Places to see in ( Watford - UK )
Places to see in ( Watford - UK )
Watford is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, situated 17 miles northwest of central London and inside the circumference of the M25 motorway. It is not to be confused with Watford, Northamptonshire which is 55 miles to the north.
Watford developed on the River Colne on land belonging to St Albans Abbey until the 16th century. During the 12th century a charter was granted allowing a market and building St Mary's Church began. The town grew modestly, assisted by travellers passing through to Berkhamsted Castle and the royal palace at Kings Langley. A big house was built at Cassiobury in the 16th century. This was partly rebuilt in the 17th century and another substantial house was built nearby at The Grove. Connections with the Grand Junction Canal (from 1798) and the London and Birmingham Railway (from 1837) allowed the town to grow more rapidly, with paper-making mills, such as John Dickinson and Co. at Croxley, influencing the development of printing in the town which continues today. Two brewers Benskins and Sedgwicks flourished in the town until their closure in the late 20th century. Hertfordshire County Council designates Watford, along with Stevenage, to be its major sub-regional centre. Several head offices are based in Watford. Both the 2006 World Golf Championship and the 2013 Bilderberg Conference took place at The Grove.
Watford was created as an urban district under the Local Government Act 1894, and became a municipal borough by grant of a charter in 1922. The borough had 90,301 inhabitants at the time of the 2011 census. The borough is separated from Greater London to the south by the parish of Watford Rural in the Three Rivers District. Watford Borough Council is the local authority with the Mayor of Watford as its head; one of only 18 directly elected mayors in England and Wales. Dorothy Thornhill has been the mayor since the directly elected system was set up in May 2002 and is both the first Liberal Democrat and the first female directly elected mayor in the United Kingdom. Watford elects one Member of Parliament (MP) for the Watford constituency. Prior to the establishment of this constituency in 1885 the area was part of the three-seat constituency of Hertfordshire.
Watford is close to the orbital M25 and the M1 which links London to the Midlands and the North. Watford is served by buses which link it to the wider surrounding area. Central Watford is served by 3 railway stations and a Tube station. One of the principal National Rail north-south rail routes, the West Coast Main Line, passes through Watford. Watford is on the main Grand Union Canal route northwards from London. There is little commercial use, since the advent of the motorways, but the canal is used for recreational purposes. The River Gade and the River Colne flow through Watford.
Alot to see in ( Watford - UK ) such as :
Cassiobury Park
Bhaktivedanta Manor
Bushey Museum
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London - The Making of Harry Potter
Aldenham Country Park
Ruislip Woods
Diagon Alley
Chenies Manor House
King George Recreation Ground
Islip Manor Meadows
Watford Museum
Scratchwood
de Havilland Aircraft Museum
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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 ( Wantage - UK )
Places to see in ( Wantage - UK )
Wantage is a market town and civil parish in the Vale of the White Horse, Oxfordshire, England. The town is on Letcombe Brook, about 8 miles south-west of Abingdon, 10 miles west of Didcot, 15 miles (24 km) south-west of Oxford and 14 miles (23 km) north north-west of Newbury.
Historically part of Berkshire, it is notable as the birthplace of King Alfred the Great in 849. In 1974 the area administered by Berkshire County Council was greatly reduced, and Wantage, in common with other territories South of the River Thames, became part of a considerably enlarged Oxfordshire.
Wantage was a small Roman settlement but the origin of the toponym is somewhat uncertain. It is generally thought to be from an Old English phrase meaning decreasing river. King Alfred the Great was born at the royal palace there in the 9th century. Wantage appears in the Domesday Book of 1086. Its value was £61 and it was in the king's ownership until Richard I passed it to the Earl of Albemarle in 1190.
In 1877 he paid for a marble statue of King Alfred by Count Gleichen to be erected in Wantage market place, where it still stands today. He also donated the Victoria Cross Gallery to the town. This contained paintings by Louis William Desanges depicting deeds which led to the award of a number of VCs, including his own gained during the Crimean War. It is now a shopping arcade. Since 1848, Wantage has been home to the Community of Saint Mary the Virgin, one of the largest communities of Anglican nuns in the world. Wantage once had two breweries which were taken over by Morlands of Abingdon.
Wantage is at the foot of the Berkshire Downs escarpment in the Vale of the White Horse. There are gallops at Black Bushes and nearby villages with racing stables at East Hendred, Letcombe Bassett, Lockinge and Uffington. Wantage includes the suburbs of Belmont to the west and Charlton to the east. Grove to the north is still just about detached and is a separate parish. Wantage parish stretches from the northern edge of its housing up onto the Downs in the south, covering Chain Hill, Edge Hill, Wantage Down, Furzewick Down and Lattin Down. The Edgehill Springs rise between Manor Road and Spike Lodge Farms and the Letcombe Brook flows through the town. Wantage is home to the Vale and Downland Museum. There is a large market square containing a statue of King Alfred, surrounded by shops some with 18th-century facades. Quieter streets radiate from it, including one towards the large Church of England parish church. Wantage is the Alfredston of Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure.
