On the north bank, the town of Whitehaven, once a deep-water port and shipbuilding center, presents a classic Chesapeake facade. On the south bank, open marshes line the shore, giving refuge to water birds, muskrats and other wetlands dwellers. Operating continuously since 1690, it carries travelers over one of the area's prettiest crossings.
The Whitehaven, southernmost of the two, could be the most congenial ferry in the central Atlantic. When the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel sped up the pace for formerly isolated Lower Eastern Shore towns, a pair of small cable ferries plying the Wicomico River southwest of Salisbury kept in step with their community. Michaels with enough daylight to eat exquisite soft shell crabs in Louise and Douglas Taylor's garden at the Buttermilk Cafe. The sunset also drenches the point, in harlot red and scarlet orange, smearing down low across the sharply etched horizon. The rising late afternoon wind clears the haze but slams choppy waves into the massively built bulkheads, sending spray over at shoulder height. Migrating butterflies rest here on their annual journeys. The armored roadway also benefits anglers and serves as protection and a viewing site for the wetlands near the point's southernmost tip.
Heavy stone riprap and bulkheading, the most recent attempts to counter the erosive energy, defend against the Bay's wind-driven surf. In the 1960s, Maryland hydrographers documented losses of more than 20 feet in a single weekend storm. There’s plenty of relaxing green spaces to enjoy in Birmingham: Cannon Hill Park near the city centre is ideal for long walks or a spot of golf, Moseley Bog is a beautiful forest said to have inspired Tolkien when he wrote Lord of the Rings and Edgbaston Cricket Ground is alongside Edgbaston Reservoir, only a short walk from our Birmingham City Centre Bridge Street hotel.The same erosion that eliminated Sharps Island also attacks Blackwalnut's shoreline, forcing a retreat of more than 2,000 feet in the last 100 years. Our hotels are perfect for visiting the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre (NEC) and convenient for nearby flights from Birmingham Airport terminals.
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A short walk away through Aston Park is Aston Hall, one of the world’s best preserved and Jacobean mansions, a grand house full of fascinating historical curiosities. Villa Park, the home of Aston Villa FC is just a short drive north of Birmingham. Birmingham Town Hall and the O2 Academy are just two of many great entertainment venues close to our hotels in Birmingham. There’s also the O2 Academy, which has a capacity of over 3000 and has seen acts like Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire and Katy Perry play on its stage. The Mailbox Shopping Centre offers a wide variety of designer label shops – it’s also where BBC Birmingham is based, with tours of the studio available to the public.īirmingham Town Hall is an excellent venue and great for a night out in the heart of the city. Throughout its history Birmingham has been a centre of industry and science, and that history is celebrated at the Thinktank Museum, which explores science and technology across the ages with hands-on exhibits to educate and entertain.īirmingham’s Grand Central Station has been renovated and incorporated into the Bullring & Grand Central shopping centre, great for discovering high street and boutique outlets in the centre of the city. From canals and waterways to museums and parks, Birmingham has so many great sights to take in.
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