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The Harlech Military Railway was a military branch line in Merioneth, Wales. It ran roughly west-northwest from a junction with the Cambrian Coast Line north of Harlech, and had another branch running north from a reverse junction at the line's western end. The railway was built solely for military traffic during World War II. Contemporary published sources are reticent about the railway due to its military purpose.
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View pinCriccieth Lifeboat Station
Criccieth Lifeboat Station is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) search and rescue operations at Criccieth in Gwynedd, Wales. It was opened in 1853 but was known as Portmadoc Lifeboat Station until 1892. It operates B-class and Arancia-class lifeboats.
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View pinYsgol Ardudwy
Ysgol Ardudwy is a bilingual secondary school for 11-16 year olds at Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales. It serves the seaside communities of Penrhyndeudraeth, Harlech, Abermaw (Barmouth) and nearby villages. It had 323 pupils on the roll in 2023.
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View pinHarlech Tramway
The Harlech Tramway was a horse drawn railway that ran from near the Cambrian Railways' Harlech station 600 yards (550 m) west to the beach from approx 1878 to 1886.
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View pinLlandanwg railway station
Llandanwg railway station is in the village of Llandanwg in Gwynedd, Wales. It is an unstaffed halt on the Cambrian Coast Railway with direct passenger services to Harlech, Porthmadog and Pwllheli to the north and west, and Barmouth, Machynlleth, Shrewsbury and Birmingham to the south and east.
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View pinBeinn a' Chochuill
Beinn a' Chochuill is a mountain in the Grampian Mountains of Scotland, located east of Loch Etive in Argyll and Bute.
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View pinBeinn Eunaich
Beinn Eunaich is a mountain in the Grampian Mountains of Scotland, located north of the village of Dalmally in Argyll and Bute.
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View pin100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum
The 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum, located in the original control tower and other remaining buildings of the RAF Thorpe Abbotts airfield east of Diss in Norfolk is named after the 100th Bomb Group and is dedicated to the American soldiers and members of the US 8th Air Force who fought with the Allies in Norfolk in World War II. The area also became known as the "Fields of Little America" due to the number of Americans stationed there.
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View pinHorham railway station
Horham railway station was located in Horham, Suffolk. It was on the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway between Worlingworth and Stradbroke. It opened on 29 September 1908, and closed on 28 July 1952, 44 years after it had opened for passenger traffic.
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View pinBillingford, South Norfolk
Billingford or Pirleston is a village in the civil parish of Scole, in the South Norfolk district of the county of Norfolk, England. It is 19.4 miles (31.2 km) south-west of Norwich and 2.9 miles (4.7 km) south-east of Diss.
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View pinHorham
Horham is a village in the county of Suffolk, in the East Anglia region of eastern England, United Kingdom. Horham is located approximately halfway between Norwich and Ipswich, and also approximately halfway between Eye and Stradbroke on the B1117 road.
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View pinStradbroke
Stradbroke is an English village in the Mid Suffolk district of the county of Suffolk. The census of 2011 gave the parish a population of 1,408, with an estimate of 1,513 in 2018.
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View pinOccold
Occold is a village in Suffolk, England. Occold is located 2 miles south east from the town of Eye, and 8 miles from the town of Diss.
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View pinSt Michael and All Angels' Church, Occold
St Michael and All Angels Church is a Church of England parish church in the village of Occold, Suffolk. It is one of two places of worship in the village, the other being Jubilee Baptist Church. St Michael's is a Grade II* listed building for its historical and architectural importance.
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View pinWingfield Castle
Wingfield Castle in the parish of Wingfield in Suffolk, England is a Grade 1 listed building which is now a fortified manor house and was the ancestral home of the Wingfield family and their heirs, the de la Pole family, created Earls and Dukes of Suffolk. It is now a private house. Sir John de Wingfield, of Wingfield, chief administrator to Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376), was the last male of his line, His daughter and heiress, Catherine Wingfield, married Michael de la Pole, who was seate
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View pinHartismere Rural District
Hartismere Rural District was a rural district in the county of East Suffolk, England. It was expanded in 1934 by merging with the disbanded Hoxne Rural District with a slight readjustment of boundaries. It was named after the ancient Hundred of Hartismere and administered from Eye.
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View pinHartismere School
Hartismere is a state funded co-educational day school for scholars aged 11-18 in Eye, a town in High Suffolk. The headmasters are Geoff Luxton and Sarah Gray.
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View pinChickering, Suffolk
Chickering is a place in the civil parish of Hoxne, and the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It is on the B118 Hoxne to Stradbroke road, and approximately 20 miles (30 km) north from the county town of Ipswich.
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View pinWilby railway station
Wilby railway station was located approximately two-thirds of a mile (1.1 km) north-east of Wilby, Suffolk. It was on the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway between Stradbroke and the terminus at Laxfield. It opened in July 1909, and closed on 28 July 1952, 44 years after it had opened for passenger traffic.
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View pinHoxne manor
Hoxne manor is an estate in Hoxne, Suffolk, England. It was originally a manor house belonging to East Anglian bishops. However following the dissolution of the monasteries, the land was handed over to favourites at the court of Henry VIII.
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View pinHoxne Priory
Hoxne Priory was a Benedictine priory at Hoxne in Suffolk, England.
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View pinHoxne
Hoxne is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about five miles (8 km) east-southeast of Diss, Norfolk and 1⁄2 mile (800 m) south of the River Waveney. The parish is irregularly shaped, covering the villages of Hoxne, Cross Street and Heckfield Green, with a 'tongue' extending southwards to take in part of the former RAF Horham airfield. In 2011 the parish had a population of 889.
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View pinEye, Suffolk
Eye is a market town and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district, in the north of the English county of Suffolk, about 4 miles (6 km) south of Diss, 17.5 miles (28 km) north of Ipswich and 23 miles (37 km) south-west of Norwich. The population in the 2011 census of 2,154 was estimated to be 2,361 in 2019 and updated to 2,210 following the 2021 census. It lies close to the River Waveney, which forms the border with Norfolk, and on the River Dove. Eye is twinned with the town of Pouzauges in the
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View pinNeedham, Norfolk
Needham is a small village in Norfolk, England. It covers an area of 4.69 km2 (1.81 sq mi) and had a population of 310 in 129 households at the 2001 census, falling marginally to 309 at the 2011 census.
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