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Natureland is a seal sanctuary, with a seal hospital, a small zoo, tropical glasshouses (known as the 'Floral Palace') and an aquarium. [1] Animals include seals, African penguins, crocodiles, goats, tarantulas, snakes, terrapins, scorpions, as well as tropical butterflies and birds.
Dobson's Mill is a tower windmill for grinding wheat and corn. It stands in the High Street in the town of Burgh le Marsh, near Skegness in Lincolnshire, England.The mill was, prior to damage by Storm Ciara on 9 February 2020, open to the public as a tourist attraction and is a Grade I listed building. [1]
Ashley National Forest is a National Forest located in northeastern Utah and southwestern Wyoming. Within the Forest's bounds are 1,382,346 acres (5,594 km 2 ) (with 1,287,909 acres (5,212 km 2 ) in Utah and 96,223 acres (389 km 2 ) in Wyoming) of vast forests, lakes, and mountains, with elevations ranging from 6,000 to 13,500 feet (1,800 to ...
A 2005 study by the town council reported that for every two people aged 16–24 who left the town, three people aged 60 or above moved in. [131] The 2011 census showed Skegness's population to be older than the national average; the mean age was 44.3 and the median 46 years, compared with 39.3 and 39 for England. 21% of the population was ...
Gibraltar Point national nature reserve is an area of about 4.3 km 2 (1.7 sq mi) on the coast of Lincolnshire, England.. The reserve is owned by Lincolnshire County Council and East Lindsey District Council and is administered by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.
The Skegness camp contained all the standard Butlins entertainment ingredients: Butlins Redcoats, a funfair, a ballroom, a boating lake, tennis courts, a sports field (for the three legged and egg & spoon races and the donkey derby), table tennis and snooker tables, amusement arcades, a theatre, arcades of shops, a chairlift system and a ...
Skegness Pier between 1890 and 1900. Throughout the 1890s, the Skegness Pier Company was recorded over 100,000 annual admissions, managing to carry forward a balance of around £400 each year. By 1899, a Jubilee clock had been erected on the promenade, funded by £600 raised from public subscription costs. [2]
Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area was established by an act of the U.S. Congress on September 28, 1965, as the first national recreation area in a United States National Forest, so it is administered by the U.S. Forest Service.