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Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock

Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock is a museum located at Blake's Lock in the town of Reading, in Berkshire, England. The museum contains information about the history of human activity on the River Kennet and the River Thames in Reading. The museum is located in two historical buildings: the Screen House and the Turbine House. Exhibits include information about Romani people, examples of medieval uses of the river, and temporary art exhibits. Although the museum is located on the River Kennet, it is on the short reach of the river near its junction with the River Thames that is administered by the Environment Agency as part of the Thames. References External links Official website
Riverside Restaurant

The Riverside Restaurant was a seafood restaurant in West Bay, England. The building is on a causeway and the dining area was on two levels with views of the river and beyond to the sea. In 2006, locally based food writer Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall listed it as one of his top five seafood restaurants. In 2004 it was voted one of The Observer newspaper's Top 10 seafood restaurants. Fearnley-Whittingstall has also described it as arguably the most child-friendly restaurant in the country. The restaurant served local fish and was traditionally closed in December and January (the months when the fishermen do not go out in the area due to rough seas). History The origins of the Riverside stretch back into the early part of the last century when a tent was erected during the summer to provide tea and cakes. This was replaced by increasingly enlarged wooden huts and a post office was located on the same site. The present owners who had been in occupation since 1964 decided to rebuild the Riverside in 1976 to a design by the architects Piers Gough and Roger Zogolovitch. The building has had a few additions since that date but has remained largely the same. In 1964 the trade was limited to local fishermen, coach parties and people on camping holidays in the area. The menu was fairly basic with roast dinners and cream teas the specialities, although local fish and shellfish were listed. The rebuild in 1976 coincided with the spread of car ownership and holiday homes. This, allied to the appearance on television of champions of seafood such as Keith Floyd and Rick Stein, led to the restaurant offering a full seafood menu. The restaurant changed hands in 2018. See also List of seafood restaurants References External links Official website (archived)
Rivington Hall Barn

Rivington Hall Barn adjoins Rivington Hall in Rivington, Lancashire, near Chorley and Bolton. The Tithe barn foundation stones support a Medieval cruck construction and possibly date to the between the 9th and 15th centuries. The structure was restored, altered and enlarged in 1905 by Jonathan Simpson for Lord Leverhulme. It is a Grade II Listed building. Exterior The barn has an oak cruck frame, the walls are clad in coursed sandstone and it has a stone slate roof. There is a long range of seven bays with aisles added in the 1905 restoration. The roof carried down over the aisles is of a flatter pitch than the original roof. In the west side is a T-plan timber-framed porch in the mock-Tudor style and in both gables a long flush mullion window at the ground floor level and similar mullion and transom window above. Interior The barn has an interior length is 105 feet 8 inches and the width 57 feet 6 inches. It is divided by six forks or crucks into seven bays, the width of the centre avenue is 25 feet 7 inches and the forks are placed 15 to 16 feet apart. The timber is of English oak and the construction massive. The forks rest on large boulder stones above the floor line, and the height from floor to ridge line is 23 feet 10 inches." The original width was increased during restoration in 1905 and the timbers wholly exposed, and porches were added in the north and south sides. Hall Barn is popular with tourists visiting Rivington Country Park and serves refreshments and is a venue for celebrations. References Notes Bibliography
Rivington Place

