"The rocks are also a nesting ground for a number of seabird species, including razorbills, cormorants, guillemots, great black-backed gulls and puffins. A local legend claims that the rocks were thrown out to sea by a child-eating giant called Bolster, after whom Bolster Day was named. Bawden Rocks Bawden Rocks, also known as Cow and Calf or Man and His Man, are a pair of small islands approximately one mile north of St Agnes Head, off the coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The larger of the two rocks stands around above the high water mark. The rocks are popular"
"Manaccan Manaccan (; ) is a civil parish and village on the Lizard peninsula in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is about five miles (8 km) south-southwest of Falmouth. Manaccan parish is in a district known as Meneage which means 'land of the monks', a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The parish is bordered to the north by the Helford River (a drowned river valley or ria), to the west by St Martin-in-Meneage parish, to the south by St Keverne parish, and to the east by St Anthony-in-Meneage parish. The origin of the name Manaccan is probably"
"port of Falmouth is one reason for the large number of wrecks, although some ships such as the SS ""Mohegan"" were many miles off course when they ploughed into the rocks. Many of the well-known wrecks are in the central group where depths are less than 6 metres for an area of 300 metres by 200 metres. These wrecks include: The Manacles The Manacles (, meaning ""church stones"") () are a set of treacherous rocks off The Lizard peninsula in Cornwall. The rocks are rich in marine wildlife and they are a popular spot for diving due to the many"
"Brancaster Brancaster is a village and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish of Brancaster comprises Brancaster itself, together with Brancaster Staithe and Burnham Deepdale. The three villages form a more or less continuous settlement along the A149 at the edge of the Brancaster Manor marshland and the Scolt Head Island National Nature Reserve. The villages are located about 3 miles (5 km) west of Burnham Market, 22 miles (35 km) north of the town of King's Lynn and 31 miles (50 km) north-west of the city of Norwich. The civil parish"
"The Spittles The Spittles is an area of coastal cliff in the county of Dorset on the south coast of England. It is situated between the settlements of Lyme Regis to the west and Charmouth to the east. It forms part of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site designated in 2001. The cliff contains layers of Blue Lias and clay; in wet seasons the clay causes the layers above to become saturated and hence landslips occur, exposing many fossils. Mary Anning famously found an Ichthyosaurus in the Spittles. The Spittles also lies just to the west of another popular"
"include Cannock Chase in the Staffordshire and the Charnwood Forest in Leicestershire. The Cotswolds extend over , and over six counties (Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Warwickshire and Worcestershire), but centred on Gloucestershire. They reach high at Cleeve Hill, and were designated an AONB in 1966. The Malverns are made from some of the oldest rock in England (around 680 million years old) and extend some through two West Midlands counties Worcestershire and Herefordshire as well as northern Gloucestershire in the southwest. The highest point of the hills is the Worcestershire Beacon at above sea level (OS Grid reference SO768452). South"
"Geology of Dorset Dorset (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. Covering an area of ; it borders Devon to the west, Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north-east, and Hampshire to the east. The great variation in its landscape owes much to the underlying geology which includes an almost unbroken sequence of rocks from 200 Ma to 40 Ma and superficial deposits from 2 Ma to the present. In general the oldest rocks (Early Jurassic) appear in the far west of the county, with the most recent (Eocene) in the"
"The Pinnacles (Dorset) The Pinnacles are two chalk formations, including a stack and a stump, located near Handfast Point, on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, southern England. The Pinnacles lie directly east of Studland, approximately 200 metres south of Old Harry Rocks and about 4 kilometres northeast of Swanage. The chalk headlands of the Ballard Downs are owned by the National Trust. The rocks can be viewed from the Dorset section of the South West Coastal Path. The downlands of Ballard Down are formed of chalk with some bands of flint, and were formed approximately 66 million years ago."
