Places to see in ( Baldock - UK )
Places to see in ( Baldock - UK )
Baldock is a historic market town in the local government district of North Hertfordshire in the ceremonial county of Hertfordshire, England where the River Ivel rises. It lies 33 miles (53 km) north of London, 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Bedford, and 14 miles (23 km) north northwest of the county town of Hertford. Nearby towns include Royston to the northeast, Letchworth and Hitchin to the southwest and Stevenage to the south.
Paleolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age settlements show the site of Baldock has been continuously occupied since prehistoric times.
At the beginning of the Iron Age there was a hillfort at Arbury Banks, 5 km to the northeast of Baldock, that dominated the area. In the Late Iron Age (c. 100 BC), the local power base shifted from the hillfort to the vicinity of Baldock. The soil was easily farmed and transportation was more convenient. In the Roman and late Roman eras the community appears to have been both a market town and religious centre. The Roman settlement gradually disappeared. There is no entry for Baldock in the Domesday Book.
The Baldock Festival is a cultural festival which started in 1983 and takes place on the first weekend in May. The festival consists of events throughout the town and the local area, such as museum trips, a barn dance, cheese tasting, brewery tours, clairvoyance evening, cricket match, comedy sketches, family quiz night, mystery tour, open gardens, history talks, and several music events, some of which feature local bands. The festival culminates in the Historic Street Fair held in the High Street, on the second and final weekend where stallholders dress in clothing of the era and help to portray what life was like in the historic town. The Baldock Beer Festival takes place during the first weekend where local and national real ales, real ciders and continental lagers may be sampled.
Thanks to its location, the town was a major staging post between London and the north: many old coaching inns still operate as pubs and hotels, and Baldock has a surprising number of pubs for its size. From the 1770s until 2008 the high street was very wide, a typical feature of medieval market places where more than one row of buildings used to stand. In the case of Baldock, the bottom of the High Street had three such rows, until Butcher's Row was demolished by the Turnpike authorities in the 1770s. In late 2008, a town centre enhancement plan included a narrowing of the road and subsequent widening of paved areas.
Since the 16th century, Baldock has been a centre for malting, subsequently becoming a regional brewing centre with at least three large brewers still operating at the end of the 19th Century, despite a decline in demand for the types of beer produced locally. The 1881 Census records approximately 30 drinking establishments (the town's population was at that time around 1900). Throughout the early 20th century a large number of pubs continued to operate, many of which were sustained by the adjacent and much larger town of Letchworth, which had no alcohol retailers prior to 1958, and had only two pubs and a single hotel bar until the mid-1990s. Its larger population had for many years visited both Baldock and Hitchin for refreshment.
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Places to see in ( Letchworth - UK )
Places to see in ( Letchworth - UK )
Letchworth, officially Letchworth Garden City, is a town in Hertfordshire, England, It is a former civil parish. The town's name is taken from one of the three villages it surrounded (the other two being Willian and Norton) – all of which featured in the Domesday Book. The land used was purchased by Quakers who had intended to farm the area and build a Quaker community. The town of Letchworth was laid out by Raymond Unwin as a demonstration of the principles established by Ebenezer Howard who sought to create an alternative to the industrial city by combining the best of town and country living. It is also home to the United Kingdom's first roundabout, which was built in 1909.
As one of the world's first new towns and the first garden city it had great influence on future town planning and the New towns movement; it influenced Welwyn Garden City, which used a similar approach and inspired other projects around the world including the Australian capital Canberra, Hellerau, Germany, Tapanila, Finland, and Mežaparks in Latvia.) There is a link to town planning in Stalingrad through the architect V. N. Semionov and an account of Lenin visiting the town when he visited England for a congress of the Russian Bolshevik party, then banned in Russia.
Letchworth was one of the ancient parishes of Hertfordshire. The parish church of St Mary the Virgin was built in the 12th or 13th Century. The village was located along the road now called Letchworth Lane, stretching from St Mary's and the adjoining medieval manor house (now Letchworth Hall Hotel) up to the crossroads of Letchworth Lane, Hitchin Road, Baldock Road and Spring Road, where there was a post office. Letchworth was a relatively small parish, having a population in 1801 of 67, rising to 96 by 1901.
Several housing estates have been added to Letchworth since its inception. To the north of the town The Grange began construction in 1947 and to the south east Jackmans was built from 1961. These were council / municipal housing estates with many residents originally coming from the London overspill. Two more prosperous (and private) estates – Lordship and Manor Park – were built from in 1971 to the south west.
Letchworth experiences an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb) similar to almost all of the United Kingdom. One sport that has had a remarkably difficult history (considering its national popularity) is association football. Letchworth's main semi-professional club – Letchworth F.C. (the Bluebirds) – went out of business in 2002, only a few years after reforming following Letchworth Garden City FC's financial problems, but nearly a century of struggle and repeated name changes.
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Places to see in ( Royston - UK )
Places to see in ( Royston - UK )
Royston is a town and civil parish in the District of North Hertfordshire and county of Hertfordshire in England. Royston is situated on the Greenwich Meridian, which brushes the town's eastern boundary, and at the northernmost apex of the county on the same latitude as towns such as Milton Keynes and Ipswich. It is about 43 miles (69 km) north of central London in a rural area. Before the boundary changes of the 1890s, the boundary between Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire ran east–west through the centre of town along the middle of Melbourn Street.
