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St Alban's Head

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St Alban's Head (corruption of St Aldhelms Head) is a headland located southwest of Swanage, on the coast of Dorset, England. [1]

20 relations: Aldhelm, Dorset, England, European Union, Habitats Directive, Her Majesty's Coastguard, Isle of Purbeck, Jurassic Coast, List of places on the Jurassic Coast, National Coastwatch Institution, Norman architecture, Radar, Royal Air Force, Special Area of Conservation, St. Aldhelm's Chapel, St. Aldhelm's Head, Swanage, Telecommunications Research Establishment, World Heritage site, World War II, Worth Matravers.

Aldhelm

Aldhelm (c. 63925 May 709), Abbot of Malmesbury Abbey, Bishop of Sherborne, Latin poet and scholar of Anglo-Saxon literature, was born before the middle of the 7th century.

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Dorset

Dorset (archaically: Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of EUnum member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Habitats Directive

The Habitats Directive (more formally known as Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora) is a European Union directive adopted in 1992 as an EU response to the Berne Convention.

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Her Majesty's Coastguard

Her Majesty's Coastguard (HMCG) is a section of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency responsible for the initiation and co-ordination of all maritime search and rescue (SAR) within the UK Maritime Search and Rescue Region.

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Isle of Purbeck

The Isle of Purbeck is a peninsula in Dorset, England.

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Jurassic Coast

The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England.

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List of places on the Jurassic Coast

The following is a list of places on the Jurassic Coast in southern England, in East Devon and Dorset, from west to east.

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National Coastwatch Institution

The National Coastwatch Institution is a voluntary organisation and registered charity providing a visual watch along the UK's coasts, and is not to be confused with HM Coastguard.

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Norman architecture

The term Norman architecture is used to categorise styles of Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans in the various lands under their dominion or influence in the 11th and 12th centuries.

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Radar

Radar is an object-detection system that uses radio waves to determine the range, angle, or velocity of objects.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.

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Special Area of Conservation

A Special Area of Conservation (SAC) is defined in the European Union's Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), also known as the Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora.

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St. Aldhelm's Chapel, St. Aldhelm's Head

St Aldhelm's Chapel is a Norman chapel on St Aldhelm's Head in the parish of Worth Matravers, Swanage, Dorset.

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Swanage

Swanage is a coastal town and civil parish in the south east of Dorset, England.

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Telecommunications Research Establishment

The Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) was the main United Kingdom research and development organization for radio navigation, radar, infra-red detection for heat seeking missiles, and related work for the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II and the years that followed.

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World Heritage site

A World Heritage site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Worth Matravers

Worth Matravers is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset.

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Redirects here:

St Albans Head, St Aldhelm's Head, St Aldhelms Head, St. Alban's Head, St. Aldhelm's Head.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Alban's_Head

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