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Birchwood Forest Park

Birchwood Forest Park covers the area formerly occupied by the Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF Risley, in Birchwood, Warrington, in north-west England. The park covers an area of 500 acres (2.0 km2) and stretches from the M6 in the west to the M62, junction 11, in the east. In 1985, a sculpture entitled Bo Peep and Her Sheep, sculpted by Diane Gorvin was introduced to the park. References External links Borough Council site for Birchwood Forest Park
Birdland Park and Gardens

Birdland Park and Gardens is een dierentuin in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, Engeland. De dierentuin werd geopend in 1957 en verhuisde naar de huidige locatie in 1989. Geschiedenis Het park werd in 1957 geopend door Leonard W. Hill, een vogelliefhebber, bijgenaamd Penguin Millionaire. De dierentuin startte op de 2 hectare grond van een Tudor manor house, genaamd Chardwar. In 1970 kocht hij de Jasoneilanden, een archipel binnen de Falklandeilanden voor £5.500. Hij maakte er een privéreservaat van voor de vele vogelsoorten die de eilanden bezochten of bewoonden. Ook leverde hij vogels aan verschillende wildreservaten in ruil voor vogels voor Birdland. Na zijn dood werden zowel de dierentuin als de Jasoneilanden verkocht door zijn familie. Birdland werd gekocht door de familie Trigg, die het vervolgens in 2012 weer verkochten aan Ian Cunningham, voorzitter van de Livingstone Leisure Ltd. De Jasoneilanden werden gekocht door Michael en Judy Steinhardt, die het doneerden aan de Wildlife Conservation Society. Verblijven Er zijn ongeveer 500 vogels verspreid over meer dan 150 open volières, waaronder één die de Windrush omvat. Het park houdt de enige koningspinguïns in Engeland, Wales of Ierland. Andere noemenswaardige soorten zijn kleine pelikanen, Stanleys kraanvogels, witnekkraanvogels, kasuarissen, maraboes en goudparkieten. Voor deze laatste soort doet Birdland mee aan een internationaal fokprogramma. Het Desert House (Woestijnhuis) is een schaars beplante kas die een geschikte omgeving biedt voor vogels uit droge gebieden, zoals woestijnvinken en karmijnrode bijeneters. Marsmouth Nature Reserve is een 1 hectare groot natuurreservaat waar ijsvogels voorkomen, naast andere inheemse soorten. Trivia Birdland leverde levende koningspinguïns voor de Hollywoodfilm Batman Returns (1992). Birdland beheert het EEP-stamboek van de kieviten. Galerij
Birdoswald

Birdoswald is a former farm in the civil parish of Waterhead in the English county of Cumbria. It stands on the site of the Roman fort of Banna. Middle Ages Birdoswald first appears in the written record in 1211 when Walter de Beivin was farming the property, then part of the Barony of Gilsland. He gave land in the area to Lanercost Priory and his nephew Ralph de Birdoswald indicating he had a house there. It was a convenient location, for the thick stone walls of the old Roman fort subsequently provided protection for generations of farmers in a Scottish border area that remained marginal and dangerous territory. By 1425, the farm was in the hands of the Vaux family who were probably the builders of a large pele tower found during excavation. The old Roman west gate was also still in use at this time, but it had collapsed by the end of the century. Early modern period In the 1580s, the farm was home to the Tweddle family who replaced the pele tower with a bastle house, a common form of border farmhouse with living quarters on the first floor above a livestock barn at ground level. It was the best defence against raids from neighbouring reivers. In fact the Tweddles themselves were probably reivers for Robert and Hobbe Tweddle appeared in typical reiver dress at a 1581 muster. They were certainly attacked on a number of recorded occasions by the notorious Elliot and Nixon families from Liddesdale. The door to their bastle house was hacked down and burnt and numerous cattle stolen. Even during such troubled times, the site of the Roman fort was visited by an early antiquarian, Reginald Bainbridge. Current farmhouse In the late 17th century, the basis of the present farmhouse was built. The main part of the building was added in 1745 by Anthony Bowman and his wife, as still recorded on an inscribed stone. The antiquarian, John Horsley, visited the site not long before and William Hutton was there in 1802. In 1830, Thomas Crawhall bought the farm and, ten years later, Henry Norman. Both were interested in the old fort and instigated excavations. In 1858, Norman turned a rather plain farmhouse into a somewhat grander building, complete with mock medieval pele tower. The property was later sold to Lord Henley and let to tenants. The last of these left in 1984, when the farmhouse became a youth hostel and museum and much of the Roman fort was laid out for public display. References Wilmott, Tony (1995). Birdoswald Roman Fort. Carlisle: Cumbria County Council Heritage Services. (Review available here)
Birkdale High School, Southport

