Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, UK
Kirkby Lonsdale was historically, in the county of Westmoreland. Situated on the River Lune and sandwiched between the Lake District National Park and The Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Music by Brian Crain.
Places to see in ( Kirkby Stephen - UK )
Places to see in ( Kirkby Stephen - UK )
Kirkby Stephen is a civil parish and small market town in Cumbria, in North West England which historically, is part of Westmorland. The town is located on the A685, surrounded by sparsely populated hill country, and about 25 miles (40 km) from the nearest larger towns, Kendal and Penrith. The River Eden rises 6 miles (9.7 km) away in the peat bogs below Hugh Seat and passes by, almost unobserved, on the eastern edge of the town.
Kirkby Stephen has a parish council and is a centre for several smaller villages and parishes in the surrounding area, including Nateby, Ravenstonedale and Mallerstang. A community and council centre in the library, provides information and services on behalf of all the local councils (county, district and parish), and general and local information and facilities.
Kirkby Stephen serves as a base for tourism in the Upper Eden Valley area and for walking tours of the Valley. It is on the line of the Coast to Coast Walk, devised by Alfred Wainwright, Each June there is the Mallerstang Horseshoe and Nine Standards Yomp which takes a strenuous route along the high ground along both sides of the neighbouring dale of Mallerstang, including Wild Boar Fell and the summit of nearby Nine Standards Rigg. The surrounding countryside attracts walkers but the Kirkby Stephen Mountain Rescue Team sometimes has to assist those who are not fully prepared for harsh conditions on the fell tops.
It is sometimes said that Faraday Road (parallel with High Street and Market Street) is named in honour of the scientist, Michael Faraday (1791–1867) but it is named after his uncle, Richard Faraday, who was a respected local tradesman. Richard's younger brother, James, was for some time the blacksmith in Outhgill, but his third child, Michael, was born soon after they had moved to London. The Faraday brothers moved from Clapham in the West Riding to the Kirkby Stephen area because the family were all members of the Sandemanian sect, and at that time there was locally one of the few Sandemanian communities with a chapel, which was in the courtyard behind what is now the HSBC bank.
Stenkrith Park is south of the town on the B6259 road to Nateby. The river scenery here marks the change from limestone at the head of the Eden Valley in Mallerstang, to the red sandstone which is characteristic further along the Eden Valley. The main rock, from which most houses in Kirkby Stephen is built, is brockram, composed of fragments of limestone in a cement of red sandstone. The river at Stenkrith has carved this rock into many fantastic shapes, collectively known as the Devil's Grinding Mill or Devil's Hole. This spectacular natural scenery has been supplemented, in recent years, by three (human) additions. The ‘Poetry Path' has 12 stones which were carved by the artist Pip Hall, with poems by Meg Peacock, depicting a year in the life of a hill farmer.
Eden Benchmarks: Beside the river there is a sculpture by Laura White, entitled ‘Passage', one of the ten Eden Benchmarks, a series of sculptures that have been placed at intervals along the River Eden from its source in Mallerstang to the Solway Firth. The Millennium Bridge was opened in 2002, and provides pedestrian access from the park to a walk along the old south Durham railway track.
Kirkby Stephen West station, on the Settle-Carlisle Line, is located over 1 mile (2 km) south west of the town. This railway line kept to the high ground and avoided descending into the valleys wherever possible. A second, older, railway station is also situated in the village. This is Kirkby Stephen East station, situated at the southern edge of the village. Originally a large junction of the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway and the Eden Valley Railway, the station was re-opened by the Stainmore Railway Company in August 2011 as a heritage centre and operational railway representing the 1950's, and is open to visitors every weekend.
( Kirkby Stephen - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Kirkby Stephen . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Kirkby Stephen - UK
Join us for more :
Best places to visit
Best places to visit - Kirkby-in-Furness (United Kingdom) Best places to visit - Slideshows from all over the world - City trips, nature pictures, etc.
Places to see in ( Dent - UK )
Places to see in ( Dent - UK )
Dent is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England. It lies in Dentdale, a narrow valley on the western slopes of the Pennines within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is about 4 miles (6 km) south east of Sedbergh and about 8 miles (13 km) north east of Kirkby Lonsdale.
Dent was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Both place name and dialect evidence indicate that this area was settled by the Norse in the 10th century. Geoffrey Hodgson, in 2008, argued that this invasion accounts for the high frequency of the Hodgson surname in the area. Dent was the birthplace of Thomas de Dent, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, in the early fourteenth century. Dent was the birthplace of the geologist Adam Sedgwick in 1785.