Until 1540 Royston was divided between five parishes: Barkway, Reed and Therfield in Hertfordshire and Melbourn and Kneesworth in Cambridgeshire. In that year it became a separate ecclesiastical parish, partly in each county. Ralph de Rochester founded the Augustinian priory which originated as a chapel for three canons and was later expanded to seven or more regular canons. Royston had two hospitals or free chapels, as well as the monastery.
Royston Town Council was formed in 1974 as the successor to Royston Urban District Council. The council consists of fifteen councillors headed by a town mayor (currently Mayor lucille shears) The councillors are elected for three wards named Heath, Meridian and Palace. Among the town council's responsibilities are allotments, Royston Cave, Royston Museum, local festivals, public halls and the town's war memorial. In December 2007 Royston Town Council was awarded the nationally recognised status of Quality Town Council. This Award confirms that Royston Town Council is run in accordance with the high standards required by the National Association of Local Councils and other government bodies.
Royston sits at the junction of the A10 and A505 roads, both of which are important road links through Hertfordshire and beyond. The town is also convenient for fast links to London and the north, as it is only a short distance from both the A1(M) and M11 motorways. Nearby air transport links include London Luton and London Stansted airports, both of which are major air hubs in the south of England. Royston railway station provides direct commuter links to both London and Cambridge. It is on the Cambridge Line and is a stopping point for regular services operated by Great Northern Route.
The public open space and nature reserve of Therfield Heath (also known as Royston Heath) overlooks the town from a hill to the south-west. The Icknield Way Path passes through the village on its 110-mile journey from Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire to Knettishall Heath in Suffolk. In 1742 a strange cave carved out of the chalk was discovered in the centre of Royston. Royston Cave is located underneath the central crossroads of the town. The carvings in the cave have led to much speculation about the origin and function of the cave.
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HAUNTED HOUSE, GT. YARMOUTH. PLEASURE BEACH 2016 (LIGHTS ON) HD.
Here is a special treat for all you ghost train fans, a ride on the classic Great Yarmouth. Pleasure Beach Haunted House Ghost Train with the lights on for a special peek. Filmed on Saturday 28th May 2016.
Special thanks to all who made this possible and I hope you enjoy
the ride. It certainly is one of my favorites !
Gyro Loop Off Ride HD South Pier Blackpool
Gyro Loop is a travelling amusement ride that is located on the South Pier in Blackpool. The gondola can seat 2 rides with a sequence often lasting just under 3 minutes. Gyro Loop is an interactive ride letting the riders control what the ride does with 3 buttons located on the restraint system, one back, one forward and a final hold button.
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( Is it still ) THE SCARIEST GHOST TRAIN IN THE UK ??. TERROR CASTLE 2016 .
Richard Cadell' s Terror Castle Ghost Train at Brean Leisure Park, Somerset regarded as The Scariest Ghost Train in the United Kingdom filmed on and off ride Wednesday & Thursday 8th & 9th June 2016. Is it still the scariest ... make your min up ? !
Too old for this. Luton Fair - Day 10 Travel VLOG 8/2017
0:02 The day's agenda
0:29 Walking through London to St Pancras via Russel Square
0:43 Russel Square
0:52 7/7 Memorial Russel Square
0:56 St Pancras parish church
1:06 Approaching St Pancras
1:27 St Pancras Interior
1:36 Going to ticket machine
1:42 Resident piano
1:44 At the machine
1:48 Platform 4a
1:59 Arriving Luton
2:16 Man with the Plan
2:41 Arndale Centre
2:48 Outside Brooke's
2:54 We were not expecting this!
3:11 When in Rome
3:16 Nausea commencement
3:46 Bumper cars
3:48 Way home (after some refreshments, Biscot Mill, White House)
4:04 Northbound Intercity
4:13 Seats available!
4:14 Back in St Pancras
4:25 Assessment and summary of day's transport arrangements
4:59 Departing St Pancras in direction of Kings Cross
5:06 Gray's Inn Road, Calthorpe Arms opposite, London Welsh Centre. Would have been rude not to stop in.
5:21 Huge hotel, forget the name. Answer in the comments if you know!
5:24 Craft Beer Company
5:45 Looking for takeaway Soho
5:47 Award winning Fish & Chips apparently. Got there as they were closing
5:48 Leicester Square. Missed filming the transvestite asking us for a chip
5:55 Food review
5:58 Indian Embassy
6:05 Famous, famous steps
6:34 Wig & Gown offer
6:54 Ye Old Cock Tavern Ancient!
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Ghost Train (POV No.1) Pleasure Beach Blackpool England UK
Here we go with another mesmo Pov (July 2010) of The Ghost Train in Pleasure Beach Blackpool.Really pleased with this video the whole experience is caught well with my new camera.Some new parts for this year! Love the train 04:04 it also blows air at you when you get near the light.Sad to say the reaper,spider and iron maiden have gone,that was my favourite part : ( Now there is nearly an empty space 03:14 with a skeleton that shakes when you go past......pathetic,but maybe this part is not finished ? The exorcist girl 03:46 is great and makes the whole ride better,nice one.
Music in the background is by Tangerine Dream, album is called Sorcerer, Track 11, Impressions Of Sorcerer.
Journey on a Great Northern Class 365 EMU Networker - 366528 (From Sandy - Arlesey) - 6/05/18
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Land at Sandridge - Hertfordshire
Land for sale at Sandridge St Albans, Hertfordshire