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Hilsea Lido
Hilsea Lido is a freshwater Lido (swimming pool), lido at Hilsea, Portsmouth, England, which opened in 1935. Portsmouth City Council is currently renovating Hilsea Lido as part of the Hilsea Lines project in the north of the city. The aim of this project is to improve the area and encourage residents and visitors to use it. The project has been enabled by funding from the UK government. Description The Hilsea Lido is a leisure facility featuring the Main Pool (measuring 67m x 18m – 4.6m deep). At 4.6 metres (15 feet) deep, the lido has the distinction of being the deepest outdoor pool in the UK apart from Broomhill Pool which is the same depth. A large Splash Pool (45m x 18m x 6ins deep) designed for younger swimmers used to be adjacent to the Main Pool. This has now been replaced by the Hilsea Jubilee Splash Pool. The site of the lido is connected to Alexandra Park, Portsmouth, Alexandra Park via the Stamshaw Esplanade. History Plans for development of the lido were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lido (swimming Pool)
In British English, a lido ( , ) is a public outdoor swimming pool and surrounding facilities, or part of a beach where people can swim, Sunbathing, lie in the sun, or participate in water sports. On a cruise ship or ocean liner, the lido deck (ship), deck features outdoor pools and related facilities. The term probably made its way into English via "Lansbury's Lido", a nickname used in the British press for London's Serpentine bathing place. The bathing place was revamped in 1930 as a project of the Labour Party (UK), Labour First Commissioner for Works, George Lansbury, a plaque to whom appears on the Serpentine (lake), Serpentine pavilion to this day. The re-opening garnered significant press attention as a result of Lansbury's introduction of "mixed" bathing. ''Lido'', an Italian word for "beach", forms part of the place names of several Italian seaside towns known for their beaches, such as Lido di Venezia, the barrier beach enclosing the Venetian Lagoon. Like the Lido d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport England
Sport England is a non-departmental public body under the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Its role is to build the foundations of a community sport system by working with national governing bodies of sport, and other funded partners, to grow the number of people taking part in sport and physical activity; remove the barriers that make it harder for some people to be active; sustain participation levels; and help more talented people from all diverse backgrounds excel by identifying them early, nurturing them, and helping them move up to the elite level. Chris Boardman is the current Chair of Sport England. Overview Sport England was established by royal charter in 1972 as The Sports Council, an independent body under the Department of National Heritage. It became The English Sports Council under an amended royal charter in 1997, when The Sports Council was reorganised into UK Sport and the home nations sports councils, before being rebranded as Sport England in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lidos
Lido may refer to: Geography * Lido (Belgrade), a river beach on the Danube in Belgrade, Serbia * Venice Lido, an 11-kilometre-long barrier island in the Venetian Lagoon, Venice, Italy * Ruislip Lido, a reservoir and artificial beach in Ruislip, London, UK. * Di Lido Island, a neighborhood of the South Beach district of Miami Beach, Florida * Lido Isle, Newport Beach, a man-made island, located in the harbor of Newport Beach, California * Lido Key, a barrier island off the coast of Sarasota, Florida * Lido Beach, a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, United States. * Lido, Papua New Guinea, a village Music * Lido (musician), Norwegian producer * ''Lido'' (Clearlake album), 2001 * ''Lido'' (Th' Faith Healers album), 1992 * ''Lido'' (Darren Hayman album), 2012 * ''Lido'' (EP), by The Colourist, 2013 Other * Lido (swimming pool), a public swimming and lounge area * Lido (typeface) * Lido (Ueckermünde) or Strand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilsea Lido Splash Pool
Hilsea is a district of the city of Portsmouth in the English county of Hampshire. Hilsea is home to one of Portsmouth's main sports and leisure facilities – the Mountbatten centre. Trafalgar School (formerly the City of Portsmouth Boys' School) is also in Hilsea. It is also the home of Portsmouth rugby football club Located at the Northern end of Portsea Island, for most of its history, Hilsea was a small hamlet on the Portsmouth to London road. The name "Hilsea" probably means 'holly island'. The boundaries of Portsmouth were not extended to encompass the hamlet until 1832. The last working farm in Portsmouth, Green Farm, was located in the area up to the 1990s. This area is now a residential estate and is marked by a pub and hotel, still known locally as the Green Farm, although its external sign bears only the name of the Toby Carvery chain which now owns it. Also home to the world famous Bradley Stares who lived in hilsea crescent. Construction of Hilsea Barracks star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listed Building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland. The classification schemes differ between England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland (see sections below). The term has also been used in the Republic of Ireland, where buildings are protected under the Planning and Development Act 2000, although the statutory term in Ireland is "Record of Protected Structures, protected structure". A listed building may not be demolished, extended, or altered without permission from the local planning authority, which typically consults the relevant central government agency. In England and Wales, a national amenity society must be notified of any work to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Certificate Of Immunity From Listing