Dentdale was one of the last Yorkshire Dales to be enclosed, Dent's Enclosure Award being made in 1859. Whilst fishing on the Dee at Dentdale in the 1840s, William Armstrong saw a waterwheel in action, supplying power to a marble quarry. It struck Armstrong that much of the available power was being wasted and it inspired him to design a successful hydraulic engine which began the accumulation of his wealth and industrial empire. Dent, then in Yorkshire, was one of the sites for the Survey of English Dialects in the 1950s.
The Dent Brewery is an independent microbrewery in Cowgill, just above Dent. Dent was the original site of the Dent Folk Festival and is now the site of the Dent Music and Beer Festival at the end of June. The first event was held in 2009 and was hailed as a great success.
Dent railway station on the Settle and Carlisle Railway is about 4 miles (6 km) above the village at Denthead. Despite its name, it is actually in Cowgill. Nearby, the railway goes over a viaduct. The long distance footpath the Dales Way passes through Dent, with various types of accommodation (pub, B & B, camping) available to walkers.
( Dent - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Dent . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Dent - UK
Join us for more :
Places to see in ( Blackpool - UK )
Places to see in ( Blackpool - UK )
Blackpool is a seaside resort on the Irish Sea coast of England. It's known for Blackpool Pleasure Beach, an old-school amusement park with vintage wooden roller coasters. Built in 1894, the landmark Blackpool Tower houses a circus, a glass viewing platform and the Tower Ballroom, where dancers twirl to the music of a Wurlitzer organ. Blackpool Illuminations is an annual light show along the Promenade.
Blackpool is a seaside resort and unitary authority area in Lancashire, England, on England's northwest coast. The town is on the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Preston, 27 miles (43 km) north of Liverpool, 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Bolton and 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Manchester.
Blackpool rose to prominence as a major centre of tourism in England when a railway was built in the 1840s connecting it to the industrialised regions of Northern England. The railway made it much easier and cheaper for visitors to reach Blackpool, triggering an influx of settlers, such that in 1876 Blackpool was incorporated as a borough, governed by its own town council and aldermen. In 1881, Blackpool was a booming resort with a population of 14,000 and a promenade complete with piers, fortune-tellers, public houses, trams, donkey rides, fish-and-chip shops and theatres. By 1901 the population of Blackpool was 47,000, by which time its place was cemented as the archetypal British seaside resort. By 1951 it had grown to 147,000.
Shifts in tastes, combined with opportunities for Britons to travel overseas, affected Blackpool's status as a leading resort in the late 20th century. Nevertheless, Blackpool's urban fabric and economy remains relatively undiversified, and firmly rooted in the tourism sector, and the borough's seafront continues to attract millions of visitors every year. In addition to its sandy beaches, Blackpool's major attractions and landmarks include Blackpool Tower, Blackpool Illuminations, the Pleasure Beach, Blackpool Zoo, Sandcastle Water Park, the Winter Gardens, and the UK's only surviving first-generation tramway.
Blackpool International Airport operated regular charter and scheduled flights throughout the UK and Europe. Blackpool Transport operates the main bus services in and around Blackpool. Blackpool once had two railway termini with a total of over 30 platforms, mainly used by excursion traffic in the summer. Blackpool Central, close to Blackpool Tower, was closed in 1964, while Blackpool North was largely demolished and rebuilt as a smaller facility.
Alot to see in ( Blackpool - UK ) such as :
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Blackpool Tower
Blackpool Illuminations
Sandcastle Water Park
Big One
Central Pier, Blackpool
North Pier, Blackpool
Blackpool Zoo
Grundy Art Gallery
Marton Mere Local Nature Reserve
SEA LIFE Blackpool
Stanley Park, Blackpool
Madame Tussauds Blackpool
The Blackpool Tower Dungeon
Coral Island
Illuminasia
Pasaje del Terror
South Pier, Blackpool
Blackpool Model Village & Garden
Genting Casino Blackpool
Lytham Hall
Coral Island Casino
Fun Land Amusements
Comedy Carpet
Fairhaven Lake
Lytham Windmill
Marsh Mill
Wyre Estuary Country Park
Farmer Parrs Animal World
Fleetwood Museum
Memorial Park
Blackpool Tower
Pharos Lighthouse
Golden Mile Amusements
St Chad's Church, Poulton-le-Fylde
Kingscote Park, Blackpool
Anchorsholme Park
Jean Stansfield Memorial Park
Northern Victorian Pier
The Mount
Warwicks Amusements
Masons Amusements Ltd
Crossland Road Park
Watson Road Park
Warwick Amusements
Mount Pavilion
Ribble and Alt Estuaries
Ashton Gardens
Granny's Bay
( Blackpool - UK) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Blackpool . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Blackpool - UK
Join us for more :
Pennines from the train in england
This was on my trip back home to take part on the x factor in april
Not sure if posted apologies in advance , but it is nice
Places to see in ( Pocklington - UK )
Places to see in ( Pocklington - UK )
Pocklington is a small market town and civil parish situated at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It is located 13 miles (21 km) east of York and 26 miles (42 km) north-west of Hull. The town's skyline is dominated by the 15th century tower of All Saints' Church. Pocklington lies at the centre of the ecclesiastical Parish of Pocklington, which also encompasses the small hamlet of Kilnwick Percy as well as a scattering of outlying farms and houses.