Rivington Place is a purpose-built international visual arts centre in Shoreditch, London. Origins and history Rivington Place was commissioned by two publicly funded visual arts organisations, Iniva and Autograph ABP, with the intention of establishing the new venue as a major international visual arts centre in Shoreditch, Central London. In the late 20th century, this part of the East End emerged as a new arts quarter, famous for harbouring the Young British Artists (YBA) movement, with leading private galleries such as White Cube in nearby Hoxton Square. Both Iniva and Autograph were founded to reflect and promote cultural diversity in the visual arts, and it was hoped that the new building would advance this aim. The five-storey building was designed by leading architect David Adjaye and opened to the public on 5 October 2007. It cost £8 million to complete and was the first publicly funded new-build international art gallery in London since the Hayward Gallery opened more than 40 years earlier. Function and activities Primarily a free public gallery, for most of the year, the two exhibition spaces are used to show contemporary visual art shows. With 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m2) of space, the venue also houses education facilities and seminar rooms as well as the offices Autograph. Significant exhibitions Featuring in the programme of exhibitions held in the building have been shows by Ghanaian photojournalist James Barnor, British sculptor Hew Locke, French film maker Zineb Sedira and Nigerian/British fine-art photographer Rotimi Fani-Kayode. References External links Official website for Autograph Official website for Iniva
Rivington Water Treatment Works

Rivington Water Treatment Works is a water treatment plant in Rivington, Lancashire, England. It is located below the Lower Rivington Reservoir, the last in the Rivington chain of reservoirs. The first treatment works, a slow-sand filter plant on the site opened in 1860, supplying water to Liverpool. The present works was built in 1994, and in 2007 was the largest automated three-stage plant operated by United Utilities, the water is now disinfected by adding small amounts of chlorine. Most of its output supplies customers in the Wigan area. Raw water from the Rivington chain of reservoirs can be supplied to the Thirlmere Aqueduct via a pipeline downstream of the Lower Rivington Reservoir embankment and treated water via a pumping main and the Treated Water Pumping Station on the Rivington Water Treatment Works site. . References
Rivington services

Rivington services is a motorway service area in Anderton, Lancashire, England, situated between junctions 6 and 8 of the M61 (there is no junction 7). It is operated by EG On The Move. History Construction Built in 1971, under the original name of Anderton Services, they were later renamed Rivington Services, and then Bolton West Services. The site was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on the same day she opened the Pennine section of the M62, Thursday 14 October 1971. The Queen had left London from Euston railway station to travel to Huddersfield railway station. After the opening, the Queen caught the British Royal Train at Leyland railway station, spending around 45 minutes at the services, as well as unveiling a plaque. At launch, both sides had petrol, but only the westbound side had catering. Name change In July 2009, Bolton West services was acquired by Blackburn based Euro Garages, and renamed back to Rivington services. After years of criticism, during which it was dubbed the worst service station in the country, plans were made to demolish the existing buildings and replace them with a smaller main building, as well as petrol station and other facilities. By July 2011, Euro Garages had completed their £12.3 million project in refurbishing the site, and would later reopen and operate the former Travelodge site as Rivington Lodge. At somepoint in 2024, Rivington services came under control of EG On The Move. See also List of motorway service areas in the United Kingdom References External links Official website
Rivoli Ballroom

La Rivoli Ballroom est une salle de bal classée de Crofton Park à Londres. Ouverte en 1913 puis rénovée en 1957-1959, elle est la seule salle de bal des années 1950 encore intacte dans l'agglomération. Elle sert donc régulièrement comme décor pour des tournages. Liens externes Site officiel Ressource relative à l'architecture : National Heritage List for England Ressource relative à la musique : MusicBrainz Portail de l’Art déco Portail de la danse Portail de Londres Portail des monuments classés au Royaume-Uni
Rixton Clay Pits

Rixton Clay Pits (also known as Rixton Claypits) is a former clay extraction site in Rixton, near Hollins Green, Warrington, England. Formerly farmland, boulder clay extraction started in the 1920s for brick making in the adjacent brickworks and ceased in 1965 – since then it has been allowed to return to nature. It is now an area of ponds, scrub, woodland and damp grassland. It is owned and managed by Warrington Borough Council as a local amenity. Two large sections of Rixton Clay Pits, 15 hectares (37 acres) in total, are a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and a designated Special Area of Conservation, on account of its calcareous grassland communities and because it supports the largest breeding population of Great Crested Newts in Cheshire. The whole was established as a local nature reserve in 1996, and has waymarked paths and a visitor centre. Fishing is permitted on the lake between the two sections of SSSI, and is controlled by the Warrington Anglers Association, the main stock being tench, bream and roach. Carp and pike are also present. References External links Natural England SSSI citation for Rixton Clay Pits Archived 23 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine Natural England map of the Rixton Clay Pits SSSI Natural England map of the Rixton Clay Pits Local Nature Reserve Natural England details of Rixton Clay Pits LNR
Road Castle

