In which English town or city are the Christmas Steps and the SS Great Britain?
"dock in Bristol, England. Two chance encounters were to profoundly affect the design of ""Great Britain"". In late 1838, John Laird's English Channel packet ship ""Rainbow""—the largest iron-hulled ship then in service—made a stop at Bristol. Brunel despatched his associates Christopher Claxton and William Patterson to make a return voyage to Antwerp on ""Rainbow"" to assess the utility of the new building material. Both men returned as converts to iron-hulled technology, and Brunel scrapped his plans to build a wooden ship and persuaded the company directors to build an iron-hulled ship. ""Great Britain""s builders recognised a number of advantages of"
"Christmas with Steps Christmas with Steps (also known as the Light Up the World tour) was the seventh concert tour by British pop group Steps. Starting in November 2012, tour supports the band's Christmas themed album, . It is the group's first theatre tour since 1999 and their second Christmas themed tour since 2000's Steps into Christmas. After the group wanted to take a different direction with their music, the idea of a Christmas themed album surfaced during ""Steps: On The Road Again"". It was announced on 24 September that Steps were going on tour again along with the tour"
"the United Kingdom, where an estimated 3,000 motorists were forced to abandon their vehicles around the town and on the ring road during the evening rush hour of the Christmas holidays. Situated in a valley through the Hampshire Downs at an average elevation of Basingstoke is a major interchange between Reading, Newbury, Andover, Winchester, and Alton, and lies on the natural trade route between the southwest of England and London. The area had been something of an interchange even in ancient times. It had been cut by a Roman roadway that ran from northeast to southwest, from Silchester towards Salisbury"
"released in 1998. The video is set in the Age of Steam, and was shot on location in the Chiltern Hills, and at the Great Western Preservation Society in Didcot. Christmas Steps (composition) ""Xmas Steps"" or ""Christmas Steps"" is a song by Scottish post-rock group Mogwai. The original version of the song (""Xmas Steps"") is the lead track from the 1998 EP, ""No Education = No Future (Fuck the Curfew)"", and a slightly different version (""Christmas Steps"") appears on the 1999 album, ""Come On Die Young"". ""Xmas Steps"" is an eleven-minute-long instrumental, in the key of C♯ minor. ""Christmas Steps"""
"Stowmarket Stowmarket ( ) is a small market town in Suffolk, England, on the busy A14 trunk road between Bury St Edmunds to the west and Ipswich to the southeast. The town is on the main railway line between London and Norwich, and lies on the River Gipping, which is joined by its tributary, the River Rat, to the south of the town. The town takes its name from the Old English word ""stōw"" meaning ""principal place"", and was granted a market charter in 1347 by Edward III. A bi-weekly market is still held there today on Thursday and Saturday."
"Aston Clinton Aston Clinton is a historic village and civil parish in the Vale of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England. The village is at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, 2 miles (3.3km) from Weston Turville, 4 miles (6.5km) from Aylesbury and is bisected both at the northern end of the parish by the Aylesbury Arm and in the centre of the parish by the Wendover Arm stretch of the Grand Union Canal. The village lies between the market towns of Tring and Wendover. It is believed that the village started at the crossing of two Roman roads, Akeman Street and"
"Lincoln Christmas Market Lincoln Christmas Market, held in Lincoln, England, is one of the largest Christmas markets in Europe, attracting up to 250,000 visitors over the four-day event. Held around three weeks before Christmas, the market spreads around the historic centre of Lincoln including the castle and cathedral. As well as stalls selling goods there is a funfair with Ferris wheel, open air classical music and rock concerts and traditional events such as beer barrel rolling. The number of visitors is so great that a circular one-way system for pedestrians around the streets of Lincoln is put into place. The"
"Stepney, St Dunstan-in-the-East, London, and St Dunstan-in-the-West, London are four of the more well known in Britain. The church at the junction of London Road and Whitstable Road gives its name to the neighbourhood of Canterbury on the north bank of the River Stour. English literature contains many references to him, for example in ""A Christmas Carol"" by Charles Dickens, and in this folk rhyme: <poem>St Dunstan, as the story goes, Once pull'd the devil by the nose With red-hot tongs, which made him roar, That he was heard three miles or more.</poem> This folk story is already shown in"
"Christmas Steps (composition) ""Xmas Steps"" or ""Christmas Steps"" is a song by Scottish post-rock group Mogwai. The original version of the song (""Xmas Steps"") is the lead track from the 1998 EP, ""No Education = No Future (Fuck the Curfew)"", and a slightly different version (""Christmas Steps"") appears on the 1999 album, ""Come On Die Young"". ""Xmas Steps"" is an eleven-minute-long instrumental, in the key of C♯ minor. ""Christmas Steps"" is a rerecorded version which retains the basic structure and composition, but is shorter in length, performed significantly slower and features clearer dynamic contrast and better production value. The song"
"Liverpool Santa Dash The Liverpool Santa Dash is an annual 5 kilometer fun run held in the first week of December and takes place around Liverpool City Centre. Participants dress up as Santa Claus and along with Las Vegas, Nevada it regularly attempts to break the Guinness World Record for the largest Santa Claus fun run. As of December 2016 it is the holder of this record. Generally the course starts at the city's waterfront next to the Three Graces. From there it goes through the city centre, up towards the Churchill Way flyover before finishing outside the town hall."
