Places to see in ( Gateshead - UK )
Places to see in ( Gateshead - UK )
Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England, on the southern bank of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne. Gateshead and Newcastle are joined by seven bridges across the Tyne, including the Gateshead Millennium Bridge.
Gateshead is known for its architecture, including the Sage Gateshead, the Angel of the North and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. Residents of Gateshead, like the rest of Tyneside, are referred to as Geordies.
Formerly in County Durham, in 1835 the town became part of Gateshead County Borough. After the Local Government Act 1972, in 1974 Gateshead became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead and Tyne and Wear Metropolitan County.
The town of Gateshead is situated in the North East of England in the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear, and within the historic boundaries of County Durham. It is located on the southern bank of the River Tyne. The town of Gateshead consists of the following districts. Some of them were once separate settlements that were absorbed by encroaching urban sprawl, while others consist entirely of retail, industrial and housing estates. Many of these areas overlap each other and their boundaries are by no means official or fixed. Gateshead is a Town (Urban Subdivision) in the Tyneside urban area.
Gateshead town centre
Black Hill, (High Fell ward)
Mount Pleasant, (Deckham ward)
Deckham
Carr Hill (Deckham ward)
Central (Bridges ward)
Bensham (Bensham ward)
Teams, (Dunston and Teams ward)
Low Teams (Dunston and Teams ward)
Chowdene (Chowdene ward)
Low Fell
Dunston
Swalwell (Dunston and Teams ward)
Dunston Hill (Whickham East ward)
Lobley Hill (Bensham ward)
Team Valley Trading Estate (Bensham ward)
Team Valley (Bensham ward)
Sheriff Hill (High Fell ward)
Ravensworth (High Fell ward)
Saltwell (Saltwell ward)
Harlow Green (Chowdene ward)
Wardley (Wardley and Leam Lane ward)
Leam Lane Estate
Pelaw
Heworth
Felling
Staneway (Windy Nook and Whitehills ward)
Wrekenton (Lamesley ward)
Windy Nook
Whitehills
Beacon Lough (High Fell ward)
Eighton Banks (Lamesley ward)
Old Fold (Deckham ward)
Redheugh (Bridges ward)
Shipcote (Deckham ward)
Bill Quay (Pelaw and Heworth ward)
North Felling/Felling Shore (Felling ward)
Lyndhurst (Low Fell ward)
Egremont Estate (High Fell ward)
Allerdene (Low Fell ward)
Falla Park (Felling ward)
Sunderland Road (Felling ward)
Follingsby (Wardley and Leam Lane ward)
Tyne and Wear Metro stations at Gateshead Interchange and Gateshead Stadium provide direct light-rail access to Newcastle Central Station, Newcastle International Airport, Sunderland, Tynemouth and South Shields. Gateshead Interchange is the busiest bus station in Tyne and Wear and was used by 3.9 million bus passengers in 2008.
Alot to see in ( Gateshead - UK ) such as :
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
Gateshead Millennium Bridge
Saltwell Park
Shipley Art Gallery
St. Mary's Heritage Centre
Dunston Staiths
Windy Nook Nature Park
Sage Gateshead
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Places to see in ( Garstang - UK )
Places to see in ( Garstang - UK )
Garstang is an old market town and civil parish within the Wyre borough of Lancashire, England. It is 10 miles north of the city of Preston and the same distance south of Lancaster. In 2011, the parish had a total resident population of 4,268; the larger Garstang Built-up Area, which includes the adjoining settlements of Bonds and Cabus, had population of 6,779. Garstang is famous for being the world's first ever Fairtrade Town.
St. John Plessington was born at Dimples Hall, which is just outside the town. Garstang was once served by Garstang and Catterall railway station which closed in 1969, and Garstang Town railway station which closed to passengers in 1930. The town is overlooked by the ruined remains of Greenhalgh Castle, built in 1490 by Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby.
The town celebrates an arts festival and an agricultural show (which has been continued for 200 years) every year in August.
In April 2000 Garstang declared itself the world's first Fairtrade Town, influencing many other towns, cities and counties around the United Kingdom to work towards the same goal. The Fairtrade Town status was renewed by the Fairtrade Foundation on 13 August 2003.
The local newspaper, the Garstang Courier, is available on tape free of charge to blind and partially sighted people from Galloway's Society for the Blind. Following success in winning the Small Country Town category in the 2002 Britain in Bloom Awards, Garstang won the Small Town category in the 2005, 2006 and 2010
Local primary schools are Garstang Community Primary School, with about 245 pupils, St Thomas' Church of England School and SS Mary and Michael Catholic School. The local secondary school is Garstang Community Academy which does not offer sixth form courses; pupils travel to Lancaster, Preston or Blackpool and further for A level courses.
The town has seven public houses: The Farmers Arms, the Crown, the Eagle and Child, the King's Arms, the Royal Oak, the Wheatsheaf, Th'Owd Tithe Barn, with the Bellflower (formerly the Flag) in Nateby and Crofters Tavern in Cabus. It has three restaurants: Pipers, Ken Ma and the Great Season, the latter two being Chinese restaurants. There is also a golf club and Country Hotel and the Crofter's Hotel, on the main A6 road.
Lying on the River Wyre, River Calder and the Lancaster Canal, Garstang is situated close to the A6 road, the M6 motorway, and the West Coast Main Line, between Lancaster and Preston. It lies on the eastern edge of the Fylde, and the Forest of Bowland is not far to the east. Garstang and the nearby villages of Bonds, Bowgreave, Catterall and Western Claughton-On-Brock form an almost continuous built-up area, bypassed by the A6 road in 1928. Other nearby villages not bypassed by the A6 road include: Brock, Bilsborrow, Cabus and Churchtown form another, much larger, continuous built-up area which includes Garstang in the centre.
