Date
15 May 2021
Location
Bethesda
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Llanddeiniolen Cemetery
Date
4 December 2020Location
St Deiniol’s Church, LlanddeiniolenSH 54610 65929; 53.17054°N, 4.17655°W
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The original church on this site is thought to have been founded by Deiniol the Younger, son of Deiniol, the founder of the city of Bangor. There is virtually no trace left of the original, with the present structure having been built in 1848.Related
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Tynal Tywyll, Lon Las Ogwen – Dinas Railway Tunnel
Dinas Tunnel – the former branch-line railway tunnel between Tregarth and Bethesda, known informally as Tynal Tywyll (dark tunnel).
Date
4 April 2020
Location
Dinas Tunnel, Lon Las Ogwen, Tregarth
SH 60818 68185; 53.19247°N, 4.08473°W
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Metropolitan Cathedral, Liverpool
Metropolitan Cathedral, Liverpool
Date
25 April 2019
Location
Mount Pleasant, Liverpool
SJ 35658 90129; 53.40402°N, 2.96926°W
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Metropolitan Cathedral I;
Metropolitan Cathedral II;
Metropolitan Cathedral III;
Metropolitan Cathedral IV;
Leonardo da Vinci – ‘A Life in Drawing’ exhibition
The head of Leda (c 1505-08). Black chalk, pen and ink.
Date
25 April 2019
Location
Walker Art Gallery, William Brown Street, Liverpool
SJ 34995 90768; 53.40969°N, 2.97936°W
Information
In February 2019, to mark the 500th anniversary of his death, 144 of Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings from the Royal Collection went on display in 12 concurrent exhibitions across the UK, with each venue hosting 12 separate works.
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Carl Jung
Carl Gustav Jung (1875 – 1961), Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
Date
25 April 2019
Location
Mathew Street, Liverpool
SJ 34494 90409; 53.40640°N, 2.98682°W
Kazie the gorilla
Kazie the Gorilla, Betws-y-coed
Date
16 September 2018
Location
Alpine Coffee Shop, Betws-y-coed
SH 79515 56573; 53.09271°N, 3.80066°W
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People in the museum
In the rain
Date
19 August 2018
Location
Chambers Street, Edinburgh
NT 25792 73322; 55.94716°N, 3.18980°W
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Buddha, National Museum of Scotland
Buddha, National Museum of Scotland
Date
19 August 2018
Location
Chambers Street, Edinburgh
NT 25792 73322; 55.94716°N, 3.18980°W
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Penrhyn Castle
Penrhyn Castle
Date
4 August 2018
Location
Penrhyn Castle, Llandegai, Bangor
SH 60219 71962; 53.22624°N, 4.09534°W
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Harrison’s Garden – Penrhyn Castle
Harrison’s Garden, Penrhyn Castle
Date
4 August 2018
Location
Penrhyn Castle, Llandegai, Bangor
SH 60219 71962; 53.22624°N, 4.09534°W
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Harrison’s Garden by Bristol-based installation artist Luke Jerram (b 1974) is an “imagined landscape and garden of clocks”. The ensemble of over 2,000 clocks, many of which were donated by the public, is currently (16 June – 4 November 2018) on display on the derelict third floor of Penrhyn Castle‘s keep as part of its tour of National Trust properties.
The inspiration for the installation was the clockmaker John Harrison (1693 – 1776) who spent much of his life developing a series of marine chronometers in the pursuit of the Longitude Prize. Although the prize was ultimately never awarded, Harrison’s contributions led to major improvements in safety at sea. His timepieces provided a reliable means of keeping a reference time to which the local time, as determined by astronomical observations, could be compared in order to establish a vessel’s position east or west of the Greenwich meridian.
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Trwyn Du Lighthouse
Trwyn Du Lighthouse
Date
28 May 2018
Location
Penmon Point, Anglesey
SH 64095 81397; 53.31200°N, 4.04136°W
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Britannia Bridge Lions
One of the four limestone lions, by sculptor John Thomas, guarding the bridge at rail level
Date
20 May 2018
Location
Britannia Bridge
SH 54165 70870; 53.21480°N, 4.18546°W
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Penrhyn Quarry (Infrared)
Date
13 May 2018
Location
Bethesda, Gwynedd
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Anfield Cemetery, Liverpool
Anfield Cemetery
Date
16 February 2018
Location
Walton Lane, Liverpool
SJ 36168 93889; 53.43788°N, 2.96235°W
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Covering an area of 57 hectares, Anfield Cemetery was designed by landscape architect Edward Kemp (1817-1891) and opened in 1863. Anfield was the second municipal cemetery to be opened by Liverpool Corporation outside of the city centre, where the existing burial grounds had become overcrowded.
Church Island
Church Island
Date
4 February 2018
Location
Menai Bridge, Anglesey
SH 55181 71768; 53.22315°N, 4.17067°W
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M-SParc
M-SParc’s flagship building, still under construction and the first of eight buildings planned for the site
Date
14 January 2018
Location
Gaerwen, Anglesey
SH 49110 72048; 53.22397°N, 4.26166°W
Information
Plans for the 7.8-hectare Menai Science Parc (M-SParc) were submitted in December 2014 with Anglesey Council granting outline permission in May 2015. The Welsh Government provided £10 million of funding with a further £10 million grant from the EU’s European Regional Development Funding allowing the first phase of the development to proceed. Construction started in 2016.
The flagship building, one of a planned total of eight on the park, was designed by Newcastle-based architects FaulknerBrowns and will provide 5,000 square metres of office, laboratory and workshop space to a number of business tenants. It is planned to open in April 2018.
The M-SParc company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bangor University.
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Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury
Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury
Date
24 August 2017
Location
Frankwell, Shrewsbury
SJ 48906 12832; 52.71071°N, 2.75772°W
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Theatre Severn was designed by architects Austin-Smith:Lord and built by Wilmot Dixon. Construction began in November 2006 and the theatre was officially opened in March 2009.
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Mostyn
Mostyn
Date
19 August 2017
Location
Vaughan Street, Llandudno
SH 78537 82048; 53.321378°N, 3.824968°W
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Marchlyn Mawr
Marchlyn Mawr
Date
30 July 2017
Location
Marchlyn Mawr reservoir, Glyderau
SH 61375 62022; 53.13725°N, 4.07372°W