"Norfolk Norfolk () is a county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the northwest, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea and, to the north-west, The Wash. The county town is Norwich. With an area of and a population of 859,400, Norfolk is a largely rural county with a population density of 401 per square mile (155 per km²). Of the county's population, 40% live in four major built up areas: Norwich (213,000), Great Yarmouth (63,000), King's Lynn (46,000) and Thetford (25,000). The Broads"
"Puncknowle Puncknowle ( ) is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England, situated on the southern slopes of the Bride Valley approximately east of Bridport and north of Chesil Beach on the Jurassic Coast. In the 2011 census the parish—which includes the coastal settlement of West Bexington to the south—had a population of 466. Puncknowle village has a Jacobean manor house, which in 1906 Sir Frederick Treves described as ""one of the daintiest and most beautiful manor houses in the county"". The Napier family, who came to Puncknowle from Merchiston in Scotland, were lords"
"Dingle Marshes Dingle Marshes is a wildlife reserve on the North Sea coast of the English county of Suffolk. The reserve is located between Dunwich and Walberswick, approximately south-west of Southwold. The marshes make up part of the Suffolk Coast National Nature Reserve along with reserves at Walberswick and Hen Reedbeds. They are owned jointly by the RSPB and Suffolk Wildlife Trust and are managed by these two organisations and Natural England. The site is in the Dunwich Heaths and Marshes Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, the Minsmere-Walberswick Ramsar internationally important wetland site, the Minsmere to Walberswick Heaths and"
"line then followed the Glencoin Beck to the top of the Helvellyn ridge, thence to Wrynose Pass and along the River Duddon to the sea near Millom. The highest point of the county was Scafell Pike, at 3,208 feet (978 m) the highest mountain in England. Carlisle was the county town. The Earldom of Carlisle was divided into baronies, but on the creation of the county these were replaced by wards. These took the place of hundreds found in most other English counties, and originated in military subdivisions organised for the defence of the county from incursions by Scottish troops."
"shelved, as the risk, however slight, of atmospheric re-entry material hitting the rigs, was too great. Brancaster Brancaster is a village and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish of Brancaster comprises Brancaster itself, together with Brancaster Staithe and Burnham Deepdale. The three villages form a more or less continuous settlement along the A149 at the edge of the Brancaster Manor marshland and the Scolt Head Island National Nature Reserve. The villages are located about 3 miles (5 km) west of Burnham Market, 22 miles (35 km) north of the town of"
"airport. There are some local ferry services as much of the county is surrounded by water; there is one from Killimer to Tarbert Island in Kerry and also from Doolin to the Aran Islands of Inisheer and Inishmore. Ralph McTell wrote the song ""From Clare to Here"", based on a conversation with a native of the county. It was released on his 1976 album ""Right Side Up"". County Clare County Clare () is a county in Ireland, in the Mid-West Region and the province of Munster, bordered on the West by the Atlantic Ocean. There is debate whether it should"
"Carrick, County Donegal Carrick (""An Charraig"" in Irish, meaning ""The Rock"") is a small town located within the parish of Glencolmcille in County Donegal, Ireland. Carrick in Gaelic means 'rock', and this name fits this town as there is a mountain called Sliabh Liag which is very rocky and it is the highest sea cliff in Europe. The population of this small town was 282 (2011). It is located between neighbouring towns Glencolmcille, Meenanary, Teelin and Kilcar. In this town you will find 3 pubs, 2 local run shops, 2 coffee shops, a church, post office, a national school and"
"Benacre Broad Benacre Broad is an isolated coastal lagoon on the North Sea coast of the English county of Suffolk. It is located in the parish of Benacre around north of the village of Covehithe. It is about east of Wrentham, north of Southwold and south of Lowestoft. The broad is part of Benacre National Nature Reserve, a reserve managed by Natural England. It forms part of the area of the Pakefield to Easton Bavents Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Benacre and Easton Barents Lagoons Special Area of Conservation. The main broad area has traditionally been made up"