Birkdale High School is an all-boys secondary school with academy status situated in Southport in North West England. Located close to neighbouring schools Christ the King and Greenbank High School (the equivalent girls' school), Birkdale was originally a co-educational school known as Birkdale Secondary Modern School. The school does not have a sixth form and only takes boys from ages 11–16. Notable former pupils Jack Bainbridge, footballer for Southport Matthew Baldwin, professional golfer Jake Bidwell, footballer for Coventry City Delial Brewster, former professional footballer Mathew Hudson, footballer for Preston North End Kyle Joseph, footballer for Swansea City Mikey O'Neill, footballer for Preston North End Jack Rodwell, footballer for Western Sydney Wanderers Ofsted Birkdale was judged by Ofsted in 2006 as Good. In 2011 the school was judged Inadequate and placed into Special Measures. In 2013 Ofsted carried out a full inspection and gave the school a Good rating. Notable Incidents In 2010, a former teaching assistant was charged with having sex with 2 16-year-old students whom she invited into her house in Hightown, in Merseyside and had Intercourse with. She got a 16 Month prison sentence. Also a Former Headteacher was charged with historical sex offences in 2017. References
Birkenhead Park

Birkenhead Park er en offentlig park i centrum af Birkenhead i England, som ligger på den ene bred af floden Mersey; på den anden bred ligger byen Liverpool. Den er tegnet af Joseph Paxton og åbnede den 5. april 1847. Det er alment accepteret, at parken er den første offentlige by-park i verden. Joseph Paxton tegnede – før Birkenhead Park – Princes Park i Liverpool, men denne var ved sin opførelse et privat foretagende. Der er desuden enighed omn, at den amerikanske landsskabsarkitekt Frederick Law Olmsted indførte mange af parkens kendetegn i sin planlægning af Central Park i New York City. Han skrev om Birkenhead Parks stærke indvirkning på ham i sin bog Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England: Olmsted kommenterede også på perfektionen i gartnerarbejdet i parken: Olmsted beskrev desuden Birkenhead som en "forbilledlig by", som var bygget "i overensstemmelse med den avancerede videnskab, smag og nybyggerånd, som nødvendigvis må kendetegne det nittende århundrede". Blandt de andre parker, som er influeret af Birkenhead Park, er Sefton Park i Liverpool. Kilder Engelsksprogede Olmsted, Frederick Law, Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England (optrykt af University of Michigan Press, 1967) Eksterne henvisninger Wirral Council: Birkenhead Park Arkiveret 12. juni 2008 hos Wayback Machine
Parco di Birkenhead

Il parco di Birkenhead (in inglese Birkenhead Park) è un parco pubblico situato nel centro di Birkenhead nel Merseyside, Inghilterra. Fu progettato da Joseph Paxton e aprì il 5 aprile 1847. È generalmente riconosciuto come il primo parco civico finanziato dalla cittadinanza. Note Altri progetti Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su parco di Birkenhead
Birkenhead Sixth Form College

