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Alton (UK: / ˈ ɒ l t ən / ⓘ OL-tən) is a village in Staffordshire, England. [2] It is noted for the theme park Alton Towers, built around the site of Alton Mansion, which was owned by the Earls of Shrewsbury, [3] and designed by Augustus Pugin. [4] In the 1914 map by Whiston, there were copper works in the village. [2]
Alton Towers is located near the village of Alton in Staffordshire, England. The former country estate was a former seat of the Earls of Shrewsbury. It is now a major theme park in the United Kingdom. In 2012, it attracted 2.4 million visitors, making it the most visited theme park in the United Kingdom and 9th most visited theme park in Europe.
Alton is a civil parish in the district of Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England. It contains 63 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, six are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.
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The former station buildings, attributed variously to Augustus Pugin and local architect Henry Arthur Hunt, are of an Italianate villa style unique to the former North Staffordshire Railway [3] and was built at the request of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 19th Earl of Shrewsbury, who owned the Alton Towers estate and wished for an impressive station ...
The Wild Mouse was built by Vekoma and operated at Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England, before being moved to Idlewild in 1993. [30] The Scrambler, the Flying Aces, and the Tilt-A-Whirl also surround the Merry-Go-Round. [31] Another group of rides in Olde Idlewild is located around the park's Skooters, added in 1931.
This is a list of towns and boroughs in Pennsylvania.There are currently 956 municipalities classified as boroughs and one classified as a town in Pennsylvania.Unlike other forms of municipalities in Pennsylvania, boroughs and towns are not classified according to population.
Alton Railroad, a railroad linking Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City, Missouri; Alton line, a railway line in southeast England; Alton station (Illinois), an Amtrak station in Alton, Illinois; Alton railway station, in Alton, Hampshire, England; Alton Towers railway station, in Alton, Staffordshire, England; formerly Alton station