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The Ramblers' Association, branded simply as the Ramblers, is Great Britain's walking charity. The Ramblers is also a membership organisation with around 100,000 members and a network of volunteers who maintain and protect the path network. The organisation was founded in 1935 and campaigns to keep the British countryside open to all.
The word "hiking" is used in the UK, but less often than walking; the word rambling (akin to roam [3]) is also used, and the main organisation that supports walking is called The Ramblers. Walking in mountainous areas in the UK is called hillwalking, or in Northern England, including the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales, fellwalking, from the ...
Cirencester (/ ˈ s aɪ r ə n s ɛ s t ə / ⓘ SY-rən-sest-ə, occasionally / ˈ s ɪ s t ə / ⓘ SIST-ə; see below for more variations) [2] is a market town and civil parish in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames.
Michael Portillo during filming at Taunton station in 2017. Great British Railway Journeys is a 2010–present BBC documentary series presented by Michael Portillo, a former Conservative MP and Cabinet Minister who was instrumental in saving the Settle to Carlisle line from closure in 1989.
Julia Michele Bradbury [1] (born 24 July 1970) [2] is an English television presenter, employed by the BBC and ITV, specialising in documentaries and consumer affairs.Her passion is the outdoors.
Again, like Coast, the series features one lead presenter – currently Andrew White – who introduces the walks and links the programme together. The walks are then either presented by White, or by one of the other regular Walks Around Britain presenters. This was designed to ensure the series' longevity if and when presenters want to move on.
The Cirencester line in 1841. The Great Western Railway opened its main line between London and Bristol in 1841. [1] During the construction period, an independent company called the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway obtained authorisation on 21 June 1836 to make a line from the GWR at Swindon, to Cheltenham by way of Stroud and Gloucester.
On 1 July 1924 the station was renamed Cirencester Town. [3] A fire broke out on 7 April 1948 in the packing office when a stove pipe overheated and ignited the ceiling joists. The damage was confined to ceiling timbers. [5] In 1956 some additions to the station were made by Howard Cavanagh, architect to the Western Region of British Railways.