Birkenhead Sixth Form College specialises in A Level & BTEC education and is rated as 'Outstanding' by Ofsted. In February 2018, TES FE Awards named the College UK 'Sixth Form College of the Year'. The college prioritizes social mobility, with its dedication being recognised with national and regional awards. The Association of Colleges named Birkenhead Sixth Form College as the winner of their Beacon Award for Social Mobility and Widening Participation 2018/19, while the Sixth Form Colleges Association and Educate North awards have also recognised the college's commitment to social mobility with award wins. Independent data analyst specialists Alps have placed Birkenhead Sixth Form College's A Level results in the top 10% nationally for student progression for the last four consecutive years, and progress scores in both A Levels and BTECs are consistently in the top in area-wide results. More than 50% of results in summer 2019 were high grades of A*-B at A Level and Distinction* or Distinction at BTEC. Nearly 90% of students go on to university each year, with a quarter of that figure going to Russell Group universities. Many who go on to higher education are the first generation in their families to do so. Other graduates have gone on to prestigious apprenticeships with the likes of Unilever and Hill Dickinson. Location Birkenhead Sixth Form College is situated in Claughton Village, near Birkenhead Park on the Wirral peninsula. Birkenhead Park railway station is situated nearby and a variety of local bus routes serve the area. Facilities Birkenhead Sixth Form College underwent a £3.5 million refurbishment which was completed in 2014. This saw the addition of: New School of Art and Design New Humanities building New science laboratories New learning support area 8SQ student refectory and canteen New reception and frontage The refurbishment was led by Rachel Clegg, a former student of Birkenhead Sixth Form College who is now a practising architect. References External links Birkenhead Sixth Form College homepage
Birkenhead Town Hall

Birkenhead Town Hall is a civic building and former town hall in Birkenhead on the Wirral Peninsula in Merseyside, England. The building was the former administrative headquarters of the County Borough of Birkenhead, and more recently, council offices for the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. History When Hamilton Square was designed in the early 19th century, a plot of land was made available for the siting of a town hall between Hamilton Street and Chester Street. Designed by local architect Christopher Ellison, the building was constructed using Scottish granite and sandstone from the now filled-in local quarry at Storeton. It was officially opened in 1887. The building consisted of a council chamber, offices, with a concert hall and function rooms known as the Assembly Rooms. Birkenhead's magistrates' court chambers are located in a separate building of the same design to the rear. The clock tower is 200 feet in height and displays four faces; the clock and five bells within were manufactured and fitted by Gillett & Co. (at a total cost of £900). After a fire in 1901, the upper part of the clock tower was rebuilt to a design by Henry Hartley. The rebuilding included a stained glass window by Gilbert P. Gamon representing Edward I's visit to Birkenhead Priory in 1277. Despite the abolition of the County Borough of Birkenhead on 1 April 1974, the building continued to be used as council offices until the early 1990s, when work was undertaken to restore the external stonework and many interior decorations and features, including the former council chamber. The Wirral Archives Service was based in the building until 2008, when it transferred to the council's Cheshire Lines Building nearby. The service collects and stores all types of historical documents relating to the Wirral area, its people, businesses and institutions. Amongst the records in the collection are documents and photographs from Birkenhead's Cammell Laird shipyard, when the original company closed in 1993. Between 2001 and 2010, the Wirral Museum occupied a significant portion of the building. It featured both themed and permanent exhibits such as the history and development of Wirral, the Cammell Laird collection, the Wirral Silver and Mayoral collections, Della Robbia Pottery and a detailed scale model of the historic Woodside area in 1934. The building continued to serve as the municipal registration centre for births, marriages and deaths and as a venue for local and national elections. However, in 2025, the registration service moved to Wallasey Town Hall to allow for repairs. Future In 2009 owners Wirral Borough Council advertised the building for sale or lease, as part of its Strategic Asset Review. The council invited "expressions of interest from individuals and organisations who can demonstrate that they can secure a sustainable use for this important building." As of 2026, the building was still owned by the Council but under consideration for sale. See also Listed buildings in Birkenhead References External links Birkenhead Town Hall bells Wirral Archives Service
Druid’s Circle (Cumbria)

