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The beach and pier, 2016. Apex Leisure and Wildlife Park, in the south-west corner of Burnham-on-Sea, north of the River Brue, occupies an area of more than 42 acres (17 hectares). The park was created from excavated clay pits, which were flooded, and the lakes are now home to many types of wildlife and leisure activities.
Burntisland is known locally for its award-winning sandy beach, the 15th-century Rossend Castle, as well as the traditional summer fair and Highland games day. To the north of the town a hill called The Binn is a landmark of the Fife coastline; a volcanic plug , it rises 193 metres (632 ft) above sea level.
Bonnet Shores Beach; Aquidneck Island (west side) Portsmouth. Newport Beach Club (private) Newport (east to west) King Park Beach on Wellington Avenue; Fort Adams State Park. Fort Adams State Beach on Fort Adams Drive; A small beach on Lincoln Drive; Stalnaker Beach; Jamestown (Conanicut Island, north to south) Sunset Beach; Shores Beach; Longs ...
Wet sands are usually silent because the grains stick together instead of sliding past each other, but small amounts of water can actually raise the pitch of the sounds produced. The most common part of the beach on which to hear singing sand is the dry upper beach above the normal high tide line, but singing has been reported on the lower ...
A road linking South Walls to Hoy was constructed towards the end of the 19th century. Prior to that time it had only been accessible by land across the shingle beach of the Ayre at low tide. [22] Its status is now considered by some writers as a peninsula attached to Hoy and by others as still being an island. Some examples are given below.
Burnham-on-Sea is notable for its beach and mudflats, which are characteristic of Bridgwater Bay and the rest of the Bristol Channel where the tide can recede for over 1.5 miles (2.4 km). Burnham is close to the estuary of the River Parrett where it flows into the Bristol Channel , which has the second highest tidal range in the world of 15 ...
The Gatty Marine Laboratory is a science facility located in the coastal town of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. It is part of the University of St Andrews and home to the Scottish Oceans Institute , an interdisciplinary research institute studying the marine environment, specifically the behaviour , ecology , physiology , population biology and ...
The area around Barry Island shows extensive evidence of human occupation. Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age microlith flint tools have been found at Friars Point on Barry Island and near Wenvoe, [3] and Neolithic or New Stone Age polished stone axe-heads were discovered in St. Andrews Major. [4]