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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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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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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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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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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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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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)
much of western Europe and copper was extracted from sites such as the Great Orme mine in northern Wales. Social groups appear to have been tribal but with...
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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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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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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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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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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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Wrath, Scotland Dungeness, England Gibraltar, British Overseas Territory Great Orme, Wales Land's End, Cornwall, England Mull of Kintyre, Scotland North Cape...
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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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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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BBC News. 20 May 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2010. "Royal Welsh tackle Great Orme to find regimental goat". www.dailypost.co.uk. Archived from the original...
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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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portraying Kinnock as a caring, compassionate family man. It was filmed at the Great Orme in Wales and had "Ode to Joy" as its music. He was particularly critical...
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Summit tram stop (redirect from Summit (Great Orme) railway station)
a tram terminus situated on the Great Orme Tramway at the summit of the Great Orme in Llandudno, Wales. The Great Orme Tramway is a funicular, which connects...
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Tram (section Great Britain)
middle, operates from the Welsh town of Llandudno up to the top of the Great Orme hill in North Wales, UK. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries a number...
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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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operates a cable car to the Great Orme summit. The only surviving first generation tram service within Wales is the Great Orme Tramway, a cable-hauled tramway...
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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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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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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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