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The longest seaside pier in Wales is Llandudno Pier, which has a total length of 2,295 feet (or 700 metres), of which the original main pier is 1,234 feet (or 376 metres). Located on the North Wales coast and stretching out into the Irish Sea, Llandudno Pier was constructed over two years from 1876 and later extended landwards to the Read more...
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Trwyn Du Lighthouse was built in 1838 by Trinity House at the north entrance to the Menai Strait. Situated at Penmon, the Isle of Anglesey’s easternmost point, the distinctive black and white banded circular stone tower lighthouse marks the passage for ships between the island and the nearby island of Ynys Seiriol (also known as Puffin Island). Originally manned by Read more...
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Parts of Doune Castle in Stirlingshire, Central Scotland were used during filming of the unaired pilot episode of Game of Thrones to depict Winterfell, home of the Stark family. Very few scenes from Doune ultimately made it into broadcast episodes as the commissioned series was filmed in other locations, including Castle Ward and soundstages in Northern Ireland. Doune Castle was Read more...
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Parts of Doune Castle in the district of Stirling, Central Scotland, were used during filming of the unaired pilot episode of Game of Thrones to depict Winterfell, home of the Stark family. Very few scenes ultimately made it into the series as the commissioned series was shot in other locations, including Castle Ward in Northern Island, and soundstages. Read more...
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Thruxton Circuit is situated near the village of Thruxton, just over 5 miles (or 8 kilometres) west of Andover, Hampshire. Located on the Thruxton Aerodrome site, the race track is signposted from the A303 road. Read more...
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The nearest hotel to Cheshire Oaks Outlet Village is the Travelodge Cheshire Oaks situated on the Coliseum Leisure Park next to the retail park. Read more...
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The nearest Manchester Metrolink tram stop to Wythenshawe Hospital is Roundthorn, an 8 to 10-minute walk away from the hospital. The Roundthorn stop is served by Metrolink’s Navy Line which runs between Manchester city centre and Manchester Airport. Read more...
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Manchester International Airport departure terminals are shown below. In case of terminal changes, contacting the airline to confirm before travel is advisable. Airline Terminal Aegean Airlines T2 Aer Lingus T1 & T2 Air Arabia Maroc T1 Air Canada T2 Air France T2 Air Malta T1 Air Transat T1 airBaltic T2 American Airlines T1 Aurigny T3 Austrian Airlines T1 Balkan Holidays Read more...
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Caroline Flack was found dead in her top floor loft at the Fleetwood Apartments in Stoke Newington, London on 15th February 2020. The British television presenter was 40 years old and had committed suicide. Flack was due to stand trial for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend and had stood down from presenting the ITV show Love Island. Read more...
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Oasis brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher grew up in the Manchester suburb of Burnage, spending their early years living on Ashburn Avenue. When their parents separated, they moved with their mother and older brother Paul in the early 1980s to a house on Cranwell Drive. Read more...
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Bee Gees members Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb lived at 51 Keppel Road in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, a suburb of Manchester, for about three years until 1958, before the family emigrated to Australia. During their time in Manchester, the young brothers formed a skiffle group called The Rattlesnakes and performed at local venues, including the Gaumont Cinema near their home. Read more...
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Singer Amy Winehouse was found dead, aged 27, in the bedroom of her home at 30 Camden Square in London on the afternoon of Saturday 23rd July 2011. The cause of death was said to be alcohol poisoning and the coroner recorded a verdict of death by misadventure. Read more...
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From age 5 to 23, John Lennon’s childhood home was his Aunt Mimi’s house, Mendips, on Menlove Avenue, in Woolton, Liverpool. Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono purchased the 1930s semi-detached property in 2002 and donated it to the National Trust, after which it was restored to its 1950s appearance and opened to the public for tours. A blue plaque on the Read more...
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Manchester United was originally established in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR Football Club by the Carriage and Wagon department of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) depot at Newton Heath, Manchester. It became Manchester United F.C. in 1902. The team played at the North Road ground in Newton Heath until 1893, when it moved to a new ground at Bank Read more...
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British musician and comedy actor George Formby is buried in the Roman Catholic Section B of Warrington Cemetery on Manchester Road in Warrington, Cheshire. Famed ukulele player Formby, whose real name was George Hoy Booth, died on 6 March 1961, aged 56. He is buried with his parents, George and Eliza, in a grave that was already marked with a Read more...
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In 1914, over 60 refugees from the German-occupied city of Mechelen in Belgium were accommodated in Menai Bridge on Anglesey. In gratitude for the town’s hospitality, a group of them built this 400 metre promenade along the Menai Strait from Ynys Tysilio (Church Island) to Carreg yr Halen, completing it in 1916. It was rebuilt in 1963 and ceremonially reopened Read more...
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Former British Prime Minister David Lloyd George was born on 17 January 1863 at 5 New York Place in Manchester and lived there with his parents for a few months after his birth. The house has since been demolished but the house at 34 Wadeson Road in Ardwick stands on the approximate site and a wall plaque notes the location’s Read more...
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St Margaret’s Church, the Victorian-era Gothic style church in Bodelwyddan, near Saint Asaph, North Wales, is known as the Marble Church because of the lavish use of marble on its interior. Designed by John Gibson and completed in 1860, the eye-catching limestone building with its 62 metre tower and spire is a landmark for traffic passing on the A55 road. Read more...
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You can bike around Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid) on a route that uses a cycle path and public highway. Follow the A494 from the lake car park to Llanuwchllyn, returning to Bala on the B4403 road that tracks the steam railway line. The 10 mile circuit has some inclines and takes an hour at a moderate pace. Read more...
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Aberystwyth’s water supply comes from the Bont-goch Water Treatment Works which is fed from the Llyn Craig-y-pistyll and Llyn Llygad Rheidol reservoirs. Read more...