Road Castle is an Iron Age bank and ditch in the county of Somerset, England. The hill fort is situated approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) west from the village of Winsford. The ditch is almost square in plan with rounded corners and covers an area of approximately 0.7 acres (0.28 ha). Background Hill forts developed in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age, roughly the start of the first millennium BC. The reason for their emergence in Britain, and their purpose, has been a subject of debate. It has been argued that they could have been military sites constructed in response to invasion from continental Europe, sites built by invaders, or a military reaction to social tensions caused by an increasing population and consequent pressure on agriculture. The dominant view since the 1960s has been that the increasing use of iron led to social changes in Britain. Deposits of iron ore were located in different places to the tin and copper ore necessary to make bronze, and as a result trading patterns shifted and the old elites lost their economic and social status. Power passed into the hands of a new group of people. Archaeologist Barry Cunliffe believes that population increase still played a role and has stated "[the forts] provided defensive possibilities for the community at those times when the stress [of an increasing population] burst out into open warfare. But I wouldn't see them as having been built because there was a state of war. They would be functional as defensive strongholds when there were tensions and undoubtedly some of them were attacked and destroyed, but this was not the only, or even the most significant, factor in their construction". See also List of hill forts and ancient settlements in Somerset References
Robert Blake School

Robert Blake School, formerly Robert Blake Science College, is a mixed secondary school in Bridgwater, Somerset, England. The school, which was established in 1956, has specialist Science College status, has 719 students between the ages of 11 and 16. The school is named after Robert Blake (1599 — 17 August 1657), one of the most important military commanders of the Commonwealth of England, and one of the most famous English admirals of the 17th century, who was born in Bridgwater. Bridgwater was selected as the first town in the South West level to be selected for the UK governments Building Schools for the Future initiative, which aimed to rebuild and renew nearly every secondary school in England. Within Bridgwater, Building Schools for the Future was to develop all of the 4 secondary schools along with 2 special provision schools, Elmwood School and Penrose School at an expected cost of around £100 Million. This included the complete relocation and rebuilding of a new school combining both the Haygrove and Penrose Schools. In July 2010 several components of the scheme for Bridgwater schools were cancelled and others were still under discussion. References External links Official website
Zoo de Blackpool

Le Zoo de Blackpool est un parc zoologique anglais situé dans le Lancashire. Il abrite plus de 1 500 animaux. Ouvert en 1972, il s'étend sur 13 hectares près du bord de mer. Il est la propriété de la multinationale espagnole Parques Reunidos, dont le principal actionnaire est le fonds d'investissement britannique Arle Capital Partners. Historique Collection Le zoo héberge dans le « pavillon aux éléphants et reptiles » des éléphants d'Asie, des caïmans, des anacondas verts, des piranhas à ventre rouge, des crotales diamantin. Dans l'enclos « Gorilla Mountain » il y a cinq gorilles des plaines de l'ouest, dans le secteur « Bois aux lémuriens », il y a trois espèces de lémuriens, le lémur catta, le lémur à front rouge, le vari rouge. L'enclos « Amazonia » héberge des Saïmiris, des Sakis à face blanche, des Tamarins de Goeldi. L'enclos des hauteurs abrite six girafes et trois antilopes Blesbok. Il y a deux enclos réservés aux fauves le premier avec quatre lions d'Afrique, et le deuxième avec un tigre de Sibérie nommé Zambar. Outre un « safari aux dinosaures », une ferme pour enfants, un parcours à kangourous et wallabies, un bassin pour lions de mer et un autre bassin pour manchots de Magellan, Le zoo possède un train miniature. Liens externes Site officiel Portail de la zoologie Portail de la conservation de la nature Portail de l’Angleterre
Blackpool Zoo

