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• Great Malvern
  The Great Malvern Railway Station is a superb example of Victorian station architecture. The station ...villas have since been converted to apartments, while some of the smaller hotels are now retirement homes.
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• Leeds
  ...markets.<ref name=transport_geo>{{cite journal | title=Britain's national railway network: fit for purpose in the 21st century? | author=Russ Haywood | volum ...3.9% were in banking finance and insurance and 21.4% were in distribution, hotels and restaurants. It is in the banking, finance and insurance sectors that L
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• Liverpool
  ...first cities to have an intercity rail link, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The population continued to rise rapidly, especially during the 1840s when ...hester Railway.jpg|thumb|Inaugural journey of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830]]
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• Acton, Middlesex
  ...were around 170 establishments in South Acton. These laundries would serve hotels and the rich in London's West End, leading to the nickname "Soapsuds Island ...n'' starring Richard Burton and Ian McShane clearly features Acton Central railway station in one of its sequences. Similarly another sequence in the same fil
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• West Drayton
  West Drayton railway station provides rail links from [[Paddington]] station in London to [[Read Historically, employment was commonly connected to the railway and the canal. In the modern day, West Drayton tends to be more of a commut
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• Aberystwyth
  ...of reaching the interior is by the preserved narrow gauge Vale of Rheidol Railway. ...s Hill to the east of the town centre. The terminus for the standard-gauge railway is also very impressive, having been built in 1924 in the typical style of
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• Deddington
  ...s originally named "Aynho" but was later renamed Aynho for Deddington. The railway remains open, but British Railways closed the station in 1964. Deddington has a regular farmers' market, several local shops, hotels and restaurants and four pubs:
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• Wallasey
  ...remains of a 1530 church building which burned down in 1857. There are two railway stations; Wallasey Village and Wallasey Grove Road. At the north end of Wal ...less attractive terraces in parts of the area. New Brighton is served by a railway station of the same name. New Brighton promenade is the United Kingdom's lo
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• Falmouth
  ...nal sign and materials, and is now a fine example of an early 20th century railway station. ...uth's Georgian town houses have been converted into guest houses and small hotels, often overlooking one of the beaches. Falmouth has proven a popular holida
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• Newquay
  ...trains in 1876, the former fishing village started to grow. Several major hotels were built around the turn of the 19th century, including the Victoria in E ...d 1930, and the houses beyond, along Narrowcliff, were also converted into hotels. Narrowcliff was first known as Narrowcliff Promenade, and then Narrowcliff
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• Penzance
  ...| title = Cornwall Through the Mid 19th Century | publisher = Kingfisher Railway Publications | year = 1987 | location = Southampton | isbn =0-946184-26- ...1859. Through passenger trains to [[London]] ran from 1 March 1867. The railway connected the foarmers and fishermen of western Cornwall to the ider market
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• Isle of Wight
  ...m Bay were all destroyed by storms during the last century. Today only the railway pier at Ryde and the piers at Sandown, Totland Bay (currently closed to the ...ractive scenery. Almost every town and village on the island plays host to hotels, hostels and camping sites. Out of the peak summer season, the island is st
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• Poole
  ...iverpool, Southampton and Plymouth.<ref name="phc history"/> Poole's first railway station opened in Hamworthy in 1847 and later extended to the centre of Poo ...t to the Poole's economy and was worth an estimated £158 million in 2002. Hotels, guest houses and bed and breakfast rooms are found around the town, partic
  29 KB (4,491 words) - 10:56, 6 May 2020
• Dumbarton
  ...Glasgow City Centre is approximately 30 minutes away by train. With three railway stations and four services every hour, this makes easy commuting to the var
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• Beith
  ...2 he built a factory near the Beith Town railway station and persuaded the railway company to build a siding to allow easy transportation of raw materials and ...fittings, Stevenson and Higgins made lift cages, which were fitted in many hotels and department stores, Balfours were for a number of years the main manufac
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• Bournemouth
  ...lar as a holiday resort but its growth accelerated with the arrival of the railway, becoming a recognised town in 1870. ...ndon. In 1880 the town had a population of 17,000 people but by 1900, when railway connections were at their most developed to Bournemouth, the town's populat
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• Basildon
  Railway service started in the nineteenth century to Pitsea (1856) and Laindon (188 ...isure Park, includes several restaurants, a bowling and arcade centre, two hotels, a Sixteen screen cinema and two health clubs as well as the third largest
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• Cardiff
  ...the Marquess of Bute built a dock which eventually linked to the Taff Vale Railway. Cardiff became the main port for exports of coal from the Cynon, Rhondda, ...aced a challenge in the 1880s when David Davies of Llandinam and the Barry Railway Company promoted the development of rival docks at [[Barry]]. Barry docks h
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• Castle Douglas
  ...nd the wider lands of Galloway. It caters for tourists whether staying in hotels or its camping and caravan parks by the side of Carlingwark Loch. ...of the original military road and passed through Castle Douglas. The many hotels and pubs which derived from coach stops are an indication of the town's imp
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• Banchory
  ...wn in the area and trade is centred on its High Street. It has a number of hotels and restaurants including the Stag Hotel, Scott Skinners Bar and Restaurant The Royal Deeside Railway originating at Milton of Crathes will shortly run to Banchory; this line is
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