community-owned organic farmland located off the A53 between the Müller and Tern Hill roundabouts. The farm trail is open to the public during farm shop opening hours, and on the path is the site of Fordhall Castle, an ancient motte and bailey structure which overlooks the River Tern valley.
To the south-east near the A529 an 18th-century farmhouse stands on the site of Tyrley Castle, which was probably built soon after 1066 and later rebuilt in stone in the 13th century. Nantwich & Market Drayton Railway Society - Meeting regularly in Market Drayton.
Shropshire Council also run a number of bus services under the 'ShropshireLink' brand in addition to the 301 and 302 Market Drayton Town Services. Market Drayton had a railway station which opened in 1863 and closed during the Beeching cuts in 1963. The railway station was located on the Nantwich to Wellington line of the Great Western Railway network and was also the terminus of the Newcastle-under-Lyme line of the North Staffordshire Railway network.
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The National Botanic Garden of Wales
The National Botanic Garden of Wales is situated near Llanarthney in the Towy Valley, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The garden is both a visitor attraction and a centre for botanical research and conservation, and features the world's largest single-span glasshouse measuring 110 m (360 ft) long by 60 m (200 ft) wide.
Places to see in ( Market Drayton - UK )
Places to see in ( Market Drayton - UK )
Market Drayton is a market town in north Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh and Staffordshire border. It is on the River Tern, between Shrewsbury and Stoke-on-Trent, and was formerly known as Drayton in Hales and earlier simply as Drayton.
Market Drayton is on the Shropshire Union Canal and on Regional Cycle Route 75. The A53 road by-passes the town. The counties of Staffordshire and Cheshire are both close by. In 1245 King Henry III granted a charter for a weekly Wednesday market, giving the town its current name. The market is still held every Wednesday.
Ancient local sites include Audley's Cross, Blore Heath and several Neolithic standing stones. The Devil's Ring and Finger is a notable site 3 miles (5 km) from the town at Mucklestone. These are across the county boundary in neighbouring Staffordshire. The Old Grammar School, in St. Mary's Hall, directly to the east of the church, was founded in 1555 by Rowland Hill, the first Protestant Mayor of London. Former pupils include Robert Clive, and a school desk with the initials RC may still be seen in the town.
The great fire of Drayton destroyed almost 70% of the town in 1651. It was started at a bakery, and quickly spread through the timber buildings. The buttercross in the centre of the town still has a bell at the top for people to ring if there was ever another fire.
Other notable landmarks in the area include: Pell Wall Hall, Adderley Hall, Buntingsdale Hall, Salisbury Hill, Tyrley Locks on the Shropshire Union Canal and the Thomas Telford designed aqueduct. Fordhall Farm has 140 acres (0.57 km2) of community-owned organic farmland located off the A53 between the Müller and Tern Hill roundabouts. The farm trail is open to the public during farm shop opening hours, and on the path is the site of Fordhall Castle, an ancient motte and bailey structure which overlooks the River Tern valley.
To the south-east near the A529 an 18th-century farmhouse stands on the site of Tyrley Castle, which was probably built soon after 1066 and later rebuilt in stone in the 13th century. Nantwich & Market Drayton Railway Society - Meeting regularly in Market Drayton.
Shropshire Council also run a number of bus services under the 'ShropshireLink' brand in addition to the 301 and 302 Market Drayton Town Services. Market Drayton had a railway station which opened in 1863 and closed during the Beeching cuts in 1963. The railway station was located on the Nantwich to Wellington line of the Great Western Railway network and was also the terminus of the Newcastle-under-Lyme line of the North Staffordshire Railway network.
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Western Mediterranean Cruise - Day 1
Day 1 of cruise - leaving Barcelona for France.
Study Abroad in Europe:War and Upheaval through Journalism
Hanover College students study journalism as they follow in the footsteps of WWII reporters through England, Italy, France and Germany.
Time Out Country Walks, Book 1, Walk 26, Great Shelford to Cambridge. 26/5/12.
This book 1 walk of around 12.7 miles (though I suspect a bit more when the Cambridge 'tour' is added) is unusual in the sense that it requires 'permission' to do; well, at least the more scenic version does. So, as permission was granted today, and the weather fantastic, I took the opportunity to do the walk.
The walk is possible without 'permission', but this entails a fair bit of road walking early on, and there's enough of that later in the walk anyway, so it's a much better walk if the permission is sought. Soon after leaving Shelford station, the walker passes the village church and is then crossing the private university fields and alongside The River Cam.
This leads out to Hauxton Church, with a further bit of road walking prior to crossing fields into Haslingfield for lunch.
Thereafter, the walk follows a quiet 'B' road before passing 'The Travelling Telescope' and crossing more fields into Grantchester. Here, the walk becomes busier, and more touristy as it passes through the orchard of a very famous tea stop and then follows the banks of The Cam into the city. Then, particularly on a sunny day like today, there's more throngs in the city itself prior to returning to the station for the journey home.
The best part of this walk, in my opinion, is the morning section as urban walking and crowds are not my cup-of-tea. Otherwise, if done on a week day, out of term, the section from Grantchester could also be nice. Either ways, getting the permission to cross the private track is definitely worthwhile!
