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Hinkley Point

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Hinkley Point is a headland on the Bristol Channel coast of Somerset, England, north of Bridgwater and west of Burnham-on-Sea, close to the mouth of the River Parrett. [1]

31 relations: Bridgwater, Bridgwater Bay, Bridgwater railway station, Bristol Channel floods, 1607, Bristol–Exeter line, British Nuclear Fuels Ltd, Burnham-on-Sea, Civil Nuclear Constabulary, Claude Buckle, December 1981 windstorm, Deptford Power Station, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, Dunball, Fairfield, Stogursey, Hinkley, Hinkley Point A nuclear power station, Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, Ian Liddell-Grainger, Lilstock, Port of Bridgwater, Qatar–United Kingdom relations, River Parrett, Severn Barrage, Somerset, Somerset Levels, Steart Peninsula, Transport in Somerset, West Somerset District Council election, 2011, Whessoe, Yelland, 1980 Birthday Honours.

Bridgwater

Bridgwater is a large historic market town and civil parish in Somerset, England.

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Bridgwater Bay

Bridgwater Bay is on the Bristol Channel, north of Bridgwater in Somerset, England at the mouth of the River Parrett and the end of the River Parrett Trail.

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Bridgwater railway station

Bridgwater railway station serves Bridgwater in Somerset, England.

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Bristol Channel floods, 1607

The Bristol Channel floods, 30 January 1607, drowned many people and destroyed a large amount of farmland and livestock.

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Bristol–Exeter line

The Bristol to Exeter line is a major branch of the Great Western Main Line in the southern United Kingdom and runs from Bristol, to Exeter, from where it continues as the Exeter to Plymouth line.

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British Nuclear Fuels Ltd

British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL) was a nuclear energy and fuels company owned by the UK Government.

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Burnham-on-Sea

Burnham-on-Sea is a large seaside town in Somerset, England, at the mouth of the River Parrett, upon Bridgwater Bay.

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Civil Nuclear Constabulary

The Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) (Welsh: Heddlu Sifil Niwclear) is a special police force responsible for providing law enforcement and security at or within 5 km of any relevant nuclear site and for nuclear materials in transit within the United Kingdom.

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Claude Buckle

Claude Henry Buckle R.I., R.S.M.A. (1905–1973) was an English painter well known for railway posters and carriage prints and also for very fine oil and watercolour paintings.

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December 1981 windstorm

The December 1981 windstorm was a severe storm that particularly affected southern England, Wales and south west France during December 13, 1981.

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Deptford Power Station

Three distinct coal-fired power stations were built at Deptford on the south bank of the River Thames, the first of which is regarded as the first central high-voltage power station in the world.

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Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service covering the county of Devon (including the unitary authorities of Plymouth and Torbay) and the non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England.

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Dunball

Dunball is a small hamlet west of the village of Puriton and close to the town of Bridgwater, Somerset, England.

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Fairfield, Stogursey

Fairfield House is a historic house in Stogursey, Somerset, England.

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Hinkley

Hinkley may refer to.

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Hinkley Point A nuclear power station

Hinkley Point A nuclear power station is a decommissioned Magnox Nuclear power station located on a site in Somerset on the Bristol Channel coast, west of the River Parrett estuary.

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Hinkley Point C nuclear power station

Hinkley Point C nuclear power station (HPC) is a project to construct a 3,200 MWe nuclear power station with two EPR reactors in Somerset, England.

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Ian Liddell-Grainger

Ian Richard Peregrine Liddell-Grainger (born 23 February 1959) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

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Lilstock

Lilstock is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stringston within the West Somerset district of Somerset, England.

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Port of Bridgwater

The Port of Bridgwater is a port, originally located in the town of Bridgwater, Somerset, England.

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Qatar–United Kingdom relations

Qatar – United Kingdom relations are the bilateral relations between the State of Qatar and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, covering a wide range of issues and activities of mutual interest.

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River Parrett

The River Parrett flows through the counties of Dorset and Somerset in South West England, from its source in the Thorney Mills springs in the hills around Chedington in Dorset.

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Severn Barrage

The Severn Barrage refers to a range of ideas for building a barrage from the English coast to the Welsh coast over the Severn tidal estuary.

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Somerset

Somerset (or archaically, Somersetshire) is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west.

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Somerset Levels

The Somerset Levels are a coastal plain and wetland area of Somerset, South West England, running south from the Mendips to the Blackdown Hills.

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Steart Peninsula

The Steart Peninsula is a peninsula in Somerset, England.

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Transport in Somerset

The earliest known infrastructure for transport in Somerset is a series of wooden trackways laid across the Somerset Levels, an area of low-lying marshy ground.

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West Somerset District Council election, 2011

The 2011 West Somerset District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of West Somerset District Council in Somerset, England.

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Whessoe

Whessoe is a company based in Darlington and on Teesside in North East England.

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Yelland

Yelland is a small village in North Devon between Instow and Fremington in the English county of Devon.

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1980 Birthday Honours

The Queen's Birthday Honours 1980 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinkley_Point

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