Alton Towers is the United Kingdom’s most famous theme park, attracting 2.5 million visitors in 2005.[1] It is based north of the village of Alton in Staffordshire (approximately 16 miles (26 km) east of Stoke-on-Trent), on the site of a semi-ruined gothic country house of the same name. Also on site are two hotels; The Alton Towers Hotel and Splash Landings Hotel, the latter contains Cariba Creek, an indoor/outdoor water park. Nice family vacation location.
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Wookey Hole Caves is a show cave and tourist attraction in the village of Wookey Hole on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills near Wells in Somerset, England. Wookey Hole cave was formed by the action of the River Axe on the limestone hills. Before emerging at Wookey Hole the water enters underground streams and passes through other caves such as Swildon’s Hole and St Cuthbert’s Swallet. After resurging, the waters of the River Axe are used in a handmade paper mill, the oldest extant in Britain, which began operations circa 1610, although a corn grinding mill operated there as early as 1086. Nice travel attraction if you have near vacation location.
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