A Blackpool Zoo állatkert Angliában, Blackpool közelében található. Az állatkert több mint 1500 állatnak nyújt otthont. Célja, hogy olyan ösztönző és izgalmas tájékoztató, amely bemutatja, hogy milyen fontos a kihalófélben lévő állatok megmentése. Az állatkert 2003 óta egy magáncég tulajdonába van. Az utóbbi években tiltakozásoknak adott helyet, amelyet a helyi állatvédők tartottak. Azt állították, hogy az állatkertben nem megfelelő néhány állat elhelyezése, eredeti környezetének imitálása. A tiltakozásokon az állatvédők röpcédulákat, kitűzőket és transzparenseket osztogatnak. Az állatkert védekezésül egy "tiltakozó-ellenes" lapot indított. 2005-ben nyitotta meg kapuit a dinoszaurusz-szafari, ahol 32 életnagyságú viaszbábun mutatják be a dinoszauruszokat. A kiállítást negatív véleményekkel fogadták. Egyesek szerint irreálisan nagyok-kicsik. Mindezek ellenére ingyen látogatható, csak az alapbelépőt kell kifizetni. 2008-tól újra láthatók zsiráfok is, amelyeket 1993-ban szállítottak el. Állatok Emlősök: ázsiai elefánt, tapír, vízidisznó, afrikai oroszlán, szibériai tigris, bongó, muntjac, kis panda, zebra, rénszarvas, kaliforniai oroszlánfóka, vidra, szitutunga, kétpúpú teve, kenguru, wallaby, wallaroo, szurikáta, arab gazella, Markhor házi kecske, vikunya, láma, potoroo, nyúl, tengerimalac, törpeszamár, zebu, Pygmy kecske és hörcsögpatkányformák, zsiráf. Főemlősök: nyugati gorilla, Brazza-cerkóf, zászlósfarkú kolobusz, fekete pókmajom, gyűrűsfarkú maki, vöröshasú maki, fehérarcú sátánmajom, kabócamajmok, borneói orangután, gibbonfélék, ugrótamarin, közönséges mókusmajom, közönséges selyemmajom, gyapjasfejű tamarin és császárbajszú tamarin. Külső hivatkozások Blackpool Zoo hivatalos oldala
Zoológico de Blackpool

O Jardim Zoológico de Blackpool é um jardim zoológico de 32 acres (13 ha), propriedade da Parques Reunidoslocalizado na cidade de Blackpool, na Inglaterra, que abriga cerca de 1.500 animais provenientes de várias regiões do mundo. O zoológico tem como objetivo promover a interação da população local na preservação de espécies ameaçadas. O zoológico foi comprado em 2003 por uma empresa privada e cerca de 10 mil libras foram investidas na conservação das espécies do zoológico.
Thruscross Reservoir

Thruscross Reservoir is the northernmost of four reservoirs in the Washburn Valley, lying north of Otley and west of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England, near the hamlet of Thruscross. It can be found on an unclassified road from the A59 road (where the road from Otley joins). Permission to construct the reservoir was granted to Leeds Corporation Waterworks via the Leeds (Lindley Wood Reservoir) Water Order 1960 (SI 1960/2298) and Thruscross was completed in 1966, much later than the other three reservoirs which date back to the nineteenth century. Flooded village The construction of the reservoir flooded the village of West End, which was already largely derelict following the decline of the flax industry. There is another hamlet close to the reservoir that retains the name of West End. The remains of a flax mill can be seen at the edge of the reservoir, and more of the village has been revealed at times of drought, such as the summers of 1989 and 1990. The work to build the reservoir included clearing trees, removing sacred items from the church, and exhuming bodies from the graveyard. Management The reservoir is the property of Yorkshire Water, which manages it for the benefit of walkers, anglers and wildlife. The section of the river below the reservoir is used for whitewater kayaking when water is released by Yorkshire Water. Cultural references In the novel In a Dry Season by the English-born, Canadian-based crime writer Peter Robinson, the fictional village of Hobb's End, flooded by the creation of the Thornfield Reservoir, is exposed during a drought, leading to the discovery of a body. The geography described by Robinson indicates that he based the location of Hobb's End on the village of West End. The small bridge over the Washburn becomes the 'Fairy Bridge' and the flax mill is mentioned explicitly. References External links Yorkshire Water – Thruscross Yorkshire Water guide to the area immediately surrounding the reservoir
Winterburn Reservoir

