Utente:Alberto di Cristina/Dulverton (Somerset)

Dulverton è una cittadina nel cuore del Somerset occidentale, in Inghilterra, vicino al confine con Devon. La popolazione cittadina è di 1.630 abitanti, in base alle stime del 2002.

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Dulverton station just after the rails were lifted in October 1969.

Dulverton ha diverse piccole imprese e l'architettura delle case è vittoriana, mentre verso la parte settentrionale sorgono moderne costruzioni e bungalow. È una popolare destinazione turistica soprattutto per la gente interessata all'esplorazione dell'Exmoor, ospitando la sede dell'autorità del Parco Nazionale dell'Exmoor. Nel centro di Dulverton si trova un ampio campo per il tempo libero that recently underwent a serious revamp by local people including Dulverton Middle school students, under a Barclays new Futures scheme, which included 8 students, lead by varius students. Running through Dulverton is also the River Barle.

2 miles from Dulverton is the smaller village of Brushford where the Dulverton Railway Station on the Taunton to Barnstaple line used to be. The station buildings are still visible and it is clear where the lines used to run as the railway embankment is still visible and worn in places although the rails have been lifted.

Notable Dulvertonians

• Auberon Waugh, writer and journalist, was born in 1939 at Pixton Park, Dulverton.
• George Williams founder of the YMCA was born in Dulverton in 1821.
• The Wills family hold the title of Lord Dulverton

External links

• The Somerset Urban Archaeological Survey: Dulverton, by Clare Gathercole
• http://www.visit-exmoor.co.uk/ Tourist and Visitor Information