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Scorton railway station

Scorton railway station (North Yorkshire) was a railway station in North Yorkshire, England. The village of Scorton is situated around 1⁄2 mile (0.8 km) south from the site of the station, although the site is just within the neighbouring civil parish of Uckerby. History The station was once part of the Eryholme-Richmond branch line, built by the York and Newcastle Railway in 1846. Like most of the infrastructure of the line, Scorton station was built in the Tudor Style. The station was located 9 miles 56 chains (15.6 km) down the line from Darlington. The station buildings were just to the north of the village, and on the 'down' side of the station on the Richmond bound platform. The station buildings also included a pub, the St Cuthbert's Inn, which was named after a well in the field behind the inn and station buildings. Passenger traffic to the station was buoyed by pupils going to and from the grammar school, passenger traffic for the Hospital of St John and God, and during the Second World War, service personnel for RAF Scorton. The station had a goods yard with a connection that faced westwards. Records show that the station could handle livestock as well as general goods, with hay, clover and barley being the main commodities railed from the station. The goods yard closed in August 1965. Passenger services on the Richmond branch line were withdrawn on 3 March 1969, however, freight traffic continued for another year, lasting until early 1970. Present The station is now a residential property, the waiting room is now the lounge and the platforms are garden features. It is a Grade II listed building. Much of the trackbed to the west of Scorton station has been destroyed by sand and gravel quarrying. See also List of closed railway lines in Great Britain List of closed railway stations in Britain Listed buildings in Uckerby References Sources Hoole, Ken (1985). Railways in the Yorkshire Dales : a pictorial history. Clapham: Dalesman. ISBN 0-85206-826-3. Ludlam, A. J. (1993). The Catterick Camp Military Railway and the Richmond Branch. The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-438-5. External links Scorton station on navigable 1947 O. S. map Scorton station, SubBrit disused stations project
Scotch Piper Inn

The Scotch Piper Inn in Lydiate, Merseyside, England, is the oldest pub in the historic county of Lancashire. The building dates from 1320 and is a Grade II* listed building. It is located on the A5147, 9 miles (14 km) from Liverpool and 11 miles (18 km) from Southport in the ceremonial county of Merseyside. It stands close to the site of Lydiate Hall and next to the remains of St Catherine's Chapel. History The fabric of the building is thought to date from 1320, but most of the current building is probably from the 16th century. It was originally known as "The Royal Oak". According to local legends it was renamed "the Scotch Piper" in honour of an injured Scottish piper connected with the Jacobite Rebellion in the 18th century, who visited the inn. The Moorcroft family were the landlords from the 1880s until 1945. Tony Blair once visited the Scotch Piper, in 1999 during his first term as prime minister. The Admiral Taverns pub suffered severe fire damage to its thatched roof on 6 December 2016. The main structure of the roof and fabric of the building were saved. The pub re-opened in April 2017. Events The Scotch Piper Classics is a popular car meet held at the pub every Monday evening and every third Sunday of the month. There is also a bike meet every Wednesday. Architecture The two-storey cruck framed whitewashed brick building retains a thatched roof. It is in three bays. The left two bays are in a single storey, and contain at least two cruck trusses; it was encased in brick in the 17th century. The right bay was rebuilt in the 18th century, using fabric from Lydiate Hall, and is in 1+1⁄2 storeys. On the front are four buttresses, and the windows are horizontally-sliding sashes, with a gabled dormer. See also Listed buildings in Lydiate Grade II* listed buildings in Merseyside References Historic England, "The Scotch Piper public house, Lydiate (1343315)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 October 2014 Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-10910-5 External links A Short History of the "Oldest Inn in Lancashire" Scotch Piper Website
Scotsgap railway station

Scotsgap was a stone-built railway station in Northumberland on the Wansbeck Railway, which served the villages of Scots' Gap and Cambo. It was located on the line between Morpeth and Reedsmouth, and was the junction for the branch line of the Northumberland Railway to Rothbury. History In 1859 Parliament authorised the Wansbeck Railway Company to build the line from Morpeth to Reedsmouth. Due to financial difficulties the line was built in stages. In 1862 the line from Morpeth to Scotsgap opened, with an extension to Knowesgate opening a year later. At this time the Wansbeck Railway Company amalgamated with the North British Railway. It was only on 1 May 1865 that the line was completed. In 1923 the line and the North British Railway merged with the London and North Eastern Railway. The station was opened as Scots Gap in 1862, but was renamed Scotsgap in October 1903. In September 1952 passenger services were withdrawn from the line, and the goods service from much of the line in November 1963. The line was closed completely in October 1966 with the station being closed on 3 October 1966. The station building and platform remain and the site is now occupied by an agricultural merchant. References External links Scotsgap Station on Northumbrian Railways ScotsGap Station on Disused Stations Scotsgap Station on a navigable 1956 O. S. map
Scotswood Bridge

