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Weston-super-Mare is a tourist destination, with its long sandy beach, Helicopter Museum, [84] Weston Museum, Grand Pier and seasonal Wheel of Weston. [85] A 2009 survey by Visit England placed the Grand Pier in the top ten free attractions in England. [ 86 ]
Somerset was, and is, an important supplier of equipment and technology to support the defence of United Kingdom. A Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF Bridgwater was built at the start of the Second World War, between the villages of Puriton and Woolavington, to manufacture explosives; and in 2007 is still operating, at a much reduced output, as part of BAE Systems Land Systems and is due to close ...
Toolstation is a multi-channel retailer of tools and building materials. It has more than 500 branches in the UK, 90 in the Netherlands, 23 in France and 19 in Belgium. It has more than 500 branches in the UK, 90 in the Netherlands, 23 in France and 19 in Belgium.
After Bath (101,557), the largest settlements are Weston-super-Mare (82,418), Taunton (60,479), and Yeovil (49,698). Wells (12,000) is a city, the second-smallest by population in England. For local government purposes the county comprises three unitary authority areas: Bath and North East Somerset , North Somerset , and Somerset .
North Somerset is a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England.The council is based in Weston-super-Mare, the area's largest town.The district also contains the towns of Clevedon, Nailsea and Portishead, along with a number of villages and surrounding rural areas.
Locking is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England.It is a predominantly quiet residential area of North Somerset, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south east of the town of Weston-super-Mare.
Worle (/ w ɜːr l / WURL) is a village in the civil parish of Weston-Super-Mare, in the North Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It is joined to the seaside town of Weston-super-Mare on its western edge. It, however, maintains a very separate identity, and may now be bigger than its more famous neighbour.
The Helicopter Museum in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England, is a museum featuring a collection of more than 80 helicopters and autogyros from around the world, both civilian and military. It is based at the southeastern corner of the former Weston-super-Mare RAF Base.