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Beeston Hill, also known as Beeston Bump, [16] is a cliff-top hill which overlooks the sea and the village. At 207 feet (63m) high, it is the dominating feature of the parish. The hill, part of Cromer Ridge, [17] was once two symmetrical round flat-topped hills in the shape of giant molehills: geological features known as kames. [17]
Sheringham (/ ˈ ʃ ɛr ɪ ŋ ə m /; population 7,367) is a seaside town and civil parish in the county of Norfolk, England. [2] The motto of the town, granted in 1953 to the Sheringham Urban District Council, is Mare Ditat Pinusque Decorat , Latin for "The sea enriches and the pine adorns".
Beeston Hill Y Station was a secret listening station located on the summit of Beeston Hill, Sheringham in the English county of Norfolk. [1] The chain of Y stations were the front line of the War Office's Bletchley Park , which had the code name station X .
The hotel was an impressive looking building which included two large domes on the roof, one on each corner. The hotel was designed by the Norwich architect Herbert John Green [2] who was also the church Diocesan Surveyor of Norwich. [3] The hotel was part of a rapid development of the resort following the arrival of the railway in to the town.
Britain's private railway companies pioneered the concept of the railway hotel, initially at locations such as London Euston and Birmingham Curzon Street where hotels were opened at the start of trunk railway operation in 1839. Most of the railway companies followed suit, and by 1913 there were 93 railway owned hotels.
Beeston Hill may refer to the following places: Beeston Hill, Leeds, an area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England; Beeston Hill, U.S. Virgin Islands, a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands; Beeston Hill Y Station, a former secret listening station in Norfolk, England