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Spike Island (other)
__NOTOC__ Spike Island may refer to: Australia * Spike Island (Tasmania) England * Spike Island, Bristol, an area of the English port city of Bristol, adjoining the city centre * Spike Island, Widnes, a park in Widnes * Spike Island (Southampton), the area bounded by the River Itchen and River Hamble in Hampshire * Spike Island, former name for Northumberland Heath, London * Spike Island railway station, a workman's platform situated off the Great Northern Railway's main line south of Doncaster Ireland * Spike Island, County Cork, an island in Cork Harbour, Ireland Other * Spike Island (concert), a 1990 concert headlined by the Stone Roses in Widnes, England * Spike Island (song), a 2025 single by Pulp inspired by the concert * Spike Island (film), ''Spike Island'' (film), a 2012 British comedy film based on the 1990 concert * Spike Island Artspace, a centre for contemporary art in Bristol, England {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spike Island (Tasmania)
The Spike Island, part of the Passage Island (Tasmania), Passage Group within the Furneaux Group, is a close pair of unpopulated granite islands with a combined area of , located in Bass Strait, south of Cape Barren Island in Spike Bay just off the west coast of Clarke Island (Tasmania), Clarke Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia. Fauna Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, Pacific gull, silver gull and sooty oystercatcher.Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). ''Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features''. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. See also * List of islands of Tasmania References Furneaux Group Islands of North East Tasmania Islands of Bass Strait {{Tasmania-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spike Island, Bristol
Spike Island is an inner city and harbour area of the English port city of Bristol, adjoining the city centre. It comprises the strip of land between the Floating Harbour to the north and the tidal New Cut of the River Avon to the south, from the dock entrance to the west to Bathurst Basin in the east. The island forms part of Cabot ward. The area between the Docks and New cut to the east of Bathurst Basin is in the neighbourhoods of Redcliffe and St Philip's Marsh.Ordnance Survey (2005). ''OS Explorer Map 155 – Bristol & Bath''. . Spike Island was created by William Jessop in the early 19th century, when he constructed the New Cut and converted the former course of the River Avon into the Floating Harbour. Until the Second World War, a lock connected Bathurst Basin with the New Cut, and Spike Island was a genuine island surrounded on all sides by water. However, fears that an aerial attack on this lock at low tide could lead to a disastrous dewatering of the docks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spike Island, Widnes
Spike Island is a park in Widnes, Borough of Halton, Halton, North West England. It is an artificial island between the Sankey Canal and the estuary of the River Mersey containing parkland, woodland, wetlands and footpaths. It is next to the Catalyst Science Discovery Centre, an interactive science and technology museum. Spike Island was at the centre of the British chemical industry during the Industrial Revolution. In 1833, Widnes Dock, the world's first rail-to-ship dock, was built on the island. In 1848, John Hutchinson (industrialist), John Hutchinson built the first chemical factory in Widnes on the island. The chemical industry in Widnes grew rapidly thereafter. By the 1970s no working chemical factories remained, and from 1975 onwards the island was cleaned up and turned over to public recreation. A Spike Island (concert), famous concert by the Rock music, rock band the Stone Roses, subsequently the subject of Spike Island (film), an eponymous film (2012), took place on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spike Island (Southampton)
The Royal Victoria Hospital or Netley Hospital was a large military hospital in Netley, near Southampton, Hampshire, England. Construction started in 1856 at the suggestion of Queen Victoria but its design caused some controversy, chiefly from Florence Nightingale. Often visited by Queen Victoria, the hospital was extensively used during the First World War. It became the 28th US General Hospital during the invasion of mainland Europe in the Second World War.Spike Island. Philip Hoare. . The main building – the world's longest building when it was completed – was entirely demolished in 1966, except for the chapel and former YMCA building, which still survive. The extensive outbuildings, which once occupied a vast acreage of land to the rear of the main building, finally succumbed in 1978. The site of the hospital can be seen and explored in Royal Victoria Country Park. The site had a railway station, which was connected by the Netley Hospital Branch Line. The hospital was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northumberland Heath
Northumberland Heath is an area of South East London, England within the London Borough of Bexley. It is located south of Erith and north of Bexleyheath. History The area was once known as Spike Island after the workhouse that was situated there, spike being the slang term for a workhouse at the time, taking the name from the implement used to unravel rope offcuts to be used for boat caulking, a chore undertaken by the able bodied inmates. The area is mainly residential although there is a large industrial bakery in Belmont Road. Much of the housing stock is Victorian with some 1940s council developments and a Cottage estate built for local Vickers armaments workers in 1916. Nearest Railway stations are Erith and Barnehurst. There is a large Catholic church in Bexley Road, Our Lady of the Angels with a Capuchin friary attached, and a Church of England (St Paul's) in Mill Road. A conservation area on Brook Street safeguards some terraces that represent early examples of munic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spike Island Railway Station