"Chapel of the Three Kings of Cologne The Chapel of the Three Kings of Cologne is a church in Colston Street, near the top of Christmas Steps, Bristol, England. It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building. The Three Kings of Cologne refers to the Biblical Magi. The dedication is a reference to the Chapel of the Three Kings in Cologne Cathedral. One of the windows shows the nativity of Jesus, which may have contributed to the naming of the Christmas Steps. The chapel was built by John Foster in 1504. He was the local High Sheriff, mayor"
"Recorder's Steps The Recorder's Steps consist of two flights of stone steps leading down from the outside of the city walls in Chester, Cheshire, England. They lead from the walkway at the top of the walls to a riverside area known as the Groves, and are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The steps are in two flights, of 12 and 15 steps respectively. They were constructed between 1820 and 1822 for Chester Corporation. On the wall by the steps is a plaque, probably inserted in 1881. This contains erroneous information,"
"character Alan Partridge was married in the church. Caistor St Edmund Caistor St Edmund is a village on the River Tas, near Norwich, Norfolk, England. It covers an area of and had a population of 270 in 116 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing to 289 at the 2011 Census. The remains of a Roman market town and capital of the Iceni tribe, ""Venta Icenorum"", are nearby (British National Grid ref TG230034). The ruins are in the care of the Norfolk Archaeological Trust and managed by South Norfolk Council. It is assumed that the Roman 'Stone Street' runs"
"use of residents. Chapel of the Three Kings of Cologne The Chapel of the Three Kings of Cologne is a church in Colston Street, near the top of Christmas Steps, Bristol, England. It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building. The Three Kings of Cologne refers to the Biblical Magi. The dedication is a reference to the Chapel of the Three Kings in Cologne Cathedral. One of the windows shows the nativity of Jesus, which may have contributed to the naming of the Christmas Steps. The chapel was built by John Foster in 1504. He was the local"
"following Sunday when the ""Bailgate"" area of the city holds its annual Christmas Market in and around the Castle grounds. The market is based upon the traditional German-style Christmas market as found in several German cities, including Lincoln's 'twin town' Neustadt an der Weinstrasse. In 2010, for the first time in the history of the Christmas Market, the event was cancelled due to 'atrocious conditions' of heavy snowfall across Lincolnshire and most of the United Kingdom. Lincoln lies in a gap in the Lincoln Cliff north of London, at an elevation of above sea level by the River Witham, stretching"
"second half of the show. Audience members were invited to post questions into a silver box on their way into the auditorium. During the second act the box was taken onto the stage and the band pulled questions out at random for Steps to answer to the audience. Act 1: Act 2: Encore: Christmas with Steps Christmas with Steps (also known as the Light Up the World tour) was the seventh concert tour by British pop group Steps. Starting in November 2012, tour supports the band's Christmas themed album, . It is the group's first theatre tour since 1999 and"
"Liverpool Santa Data - Official Website Liverpool Santa Dash The Liverpool Santa Dash is an annual 5 kilometer fun run held in the first week of December and takes place around Liverpool City Centre. Participants dress up as Santa Claus and along with Las Vegas, Nevada it regularly attempts to break the Guinness World Record for the largest Santa Claus fun run. As of December 2016 it is the holder of this record. Generally the course starts at the city's waterfront next to the Three Graces. From there it goes through the city centre, up towards the Churchill Way flyover"
"The Christmas markets are such a success that they are becoming a major pull factor to increase trade and visitor numbers to towns and cities. Birmingham's Christmas Market, primarily located on New Street between the Bullring shopping centre and the Council House, is the ""largest outdoor Christmas market in the UK"" as well as the ""largest authentic German Christmas market outside of Germany or Austria"". The market also offers live entertainment on the main stage. The market is held for approximately six weeks every year and usually closes around 23 December. Manchester's Christmas Markets have also been successful with 300"
