"tramway service between Llandudno and Rhos-on-Sea from 1907 and extended to Colwyn Bay in 1908. The service closed in 1956. A beach of sand, shingle and rock curves two miles between the headlands of the Great Orme and the Little Orme. For most of the length of Llandudno's ""North Shore"" there is a wide curving Victorian promenade. The road, collectively known as The Parade, has a different name for each block and it is on these parades and crescents that many of Llandudno's hotels are built. Near the centre of the bay is the ""Venue Cymru"". The Llandudno Sailing Club"
"boldly shows names the body of the peninsula ""CREUDDYN"" but applies the name ""Orme's Head"" to the headland's north-westerly seaward point. The first series Ordnance Survey map (published in 1841 and before the establishment of Llandudno) follows this convention. The headland is called the ""Great Orme's Head"" but its landward features all have Welsh names. It is likely that Orme became established as its common name due to Llandudno's burgeoning tourist trade because a majority of visitors and holidaymakers regularly arrived by sea. The headland being the first thing to be sighted of their destination in the three-hour journey from"
"Aghadoe Aghadoe (Irish: ""Achadh an Da Eo"") is a large townland overlooking the town and lakes of Killarney in Ireland. Officially it is also a parish, although the parish is larger than the area normally associated with the name. The area is famous for its views of the lakes and islands, including Innisfallen Island. The ruins of 13th century Parkavonear Castle and of ""Aghadoe Cathedral,"" an old Romanesque church in ruins, make the spot popular with tourists and archaeologists. Aghadoe takes its name from ""Acha Dá Eo"", which is Irish for ""The place of the two yew trees"". (It was"
"Welsh names were predominantly used locally and in cartography to name the headland's landward features and the surrounding area. The entire peninsula on which Llandudno was built was known as the Creuddyn (the medieval name of the cwmwd – a historical division of land in Wales); the headland itself was called Y Gogarth or Pen y Gogarth; its promontories were Pen trwyn, Llech and Trwyn y Gogarth. Orme only appears to have been applied to the headland as seen from the sea. In 1748, ""Plan of the Bay & Harbour of Conway in Caernarvon Shire"" by Lewis Morris the map"
"oldest parts of the succession, the Wenlock Shales and Wenlock Limestone of early authors are now referred to as the Glascoed Mudstone, Ton Siltstone and Usk Limestone. Together these comprise the local Wenlock succession. Above these are the former Lower Ludlow Shales, now the Lower and Upper Forest Beds, and the Aymestry Limestone, now the Lower Llanbadoc Beds. The Upper Llanbadoc Beds and Lower, Middle and Upper Llangibby Beds (collectively forming the larger part of the former Upper Ludlow Shales) complete the Ludlow series. All of these rocks are of marine origin, their lithologies suggestive of a variety of deep"
"original wooden man (a figurehead from a ship) which had been placed there by Cardiff businessman Solomon Andrews, but had been destroyed by vandals. Mynydd Tir y Cwmwd Mynydd Tir y (The Headland) is an area of about 175 acres (708,000 m²) in north Wales to the south of the village of Llanbedrog. From the top of the Headland, with a covering of gorse and heather, there are fine views towards Abersoch and Pwllheli as well as over Cardigan Bay. The whole area is privately owned common land and is zigzagged by many paths. Great care must be taken on"
"Mynydd Tir y Cwmwd Mynydd Tir y (The Headland) is an area of about 175 acres (708,000 m²) in north Wales to the south of the village of Llanbedrog. From the top of the Headland, with a covering of gorse and heather, there are fine views towards Abersoch and Pwllheli as well as over Cardigan Bay. The whole area is privately owned common land and is zigzagged by many paths. Great care must be taken on the slope where numerous accidents have occurred. Along the cliff coast are situated three disused granite quarries, relics of pre-war activity. At the sea"
"important religious complexes at Avebury and Stonehenge in Wiltshire, where it is known as the Harroway. The entire area around Folkestone sits on a thick band of gault clay overlying the Lower Greensand which forms the underlying structure of southeast Britain. The greensand was laid down during the Lower Cretaceous period, and is rich in ichnofauna. The exposed greensand at Folkestone is a unique feature of the area, and is referred to as the Folkestone Formation or the Folkestone Beds. Unfortunately for historians and archeologists alike, the greensand stone is loose unconsolidated sandstone, and the gault clay is nearly liquid"