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Start your trip in Christchurch aboard the Rebuild Tour which offers a guided experience around the post-earthquake city.
If you fancy a break then C1 Espresso serves fantastic coffee, but is best known for its signature food pipes like nowhere else in the world.
The Botanical Gardens Tour is one of the highlights of your Scenic Tour. Native plants and trees from around the world can be found here. The gardens are open all year round and are home to thousands of plants which make it a magical part of the city.
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Places to see in ( Hamilton - UK )
Places to see in ( Hamilton - UK )
Hamilton is a town in South Lanarkshire, in the central Lowlands of Scotland. Hamilton serves as the main administrative centre of the South Lanarkshire council area. Hamilton is the fourth-biggest town in Scotland.
Hamilton sits 12 miles (19 km) south-east of Glasgow, 35 miles (56 km) south-west of Edinburgh and 74 miles (120 km) north of Carlisle, Cumbria. Hamilton is situated on the south bank of the River Clyde at its confluence with the Avon Water. Hamilton is the later county town of Lanarkshire which was preceded anciently by Lanark.
The Hamiltons constructed many landmark buildings in the area including the Hamilton Mausoleum in Strathclyde Park, which has the longest echo of any building in the world. The Hamilton family are major land-owners in the area to this day. Hamilton Palace was the seat of the Dukes of Hamilton until the early-twentieth century.
Other historic buildings in the area include Hamilton Old Parish Church, a Georgian era building completed in 1734 and the only church to have been built by William Adam. The graveyard of the old parish church contains some Covenanter remains. The former Edwardian Town Hall now houses the library and concert hall. The Townhouse complex underwent a sympathetic modernization in 2002 and opened to the public in summer 2004. The ruins of Cadzow Castle also lie in Chatelherault Country Park, 2 miles (3 km) from the town centre.
Hamilton Palace was the largest non-royal residence in the Western world, located in the north-east of the town. A former seat of the Dukes of Hamilton, it was built in 1695, subsequently much enlarged, and demolished in 1921 due to ground subsidence. It is widely acknowledged as having been one of the grandest houses in Scotland, was visited and admired by Queen Victoria, and was written about by Daniel Defoe.
Hamilton Barracks was formerly the Depot of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) and the home of the 1st Battalion of the Regiment. The Regimental Museum is part of the Low Parks Museum. The Low Parks Museum is housed in what was a 16th-century inn and a staging post for journeys between Glasgow and Edinburgh. Recently refurbished, it is the oldest building in Hamilton and is to the north of the Palace Grounds.
By road the town is to the west of the M74 motorway, the main southerly link to England, which joins the M6 just north of Carlisle. The main route from Edinburgh is the M8, leaving at junctions 6 or 7.
Areas of Hamilton:
Avongrove
Burnbank
Barncluith
Earnock Estate
Earnock Glen
Fernigar
Eddlewood
Fairhill
Hamilton West
High Earnock
Hillhouse
Laighstonehall
Little Earnock
Low Waters
Meikle Earnock
Neilsland
Silvertonhill
Torheads Farm
Whitehill
Woodhead
Hamilton has three railway stations, Hamilton Central, Hamilton West and Chatelherault on the Argyle Line's Hamilton Circle. Hamilton Central is 22 minutes from Glasgow on the limited stop Larkhall-Dalmuir service. It was once served by the North British Railway, which had three stations in the area. Hamilton (NBR), Peacock Cross railway station and Burnbank. Beside Hamilton Central lies Hamilton bus station, providing links to surrounding towns and cities, also offering an express bus to Glasgow and also some parts of England.
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Exploring Portugal: David Whitehill in Lisbon with Scenic
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Portugal is quite different to what you would usually expect from Europe, of course it has its fair share of European polish and amazing history but it's also kept a really relaxed down to earth feel.
Scenic have landed us in Lisbon, the country's capital and one of the world's oldest cities.
With such an amazing coastline, Portugal has always been a sailing nation and they’ve been really deeply entrenched with trade and exploring just about every continent on the planet.
It's not until you get here and see monuments like this you actually realize just how important this country's been to the whole world.
Portugal was perfectly located on the early trade routes, so it's little wonder it was home to some of the most successful explorers.
The city of Lisbon is the hub of activity and the streets are filled with locals and visitors enjoying the shopping and café lifestyle.
Being influenced by so many different cultures, its mix of old world monuments and laid back Lisbonites make you feel welcome as soon as you arrive.
Scenic give us a chance to explore all the key tourists stops but also some of the locals secrets.
One experience you have to try if you can wrestle them off the crowd here is one of these pastries of Belem, the recipe dates back over 500 years.
This is the only bakery in Portugal that knows the monks original recipe, which they guarded with their life; once you try one though you start to understand what all the fuss is about.
The seaside towns just outside of Lisbon are the playground of Portugal's rich and famous, perched on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, this is the place to relax show off your wealth and possibly even dabble in a bit of espionage.
This little seaside town has quite a history, see back in and World War Two, it was heaving with exiles and spies from Germany and Britain. So it is little wonder that Casino Estoril became the birthplace of James Bond's Casino Royale.
There seems to be a secret around every corner.
Portugal’s coastline has played a huge role in shaping its culture and while you’re here with Scenic, it’s clear the locals still appreciate a no hassle way of life.
Mixed with a touch of incredible history.