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March 8, 2012

Premier Inn Potters Bar

Filed under: England,hotels,United Kingdom — Tags: , , , , — needahand @ 2:39 pm

Premier Inn Potters Bar – The Premier Inn South Mimms/Potters Bar Hotel enjoys an ideal location for both business travellers and for tourists who wish to stay in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire. The Premier Inn Potters Bar Hotel enjoys a convenient location with modern amenities in every guestroom and superb service is offered to all guests visiting Hertfordshire. The room facilities include non smoking rooms, air conditioning, desk, hairdryer, ironing board, television. For the convenience of customers, the Premier Inn Potters Bar hotel offers twenty four hour room service, shops, bar, meeting / banquet facilities, restaurant, facilities for Disabled Guests, and Business Centre. These advanced infrastructures in addition to quality services to meet the needs of visitors to Potters Bar. The town of Potters Bar is in the county of Hertfordshire to the north-east of Borehamwood and Barnet.

Find your way around the town with this Potters Bar map: http://www.my-towns.co.uk/potters-bar-map.html

March 6, 2012

Wells-Next-the-Sea Norfolk

Filed under: England,United Kingdom — Tags: , , , , , — needahand @ 5:01 pm

Wells-Next-the-Sea Norfolk – A seaside town, port and resort on the north coast of Norfolk in East Anglia, United Kingdom, Wells-Next-the-Sea, or simply Wells as the locals call it, has a population of about two and a half thousand inhabitants, and is located to the east of Hunstanton (some fifteen miles distant) and to the north of Fakenham. Wells no doubt gets its name from the large number of springs to be found around the town. Wells-Next-the-Sea is well known for its lifeboat, though disaster struck in 1880 when 11 of the crew were lost in a great storm.

Wells-Next-the-Sea Norfolk Map.

View a map of Norfolk county here: http://www.my-towns.co.uk/norfolk-map.html

Hunstanton Norfolk

Filed under: England,United Kingdom — Tags: , , , — needahand @ 4:45 pm

Hunstanton Norfolk – A popular seaside resort located in the county of Norfolk, Hunstanton is unique in that it faces west though it is on the east coast of the United Kingdom. Known locally as “Sunny Hunny”, Hunstanton faces The Wash, and though it does not get as crowded as it did in its heyday, it still attracts plenty of summer time visitors drawing people from the city of Norwich and the surrounding areas. Hunstanton has always been a popular day-trip resort and continues to be so. Hunstanton is to the north-east of King’s Lynn and to the west of Sheringham.

Hunstanton Norfolk Map.

View map of King’s Lynn here: http://www.my-towns.co.uk/kings-lynn-map.html

March 5, 2012

Woking Surrey

Filed under: England,United Kingdom — Tags: , , — needahand @ 7:08 pm

Woking Surrey: Woking is a district and an important town in the county of Surrey, England, United Kingdom, situated to the north of Guildford. The factory of the McLaren racing team and the headquarters of the brand is in the town of Woking. The first experiment of autonomous energy in the UK was implemented in 1991 at Woking Borough Council. This area of the town of Woking, which has developed its own electricity transmission grid reached a complete independence from the national grid. The swimming pool in Woking implemented the first English experience of fuel cell powered cogeneration (heat + electricity for lighting).

Woking Surrey Map.

Read a comprehensive guide to Woking here: http://www.my-woking.co.uk/

Norwich Cathedral Norfolk

Filed under: England,United Kingdom — Tags: , — needahand @ 5:41 pm

Norwich Cathedral Norfolk: Norwich Cathedral is a cathedral of England located in the county of Norfolk. It was begun in 1096 , the clerestory of the choir was rebuilt in the Early English Gothic style of the sixteenth  century and the Perpendicular style arches were added in the fifteenth  century and beginning of the sixteenth  century. Built with stone from Caen , the mighty Romanesque tower and spire of the fifteenth century as are the low nave and flying buttresses of the apse. The vault tiercerons walers and gives lightness to the whole Romanesque nave. The door with its carved representations of Christ with a bishop, a monk and angels, is one of the most beautiful doorways of the early Decorated style. The cloister, whose elevation is unique on two levels, was rebuilt between 1297 and 1430 and have great vaults with, four hundred keystones depicting the Good, Evil, lives of Christ, Mary and the Saints. The cathedral in Norwich is located at 62 The Close, City Centre, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 4EH.

Norwich Norfolk Map.

View the latest weather in Norwich here: http://www.my-towns.co.uk/norwich-weather.html

Scarborough North Yorkshire

Filed under: England,United Kingdom — Tags: , , , , , — needahand @ 3:09 pm

Scarborough North Yorkshire: Scarborough is a town on the North Sea in the county of North Yorkshire in England , UK. The modern city is between 30 and 70 m above sea level on limestone cliffs. The old town of Scarborough is around the harbour which is protected by a rocky point. Towns nearby include Kingston-upon-Hull , York and Leeds. The town has almost 60,000 inhabitants and is one of the main resorts on the Yorkshire coast. A person in Scarborough is traditionally known as a Scarborian. They are also known as Algerinos with a rival town, Whitby. The rise of Scarborough as a resort dates back to the discovery in 1626 of its therapeutic sources, in 1676, its waters were reputed to cure a number of diseases including “melancholy hypochondriac”. Scarborough is close to the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, it is to the north of Filey.

Scarborough Yorkshire Map.

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