Famous Christmas Lights ~ Lancing Way ~ Croxley Green ~ Hertfordshire ~ UK
Carol & Dave from 3 Lancing Way, Croxley Green, Herts, UK, switch on their famous front garden & home Christmas lights.
10, 9, 8, 7 ... and ON they go!
All visits to this famous address are warmly welcomed.
Dropping a donation into the box at the front of their house (next to the driveway) is greatly appreciated. It is always for a worthwhile cause.
Places to see in ( Rickmansworth - UK )
Places to see in ( Rickmansworth - UK )
Rickmansworth is a small town in south-west Hertfordshire, England, situated approximately 20 miles northwest of central London and inside the perimeter of the M25 motorway. The town is mainly to the north of the Grand Union Canal (formerly the Grand Junction Canal) and the River Colne. The nearest large town is Watford, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) to the east. Rickmansworth is the administrative seat of the Three Rivers District Council; the local authority is named from the confluence of three rivers within Rickmansworth's borders; the River Gade and the Grand Union Canal join the upper River Colne near Rickmansworth's eastern boundary and are joined by the River Chess near the town centre from where the enlarged Colne flows south to form a major tributary of the River Thames. The town is served by the Metropolitan line of the London Underground and Chiltern Railways from London Marylebone to Aylesbury.
Rickmansworth grew dramatically during the Victorian era and in the 1920s and 1930s as part of Metro-land, due to the extension of Metropolitan Railway, and became a commuter town. Diesel-express trains from Marylebone station, London – via Harrow-on-the Hill – to Aylesbury and fast, electric Metropolitan trains from the City of London – via Baker Street – to Amersham stop at Rickmansworth station on the London to Aylesbury Line. Junctions 17 and 18 of the M25 motorway are within Rickmansworth's boundaries giving access to Heathrow Airport, and the national motorway network.
Valley Road in Rickmansworth has a frost hollow. This is caused by the local geography, notably the railway embankment which prevents the natural drainage of cold air from a specific part of the valley. The greatest daily temperature range in England was recorded on 29 August 1936 in Rickmansworth when the temperature climbed from 1.1 °C at dawn to 24.9 °C within 9 hours due to this unique geographic feature.
Rickmansworth is sometimes shortened to Ricky, as used in the annual Ricky Week celebrations which occur in May. The town's canal history is remembered at the end of the week with the Rickmansworth Festival organised by Rickmansworth Waterways Trust. The annual Ricky Road Run takes place with more than 500 runners. The annual Victorian Evening, held in the town centre at the end of November, was changed to Starlight Evening in 2011. Inspired by the reference to Rickmansworth on the first page of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams: And then, one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change, a girl sitting on her own in a small café in Rickmansworth suddenly realized what it was that had been going wrong all this time, and she finally knew how the world could be made a good and happy place. This time it was right, it would work, and no one would have to get nailed to anything.
The Aquadrome covers 41 hectares (100 acres) and includes the Aquadrome Local Nature Reserve, Batchworth and Bury Lakes, open grassland, areas of woodland, car parking, a café and a children's play area. Its boundaries are the River Colne to the north, the Grand Union Canal to the east and south and Stocker's Lake nature reserve to the west. In July 2009, it received a Green Flag Award for parks and open spaces which meet high standards.
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The former Primrose Hill station London.
Using footage from shortly before its closure in 1992 plus from 2011, by which time the platform buildings had been removed, this film takes a detailed look at Primrose Hill station and some of the issues as to why it closed and why neither it nor the route it is on might not be be reopened to passenger trains.
Primrose Hill is the only intermediate station on the link line between Camden Road station on the North London Line and South Hampstead on the local 'all stations' route between Euston and Watford Junction.
Electric trains first started using it in 1917, travelling from Broad Street station to (mostly) Watford Junction, although some terminated at Croxley Green instead. In the rush hours as many as 7 trains an hour operated these services, all of which were interleaved with trains that originated at Euston station and Bakerloo Line trains.
In addition some trains switched between the North London Line and Watford Junction route at Willesden Junction, travelling via Hampstead Heath station. This was mainly for the benefit of North London Line passengers, as from Watford this route was longer and slower.
As part of 'rationlisations' / 'improvements' and with the support of the Greater London Council under the leadership of Ken Livingstone trains which served Broad Street were mostly diverted to Stratford, using a section of railway where passenger services had been suspended during WW2, whilst the Watford Junction trains were routed to Liverpool Street using a specially constructed link.
But operating these trains was a nuisance for the railway who wanted passengers to change trains twice (Willesden Junction plus Highbury & Islington) and travel to Moorgate, which is about a 10 minute walk from Liverpool Street station. To help 'encourage' passengers to avoid the service trains were ran at inconvenient times which were not at all useful for people trying to get to / from work. Then claiming that hardly anyone was using the trains the service was put to sleep.
Primrose Hill station was finally killed off in September 1992.
Many years later the remaining sections of the former LNWR / LMS electric railway network became the responsibility of the Mayor of London (who at the time was Ken Livingstone) whose policies were to attract rather than repel passengers and under the auspicies of the London Overground invested heavily in new trains, reopening much of the former Broad Street route and more.
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Watford - United Kingdom
Scenes from the Watford area and centre including Watford High Street, The Parade and various monuments.