Pocklington gets its name via the Old English Poclintun from the Anglian settlement of Pocel's (or Pocela's) people and the Old English word tun meaning farm or settlement, but though the town's name can only be traced back to around 650 AD, the inhabitation of Pocklington as a site is thought to extend back a further 1,000 years or more to the Bronze Age. Pocklington appears on the 14th century Gough Map, the oldest route map in Great Britain. In the Iron Age Pocklington was a major town of the Parisi tribe and by the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 it was the second largest settlement in Yorkshire after York itself.
Pocklington developed through the Middle Ages while many similar places fell into dramatic decline. Pocklington owed much of its prosperity in the Middle Ages to the fact that it was a local centre for the trading of wool and lay on the main road to York, an important national centre for the export of wool to the continent. Wool was England’s principal export in the earlier Middle Ages. The town's coat of arms shield is based on that of the Dolman family, founders of Pocklington School. The arms were granted to the town council in 1980. The crown at the base of the shield is the emblem of the saints, along with the gold cross, symbolises the town's historic connection with Paulinus of York and the Archbishop of York.
Pocklington is a spring line settlement, located at the base of the Yorkshire Wolds. Geologically speaking, the rocks underlying this area were lain down under tropical oceans, and, when the land rose, the chalk wolds were formed from the skeletons and shells covering the sea floor. The landscape around Pocklington therefore varies from flat arable land primarily devoted to agriculture to the south and west, and grassy, chalk hills and dry valleys to the north and east. A lot of the more level farming country was, from the Middle Ages onwards, reclaimed from marshland.
Near the centre of Pocklington is Burnby Hall Gardens. These gardens are home to the National Collection of Hardy Water Lilies - the biggest such collection to be found in a natural setting in Europe. The Burnby Hall Gardens collection of water lilies has been designated as a National Collection by the National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens.
Day trippers also visit Millington Wood (a Site of Special Scientific Interest) and Pocklington Canal Head, with footpaths along the canal. The canal has been named one of the top ten places to see aquatic wildlife in Britain. Nearby Allerthorpe Lakeland Park has parkland for walking, a lake with watersports facilities, a separate lake for fly fishing, and a BMX trail. There is also a large caravan park for visitors.
Pocklington lies on the A1079 road, the main arterial route between the cities of York and Hull. Pocklington is served by a number of bus routes provided by East Yorkshire Motor Services.
Pocklington Airfield has three concrete and tarmac runways of 1,600 yards (1,500 m), sufficient in length to take RAF bombers during the Second World War, but in September 1946 the airfield was closed. Pocklington was once part of the rail network, with a railway station dating back to 1847. This was closed as a result of the Beeching Report in November 1965.
( Pocklington - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Pocklington . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Pocklington - UK
Join us for more :
England - Liverpool
Liverpool - Maritime Mercantile City is no. 1150 on UNESCO's World Heritage List. This video is from the Heritage sites in Liverpool.
Read more:
Audio: The Beatles Yesterday
England, Stonehenge, Site tour
like to travel? looking for travel buddies? check out:
trip-joiner.com
SUMMER SHOPPING IN GATESHEAD METRO CENTRE ENGLAND
A WALK IN THE METRO SHOPPING CENTER IN GATESHEAD TYNE & WEAR .
Please Like and Subscribe to see all Video's Our Travelling is The Learning and Our Learning is The Understanding. Please help my channel with a Donation to help me travel and take you to other areas around England Please click the link to Donate!
intu Metrocentre, known on road signs as Metro Centre, is a shopping centre in Dunston, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England.
Located in Dunston, Gateshead, on a former industrial site near to the River Tyne, the Metrocentre opened in stages, with the first phase opening on 28 April 1986 and the official opening on 14 October 1986. It has more than 370 shops occupying 200,000 m2 (2,200,000 sq ft) of retail floor space, making it the second largest shopping centre in the UK. Additional retail space is available in the adjoining Metro Retail Park and MetrOasis.
The centre was rebranded as intu Metrocentre in 2013 following the renaming of its parent Capital Shopping Centres Group as Intu Properties.