"In the United Kingdom Christmas decorations are put up in shops and town centres from early November. Many towns and cities have a public event involving a local or regional celebrity to mark the switching on of Christmas lights. Decorations in people's homes are commonly put up from early December, traditionally including a Christmas tree, cards, and lights both inside and outside the home. Every year, Norway donates a giant Christmas tree for the British to raise in Trafalgar Square as a thank you for helping during the Second World War. Christmas carolers at Trafalgar Square in London sing around"
"Stowmarket Navigation. Stowmarket railway station, on the Great Eastern Main Line, is served by numerous train services operated by Greater Anglia: Peterbrough to Ipswich (via Ely, Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket); Cambridge to Ipswich (via Newmarket, Bury St Edmunds, Stowmarket and Needham Market); and Norwich to London Liverpool Street (via Diss / Ipswich / Colchester / Chelmsford / Stratford). Suffolk County Council has built a road from the Central Roundabout, a short distance to the east of Stowmarket, to Gipping Way in central Stowmarket at a cost of £21 million. The scheme was completed in summer 2010. The new road"
"can be found en route to the Four Stones, on the new Clent Hills archway, launched in December 2012. Clent Hills The Clent Hills lie south-west of Birmingham city centre in Clent, Worcestershire, England. The closest towns are Stourbridge and Halesowen, both in the West Midlands conurbation. The Clent Hills range consists of, in order from north-west to south-east: Wychbury Hill, Clent Hill (and Adams Hill), and Walton Hill (and Calcot Hill). The north Worcestershire range of hills continues eastwards to include Romsley Hill, Waseley Hills and the Lickey Hills. Clent Hill is the most popular hillwalking hill in the"
"Church Stowe Church Stowe is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. It is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Stowe Nine Churches (Where the population is included). St Michael's church is notable for the tomb of Elizabeth Danvers and the tower built in Anglo Saxon times. The rest of the church was built in 1639 but includes remains of the medieval church. The east end was rebuilt in 1860 According to legend, the site of the church was chosen by a supernatural spirit. It is said that the church's builders found"
"Staines-upon-Thames Staines-upon-Thames is a town on the River Thames in Surrey, England. Historically part of Middlesex, it was known to the Romans as Pontes or Ad Pontes, then as Stanes and subsequently Staines. The town is inside the M25 motorway, 17 miles (27 km) south-west of Charing Cross. It is within the London Commuter Belt and the Greater London Urban Area, and adjoins part of the Green Belt. Passing along the edge of the town and crossing Staines Bridge is the Thames Path National Trail. Parts of the large Staines-upon-Thames post town are whole villages: Laleham, Stanwell and Wraysbury. The"
"and items in the churchyard, a hotel, milestones, and a war memorial. Listed buildings in Great Ness Great Ness is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 26 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, one is at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Great Ness and smaller settlements, including Alderton, Kinton, and Nesscliffe, and is otherwise rural. Most of the listed buildings are houses,"
"Bulstrode"" by A M Baker 2003 published as one book by Colin Smythe Ltd. 2003 Gerrards Cross Gerrards Cross is a town and civil parish in south Buckinghamshire, England, separated from the London Borough of Hillingdon at Harefield by Denham, south of Chalfont St Peter and north of Fulmer and Hedgerley. It spans foothills of the Chiltern Hills and land on the right bank of the River Misbourne. It is west-north-west of Charing Cross, central London. Bulstrode Park Camp was an Iron Age fortified encampment. The town has a railway station on the Chiltern main line with services to London"
"services. Lincoln Christmas Market Lincoln Christmas Market, held in Lincoln, England, is one of the largest Christmas markets in Europe, attracting up to 250,000 visitors over the four-day event. Held around three weeks before Christmas, the market spreads around the historic centre of Lincoln including the castle and cathedral. As well as stalls selling goods there is a funfair with Ferris wheel, open air classical music and rock concerts and traditional events such as beer barrel rolling. The number of visitors is so great that a circular one-way system for pedestrians around the streets of Lincoln is put into place."
