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NCP was founded in 1931 by Colonel Frederick Lucas. In October 1948 Sir Ronald Hobson, together with his business partner Sir Donald Gosling, founded Central Car Parks when the pair invested £200 in a bombsite in Holborn, Central London to create a car park. In 1959 Central Car Parks took over NCP from Anne Lucas, the widow of Colonel Lucas. [1]
The parks are defined to co-ordinate the management of these areas by providing visitor facilities such as car parks, footpaths, ranger services and visitor centres. Regional parks are defined and managed by local authorities, supported by NatureScot, using powers granted in the Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967 and the Countryside (Scotland) Act ...
At the time, car traffic was low in London, [1] but car-ownership expanded in the post-war period alongside their business; by the late 1950s, they owned more than ten car parks. [2] As The Independent summarised in 1998: "Whether the two knew that the motor-car would become of the cylinders in society's engine or property prices would go sky ...
Scottish Citylink operates an extensive network of long-distance express services within Scotland, operating 19 routes linking the cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Stirling and Inverness, as well as linking some rural Highland communities to the main urban areas of Scotland. [2]
Situated on Balgrayhill, 364 feet (111 metres) above sea level, it is located at the highest point in the north of Glasgow. Springburn Park was opened by Glasgow Corporation in 1892 [2] and laid out to a design by the City Engineer, A. B. McDonald.
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Total Car Parks, established in 2008, is a British company with its head office in Colchester, UK. A member of the British Parking Association, [1] the company operates car parks in various regions, in particular Manchester, using an online pre-payment model. Its aim, according to its head office, is to provide parking services to the average ...