Spike Island was a workman's platform situated off the Great Northern Railway's mainline some south of Doncaster, England, by the Carr Wagon Shops. It was situated off the Down Goods Line and was served by a passenger train A passenger train is a train used to transport people along a railroad line, as opposed to a freight train that carries goods. These trains may consist of unpowered passenger railroad cars (also known as coaches or carriages) push-pull train, ..., running non-stop, under express headlights, known as the ''Spike Island Flyer''. This brought staff from the main station to work in the wagon shops and returned them in the evening. The locomotive was the J52 which worked the wagon shop sidings during the day. The works closed in the early 1960s, production being moved to the plant works. The name "Spike Island" was given to the area around the wagon shops but its origins are unclear. References {{reflist Disused railway stations in Doncaster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spike Island, County Cork
Spike Island () is an island of in Cork Harbour, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Originally the site of a monastic settlement, the island is dominated by an 18th-century bastion fort now named Fort Mitchel. The island's strategic location within the harbour meant it was used at times for defence and as a prison. Since the early 21st century the island has been developed as a heritage tourist attraction, with €5.5 million investment in exhibition and visitor spaces and accompanying tourism marketing. There were in excess of 81,000 visitors to the island during 2019, a 21% increase on 2018 numbers. Spike Island was named top European tourist attraction at the 2017 World Travel Awards. History Early history The principal evidence for a monastic foundation on Spike Island comes from Archdall's ''Monasticon Hibernicum'', which states that Saint Mo Chutu of Lismore, Mochuda founded a monastery there in the 7th century. A grant to Saint Thomas's Abbey in Dublin in 1178 of the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spike Island (concert)
Spike Island was a concert by concert promoter Phil Jones and the Stone Roses held on 27 May 1990 in Widnes, Cheshire, England. It was never officially recorded, although bootleg audio recordings and clips have emerged online, and there were rumours that the full video of the concert existed. As of 2024, the full footage of the concert has been found and is due to be released as part of a documentary about the show. It was recorded by an employee "who had been given time off and access to a video camera". The organizers suggest that about 28,000 baggy people in bucket hats attended the concert, not including gatecrashers. The concert is considered a seminal moment for the Britpop movement that followed it. For example, Noel Gallagher of Oasis has described the concert as "the blueprint for my band." Support acts The support act DJs included: Dave Booth, MC Tunes, Dave Haslam, Paul Oakenfold, Frankie Bones and Alphonso Buller, aka M.V.I.T.A.. M.V.I.T.A., also known as MVITA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spike Island (song)
__NOTOC__ Spike Island may refer to: Australia * Spike Island (Tasmania) England * Spike Island, Bristol, an area of the English port city of Bristol, adjoining the city centre * Spike Island, Widnes, a park in Widnes * Spike Island (Southampton), the area bounded by the River Itchen and River Hamble in Hampshire * Spike Island, former name for Northumberland Heath, London * Spike Island railway station, a workman's platform situated off the Great Northern Railway's main line south of Doncaster Ireland * Spike Island, County Cork, an island in Cork Harbour, Ireland Other * Spike Island (concert), a 1990 concert headlined by the Stone Roses in Widnes, England * Spike Island (song), a 2025 single by Pulp inspired by the concert * ''Spike Island'' (film), a 2012 British comedy film based on the 1990 concert * Spike Island Artspace Spike Island Artspace is an arts centre and art studio complex in Bristol, England. It occupies a former Brooke Bond tea packing factory in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spike Island (film)
''Spike Island'' is a 2012 British comedy film directed by Mat Whitecross and written by Chris Coghill. It was distributed by Universal Pictures and Vertigo Films and produced by Revolver Entertainment. The film is based on the Stone Roses' seminal gig on Spike Island in Widnes, Cheshire, England, and follows the story of a group of friends who idolise the band and try to get into the gig, but are faced with problems because they don’t have tickets or a way to get there. ''Spike Island'' premiered on 11 October 2012 at the BFI London Film Festival and was released on DVD on 21 June 2013. Plot Set in May 1990, the film follows the exploits of five lads: Gary 'Tits' Titchfield, Darren 'Dodge' Hodge, Chris 'Zippy' Weeks, 'Little Gaz' Gareth Barrett and 'Penfold' Andrew Peach. They are fans of the Stone Roses and members of wannabe band Shadowcaster. It starts 60 hours prior to the Stone Roses' legendary gig at Spike Island, Widnes, Cheshire. The group get an idea to give the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
