Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary is a 585.9-hectare (1,448-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches along the coast between Southampton and Gosport in Hampshire. [1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
The building was commissioned by the now defunct Southampton City Primary Care Trust, and the Trust leases the space for £1.5m per annum on a 25-year contract. [ 2 ] In February 2014 Dr Ros Tolcher announced she would be leaving her post at the Trust to take up a new role as chief executive at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust . [ 3 ]
Southampton Water is a tidal estuary north of the Solent and the Isle of Wight in England. The city of Southampton lies at its most northerly point, where the estuaries of the River Test and River Itchen meet. Along its salt marsh-fringed western shores lie the New Forest villages of Dibden, Hythe and Fawley, and the Fawley Refinery.
A cast iron pier was extended into Southampton Water in 1865, [15] restricted to 560 ft (170 m) in length and not reaching deep water. [15] A railway line connected Netley to Southampton Docks on 5 March 1866. [16] At the suggestion of Queen Victoria, [17] [18] the line was extended into the grounds of the hospital on 18 April 1900. [19]
Lee-on-the-Solent has had a long association with aviation. Seaplane trials took place at Lee-on-the-Solent as early as 1915. A base for seaplane training was established in 1917 on the former RNAS Lee-on-Solent, later HMS Daedalus, site. The new church of St Faith's was built in 1933. [5]
Warsash Maritime School, formerly Warsash Maritime Centre and Warsash Maritime Academy, is a maritime training college that is part of Solent University. [3] The college provides education, training, consultancy and research to the international shipping and off-shore oil industries.
FALL RIVER — Primo on Water Street is not yet open, but the Italian-American restaurant and event venue has already begun making waves along the city's waterfront. Now owners Shannon Raposo and ...
The National Oceanography Centre Southampton (NOCS) is a centre for research, teaching, and technology development in Ocean and Earth science.NOCS was created in 1995 , jointly between the University of Southampton and the UK Natural Environment Research Council and is located within the port of Southampton at a purpose-built dockside campus with modern facilities.