"and the Llechwedd Slate Caverns are popular tourist attractions, as is the Antur Stiniog downhill mountain biking centre. Recent attractions include the Zip World Titan zip-line site, which also now features the Bounce Below slate mine activity centre. The English pronunciation of Blaenau Ffestiniog suggested by the ""BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names"" is , but the first word is pronounced by locals. Located in the mountains of Snowdonia, the town's slate industry declined during the early 20th century. The town's economy is now largely dependent on tourism. Although the town is in the centre of the Snowdonia National Park,"
"Kendrick's Cave Kendrick's Cave on the Great Orme, Llandudno, Wales, was the site of important archaeological finds by Thomas Kendrick in 1880. The site is a small natural cavern on the south of the Great Orme Head, a limestone massif on the seaward side of Llandudno (Ordnance Survey ref SH 78008284). Kendrick, a lapidary, was clearing a cave in his garden to extend his workshop. In the process he found a decorated horse jaw, flint artefacts, bear teeth with holes for use as beads or pendants and human and animal bones. An analysis of the human bones found shows that"
"is also the access point for the walk to Sandy Bay, an isolated beach still popular with nudists. On 26 September 1903 the valley was declared a township and named Llandudno after the North Wales seaside resort of Llandudno, which means ""Parish of Saint Tudno"" in the Welsh language. The striking similarities between Kleinkommetjie Bay in which the valley resides and Llandudno in Wales were noted as reasons for choosing this name. Llandudno, Cape Town Llandudno is a residential suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, on the Atlantic seaboard of the Cape Peninsula. There are no street lights, shops or"
"Flamborough Head Flamborough Head () is a promontory, long on the Yorkshire coast of England, between the Filey and Bridlington bays of the North Sea. It is a chalk headland, with sheer white cliffs. The cliff top has two standing lighthouse towers, the oldest dating from 1669 and Flamborough Head Lighthouse built in 1806. The older lighthouse was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1952 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England. The cliffs provide nesting sites for many thousands of seabirds, and are of international significance for their geology. Flamborough"
"traditional for church yards to have only one yew tree). See Annals of Inisfallen Aghadoe Aghadoe (Irish: ""Achadh an Da Eo"") is a large townland overlooking the town and lakes of Killarney in Ireland. Officially it is also a parish, although the parish is larger than the area normally associated with the name. The area is famous for its views of the lakes and islands, including Innisfallen Island. The ruins of 13th century Parkavonear Castle and of ""Aghadoe Cathedral,"" an old Romanesque church in ruins, make the spot popular with tourists and archaeologists. Aghadoe takes its name from ""Acha Dá"
"and Gloucestershire. The Wellingborough Member was formerly interpreted as being formed in an estuary, and was named 'Upper Estuarine Limestone' for most of the 20th century. Formerly known as the 'Great Oolite Limestone', the Blisworth Limestone is a widespread series of limestone beds that run the full length of Northamptonshire. They were laid down in a fully marine saltwater sea at the end of the Bathonian Age, at a time when the earlier lagoons were once more below sea level over a wide area, so that a wide area, including the largely flat surface of the earlier Cranford rhythm received"
"2006, a lightning bolt hit a buttress on the cliffs, sending 100 tonnes of rock into the sea. Flamborough Head Flamborough Head () is a promontory, long on the Yorkshire coast of England, between the Filey and Bridlington bays of the North Sea. It is a chalk headland, with sheer white cliffs. The cliff top has two standing lighthouse towers, the oldest dating from 1669 and Flamborough Head Lighthouse built in 1806. The older lighthouse was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1952 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England. The"
"Cadair Idris Cadair Idris or Cader Idris is a mountain in Gwynedd, Wales, which lies at the southern end of the Snowdonia National Park near the town of Dolgellau. The peak, which is one of the most popular in Wales for walkers and hikers, is composed largely of Ordovician igneous rocks, with classic glacial erosion features such as cwms, moraines, striated rocks, and roches moutonnées. ""Cadair Idris"" means 'Idris's Chair'. Idris is usually taken to be the name of a giant or, alternatively, it may refer to Idris ap Gwyddno (or Gweiddno), a 7th-century prince of Meirionnydd who won a"
"taxed and by 1507 they had nearly all fled their homes. Henceforth the cultivated land lay fallow and is now grazed by sheep and goats. Llandudno's Victorian cemetery, which is still in regular use, was laid out in 1859 adjacent to the 12th-century church of Saint Tudno where open-air services are held every Sunday morning in summer. Nearby are several large ancient stones that have become shrouded in folklore and also an unexplained stone-lined avenue called ""Hwylfa'r Ceirw"" leading towards ""Cilfin Ceirw"" (Precipice of Deer). The third township was ""Yn Wyddfid"" clustered below the Iron Age hill fort of Pen"