Druid’s Circle (auch als Sunbrick oder Birkrigg stone circle bekannt) ist ein Steinkreis südlich von Ulverston mit Blick auf das Dorf Bardsea, die Ulverston Sands und die Morcambe Bay in Cumbria in England. Es gibt mehrere Steinkreise dieses Namens auf den Britischen Inseln (Druid’s Circle (Conwy)). Der Druid’s Circle in den Alderley Edge in Cheshire in England ist eine Nachbildung aus dem 18. Jahrhundert. Der wahrscheinlich aus der Bronzezeit stammende konzentrische Steinkreis bestand ursprünglich aus einem doppelten Steinring, der wahrscheinlich durch einen Graben getrennt war. Der äußere Ring von rund 26,0 m Durchmesser hatte 15 Steine, die jetzt umgefallen und verstreut sind, während die 10 Steine des Innenrings von 9 m Durchmesser noch aufrecht stehen. Keiner der Steine erreicht die Höhe von einem Meter. Der Kreis wurde mehrfach beschädigt und wieder aufgebaut. Im Zentrum wurden die Reste von fünf Einäscherungen darunter eine in einer Kragenurne (englisch collared urn) gefunden, die sich im Carlisle Museum befindet. Literatur Aubrey Burl (Text), Max Milligan (Fotograf): Circles of Stone. The prehistoric rings of Britain and Ireland. The Harvill Press, London 1999, ISBN 1-86046-661-3. Aubrey Burl: The Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany. Yale University Press, New Haven 2000, ISBN 978-0-300-08347-7. Weblinks Beschreibung (engl.) und Bild
Birkrigg stone circle

The Birkrigg stone circle (also known as the Druid's Temple or Druids' Circle) is a Bronze Age stone circle on Birkrigg Common, two miles south of Ulverston in the English county of Cumbria. Description The circle consists of two rings of stones, the inner being 8.5 m wide and consisting of 12 stones varying between 0.3 m and 0.9 m tall and the outer measuring 26 m and consisting of 20 smaller stones. Limited excavation within the inner circle in 1911 found an upper and lower pavement of cobbles. Below the lower layer of cobbles five cremations were uncovered, three in pits, one on a layer of cobbles and one covered by an inverted urn. A second excavation in 1921 produced a few small stone implements which the excavator thought might be a pestle, a palate and a piece of red ochre, and which might therefore have had a ceremonial use. References External links "Birkrigg stone circle". Visitor Attractions. The Cumbria Directory. Historic England. "Concentric stone circle on Birkrigg Common (1013501)". National Heritage List for England.
Birley Spa

Birley Spa is a community bath hall and a Victorian bathhouse in the Hackenthorpe district of the City of Sheffield, England. It is a Grade II listed building. History The bath house was commissioned by Charles Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers, who was the lord of the manor of Beighton as a hotel with spa baths beneath. The site he selected, in the Shire Brook Valley, was built into the hill on the south side of the valley. It was designed in the neoclassical style, built in brick with a cement render and was officially opened in 1843. The design involved a single-storey main frontage of five bays facing south towards Birley Spa Road. The central section of the three bays was slightly projected forward. It was fenestrated by casement windows and at roof level there were quadruple chimney stacks and urns at the apex at both ends. Internally, the main room was an oval plunge bath on the lower ground floor. In the mid-19th century, a committee was created to manage the facility. It consisted of Thomas Staniforth from the Thomas Staniforth & Co sickle works, Edward Hobson, George Cox of Beighton and John Tillotson, schoolmaster of Beighton. A man named George Eadon was selected from eleven applicants who applied for the post of manager of the 'Bath Hotel', and was paid a salary of twenty pounds and was provided free rent and coal. By the time of the 1920s and 1230s, the grounds of the bath house were transformed into a pleasure ground for children. Mr Moulson and William Smith were the proprietors at this time. The grounds featured a wishing well, a sand pit, swing boats, and a paddling pool. The large lake behind the house was used for boating and fishing. There was also a 'wonder tree' in the wooded area beside the house, which was a large oak tree said to be over 1,000 years old. When the Second World War began in 1939, the grounds were closed. The grounds was transferred to Sheffield Corporation in the 1950s, and in the early 2000s it became part of the Shire Brook Valley Local Nature Reserve. The building was restored in 2000/2002 and for a time was open for tours by the public, but this had ceased by 2014. In June 2018, there was renewed interest in the building after the council announced its intention to sell the building. The sale was later withdrawn and the building became an asset of community value. In May 2025, the Victorian Society included the building in its list of the 10 most endangered buildings in the country. References External links Media related to Birley Spa at Wikimedia Commons
Birley Spa