Wantage is at the crossing of the B4507 valley road, the A417 road between Reading and Cirencester and the A338 road between Hungerford (and junction 14 of the M4 motorway) and Oxford. Bus services link Wantage with Oxford as well as other towns and villages including Abingdon, Didcot, Faringdon and Grove. Stagecoach in Oxfordshire provide the main services between Wantage and Oxford with up to three buses per hour Monday to Saturday and up to two buses per hour on Sunday's and bank holidays, operated under Stagecoach's luxury Stagecoach Gold brand. Stagecoach provides a late-night service on Friday and Saturday evenings with buses running to Oxford until 2am and buses from Oxford to Wantage until 3am.
Wantage does not have a railway station; Didcot Parkway, 8 miles to the east, is the nearest station, with services towards London, Bristol and Cardiff. The Great Western Mainline is just north of Grove (2 miles North of Wantage) where the former Wantage Road railway station used to be. It was closed during the Beeching cuts in 1964. The Wantage Tramway used to link Wantage with Wantage Road station. The tramway's Wantage terminus was in Mill Street and its building survives, but little trace remains of the route. Wantage has been the site of a church since at least the 10th century and the present Church of England parish church of Saints Peter and Paul dates from the 13th century, with many additions since. SS Peter and Paul also contains seventeen 15th-century misericords.
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The steam train has departed Kings Langley
LNER A1 Class 4-6-2 no 60163 Tornado captured in the bright winter dawn sun at Apsley, heading the London Euston to Chester Christmas Cracker
SVN and the 200th Video Special
To celebrate our 200th video on YouTube, we have dug through our archives to compile our top 10 chases so far. Personally, I am delighted to have reached 200 videos. I would like to thank all of my subscribers and regulars for sticking with me, and let me reassure you, the best is yet to come!
As of now, I am on holiday, and so comments and PM' will not be answered until I get back on the 4th August. Videos will then be uploaded from the Dorset Coast Express and maybe from my holiday to the Harz Mountains.
I would like to remind everyone of my website, steamvideos.net, for I have updated it with all of the locomotives and tours that we are still yet to see this year, including the Atlantic Coast Express and the Torbay Express in the first week of September.
And so, it leaves me just one more thing left to do, explain my top 10 chases from 2009-11.
Starting off at Number 10 - I chose this clip of 34067 for obvious reasons, a great clag, a superb whistle, and nice speed.
In at number 9 - This clip of 30777 is one that for a while I had forgotten about, until I started making this special video. At that point, I remembered how much I had enjoyed that chase. This shot wasn't my best, but was good enough to make it into my top 10.
Number 8 on my top 10 - One of my most viewed videos, was seeing 70013 roar through Andover. Taken just a couple of days after I got back from seeing the Torbay Express in 2009, this was when my camerawork took a turn for the better. For this reason, this video was into the top 10.
In at number 7 - The start of the 2010 season was to see 60019 run to Bristol on the Valentines Express. Having missed the shot in the morning due to other commitments, we decided to go to Colthorp Road for the first time. We were not disappointed, as 60019 roared through, with the whistle echoing in the night. One of my most atmospheric shot of all, 60019 is in at number 7.
Number 6 - The Cornish Riviera Express was to see 5029 and 6024 double heading on the return journey to London. We made our way over to Cholsey to capture this run past and once again were not disappointed. The noise, even with our new at the time external microphone, couldn't recreate the sound produced by 5029 nor 6024. The shot was easily a favourite, although not quite in the top 5 due to an early pan and me getting in the way of the shot a bit (the shirt appearing in the top left corner is me....) This is in at number 6.
Number 5 - Another favourite of mine was 60163 thumping through Didcot. The rain was awful and the wind not much better. When 60163 did arrive on the fast line, some 10 minutes early, we were greeted with one of the finest soundtracks I have recorded.
In at number 4 - Another clip of 60163. This time, on September 13th 2009. In the darkness at Andover station, we are once again greeted with another great whistle, this time with the bell whistle. Another personal favourite even to now.
Number 3 - Yet another clip of 60163, only this time, at Dawlish. This is possibly my worst video technically, with an awful zoom and pan. However, the sound made up for it, with 60163s A4 chime whistle ringing out, complete with doppler effect, this was another favourite.
Just missing out on number 1 and in at number 2 - Without question my best shot technically, with the best zoom and pan. This is 34067 Tangmere running the Swanage Belle on the 16th June 2011 at Andover. The only thing that would make this my favourite shot of all was a slightly better whistle, but other than that, this shot (in my eyes anyway) is pretty much perfect.
And in at number 1 and my favourite shot of all - 60163 Tornado at Andover, one year previously. The 16th June is obviously a day of good luck for me, as I seem to get very good shots every time this date comes around. This shot is my favourite because of the quality of the zoom and pan, the stunning whistles, the speed of the locomotive and the simple fact that it is my favourite loco of all, 60163 Tornado.
As said before, we will return after our holiday, and once again, thank you for watching.