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Class 313, 313003 at Watford West on 6 December 1990
Archive Hi-8mm video footage taken at Watford West station in 1990. Since it had became unstaffed, vandals preyed on the charming old L&NWR station building at Watford West. It was only matter of time before the biggest vandals of all - British Rail, hiding behind the banner of Network SouthEast- completed the yobs work for them..... by December 1990 the delightful booking hall (and all its 1960's period signage) had been destroyed in an orgy of corporate destruction. The decoratively covered valanced steps that lead down to the platform from road level just about survived, and are seen here amongst the general dereliction. EMU 313003 pays a fleeting visit with an evening train from Watford Junction to Croxley Green, and returns a few moments later to whence she came.
Today the line is closed, although surprisingly the track remains in situ, but where the building once stood at road level, there is now only concrete and brick walling.
Review – Hilton Watford and why its perfect for visiting Harry Potter Studios London
The Hilton Watford Hotel couldn’t be more convenient for our visit to Warner Bros. Studios Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter (you can read our review here) which was just a 10 minute car journey away.
This is our review of the Hilton Watford Hotel, a four star hotel comprising of 200 bedrooms and suites.
Super Creepy Abandoned Stratford
Not my usual video, but it interested me! Just a few minutes walk from Stratford International station is what I like to call 'Abandoned Stratford'. It's super creepy! The area is located between Lea Bridge and Stratford and the half-hourly Greater Anglia service passes it.
Travel Guide Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire UK Pros And Cons Review
Travel Guide Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire UK Pro's And Con's Review
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Pro's
* Some attractions to visit in the daytime
* Some enteriment at night with a range of pubs
* Some shops to choose from
* Some public transport
* Some hotel's to choose from
* Some eating places to choose from
* Easy to walk around
Con's
* It can get busy
Things To Do
* Piccotts End Wall Paintings
* Factory Tours
* Bike/Boat Tours
* The Old Town Hall Theatre
* Cineama
* Shopping Centre
* Spa
* Health/Fitness Clubs & Gyms
* Parks/Skate Parks/Gardens
* Drift Limits Car Racing
* Waterways Experience
* The Snow Centre
* DJs Play Park
* Soft Play
* Ice Rink
* Laser Quasar
The Beat Places To Eat Cheap Eats
* Windmill Cafe
* Sea World - Fish and Chip Shop
* Fishery Wharf Cafe
Moderate Priced Food
* Woody's Vegetarian Restaurant
* The Sitar Indian
* Chiang Mai Cottage
The Best Hotels To Stay
* Boxmoor Lodge Hotel
* Holiday Inn Express Hemel Hempstead
* Holiday Inn Hemel Hempstead M1, Jct.8
* Shendish Manor Hotel
* Premier Inn Hemel Hempstead Central Hotel
Hotel Booking Sites
* LateRooms.com
* Expedia.co.uk
* Booking.com
* Hotels.com
* TripAdvisor
* Opodo
* ebookers.com
Weather
The weather in the UK can vary from day to day. Warmer and hotter months are between April to September. Colder months with snow,sleet and rain are between October and March. You can get some humidity and pollen is highest, between June and August for hayfever suffers. You can also get rain in between, April and September.
Currency
Britain’s currency is the pound sterling (£), which is divided into 100 pence (p).
Scotland has its own pound sterling notes. These represent the same value as an English note and can be used elsewhere in Britain. The Scottish £1 note is not accepted outside Scotland.
There are lots of bureaux de change in Britain – often located inside:
• banks
• travel agents
• Post Offices
• airports
• major train stations.
It's worth shopping around to get the best deal and remember to ask how much commission is charged.
Britain’s currency is the pound sterling (£), which is divided into 100 pence (p).
Scotland has its own pound sterling notes. These represent the same value as an English note and can be used elsewhere in Britain. The Scottish £1 note is not accepted outside Scotland.
There are lots of bureaux de change in Britain – often located inside:
• banks
• travel agents
• Post Offices
• airports
• major train stations.
It's worth shopping around to get the best deal and remember to ask how much commission is charged.
Time Difference
During the winter months, Britain is on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), which is 5 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time and 10 hours behind Sydney. Western standard time is five hours behind.
From late March until late October, the clocks go forward one hour to British Summer Time (BST).
To check the correct time, contact the Speaking Clock service by dialling 123.
Weight And Measurements
Britain is officially metric, in line with the rest of Europe. However, imperial measures are still in use, especially for road distances, which are measured in miles. Imperial pints and gallons are 20 per cent larger than US measures.
Imperial to Metric
1 inch = 2.5 centimetres
1 foot = 30 centimetres
1 mile = 1.6 kilometres
1 ounce = 28 grams
1 pound = 454 grams
1 pint = 0.6 litres
1 gallon = 4.6 litres
Metric to Imperial
1 millimetre = 0.04 inch
1 centimetre = 0.4 inch
1 metre = 3 feet 3 inches
1 kilometre = 0.6 mile
1 gram = 0.04 ounce
1 kilogram = 2.2 pounds
Passport And Visas Requirements To Enter The UK
Please note: Following the recent referendum vote for the UK to leave the European Union (EU), there are currently no changes in the way people travel to Britain. The following guidelines still apply:
If you're planning an adventure to the UK, depending on your nationality and your reason for visiting, you may need to organise a visa.
If you're an American, Canadian or Australian tourist, you'll be able to travel visa-free throughout the UK, providing you have a valid passport and your reason for visiting meets the immigration rules (link is external).
Citizens from some South American and Caribbean countries as well as Japan are also able to travel visa-free around the UK.
European Union citizens, non-EU member states of the EEA (Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland), Switzerland, and members of the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) do not need a visa to enter the UK.
If you have any further visa questions visit the official UK government website.
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