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• Forth Bridge
  ...th Rail Bridge''' to distinguish it from the [[Forth Road Bridge]], though this has never been its official name. ...pproximately {{convert|2500|t}} of iron, Wilhelm Westhofen said of it "and this quantity [of iron] distributed over the length would have given it a very l
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• Aberfoyle
  ...le has become the alternative route to the Trossachs and [[Loch Katrine]]; this road, known as the Duke's Road or Duke's Pass, was opened to the public in ...re which operated from the 1820s to the 1950s are now defunct; at its peak this was a major industry. Other industries included an ironworks, established i
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• Quantock Hills
  ...t in 1924 after the shale in the cliffs was found to be rich in oil. Along this coast, the cliffs are layered with compressed strata of oil-bearing shale a ...Khan'' came to him in a dream, and when he awoke he immediately started to write it down, but interrupted by a man from Porlock, who detained him for so lon
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• Leadhills
  ...823, “J”, observing that “every miner can read, and most of them can write ...lockhead. The Elvanfoot railway station was on the Caledonian Railway]main line from [[Glasgow]] to the south. A branch from there ran through Leadhills to
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• Newlands Valley
  ..., the well-known "purple house" on the main Braithwaite–Buttermere road; this large Victorian house was for many years a source of cheap accommodation fo ...''The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle'' is based in the area and opens with the line "Once upon a time there was a little girl called Lucie, who lived at a farm
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• Woodhead Tunnels
  ...ross the barrier of the Pennine Hills on what became known as the Woodhead Line, once a major rail link from [[Manchester]] in [[Lancashire]] to [[Sheffiel ...it would make it very much more difficult to restart rail services on the line, and it was resisted by a sizeable campaign.
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• Neath and Tennant Canal
  ...nd the canal from Neath to [[Abergarwed]] has been restored more recently. This project involved the replacement of Ynysbwllog aqueduct, which carries the ...as also paid £600 for his Penrhiwtyn canal, which became part of the main line. The extension was completed on 29 July 1799, and terminated at a basin clo
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• Peak Forest Canal
  ...was terminated in a basin at [[Buxworth|Bugsworth]] in Derbyshire and the line was continued up to the quarries by means of a gravity-operated feeder tram ...eing provided by Richard Arkwright Junior of [[Cromford]], Derbyshire. The line was surveyed by Thomas Brown and the consulting engineer and resident engin
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• Ilam
  ...k to [[Milldale]]. At the Ilam end, the walk crosses the Dove on a famous line of stepping stones. A wide and picturesque curve of the Manifold provides ...st play, ''The Old Bachelor'' here and Paradise valley inspired Johnson to write his novel ''Rasselas''.<ref>Arthur Mee, The King's England, Staffordshire,
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• Listowel
  :''Listowel where it is easier to write than not to write,'' ...railway station on a broad gauge line between Tralee and Limerick, however this was closed to passengers in 1963, freight in 1978 and finally abandoned and
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• Cusop
  ...ways Association and the [[Talyllyn Railway]] Preservation Society, and to write many books on transport, engineering biography and industrial archaeology. ...known as 'Millionaire's Row', because of the large, Victorian houses which line the route up to [[Offa's Dyke Path]], one of the popular walking tracks in
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• Bromfield, Cumberland
  ...the line south of Annan over the Solway Viaduct was closed completely. The line remained open to through traffic until 14 February 1933; the track was lift ...odifies the constitution of the church and subsequent Acts brought it into line with other schools in the area.<ref>Hodgson pages 26–27</ref>
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• Kilkee
  ...an incident on the West Clare Railway on the way to Kilkee prompted him to write the song "Are Ye Right There Michael". Although it has become more develope ...creating a much slower pace of life compared to the hectic summer months. This means that if the local businesses do not have a good summer in terms of sa
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• National Botanic Gardens
  ...rdens. A double line of yew trees, known as "Addison's Walk" survives from this period.<ref name=Ieye>[http://www.irelandseye.com/aarticles/travel/attracti ...Ninian Nivan brought new life into the gardens, performing some redesign. This programme of change and development continued with the following Directors
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• Knightswood
  ...n most of the remaining free plots, but the area remains largely green, in line with garden suburb principles, with the only businesses based in small or m ...ospitalrecords/details.asp?id=933&page=31 National Archives]</ref>) with a line of terraced cottages to the north called Knightswood Rows, a few houses on
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• Finghall
  ...=E04007482|title=Finghall/Akebar Parish|accessdate=26 May 2019}}</ref> and this had decreased to 166 at the 2011 census. Both censuses are for the Finghall ...room and terrace of the pub, are said to have inspired Kenneth Grahame to write ''The Wind in the Willows''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Review: The Queen's Hea
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• Eton College
  ...isters, fronting School Yard, perhaps the most famous image of the school. This range includes the important interiors of the Parlour, Election Hall, and E ...ween Lower School and Chapel".<ref>Nikolaus Pevsner, op. cit. p.119.</ref> This was remodelled later and completed in 1694 by Matthew Bankes, Master Carpen
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• Charlton Kings
  ...ly Charlton Kings was used for agriculture, tended to by small homesteads. This is evidenced by place names surviving until today. These small homesteads g ...outh Western Junction Railway closed in 1961 and the Cheltenham to Banbury line closed on 15 October 1962, when the station at Charlton Kings finally shut.
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• Sully Island
  ...tide, the island being cut off from the mainland for the rest of the day. This makes Sully Island a potentially dangerous place, and many people have been ...summit of which is a Bronze Age barrow. It has been suggested by some that this was an armed stronghold, but it was more likely to have been a defended res
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• Ponders End
  Musician Jah Wobble was inspired to write his (2005) album ''Mu'' by his experiences in the [[Lea Valley]] and Ponder *West Anglia Main Line stopping services to [[Bishops Stortford]] and to [[Stratford, Essex|Stratf
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