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DerekC · 24 Jun 2019

Llanberis houses the lower terminus of the rack railway to Snowdon Summit. The only other comparable situation in the British Isles, as far as I know, is Laxey in the Isle of Man, at the foot of the Fell system railway to the summit of Snaefell.

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Xenophon PCDGS · 24 Jun 2019

Worle in Somerset also has historical links to zinc mining.

DerekC · 24 Jun 2019

Close to Worle is Worlebury Hill, an iron age hill fortification similar to Old Winchester Hill in Hampshire. The latter is close to the village of Exton.

Xenophon PCDGS · 24 Jun 2019

Corhampton also lies on the line of the River Meon.

DerekC · 24 Jun 2019

Bradford on Avon, like Corhampton, has a Saxon church in very much its original condition.

Xenophon PCDGS · 24 Jun 2019

Swineford also lies on the line of the Kennet and Avon Canal.

DerekC · 24 Jun 2019

The Swan at Swineford is a St Austell breweries pub. The most distant from St Austell seems to be at Cricket St Thomas in Somerset.

Xenophon PCDGS · 24 Jun 2019

Shepton Beauchamp was also once administered by the ancient Hundred of South Petherton.

DerekC · 24 Jun 2019

Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII, was brought up at Shepton Beauchamp. Ann Boleyn, the king's second wife, was distantly related to Jane but was brought up at Hever in Kent.

Xenophon PCDGS · 25 Jun 2019

Southend (the one in Argyll and Bute) was also where a castle was constructed in the 13th century.

John Griffiths · 25 Jun 2019

St Columba, said to have first set foot in Scotland at Southend, was born at Gartan, Co Donegal.

Xenophon PCDGS · 25 Jun 2019

Llanwrst also has an Outdoor Education Centre.

John Griffiths · 25 Jun 2019

Lavenham was also a centre of the wool trade.

Xenophon PCDGS · 25 Jun 2019

Ringmer in East Sussex also has an area of ancient woodland within its environs.

Springs Branch · 25 Jun 2019

Whixley in North Yorkshire also has a pub named The Anchor Inn.

Xenophon PCDGS · 25 Jun 2019

Crownhill in Devon also has a church named the Church of the Ascension.

John Griffiths · 25 Jun 2019

Camberley also adopted a new name in the 19th century (Crownhill was formerly, and rather less boringly, known as Knackersknowle, if Professor Wiki is to be trusted).

Xenophon PCDGS · 25 Jun 2019

Dartmouth has also been the location of an Armed Forces training college.

johnnychips · 25 Jun 2019

Exmouth also has a river naming a National Park ending in ‘moor’, if you see what I mean.

DerekC · 25 Jun 2019

Exmouth is at the western end of the Jurassic Coast. At its eastern end is Studland

Xenophon PCDGS · 26 Jun 2019

Hardstoft in Derbyshire is another settlement where onshore oil exploration has taken place.

Springs Branch · 26 Jun 2019

Simonstone in Lancashire also has a historic building known as Toll Bar Cottage.

Xenophon PCDGS · 26 Jun 2019

Trawden also once came under the jurisdiction of the Burnley Poor Law Union.

DerekC · 26 Jun 2019

Trawden has an annual scarecrow trail. They seem to be getting popular - there is one held at the Royal Victoria Country Park, Netley

Xenophon PCDGS · 26 Jun 2019

Whalley in Lancashire also has the ruins of a Cistercian Abbey that can still be visited.

DerekC · 26 Jun 2019

Eston in North Yorkshire, like Whalley, has a Nab.

Xenophon PCDGS · 26 Jun 2019

Ugthorpe was also in the administrative area of the Langbaurgh Wapentake.

John Griffiths · 26 Jun 2019

Blessed Nicholas Postgate, a Catholic priest during the penal times, was born and spent much of his life in Ugthorpe, but was convicted on false evidence during the 'Popish Plot' and executed in York in 1679

johnnychips · 26 Jun 2019

Market Rasen also has a racecourse.

DerekC · 26 Jun 2019

Market Rasen has a bridge over the River Rase called Crane Bridge. Salisbury has a bridge over the River Avon with the same name.

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