Scotswood Bridge is one of the main bridges crossing the River Tyne in North East England. It links the west end of Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank of the river with the MetroCentre and Blaydon in Gateshead on the south bank. It is situated 3.2 mi (5.1 km) upstream of the better-known city centre bridges. The Chain Bridge The first bridge across the river at this location was the Old Scotswood Bridge, or "The Chain Bridge" as it was known locally. It was a suspension bridge with two stone towers, from which the road deck was suspended by chains. An act to authorise the building of the bridge was passed by Parliament, the Scotswood Bridge over River Tyne Act 1829 (10 Geo. 4. c. x) and designed by John Green, with construction beginning that year. It was opened on 16 April 1831. The toll to cross the bridge was abolished on 18 March 1907. In 1931 the bridge needed to be strengthened and widened. The width was increased from 17 ft (5.2 m) to 19.5 ft (5.9 m) with two 6 ft (1.8 m) footpaths. The suspension cables and decking were also strengthened, allowing the weight limit to be raised to 10 tonnes (9.842 long tons; 11.02 short tons). The bridge eventually proved too narrow for the traffic it needed to carry and its increasing repair costs proved too much. After standing for 136 years, it was closed and demolished in 1967 after its replacement had been completed. Current bridge A replacement for the Chain Bridge had been proposed as early as 1941. Permission was finally granted in 1960, and authorised by an act of Parliament, the Scotswood Bridge Act 1962 (10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. xlviii). A new bridge was designed by Mott, Hay and Anderson and built by Mitchell Construction and Dorman Long. Construction commenced on 18 September 1964. It was built 43 m upstream of the Chain Bridge, which continued operating during the new bridge's construction. The bridge was opened on 20 March 1967. It is a box girder bridge, supported by two piers in the river and carries a dual carriageway road. Combined costs for demolition of the old bridge and construction of the new one were £2.5 million. Scotswood Bridge carried the traffic of the Gateshead A69 western by-pass from 1970 up until the construction of Blaydon Bridge and the new A1 in 1990. Between June 1971 and January 1974 traffic on the bridge was limited to single file to enable strengthening work to take place, which was needed to address design concerns. It has required further strengthening and repairs a number of times since; between 1979 and 1980, in 1983 and in 1990. References Scotswood Bridge at Structurae
Scott's Grotto

Scott's Grotto in Ware, Hertfordshire, is a Grade I listed building and with six chambers the most extensive shell grotto in the United Kingdom. "It is, although on a small scale, far more complex than Alexander Pope's at Twickenham. Compared with the grotto at Stourhead, on the other hand, it is minute, but that only enhances the enchantment." The surrounding gardens and structures are Grade II* listed. The grotto is set into the northeast face of a hill, and comprises an entrance hall and a series of six chambers extending over 65 feet (20 m) into and 30 feet (9.1 m) below the chalk hillside, together with air shafts, light wells and connecting passages. The chambers are decorated with shells, stones such as flint and fossils, and coloured glass. A plan drawn in 1900 calls the six chambers the "Council Chamber" (a circular chamber 12 feet (3.7 m) in diameter to the right of the entrance, with a domed roof light), and smaller chambers to the left of the entrance are named the "Committee Room No 2" (a square chamber with niches) and the "Refreshments Room"; on the centreline, connected by an air shaft, are the "Consulting Room", the "Committee Room", and the "Robing Room". The grotto was formerly in the garden of Amwell House. Its construction may have taken several years and was completed by John Scott, an 18th-century Quaker poet who inherited Amwell House from his father in 1768. Scott also had other romantic features built in his garden, including an octagonal gazebo on the hillside above. Scott kept a book which lists 3,000 visitors from 1779 to 1787. Samuel Johnson visited in 1773, describing it as a "fairy hall". The house and garden were inherited by Scott's daughter Marie. The nearby Scotts Road was built after she died in 1863 and the land was acquired by British Land for development. The grotto was opened to visiting tourists in the 19th century, and become a listed building in 1950. Modern houses were built on Scotts Road in the 1960s and 1970s; originally the builders intended to demolish the grotto to build houses, but the local council intervened and the grotto was left in a patch of open ground. The grotto was acquired by East Hertfordshire District Council in 1974, and was restored in 1990–91 by the Ware Society. The works included a reconstruction of the entrance hall that had been demolished in 1960: a small fragment of the demolished Berlin Wall was inserted in the entrance hall as a time marker. The architect for the restoration was James Howley and the project manager David Perman, Hon. Secretary of the Ware Society. The grotto and gardens are now owned and managed by the Scott's Grotto Trust, Charity Number 1180709. See also Shell grotto References External links Official website East Hertfordshire District Council page for Scott's Grotto
Scout Hall