"damaged stations. The line reopened in March 2010. Following the closure of lines in Broadstairs and Margate, the East Hill Cliff Railway is now the steepest funicular railway in the United Kingdom. It is complemented by the West Hill Cliff Railway, giving visitors access to Hastings Castle and the Smugglers Adventure in St. Clements Caves. A model of the East Hill Cliff Railway is on public display at the Brighton Toy and Model Museum. <BR> East Hill Cliff Railway East Hill Cliff Railway, or East Hill Lift, is a funicular railway located in the English seaside town of Hastings. It"
"Chrisp Street Market Chrisp Street Market is a marketplace within the Lansbury Estate in Poplar in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It was the first purpose-built pedestrian shopping area in the United Kingdom, built as part of the 1951 Festival of Britain. It features a prominent clock tower, shops, small retail outlets, pubs, cafes, apartments, and 80 market stalls. Chrisp Street Market was designed by Frederick Gibberd, and built as part of the Festival of Britain in 1951. Since 1997 it has been in a conservation area. In the 1990s, the London Docklands Development Corporation contributed £1.3 million to"
"Scotby Scotby is a village in the City of Carlisle district of Cumbria, England, United Kingdom. It is separated from Carlisle by the M6 Motorway, and it is close to other dormitory villages in the area, such as Wetheral, Cumwhinton and Aglionby. It is part of the Wetheral civil parish. During the Second World War, on 11 March 1943, a village dance was being held in the village hall when a bomb penetrated the hall roof which resulted in a local farmer being killed. In the field on the opposite side of the Tyne Valley Line to the Church, rubber"
"Great Stukeley Great Stukeley is a village north-west of Huntingdon. Great Stukeley is in Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as a historic county of England. It lies on the old Roman road of Ermine Street. The East Coast Main Line railway runs near to Great Stukeley and serves the nearby Huntingdon railway station. The church in Great Stukeley is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew and the village war memorial is contained within its grounds. Great Stukeley was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 in the Hundred of Hurstingstone in Huntingdonshire; the name of the settlement"
"Colchester Colchester is an historic market town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in the county of Essex. As the oldest recorded Roman town in Britain, Colchester is claimed to be the oldest town in Britain. It was for a time the capital of Roman Britain, and is a member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network. Situated on the River Colne, Colchester is northeast of London and is connected to the capital by the A12 road and its railway station which is on the Great Eastern Main Line. It is seen as a popular town for"
"Amersham Amersham ( ) is a market town and civil parish within the Chiltern district in Buckinghamshire, England, in the Chiltern Hills, northwest of central London. It is part of the London commuter belt. Amersham is from Aylesbury and from High Wycombe. There are two distinct areas: Old Amersham, set in the valley of the River Misbourne, which contains the 13th-century parish church of St. Mary's and several old pubs and coaching inns; and Amersham-on-the-Hill, which grew rapidly around the railway station in the early part of the 20th century. Records date back to pre-Anglo-Saxon times, when it was known"
"St Albans St Albans () is a city in Hertfordshire, England, and the major urban area in the City and District of St Albans. It lies east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, about north-northwest of central London, southwest of Welwyn Garden City and south-southeast of Luton. St Albans was the first major town on the old Roman road of Watling Street for travellers heading north, and it became the Roman city of Verulamium. It is a historic market town and is now a dormitory town within the London commuter belt and the Greater London Built-up Area. St Albans"