Evening Diesels - 1001 and 67030 head through Surrey and Hampshire - 30/09/17
The 30th of September would see two rail tours head through the counties of Surrey and Hampshire, venturing towards two quite different destinations.
The first would see the popular Class 201 'Hastings' Thumper No. 1001 head the 'Alpine Sunset' tour, heading to the Mid Hants Railway. Starting at Hastings, the tour would run via Tonbridge, Redhill and Guildford before diverging off towards Alton and Alresford. During the day the DEMU would head two return trips over 'The Alps' before heading back to base at Hastings, running via Reading before returning via the Surrey Hills.
Here the 'Thumper' is seen chattering through Chilworth in the evening light, having set down passengers at Guildford.
The second tour would see 67030 head Pathfinder Tours' 'Torbay and Dartmouth Explorer' to Kingswear. The tour would start at Reading, before running through Hampshire and Wiltshire to get to the West Country. The return leg would terminate at Eastleigh, running via Reading and Guildford in the process.
Here, the 'Skip' passes through Rowlands Castle, where the weather has taken a turn for the worse. Good thing there was cover!
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Ulster Folk Museum - Holywood - Early 20th Century Life
The Ulster Folk Museum or the Cultra Folk Park is an event location for a visit any day of the week. The site is also known as the Belfast Folk Museum or the Folk and transport Museum. Situated just outside of Belfast - in a small town called Cultra and Holywood - it's a 10 minute drive from Belfast City.
Ulster Folk Museum is one part of two different museums which are both situated in the same place and which are the Ulster Folk Museum and the Ulster Transport Museum ( The Folk Museum is for the aim of illustrating the way of life and traditions of the people of Northern Ireland, both in the past and in the present. This is where our trip was this time and where we got introduced to the way people are and were living.
Ulster Folk and Transport Museum ranks as one of the top attractions in Belfast, Northern Ireland - after being there and touring the place, we could now understand the reason behind that; it really tells a lot about the lives of the Irish people.
Ulster Folk Museum has a variety of old buildings and dwellings which were all located in various parts of Ireland and then were taken and rebuilt once again in this museum grounds in order to illustrate the rural way of life in the early 20th century. One of the aims of this museum is to recreate this whole period and the life of it, so it is not just about the buildings but the museum also managed to complete this period with the farms, cottages, crops, and livestock.
Stepping into Ulster Folk Museum is like entering a whole new city but which is more of a historical one, where people are wearing different clothes and are living their lives in a different kind of way. It is interesting to pass by all these buildings and see those real people who are wearing costumes of the old times and pretending to live back that life while you are still wearing the same clothes and doing the same things.
Walking in the world of this museum will give you the chance to see some of the things and activities that the old people were used to do and which include open hearth cooking, printing, needlework, and traditional Irish crafts demonstrations. Coming to understand how these things are done might not be an easy thing unless you start watching them in real and that is exactly what is offered to you in Ulster Folk Museum.
Knowing more about the life of the Irish people back in the early 20th century is interesting and what doubles this interest is the things which one will get to see while being there and which are related to the unusual relics from Ulster's past, such as the unusual waffle iron from the mid 19th-century, the old 'poteen' distillery from Portmore and the first win axle bicycle ever seen in Ireland.
The feeling of being in a whole new city but traveling back in time is one of the different reasons why lots of people love to visit Ulster Folk Museum, but in addition to these buildings and watching how people used to do some activities, there are also those galleries and exhibitions which are found there, these exhibitions are usually temporary and from those which were held there, there is They Love Music Mightily an exhibition featuring contemporary recordings of Irish traditional music, and Meet the Victorians which was focusing on the aspects of the Victorian life.
Ulster Folk Museum is the holder of Northern Ireland's main film, photographic, television and sound archives, and it also has a large library that contains over 15,000 books and periodicals; these are open to the public but only during the office hours, so you could get the chance to visit them and check what they have to offer back to you from history.
It is really interesting to walk in a museum where you are passing by those wearing costumes from the old times that give you the feeling that you have traveled back to that time - the people, the transportation cars inside, the crafts and the activities are all done as if these people are still living from that old age.
Being in Belfast to visit Ulster Folk Museum should bring you to some of the other attractions in the city and those different things to do there and the places to see ( Going through the long list of places to visit in the capital city of Northern Ireland, you will pass by the famous Cathedral Quarter that is found in the centre of the city ( checking City Hall in Belfast ( going to Belfast Castle ( and reaching St. Anne's Cathedral (
There are lots of things to be done and seen in Belfast and visiting Ulster Folk Museum is one of them, it will bring lots of information to your mind!
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Cardiff Bay Beach opens at its new home
Over the past few years fun-lovers have flocked to Cardiff Bay’s urban beach to make the most of the brilliant entertainment and attractions on offer at this time of year, and this summer looks set to be the beach’s busiest and most ambitious yet. Not only is the beach going to be more realistic than ever, the summer park built around is getting bigger and better by the year.