Scout Hall (also known as Scote Hall) at Shibden near Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, was built in 1680 for John Mitchell (1659–1696), who had inherited great wealth as a silk merchant. Mitchell was castigated by the preacher Oliver Heywood for his dissolute way of life, spending his money on horse racing and drink. The house is a 'calendar' building, supposedly of 12 bays, with 52 doors and 365 panes of glass. It is Grade II* listed but is on the English Heritage 'buildings at risk' register. The standing Scout Hall was built on the site of several earlier houses of the same name, the ancestral homes of the Stancliff(e), Otes, Savile and Waterhouse families (Mitchell's wife was a Stancliff(e)). The name Stancliffe, or Stanclift, comes from the Old English for stone cliff. The large homes named Scout Hall were all built near the base of a large stone cliff and a quarry from which the building stones were harvested. In 2010 it was put on the market for £350,000, and later withdrawn, but has reputedly been sold to someone who intends to restore it. References
Scroby Sands Wind Farm

The Scroby Sands Wind Farm is a wind farm located on the Scroby Sands sandbank in the North Sea, 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) off the coast of Great Yarmouth in eastern England, United Kingdom. It was commissioned in March 2004 by Powergen Renewables Offshore, a division of E.ON UK. It has a nameplate capacity of 60 megawatts and is able to produce power to supply 41,000 households. Between 2005 and 2010, its capacity factor was between 26 and 32%. Its levelised cost has been estimated at £105/MWh. The farm consists of 30 wind turbines, located in water from 13 to 20 metres (43 to 66 ft) deep. Each turbine has three 40-metre (130 ft) blades that rotate around a centre-point some 60 metres (200 ft) above the mean sea level. The hollow 4.5-metre (14.8 ft) diameter steel masts that carry the turbines are piled as much as 30 metres (98 ft) into the sea bed, to provide stability on a substrate of shifting sands. These shifting sands have piled up and decreased water depth, blocking access from service vessels. An amphibious vehicle is being built to drive on the sand to gain access to the turbines. The wind turbines were designed and manufactured by a Danish firm, Vestas. Each turbine has a capacity of 2 megawatts. Turbines were installed by the Danish offshore wind farms services provider A2SEA. In August 2023 one of the turbines caught fire. Tourism The wind farm has an information centre serving around 35,000 visitors per year, and has become a local attraction. In June of 2018, Eon refurbished the property, with new exhibits and interactive displays, among other branding changes. As of February 2023, the Visitor Centre has been Permanently Closed and vacated by Eon. It was believed to have closed in late 2019, and the reason is unknown. Gallery See also Wind power in the United Kingdom Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm List of offshore wind farms List of offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom List of offshore wind farms in the North Sea References External links Capital Grant Scheme for Offshore Wind Annual Report – January 2005 – December 2005 from the Department of Trade and Industry. The main finding being that - apparently owing to a series of bearing failures, and four generator failures - production in the year was less to 30% of the farm's nameplate capacity (albeit this represents production of 90% of the farm's forecast annual output. Performance report into wind farm from the BBC, based on the above report. E.ON UK - Scroby Sands E.ON's page about Scroby Sands.
ВЕС Скробі-Сандс

