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August. Location (s) Escot Park, Ottery St Mary, Devon, England. Years active. 2003–present. Website. www.beautifuldays.org. Beautiful Days is a music festival that takes place in August at Escot Park, near Ottery St Mary, Devon. The festival was founded by, and is managed by the band The Levellers and was first held in 2003.
4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Exeter to Plymouth railway of the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) was the westernmost part of a route competing with that of the Great Western Railway (GWR) and its 'associated companies' from London and Exeter to Plymouth in Devon, England. Whereas the GWR route from Exeter followed the ...
Blackpool Sands, Dartmouth. Coordinates: 50°19′10″N 3°36′34″W. Blackpool Sands. Blackpool Sands is a gravel beach near Dartmouth, Devon, England named after the nearby village of Blackpool. It has been increasingly encroached on each year since 1933. In 1989 the sea broke the defences, severely damaging seaside properties and ...
Coordinates: 51°13′53″N 3°50′04″W. Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway in 2003. The Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway is a water-powered funicular joining the twin towns of Lynton and Lynmouth on the rugged coast of North Devon in southwest England. Lynton and Lynmouth are separated by a high cliff, making it hard for people and goods ...
Tavistock (/ ˈ t æ v ɪ s t ɒ k / TAV-iss-tok) is an ancient stannary and market town in West Devon, England.It is situated on the River Tavy, from which its name derives.At the 2011 census, the three electoral wards (North, South and South West) had a population of 13,028. [2]
Devon. Devon (/ ˈdɛvən / DEV-ən; historically also known as Devonshire /- ʃɪər, - ʃər / -sheer, -shər) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the west. The city of Plymouth is the largest ...
Dowrich (anciently Dowrish) is an historic estate in the parish of Sandford.Between the 12th century and 1717 [5] it was the seat of the ancient gentry family of Dowrish (originally de Dowrish) which took its name from the estate where it had become established before the reign of King John (1199–1216), when it built a castle keep on the site. [6]
Crealy Theme Park & Resort, formerly Crealy Adventure Park & Resort, is a family theme park in Southwest England with over 60 rides, attractions, live shows, animal attractions and Sooty Land. Just outside Exeter in over 100 acres of countryside, it also has a large lodge, campsites and variety of entertainment and sport facilities.