This vintage postcard (it looks like 70’s) shows the Queen’s Gardens and Technical College in Hull. Hull is rated in the top 15 city destinations above Cambridge, Oxford, Canterbury and London in The Guardian/Observer Travel Awards. Visitors are coming to Hull from all over the world citing its beauty, shopping facilities, parks and visitor attractions as the main reason for their visit.

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Queens Gardens are located in Town Centre site - Guildhall Road/Queens Dock Avenue. On over 2.3 hectares you can see:

• Ornamental gardens
• Mick Ronson Memorial stage
• Venue for major events

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Scarborough provides the perfect seaside holiday venue for people of all ages, with it’s safe beaches and numerous other attractions. Scarborough is divided into two bays - North Bay and South Bay. The North Bay contains holiday chalets and fun parks, with attractions like Peasholm Park, Miniature North Bay Railway, Scarborough Sea Life Centre and The Sand’s development. The South Bay is where the harbour and commercial premises are located. The cafes, restaurants, amusement arcades and shops are a great attraction and source of holiday enjoyment.

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Scarborough, Britain’s first seaside resort, has been welcoming visitors for over 360 years and is still as popular as ever. The resort offers first class attractions such as the award winning Sea Life Marine Sanctuary, Kinderland children’s fun park and Scarborough Art Gallery. The resort provides a great choice of high street shops and boutiques. Scarborough boasts many quality restaurants, each serving a variety of fresh local produce.

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Newton Abbot: located at the head of the Teign estuary is a prosperous market town which is so centrally situated that it fully implements its proud boast that tourists who make the town their centre can visit any beauty spot in Devon and return in time for dinner. Courtney Park near the station is bordered by mid 19th century villas. The town centre has some Georgian brick houses and stucco blocks painted in a variety of pastel shades.

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Newton Abbot, Devon is located in the South West of England within Teignbridge District Council’s region. Newton Abbot was once a quiet country market town for rural South Devon with a history dating back to Roman times. Great Western Railways made Newton Abbot a centre for its locomotive and carriage repairs in the mid 1800’s. This lively, bustling town, offers the visitor a whole range of markets as well as historic buildings and lovely parks.

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Newton Abbot has much to be proud of; St Leonard’s Tower; Decoy Country Park and numerous other town parks; Forde House; Bradley Manor; a Town Quay; six allotment areas; excellent primary and secondary schools; Museum and Railway museum; a leisure centre; a new hospital under construction; the Racecourse to name but a few. Part of Newton Abbot’s heritage is the historic Cheese and Onion Fayre, originally held on 5,6,7 November in honour of Saint Leonard.

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Dartmoor: the mysterious windswept hills of Devon, climbing to over 2,000 feet above sea level, are a paradise for those who wish to leave the turmoil of modern civilisation behind for a while. Picturesque granite-built villages nestle in folds of the moor, such as Widecombe, made famous in song, and antiquties, hut circles and clapper bridges abound. Dartmoor ponies will be found grazing in all parts of the moor.

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Grimspound was built in the Bronze Age, the actual site covers 4 acres and consists of 24 hut circles enclosed within a stone wall which sits nestled in a small valley at an altitude of 1,477ft (450m). It is situated on Dartmoor, Devon, in the United Kingdom. As with any large site the best place to view the entire settlement is from the air, failing that on Hookner tor which lies to the north west.

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The landscape around this north eastern fringe of the moor is dotted with prehistoric and historic artefacts. There are numerous hut circles, cairns, tumuli and barrows nearby, not to mention the enigmatic Hamel Down Cross and old boundary stones. Today, because of the isolation of the moor, and the dramatic scenery, echoes of the past can easily be heard. It is possible to spend days here exploring the hidden historic and archaeological treasures of the area.

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Badger’s Holt is one of those many delightful beauty spots now protected as part of Dartmoor National Park. This is the Dartmoor are where the East and West Darts unite to form the main river; here are stepping stones to carry the explorer to the centre of the river - without disturbing reflections of surrounding trees. At Totnes the river becomes navigable from small craft.

Once an old fishing lodge, Badger’s Holt nestles at the foot of 1300 feet high Yar Tor, at the famous beauty spot where the east and west tributaries of the River Dart meet. Badger’s Holt is today a fully licensed restaurant with half a mile of tranquil river frontage and outside seating from which to watch the world go by as you enjoy a full meal or light snack and a drink from the bar.

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It is located at the edge of Dartmoor National Park, about a 20 minute drive from the A38 at Ashburton. Badgers Holt is believed to be ‘The summer residence of Mr Rose locally known as the “Badger”. If you want to add something about this place feel free to leave your comment.

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