ВЕС Скробі-Сандс (англ. Scroby Sands Wind Farm) — британська офшорна вітроелектростанція у Північному морі біля узбережжя Англії, одна з перших офшорних ВЕС в країні. Місце для розміщення станції обрали у Північному морі на відстані 2,5 км від Грейт-Ярмут у графстві Норфолк. Тут у 2003 році самопідйомне судно Sea Jack спорудило фундаменти майбутніх вітроагрегатів, заглибивши палі на 30 метрів під морське дно. Після цього спеціалізоване судно Sea Energy провело доставку та монтаж 24 вітрових турбін, тоді як ще 6 агрегатів змонтувало в районі з найменшими глибинами судно Excalibur. Видачу продукції Scroby Sands, яка розпочала роботу в 2004 році, організували через три головні кабелі, що працюють під напругою 33 кВ. Турбіни розміщені в районі з глибинами моря біля 10 метрів, при цьому місцева піщана банка відрізняється рухливістю (до 3 метрів на день). На баштах висотою 60 метрів встановили вітроагрегати данської компанії Vestas типу V80/2000 з одиничною потужністю 2 МВт та діаметром ротора 80 метрів. У 2008 році стався інцидент із виходом з ладу одного головного експортного кабелю, проте два інші дозволили до завершення ремонту постачати 95 % виробленої продукції. В період 2006—2007 років виробник турбін згідно гарантійних зобов'язань замінив генератори та коробки передач усіх турбін ВЕС Scroby Sands. А коли у 2014 році виникла потреба в заміні коробок передач трьох вітроагрегатів вже по завершенні гарантійного терміну, власник станції E.ON звернувся до компанії DBB Jack-Up, яка провела ці роботи за допомогою самопідйомної установки Wind. Примітки
Sea Cadet Corps (Storbritannien)

Sea Cadet Corps (SCC) är en brittisk frivillig organisation nära knuten till Royal Navy och Storbritanniens försvarsministerium som bedriver verksamhet för ungdomar mellan 10 och 18 år. SCC är en av grundarorganisationerna i International Sea Cadet Association och verksamheten kan sägas motsvara den som Sjövärnskåren bedriver i Sverige. H.M. drottning Elizabeth II av Förenade konungariket är SCC:s beskyddare, hederschef med titeln Admiral of the Sea Cadet Corps är H.K.H. Charles, prins av Wales. Ordinarie chef för SCC benämns Captain of the Sea Cadets (CSC), nuvarande CSC är Kommendör Phil Russell. Historia Sea Cadet Corps anor sträcker sig tillbaka till 1856 och Krimkrigets slut. Efter kriget organiserade nämligen hemvändande sjömän s.k. Naval Lads' Brigades för att hjälpa barn och ungdomar som blivit föräldralösa genom konflikten. Det första officiella erkännandet av organisationen kom först 1899 då Drottning Viktoria gav Windsor-enheten 10 pund för att införskaffa uniformer. 1919 godkändes de dåvarande 34 brigaderna av det brittiska amiralitetet och omorganiserades då under namnet Navy League Sea Cadet Corps. Verksamheten inom SCC utökades kraftigt under mellankrigstiden och vid andra världskrigets utbrott organiserade man 10 000 kadetter i 100 enheter. Under och efter kriget införskaffades flera stycken träningsfartyg och 1955 startades en särskilt avdelning för kadetter med inriktning mot Storbritanniens marinkår. Verkamhet Idag består SCC av 400 enheter med sammanlagt c:a 14 000 kadetter. Kadetterna uppdelas i Junior Cadets (10-12 år) samt Sea Cadets (12-18 år), kadetterna tilldelas också grader motsvarande de inom den brittiska försvarsmakten. Verksamheten omfattar utbildning i bl.a. sjömanskap, navigation, musik, exercis, hantering av skjutvapen, meteorologi samt militärt uppträdande. Övningsfartyg SCC har fem övningsfartyg på nationell nivå och därutöver ett hundratal mindre båtar och skepp lokalt. De nationella övningsfartyg har prefixet TS (Training Ship). TS Royalist (Flaggskepp) TS Vigilant TS City Liveryman TS John Jerwood TS Jack Petchey Källor Sea Cadet Corps officiella hemsida Royal Navy: Sea Cadets Läst 24 april 2015
Sea Containers House

