The Great Orme (Welsh: Y Gogarth) is a limestone headland on the north coast of Wales, north-west of the town of Llandudno. Referred to as Cyngreawdr Fynydd...
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The Great Orme Tramway (Welsh: Tramffordd y Gogarth) is a cable-hauled 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge tramway in Llandudno in north Wales. Open seasonally...
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Ormes may refer to: communes in France: Ormes, Aube Ormes, Eure Ormes, Loiret Ormes, Marne Ormes, Saône-et-Loire Ormes-et-Ville, Meurthe-et-Moselle Les...
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Orme may refer to: Great Orme and Little Orme, two headlands overlooking Llandudno Bay in Wales Orme, Maryland, an unincorporated community in Prince George's...
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Llandudno (section Great Orme)
years on the slopes of the limestone headland, known to seafarers as the Great Orme and to landsmen as the Creuddyn Peninsula. The origins in recorded history...
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tourists is the Great Orme. The Little Orme has public footpaths and two summits, the higher summit has a trig point. The Little Orme was inhabited during...
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located at the lower end of the track (such as the upper half of the Great Orme Tramway) – in such systems, the cable that runs through the top of the...
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Suez and the Sinai as early as 4000 BCE. It was extensively mined at the Great Orme Mines in Britain 3,800 years ago, using stone and bone tools. Archaeological...
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from his), and founder of the original parish church, located on the Great Orme peninsula. Saint Tudno is said to have been one of the seven sons of King...
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Bronze Age (section Great Britain)
with zinc to form brass first arrived to Great Britain until the first millennium BC. One copper mine at Great Orme in North Wales, reached a depth of 70...
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Ireland; Malham Cove in North Yorkshire and the Isle of Wight, England; the Great Orme in Wales; on Fårö near the Swedish island of Gotland, the Niagara Escarpment...
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the northern central coast of Wales, stretching from Puffin Island to Great Orme in the northeast. Bangor, Penmaenmawr, Beaumaris and Llandudno are notable...
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has by wide, sandy beaches and the limestone headlands of the Great Orme and the Little Orme. The highest peak within the county is Carnedd Llewelyn, at...
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Kochi, a promenade in Kochi Marine Drive (Llandudno), a road around the Great Orme headland in Llandudno, Wales Marine Drive (Scarborough), a section of...
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the Great Orme, where prehistoric mining on a very large scale dates largely from the middle Bronze Age. In particular copper from the Great Orme mines...
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Llandudno Cable Car (redirect from Great Orme Cable Cars)
Llandudno in Conwy County Borough, Wales. The cable car runs along the Great Orme spanning a distance of one mile forty feet (1.622 km) exactly. The cable...
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situated at the midpoint of the Great Orme Tramway on the slopes of the Great Orme in Llandudno, Wales. The Great Orme Tramway operates as a two-section...
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1837 upon her accession to the throne. The herd thrived on Llandudno's Great Orme; by 2001 they reached a population of 250 and were in danger of running...
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Wrath, Scotland Dungeness, England Gibraltar, British Overseas Territory Great Orme, Wales Hengistbury Head, England Land's End, Cornwall, England Mull of...
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Conwy Bay and the A55 expressway. The Great Orme lies at the end of the peninsula, and nearby is the Little Orme. There are several limestone hills of...
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Wales (redirect from West of Great Britain)
speak to a dispersed culture. With the arrival of the bronze age, the Great Orme in North Wales became Britain’s premier producer of copper, one of the...
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cars. Examples of such operation, and the consequent confusion, are: The Great Orme Tramway in Llandudno, Wales. Several street funiculars in Lisbon, Portugal...
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copper was mined in Wales during approximately 2200–850 BC including the Great Orme. Metalworking debris found beneath the ramparts at Beeston Castle in Cheshire...
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remarkably, on exceptionally clear days, the mountains of Snowdonia and the Great Orme in Wales are all visible. There is also a North Barrule in the Isle of...
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resort of Llandudno, working on the pier, a helter-skelter ride, and the Great Orme Tramway. He also participates in a promenade concert, and covers the Victorian...
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including the Bristol Channel St David's Head – Great Orme Head including St George's Channel Great Orme Head – Mull of Galloway Isle of Man Lough Foyle...
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coaster), at Parque Warner Madrid, Spain Tom and Jerry engine, a pump at Great Orme, Wales Tom and Jerry, nicknames for the satellites of the GRACE and GRACE-FO...
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restored. In Llandudno, the Great Orme Tramway links to the Great Orme. It is the only remaining cable-operated street tramway in Great Britain, and one of only...
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(pale blue, 1m) ’Caledonia’ (violet, 1m) 'Emerald Gem' (white, 0.3m) 'Great Orme' (pink/white, 1.2m) V. macrantha 'Margret' (light blue, 0.5m) 'Midsummer...
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Christopher Plummer (redirect from Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer)
Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer CC (December 13, 1929 – February 5, 2021) was a Canadian actor. His career spanned seven decades, gaining him recognition...
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