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LOCAL
ATTRACTIONS / INFORMATION
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VisitCumbria.Com - Information on visitor attractions in West Cumbria.
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Florence Mine, Egremont. The last working Iron Ore Mine in Britain
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Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway
"The most beautiful train journey in England"
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St Bees - The start (or end) of the Coast to Coast Walk
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The Beacon Centre, Whitehaven
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Muncaster Castle & Owl Centre
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Whitehaven, Born, Bred, and Proud
A good local history site.
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Historic Whitehaven
Another good local site.
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Lake District Links - Accommodation, Attractions and Businesses in Lakeland
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Lake District Accommodation Plus Much More
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A huge site of Cumbrian information including the Whitehaven News and the News and Star.
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Whitehaven Sea Cadets
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Information on the Brayton Domain Collieries by Graeme Rumney
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Information on Wasdale and things to do in the mountains.
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MINING
MUSEUM WEB SITES
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Threlkeld Quarry & Mining Museum, Keswick
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Killhope Lead Mining Centre, Upper Weardale
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Honister Slate Mines, Borrowdale
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Nenthead Mines Heritage Centre
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Caphouse Colliery - National Coal Mining Museum
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Lady Victoria Colliery - Scottish Mining Museum
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Beamish Open Air Museum
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Woodhorn Colliery, Ashington
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UK Mining Museum Database
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Information on over 900 museums world wide
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Coal Mine History Resource Centre
A very useful site by Ian Winstanley
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Dunaskin Open Air Museum, Scotland
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 u
s e u m s
around the world
The Museums Documentation Association site. Click on MUSEUMS for
the UK listings and WORLD for the world wide listings.
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The Coal Mining Museum of Slovenia
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Tom Leonard Mining Museum
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Durham Mining Museum - lots of usefull information on Cumberland / Westmoreland / Northumberland / Durham and North Yorkshire.
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