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Great Yarmouth (/ ˈ j ɑːr m ə θ / YAR-məth), often called Yarmouth, is a seaside town which gives its name to the wider Borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England; it straddles the River Yare and is located 20 miles (32 km) east of Norwich. [3] Its fishing industry, mainly for herring, shrank after the mid-20th century and has all but ...
The Borough of Great Yarmouth is a local government district with borough status in Norfolk, England. It is named after its main town, Great Yarmouth , and also contains the town of Gorleston-on-Sea [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and a number of villages and rural areas, including part of The Broads .
The Pleasure Beach Great Yarmouth is an amusement park located in the seaside resort town of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on the English east coast. It opened in 1909. The largest and most popular ride at the park is the wooden Roller Coaster which opened in 1932. There are also 25 other large rides at the park, as well as children's entertainment ...
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Politics of the Borough of Great Yarmouth (1 C, 40 P) Pages in category "Borough of Great Yarmouth" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.
Roller Coaster – also known as Scenic Railway or The Scenic – is a wooden roller coaster at Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach, Great Yarmouth, UK.The ride was built at the park in 1932 and has been operational since.
Great Yarmouth received its first lifeboat in 1802. It was never called out. In 1825 the Norfolk Association for Saving the Lives of Shipwrecked Mariners stationed its first lifeboat at Great Yarmouth. The station was taken over by the RNLI in 1857 and in 1859 a new lifeboat house was built at a cost of £375 (equivalent to £47,400 in 2023).
Sewell was born on March 30, 1820, in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, into a devout Quaker family. [4] Her father was Isaac Phillip Sewell (1793–1879), and her mother, Mary Wright Sewell (1798–1884), was a successful author of children's books.