"Beccles Beccles ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Waveney district of the English county of Suffolk. The town is shown on the milestone as from London via the A145 and A12 roads, northeast of London as the crow flies, southeast of Norwich, and north northeast of the county town of Ipswich. Nearby towns include Lowestoft to the east and Great Yarmouth to the northeast. The town lies on the River Waveney on the edge of The Broads National Park. It had a population at the 2011 census of 10,123. Worlingham is a suburb of Beccles;"
"Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long eastern coastline on the North Sea. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders Northamptonshire in the south for just , England's shortest county boundary. The county town is the city of Lincoln, where the county council has its headquarters. The ceremonial county of Lincolnshire is composed of the non-metropolitan county of"
"Greensand and younger Cretaceous rocks. Stonebarrow Stonebarrow is a coastal hill and sea cliff in the county of Dorset on the south coast of England. It is a well known fossil hunting location, close to the coastal village of Charmouth. Stonebarrow is located about east of Charmouth and west of the hamlet of Seatown. Stonebarrow Hill reaches an elevation of about 155 metres. The cliff face, part of which is known as Cain's Folly, is about 140 metres high, which is about 50 metres lower than the neighbouring Golden Cap, the highest cliff on the South Coast of England. Rock"
"Wetley Rocks Wetley Rocks is a village in Staffordshire, England, about south of Cheddleton and south of Leek. For population details as taken at the 2011 census see under Consall. It is on the A520 road which runs from Leek (to the north) to Stone (to the south), at the junction with the A522 road which runs from Wetley Rocks to Uttoxeter (to the south-east). The village lies on a small north-south ridge; immediately to the east is the edge of a plateau, and there are rock outcrops of millstone grit along the northern part of the ridgeline; the outcrops"
"to its mouth at the English Channel. Stonebarrow Hill is to the east, Black Venn to the west, and Golden Cap, the highest cliff on the south coast of England at , is to the east. The National Trust owns significant portions of the surrounding area. The cliffs above the beach are a noted source of fossils from the Jurassic period. Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre acts as a visitor centre for the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site, and identifies fossils found in the area. Fossil-hunters walk the beaches between Lyme Regis and Charmouth but have to be wary of"
"Inn, the public house he owned. Irish American sculptor Jerome Connor, famous for his work the ""Nuns of the Battlefield"" in Washington D.C., was also born in Annascaul. There was a long history in the locality, particularly around the late 19th and early 20th century, of young men joining the British Royal Navy. Annascaul GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club. Annascaul FC is the local soccer club. Annascaul Annascaul or Anascaul () is a village on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. It is situated 32.9 kilometres west of Tralee on the N86 Tralee - Dingle national"
"The Carracks The Carracks (, meaning ""rocks"") and Little Carracks (, meaning ""rock of the birds"") are a group of small rocky inshore islands off the Atlantic north coast of west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The name comes from ""carrek"", the Cornish language word for 'rock'. The Little Carracks were still known as ""Carrack an Heythen"" c. 1920. The islands are in Zennor civil parish. The islands are located between Zennor and St Ives and are approximately off shore; The Little Carracks are between the Carracks and Towednack Quae Head which is east of the islands. The largest island in"
"covers an area of and contains considerable variety in its underlying geology, which is partly responsible for the diversity of landscape. A large percentage (66%) of the county comprises either chalk, clay or mixed sand and gravels. The remainder is less straightforward and includes Portland and Purbeck stone, other limestones, calcareous clays and shales.<ref name=""Draper 136/137""> Draper (pp. 136–137)</ref> Portland and Purbeck stone are of national importance as a building material and for restoring some of Britain's most famous landmarks. Almost every type of rock known from the Early Jurassic to the Eocene epochs can be found in the county."