In England a Certificate of Immunity from Listing, generally known as a Certificate of Immunity (COI), is a document which guarantees that a building will not be statutorily listed (added to the National Heritage List for England (NHLE)) or be served with a Building Preservation Notice (BPN) by the local planning authority for the succeeding five years. Such a certificate may be sought by developers of a building or site in order to establish certainty that the project is viable. The certificate is defined by Section 6 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. In England the decision to award immunity follows an assessment by Historic England and is made by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. If the application for immunity is refused then the building would normally be statutorily listed. Certificates do not prevent the creation or extension of a conservation area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historic England
Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. It is tasked with protecting the historic environment of England by preserving and listing historic buildings, scheduling ancient monuments, registering historic parks and gardens, advising central and local government, and promoting the public's enjoyment of, and advancing their knowledge of, ancient monuments and historic buildings. History The body was created by the National Heritage Act 1983, and operated from April 1984 to April 2015 under the name of English Heritage. In 2015, following the changes to English Heritage's structure that moved the protection of the National Heritage Collection into the voluntary sector in the English Heritage Trust, the body that remained was rebranded as Historic England. The body also inherited the Historic Engla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Splash! (British TV Series)
''Splash!'' is a British reality television series that follows celebrities learning diving. The celebrities performed each week in front of a panel of judges and a live audience in an Olympic-size diving pool with the result each week partly determined by public vote. Gabby Logan and Vernon Kay presented the show, whilst Team GB Olympic gold medal-winning diver Tom Daley was the expert mentor to the celebrities. It was filmed at the Inspire: Luton Sports Village, which is based in Stopsley, Luton. The show premiered on ITV on 5 January 2013, winning the ratings battle for its 7:15–8:15 p.m. slot with an average audience of 5.6 million viewers, a network share of 23.6%, however, it was cancelled on 24 June 2014 after two series. The format for the show originated from the ''Celebrity Splash!'' franchise created by television production company Eyeworks in the Netherlands, and was broadcast on SBS 6 as '' Sterren Springen Op Zaterdag'' (''Celebrities Jumping on Saturda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penny Mordaunt
Dame Penelope Mary "Penny" Mordaunt (; born 4 March 1973) is a British former Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician who served as Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons from 2022 until 2024. She was the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Portsmouth North from 2010 United Kingdom general election, 2010 to 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024. She ran twice for the Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative party leadership in July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, July–September and October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, October 2022, losing to Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, respectively. In the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election, Mordaunt lost her Portsmouth North seat to Labour's Amanda Martin. Mordaunt read philosophy at the University of Reading, before working in the public relations industry. She held roles under Leader of the Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilsea
Hilsea is a district of the city of Portsmouth in the English county of Hampshire. Hilsea is home to one of Portsmouth's main sports and leisure facilities – the Mountbatten centre. Trafalgar School (formerly the City of Portsmouth Boys' School) is also in Hilsea. It is also the home of Portsmouth rugby football club Located at the Northern end of Portsea Island, for most of its history, Hilsea was a small hamlet on the Portsmouth to London road. The name "Hilsea" probably means 'holly island'. The boundaries of Portsmouth were not extended to encompass the hamlet until 1832. The last working farm in Portsmouth, Green Farm, was located in the area up to the 1990s. This area is now a residential estate and is marked by a pub and hotel, still known locally as the Green Farm, although its external sign bears only the name of the Toby Carvery chain which now owns it. Also home to the world famous Bradley Stares who lived in hilsea crescent. Construction of Hilsea Barracks sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vulcan Software
Vulcan Software was an independent computer games company founded in 1994 in the UK. Vulcan started creating software for the Amiga Amiga is a family of personal computers produced by Commodore International, Commodore from 1985 until the company's bankruptcy in 1994, with production by others afterward. The original model is one of a number of mid-1980s computers with 16-b ... computer systems. Its first commercial game was ''Valhalla and the Lord of Infinity'', which was notable for being the first ever Amiga speech adventure game. In January 1999, Vulcan Software started development for IBM PC, PC computer systems. The Director of Vulcan Software is Paul Carrington. In 2007, Vulcan announced a partnership with Amiga, Inc to develop older Amiga games for PCs and other devices. Games *''Valhalla and the Lord of Infinity'' *''Valhalla: Before the War'' *''Valhalla and the Fortress of Eve'' *''Timekeepers'' *''JetPilot'' *''Burnout'' *''Tiny Troops'' *''Hillsea Lido'' *''Gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