Remember - Check out my website, steamvideos.net. You can preorder this years DVD still, however, we must stress that your order will not be picked up until the second week of August.
The Most Haunted Town in America! Alton, Illinois
Spooks call this place home, and they have the potential of appearing at any time, to any person, at any location. It is said that limestone, a building material used in many Alton dwellings because of its supply nearby, holds psychic energy. The Illini Indians once dominated this place, along with the nearby convergence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. All this makes for a great ghostly paradise!
Travel Guide My Holiday To Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire UK Review
Travel Guide My Holiday To Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire UK Review
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Places to see in ( Arnold - UK )
Places to see in ( Arnold - UK )
Arnold is a market town, unparished area and suburb of the city of Nottingham, in the English ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire. It is situated to the north-east of Nottingham's city boundary, and is in the local government district of Gedling Borough. Since 1968 Arnold has had a market, and the town used to have numerous factories associated with the hosiery industry.
Arnold's town centre is the largest in Gedling Borough (whose headquarters are located in the town) and the most important in the northeastern part of the Greater Nottingham conurbation. Nottinghamshire Police have been headquartered in Arnold since 1979. At the time of the 2011 Census, Arnold had a population of 37,768. Areas within Arnold include Daybrook, Woodthorpe, Redhill and Killisick.
Arnold once had a railway station known as 'Daybrook and Arnold' or simply 'Daybrook railway station'. It was closed along with the rest of the line on 4 April 1960. The station was located on Mansfield Road (A60) on what is now a retail park. There is still evidence of the line in the form of remnants of the embankments on Arnot Hill Park (just behind GO Outdoors).
St. Mary's Church, of the Church of England, is believed to date from 1176. It is located on Church Lane and is a Grade II* listed building. The Grade II* listed Roman Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd's current building on Thackerays Lane was built in 1964, its modern architecture – featuring a detached spire-cum-belfry – winning an award from the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1966.
Arnold town centre has a diverse range of restaurants and bars and a choice of shops including supermarkets such as Asda, Sainsbury's and Iceland as well as small independent businesses. There are Aldi and Lidl supermarkets in Daybrook. 1968 saw the opening of Arnold Market in the town centre. Market days are on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, with a flea market being held on Wednesdays.
Arnold Leisure Centre, located on High Street at the heart of the town centre, contains a swimming pool and a theatre—called the Bonington Theatre—which was named after the landscape painter Richard Parkes Bonington. The town's most notable landmark is probably the Home Brewery Company Ltd. building in Daybrook, usually referred to as 'Home Ales' in reference to the Robinson family's Bestwood Home Farm, located on Oxclose Lane.
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NorthWest America Road Trip - Canadian Rokies & Western America
40 days - 7500 miles - 2 countries & 11 states / 40 jours - 12000 km - 2 pays & 11 états
More than 150 hours on the road and 60 hours hiking ! / Plus de 150 heures de route & 60 heures de rando !
Canada part : British Columbia & Alberta
- NATIONAL PARKS: Jasper, Banff, Yoho, Waterton lakes
- Okanagan Valley
USA part: Washington state, Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana
- NATIONAL PARKS: Mount Rainier, Crater lake, Lassen Peak, Sequoia & Kings Canyon, Yosemite, Death Valley, Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, Capitol Reef, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Glacier.
- Portland, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City
- Columbia river george, Lava beds monument, Bodie ghost Town, Mono lake, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, Valley of Fire
Départure / Départ : Vancouver BC by car
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Gerrard's Cross Main Street Buckinghamshire
We are over for a friend's wedding at the Bull Hotel in Gerrard's Cross. This is just a wee glance along the main street in the town/village.
Gerrards Cross is a town and civil parish in the South Bucks district of Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the south of the county, separated from the London Borough of Hillingdon at Harefield by Denham. London is centred 19 miles east. Geographically large and suburban, Gerrards Cross is south of Chalfont St Peter and north of Fulmer and Hedgerley. It spans foothills of the Chiltern Hills and land on the right bank of the River Misbourne — it has a central public park, Gerrards Cross Common and Bulstrode Park Camp, a preserved area of land which was an Iron Age fortified encampment.
The town name is new compared with the great bulk of English towns. Gerrards Cross did not exist in any formal sense until 1859 when it was formed by taking pieces out of the five parishes of Chalfont St Peter, Fulmer, Iver, Langley Marish and Upton to form a new ecclesiastical parish. It is named after the Gerrard family who in the early 17th century owned a manor here. At that time homes which were not farms were smallholdings clustered in a hamlet in the south of an elongated parish of Chalfont St Peter. Near its centre is site of an Iron Age minor hillfort, Bulstrode Park Camp, which is a scheduled ancient monument. Originally named Jarrett's Cross before the times of the Gerrard family, after a highwayman, some areas retain the original name, such as Jarrett's Hill leading up to WEC International off the A40 west of the town.
In 2014, a major national surveying company named Gerrards Cross as the most sought-after and expensive commuter town or village in their London Hot 100 report, with an average sale price of £1,000,000