Birley Spa est un établissement de bains publics situé dans le quartier de Hackenthorpe (en) à Sheffield, en Angleterre. Situation Le bâtiment est séparé de Birley Spa Lane par un ravin. Historique La légende dit que des bains romains ont existé à cet endroit. Birley Spa est construit en 1843 durant l'époque victorienne pour Charles Herbert Pierrepont, 2e comte Manvers (en) et lord of the Manor de Beighton. Il s'agit à l'origine d'un spa surmonté d'un hôtel. Le bâtiment sert ensuite de résidence privée pendant plusieurs années. En 1973, Birley Spa devient un monument classé de Grade II. L'établissement est restauré en 2000–2001 et ouvre pour des visites des bains et du sous-sol. Les bains de Birley Spa sont aujourd'hui utilisés par le Sunset Club, une association qui vise à améliorer les loisirs des enfants et adolescents ayant des difficultés d'apprentissage. Notes et références (en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « Birley Spa » (voir la liste des auteurs). Portail de l’architecture et de l’urbanisme Portail de l’eau Portail du Yorkshire Portail des monuments classés au Royaume-Uni
Birmingham Business Park

Birmingham Business Park is 'the most established out-of-town office park in the Midlands' and is home to 116 companies, over 7000 employees and is the European and UK office headquarters for over 20 organisations. The Park offers 24 hour security and an on-site management team. Centrally located off Junction 6 of the M42 and Junction 4 of M6 within the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, it has immediate access to the Midlands motorway network with direct links into Birmingham city centre. Birmingham International Railway Station and Airport are minutes away offering rail and air links, as is the National Exhibition Centre (NEC). Set within 148 acres of landscaped gardens the Park maintains nature walks, two beehives and a flower garden as well as encouraging tenants to use public transport, walking and cycling routes. There is also an on-site cafe and newsagent as well as catering vans that deliver to the door. A selection of health and fitness classes run throughout the week, including pilates and relaxation. History The first phase of the Park was developed by Arlington in 1988 and comprised just seven buildings. In 1992, Princess Anne officially opened the Birmingham Business Park's Waterside Centre, which houses management office, shops, cafes, newsagents, dry cleaners and a nursery. The same year, future Prime Minister Tony Blair also visited the site, accompanied by then Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock, to launch his election campaign for Prime Minister. Rob Large, director of the company that has asset managed the Park for the past five years, said: “Over the last 30 years, Birmingham Business Park has established itself as the region’s premiere out of town office park. It is home to global companies, which are leaders in their field and are helping create jobs and economic prosperity for the Greater Birmingham region.” In 2014, Rolls-Royce Aero Engine Controls opened its new £60 million purpose-built research, design, development and manufacturing facility at Birmingham Business Park, where it employs 1,200 people. Companies Birmingham Business Park houses corporate offices for many companies, and its range of high-profile occupiers include Rolls-Royce, Fujitsu, EE, Dunlop Tyres (HiQ), Atos, and IMI. References External links Birmingham Business Park website http://www.parkpresentfuture.co.uk/