Photos by G3ZZP: on the map, in Google Earth (KML)

it is so scary at first but when you get on it

This is the site of the re-enactment of the Rainhill Trials. Taken in 1980 the trials celebrated the 150th year of trials which took place in October 1829

Inside the Gazebo a plaque reads>

A Paul Seramy 1920 - 1992 President du conseil General de Seine-et-Marne notre reconnaissance pour avoir accueilli Euro Disney en Terre de France

According to a famous but largely unsubstantiated story, Rev. Toplady drew his inspiration from an incident in the famous gorge of Burrington Combe, a Mendip gorge close to Cheddar Gorge. Rev. Toplady, a preacher in the nearby village of Blagdon, was travelling along the gorge when he was caught in a storm. Finding shelter in a gap in the gorge, he was struck by the title and scribbled down the initial lyrics on a playing card. The fissure that is believed to have sheltered Toplady is now marked as the ‘Rock of Ages’, both on the rock itself and on some maps.

Opening Day 20th September 2007 of Hull's major new shopping centre