"Longstone Edge Longstone Edge is a limestone ridge in the Peak District National Park, in Derbyshire, England. Longstone Edge is immediately north of the village of Great Longstone, which is in turn about north of the town of Bakewell. It runs from east to west for about , from the village of Calver to the River Wye at Monsal Dale and is about wide. It rises to about and commands far-reaching views over the Peak District. The Edge has been, and is, intensively quarried for galena, fluorspar and barytes, and more controversially, limestone. Since Longstone Edge is a noted beauty"
"Llandudno and at Parys Mountain on Anglesey. Gold has been obtained since pre-Roman times at places like Dolaucothi. Lead and zinc were intensively mined in the Cwmystwyth area of mid Wales and a lead mine operated at Minera near Wrexham from the Middle Ages until the early twentieth century. In Victorian times the Sygun Copper Mine was opened near Beddgelert in Snowdonia. Ironstone is a component of the Lower Coal Measures rock sequence and where it outcrops along the northern edge of the South Wales Coalfield, it was extensively worked for the production of iron and was important in the"
"Limestone forms the spectacular coastal cliffs at St Govan’s Head along from which are features such as Huntsman's Leap and the Green Bridge of Wales, a natural arch. It forms prominent headlands such as those of Stackpole Head and Lydstep Point and the cliffs at Tenby . A narrow, intensely quarried outcrop runs inland from Carmarthen Bay through Carmarthenshire from Kidwelly, entering the Brecon Beacons National Park at Llandyfan and extending westwards through the Black Mountain to Cribarth above the upper Swansea Valley . It is here referred to as the ‘north crop’ as distinct from a sub-parallel outcrop, the"
"was a local hub for learner and experienced riders. This was next to the Queens head pub where some listed outbuildings remain. Glanwydden Glanwydden is a small village located between Llandudno and Colwyn Bay in Conwy county borough, north Wales. The village has one pub and around 30 houses. It was the centre of the limestone quarry trade in the 17th century with most of the stone being used to build the hotels in Llandudno. The village predates the quarries with a windmill and storage house whose charter dates from 1580. The Pub ""the QueensHead"" was votes Wales best pub"
"Grand Hotel (Llandudno) The Grand Hotel is a large hotel in Llandudno, Wales, overlooking the Promenade on the North Shore. It is owned by Britannia Hotels. The history of the Grand Hotel began with the construction of the bathhouse in 1855. In 1858 the Pier was opened below the bathhouse. However, this was severely damaged in the Royal Charter Storm of 25 October 1859, which caused the loss of 223 ships and 800 people in British coastal waters. Although repaired and used for a further 16 years, the pier was eventually replaced in 1876. At that time the bathhouse complex"
"subject of several popular television programmes and books. The gardens include aged and colossal rhododendrons and camellias, a series of lakes fed by a ram pump over 100 years old, highly productive flower and vegetable gardens, an Italian garden, and a wild area filled with subtropical tree ferns called ""The Jungle"". The gardens also have Europe's only remaining pineapple pit, warmed by rotting manure, and two figures made from rocks and plants known as the Mud Maid and the Giant's Head. The place name, properly pronounced 'h'LIG'n', and not the commonly heard 'HEL-i-gun', is derived from the Cornish word ""helygen"","
"as meaning ""to wobble"". In September 1970 the rock fell to one side, resulting in it losing its distinctive inverted-cone 'anvil' appearance. Other lumps in the landscape can be seen across the heath, including the Puckstone which, in years to come, may be another standing rock similar to the Agglestone. The heath and harbour are home to Britain's largest onshore oil field, and Perenco's Wytch Farm gathering station is hidden amongst a pine forest to the west of the heath. The existence of salt pans and salt workers at Studland is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. The current"
"some 50 years ago, Durness was a predominantly Gaelic speaking area. The landscape of the Durness area is a stark contrast to the surrounding areas due to a down-faulted, isolated wedge of Cambro-Ordovician Durness Group carbonates, also historically (and often now informally) known as the ‘Durness Limestone’. Although the unit outcrops as far south as Skye, the full sequence can only be seen in the Durness area, hence the name of the unit. This thick sequence (c. 2,625 ft) of dolostones with subordinate limestones and chert is softer than the surrounding hills which are formed of more resistant Lewisian Gneiss"