"north, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and North and West Yorkshire to the east; with a coastline on the Irish Sea to the west. The county palatine boundaries remain the same as those of the pre-1974 county with Lancaster serving as the county town, and the Duke of Lancaster exercising sovereignty rights, including the appointment of lords lieutenant in Greater Manchester and Merseyside.. The county was established in 1182, later than many other counties. During Roman times the area was part of the Brigantes tribal area in the military zone of Roman Britain. The towns of Manchester, Lancaster,"
"Stonebarrow Stonebarrow is a coastal hill and sea cliff in the county of Dorset on the south coast of England. It is a well known fossil hunting location, close to the coastal village of Charmouth. Stonebarrow is located about east of Charmouth and west of the hamlet of Seatown. Stonebarrow Hill reaches an elevation of about 155 metres. The cliff face, part of which is known as Cain's Folly, is about 140 metres high, which is about 50 metres lower than the neighbouring Golden Cap, the highest cliff on the South Coast of England. Rock falls occur on the cliff"
"Westcliff-on-Sea Westcliff-on-Sea is a suburb of Southend-on-Sea, a seaside resort and unitary authority in Essex in south-east England. It is situated on the north bank of the Thames Estuary, about 34 miles (55 km) east of London. The cliffs formed by erosion of the local quaternary geology give views over the Thames Estuary towards the Kent coastline to the south. The coastline has been transformed into sandy beaches through the use of groynes and imported sand. The estuary at this point has extensive mud flats. At low tide, the water typically retreats some 600 m from the beach, leaving the"
"weekend in August, which includes the popular Duck Race on the River Waveney. Beccles Beccles ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Waveney district of the English county of Suffolk. The town is shown on the milestone as from London via the A145 and A12 roads, northeast of London as the crow flies, southeast of Norwich, and north northeast of the county town of Ipswich. Nearby towns include Lowestoft to the east and Great Yarmouth to the northeast. The town lies on the River Waveney on the edge of The Broads National Park. It had a"
"Menabilly Menabilly (, meaning ""stone of colts"") is a historic estate on the south coast of Cornwall, England, situated within the parish of Tywardreath on the Gribben peninsula about west of Fowey. It has been the seat of the Rashleigh family from the 16th century to the present day. The mansion house, which received a Grade II* listing on 13 March 1951, is early Georgian in style, having been re-built on the site of an earlier Elizabethan house, parts of which were possibly incorporated into the present structure. The house is surrounded by woodland and nearby is the farmhouse Menabilly"
"south of County Dublin. Shankill, County Dublin lies to the north, and Greystones, County Wicklow to the south. The village of Enniskerry lies to the west of the town, at the foot of the Wicklow Mountains. People participate in such sports as sailing, rowing, and swimming. The beach and seafront promenade are used by residents and visitors. While Bray's promenade and south beach is to a Blue Flag standard, the north beach has been impacted by erosion and leaching pollution since the closure and sale of a municipal landfill in the late 20th century. The River Dargle which enters the"
"Benacre National Nature Reserve Benacre National Nature Reserve is a national nature reserve in the English county of Suffolk. It is located on the North Sea coast in the parishes of Benacre, Covehithe, Reydon and South Cove. It lies between the towns of Lowestoft and Southwold and covers . Benacre NNR consists of areas of open water lagoons and reed beds along the Suffolk coast including Benacre Broad, Covehithe Broad and Easton Broad and extending as far south as Reydon. The reserve features extensive reedbeds, woodland and heathland, as well as pits created by gravel extraction. There are over 100"
"of the RLC's Phase 2 training. In November 2016 the Ministry of Defence announced that the Grantham site would close in 2020. Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long eastern coastline on the North Sea. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders Northamptonshire in the south for just , England's shortest county boundary. The county town is the"
"Parish of St Philip's, Werrington. St John's Church of England Primary School is adjacent to the church. There is also a Methodist Church in the village. Wetley Rocks Wetley Rocks is a village in Staffordshire, England, about south of Cheddleton and south of Leek. For population details as taken at the 2011 census see under Consall. It is on the A520 road which runs from Leek (to the north) to Stone (to the south), at the junction with the A522 road which runs from Wetley Rocks to Uttoxeter (to the south-east). The village lies on a small north-south ridge; immediately"