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Nuwara Eliya's climate lent itself to becoming the prime sanctuary of the British civil servants and planters in Ceylon. Nuwara Eliya, called Little England, was a hill country retreat where the British colonialists could immerse themselves in their pastimes such as fox hunting, deer hunting, elephant hunting, polo, golf and cricket.
World's End is located within the Horton Plains National Park in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka. It is a sheer cliff, with a drop of about 4,000 feet (1,200 m). [1] It is one of the most visited parts of the Park, and a key tourist attraction in the Nuwara Eliya District and the country at large. [2] [3]
A5 Peradeniya-Badulla-Chenkalady (PBC) Highway, Nuwara Eliya: Nuwara Eliya: 23 February 2007: Buddhist temple, bearing Assessment No 351/1 [4] Baker's Ward: Hospital Road, Nuwara Eliya: No. 535-G - Hawa Eliya North: Nuwara Eliya: 6 February 2009: Baker's Ward at the Nuwara Eliya District Hospital [5] Seneviratne building: Badulla Road (cnr ...
The original name of the area was Maha Eliya Thenna (මහ එළිය තැන්න - "great open plain"). But in the British period the plains were renamed after Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton, the British governor of Ceylon from 1831 to 1837, who travelled to the area to meet the Ratemahatmaya of Sabaragamuwa in 1836, [4] in 1834 by Lt William Fisher of the 78th Regiment and Lt. Albert Watson ...
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