Hunstanton coursework

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The original settlement of Hunstanton is now called old Hunstanton. At one time old Hunstanton was called Hunstanton and the new development of main town was called new Hunstanton over time this changed to old Hunstanton and Hunstanton. A light house and the ruins of St. Edmund's Chapel, built in 1272 are now in old Hunstanton.

Hunstanton was built as a Norfolk seaside resort and gained popularity as early as the 1860s. Hunstanton became a seaside resort was mostly because Henry Styleman Le Strange's decision to develop the area south of the old village as a sea bathing resort. He designed the new resort himself with a triangular green sloping down to the sea buildings were in the two side of the triangle and the other side was sea. The golden lion hotel was the first building in Hunstanton. In 1862 the great eastern counties railway started a Norfolk rail line from Kings Lynn to Hunstanton, this helped Hunstanton as a resort. Rail travel made the resort available to the general population. After Strange’s death his son took over the project and made his fathers dream come true.

Hunstanton now has a clean and safe beach and is ideal for family holidays. It has won sea – side awards for clean and tidy for many years.  There are many attractions in Hunstanton including Hunstanton beach, princess theatre, Hunstanton pier entertainment, Hunstanton sea life sanctuary, black beards adventure golf, funfair, Hunstanton garden, Hunstanton lighthouse and kite surfing.

The beach gives a pleasant and relaxing atmosphere and the sunset in Hunstanton is very beautiful. The stripped cliffs are very beautiful on the top it is white stone followed by lime stone then red chalk and beneath is green carstone. On top of the striped cliffs is Hunstanton North Promenade, which has lovely gardens and walks overlooking the sea.

Location

 It is about 16miles from Kings Lynn and 12 miles from Sandringham. Hunstanton is the only west – facing resort on the east coast this gives the tourists a chance to enjoy a beautiful sunset. Hunstanton records one of the highest sun time in the summer. The attraction in Hunstanton include Hunstanton sea life sanctuary, princess theatre, amusements, adventure golf, funfair and the oasis leisure centre. Hunstanton has a population of about 4500.

As you can see in Map 1 Hunstanton is located in the east of England, in west Norfolk

A map of Hunstanton is shown below. The map shows the grid reference of Hunstanton where the beach and park is.

Map 3 below is a map of Hunstanton and where the main attractions are like the light house and amusements

Questions

Does Hunstanton fit the model of a typical seaside resort?

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Figure 2

Figure 1 is the model of a typical seaside resort and figure2 is the model of Hunstanton. As you can see they are similar in many ways

Residential area is away from the sea in both figures because it’s cheaper to buy there and the hotels, parks and entertainments are near the sea. The guest houses are also further away from the seas because the land is cheaper, the main street ...

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