Winterburn Reservoir is located near the village of Winterburn in Malhamdale, North Yorkshire, England. It was constructed between 1885 and 1893 by Leeds civil engineers Henry Rofe and Edward Filliter to help maintain levels on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The cost of construction was estimated at £45,000. Its capacity is 281,504,000 imperial gallons (1.27974×109 L; 338,072,000 US gal) and covers an area of 39.17 acres (15.85 ha) In order to maintain the water levels of Winterburn and Eshton Beck, there is a compensation scheme. Around 1.1×106 imperial gallons; 1.3×106 US gallons (5×106 L) of water are discharged per day. The amount of compensation water is measured in the gauge house below the reservoir and further downstream at Holme Bridge lock, Gargrave. In order to maintain the aquatic life in the reservoir, this is monitored daily, and in times of drought the water discharged into Winterburn Beck is reduced. See also Canals of the United Kingdom History of the British canal system References External links Winterburn history pages
Thornton Steward Reservoir

Thornton Steward Reservoir is a reservoir north of the village of Thornton Steward in North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Yorkshire Water, and supplies drinking water to Swaledale, Wensleydale, Northallerton, and Thirsk. Thornton Steward Water Treatment Works (WTW) opened in 1977, and was refurbished in the 1990s. It was upgraded in 2003, and its mains connections improved in 2007, allowing Yorkshire Water to close older works in Langthwaite and at Cod Beck Reservoir above Osmotherley. The removal of the Langthwaite WTW, which was fed with groundwater from an adit, means that Thornton Steward now meets the needs of the Swaledale settlements formerly provided by Langthwaite. The majority of the water from Thornton Steward is piped to a pumping station north of Ainderby Steeple and from there to Bullamoor Reservoir (a system of four covered concrete cisterns on the hillside east of Northallerton). That in turn supplies Northallerton and Thirsk. The reservoir is fed from water pumped from the River Ure, which is extracted at Kilgram Bridge 1 mile (2 km) to the south. It is also supplied with water from Leighton Reservoir. The reservoir is host to the Thornton Steward Sailing Club and is used for fly fishing. References
Wraysbury Reservoir

Wraysbury Reservoir is a water supply reservoir for London, just west of the M25 near the village of Wraysbury, and directly under the western approach path of Heathrow Airport. Construction of the reservoir was begun in 1967 and completed by W. & C. French in 1970 with a capacity of 34,000 million litres (8,000 million gallons). Engineering design data for the Wraysbury reservoir is as follows. The reservoir is owned and operated by Thames Water; 400 million litres (100 million gallons) of water are pumped daily from an inlet at Datchet on the River Thames. A neighbouring reservoir is the King George VI Reservoir, opened in 1947, which is supplied from Hythe End. To keep the grass short and make inspections easier, Thames Water maintains a flock of sheep on the earthen banks. The reservoir is the site of the National Physical Laboratory's Open-Water Test Facility, used by the Ministry of Defence for test and calibration of sonar systems, as well as civilian commercial customers. It is a 205.6-hectare (508-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and part of South West London Waterbodies Ramsar site and Special Protection Area. It has nationally important numbers of wintering cormorants, great crested grebe and shovelers. It also supports many gadwalls. See also London water supply infrastructure References