Sea Containers House is a prominent building on the south bank of the River Thames, west of Blackfriars Bridge, in London. Location Sea Containers House is located towards the eastern end of London's South Bank cultural area, and is within the London Borough of Southwark. A continuous river-side walkway, actually part of the Thames Path, passes in front of and below the building, and links it with near river-side attractions such as the Festival Hall, the National Theatre, the Tate Modern, the Globe Theatre and the adjacent Oxo Tower. History Sea Containers House was designed by noted American Modernist architect Warren Platner in 1974 as a luxury hotel. During construction, however, its location near the City of London led to the decision to complete it instead as office space. It opened in 1978 and took its name from the former long-term tenant, Sea Containers. In Spring 2011, a process began to gain planning permission for an extensive internal and external refurbishment of Sea Containers House. The east and west wings, which face the Thames, remained offices, with companies within global communications group WPP moving in February 2016. The south wing was renovated as the Mondrian Hotel London, which opened on 30 September 2014, bringing at least part of the building back to its original intended use. The hotel became independent and was renamed Sea Containers London Hotel on 15 January 2019. Cultural influence In October 2009, three-piece music band Gyratory System released the album The Sound-Board Breathes with a track named "Sea Containers House". Sea Containers London In January 2019, Mondrian London became Sea Containers London, an independent hotel managed by the Lore Group. The hotel has 354 rooms and suites with a 1920s cruise liner design. On-site are the agua Spa , the 56-seat Curzom Cinema and three restaurants and bars. These are the Sea Containers Restaurant, Lyaness and 12th Knot. Hotel Design The hotel's design was done by Creative Director, Jacu Strauss who used a nautical theme with Art Deco elements and designer furnitures by Tom Dixon. The hotel lobby has a contemporary sculpture that is a collaboration of Jan Hendzel, Maya Laud and Jacu Strauss. In April 2025, the hotel launched four new cabin suites that focus on sustainability with recycled plastic tabletops and counters and vintage furniture from Vinterior. Lyaness The hotel's cocktail bar, Lyaness is part of Ryan Chetiyawardana's, aka Mr. Lyan's portfolio. It won the Best International Hotel Bar category at the 16th Annual Spirited Awards® in 2022. Awards & Recognition In 2019, the hotel won at the Blue Badge Access Awards for their designer approach to accessibility. In 2024, Lore Group that operates the hotel joined the Global Hotel Alliances. In 2025, Sea Containers London was voted one of the top hotels in London at the Conté Nest Reader's Choice Awards. Notes External links Official website Media related to Sea Containers House at Wikimedia Commons Sea Containers House refurbishment consultation website
Sea Marge Hotel, Overstrand

The Sea Marge Hotel is an AA 4-star hotel in the English seaside village of Overstrand in the county of Norfolk. The hotel also has 2 AA Rosettes for Food. Location The hotel is situated on the cliff tops above Overstrand beach and is on the eastern side of the village centre, 22.9 miles (36.9 km) north of the city of Norwich. The hotel is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east from the nearest railway station, which is at Roughton Road on the southern outskirts of Cromer. The nearest airport is in Norwich and is 19.0 miles (30.6 km) south of the hotel. History The Sea Marge was designed by Architect Sir Arthur William Blomfield and was built between 1908 and 1912 as a country home for Sir Edgar Speyer. Speyer was an American-born financier and philanthropist of German parentage. Speyer was chairman of Speyer Brothers, an international finance house and chairman of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL, forerunner of the London Underground) from 1906 to 1915. Speyer rescued the Promenade Concerts from disaster and directed the funding of Captain Scott's Antarctic expeditions. Spying accusations Following the outbreak of the First World War and widespread suspicion of people of German descent, accusations of Speyer's disloyalty and treachery appeared in the press. Speyer was accused of signalling to German submarines from the cliff-top gardens of the Sea Marge. Lady Speyer was ostracised from societies and associations in both London and Norfolk, of which she had formerly been a member. Speyer and his family abandoned the house and moved to New York, soon after 1916, never to return to the Sea Marge. Sale On 16 February 1932, Speyer died from complications following an operation on his nose in Berlin. The Sea Marge and five acres of terraced gardens were sold as part of his estate in 1935. Following the sale, the house was turned into a hotel by a Mr Hartsharn and Mr G Varley in 1936. In 1955, the Sea Marge was sold to the local authority and was opened as a care home. The hotel today In 1996, the Sea Marge was bought and restored by Marc and Liz Mackenzie. They re-opened it as the historic Grade II listed hotel it remains to this day, with the interior restored with the Edwardian fixtures and features retained respectfully. The hotel retains the gardens and terraced lawns that run down to the coastal path and beach beyond. References Bibliography Barker, Theo (2004). "Speyer, Sir Edgar, baronet (1862–1932)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36215. Retrieved 2013-01-16.