"the windows, which reads """" / The summit of Snowdon: You are, here, nearer to Heaven"""". The name ""Hafod Eryri"" was chosen from several hundred put forward after a competition was held by the BBC. ' is Welsh for an upland summer residence, while """" is the Welsh name for Snowdonia. In Welsh folklore, the summit of Snowdon is said to be the tomb of Rhitta Gawr, a giant. This is claimed to be the reason for the Welsh name ""Yr Wyddfa"", literally meaning ""the tumulus"". Rhitta Gawr wore a cloak made of men's beards, and was slain by King"
"than 10,000 people. Much of High Furness consists of moorland, mountain or woodland environments. The name, which is first recorded in 1150 as ""Fuththernessa"", is interpreted as ""headland by the rump-shaped island,"" from Old Norse ""futh"" (genitive ""futhar""), meaning rump, and ""nes"", meaning headland. The island in question may be Piel Island, with the name originally referring to the headland immediately opposite (where Rampside is), before being extended to the entire region. Alternatively it could be Walney Island: though it little resembles a rump today, erosion could have altered its shape over time. Furness's border follows the River Duddon up"
"Seeking a place to live out the religious life, Tudno went to the great ancient limestone outcrop of the Great Orme (Cyngreawdr), jutting from the Creuddyn Peninsula, to bring the message of Christianity to its people. He lived initially as a hermit in a small coastal cave with difficult access known as Ogof Llech, which provided protection from the elements, and a source of fresh water from a spring well Fynnon Llech. From this base he constructed a church. Nothing remains of this 6th century church building, although the present 12th century church, dedicated to St Tudno, stands on the"
"Lydney Cliff Lydney Cliff () is a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1990. Part of the site is included in the Severn Estuary SSSI. The site has exposures in the Raglan Marls (topmost) of the Lower Devonian time period (up to the level of the ""Psammosteus"" Limestone). The section includes calcrete profiles and a complex sand-body. The sandstone has fish fragments. The outcrop is significant for research in assessing the extent of marine tidal influence on the sequence in the Lower Old Red Sandstone (below the ""Psammosteus"" Limestone). The site has contributed significantly to the"
"adjacent townlands: Ushnagh Hill, Mweelra, Rathnew, and Kellybrook. The site consists of a set of monuments and earthworks spread over two square kilometres. Around and upon the hill are the remains of circular enclosures, barrows, cairns, a holy well and two ancient roads. On the southwest side of the hill is a large, oddly-shaped limestone rock inside a circular enclosure. It is almost tall and thought to weigh over 30 tons. In Irish it is called the ""Ail na Míreann"" (""stone of the divisions""), as it is said to have been where the borders of the provinces met. It is"
"Strumble Head - Llechdafad Cliffs Strumble Head - Llechdafad Cliffs is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (or ""SSSI"") in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. It has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest since January 1954 in an attempt to protect its fragile biological and geological elements. The site, which runs along a coastal strip some 6 miles in length on the western edge of the Strumble Head promontory, broadly covers the area from Strumble Head Lighthouse (on Ynys Meicel) in the north to the cliff named 'Llech Dafad' (""sheep slab"" in Welsh, and spelt as two separate words"
"being seen. The Yoredale limestones are characterized by the presence of ""Productus giganteus"" and the brachiopod fauna usually associated with it. The main limestone of Weardale is full of corals, including ""Lonsdaleia floriformis, Dibunophyllum sp., Cyclophyllum pachyendothecum"", etc., and has a typical Visean fauna; it would therefore correspond, palaeontologically, with the upper part of the Carboniferous Limestone of Derbyshire. On Ingleborough the limestone is not very fossiliferous, but the Main Limestone contains small corals of a zaphrentoid type and an upper Visean fauna. ""Posidonomya Becheri"" occurs fairly low down in the series in the Shale above the Hardraw Scar and"
"passes under the A4085, and the nearby Pitt’s Head Cutting. In the Geology of the region, the rock gives its name to the rock of which it is formed, the Pitt’s Head Tuff. This is an Ordovician acid ash-flow tuff which outcrops on the northern flanks of Snowdonia. The correct name for this rock cluster is Cerrig Collwyn, Pitt's Head is only a name for one of these rocks. Collwyn ap Tango was said to be Lord of Eifionnydd, Ardudwy and part of Llŷn. Pitt's Head Pitt’s Head (Welsh: Carreg Collwyn) is a distinctive rock located at grid reference ,"