MARCH 11TH, 2010
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Nursing Homes near Stirling
Scotland
Approximate Population: 32,673
Stirling, the Gateway to the Highlands. Enjoy beautiful scenery all you around you. Rich in history and heritage, with extensive shopping, entertainment, sport and Leisure facilities. Within easy reach of the Trossachs and the new National Park at Loch Lomond.
The recently designated ‘City of Stirling’, has some of the most popular visitor attractions in the country.
Stirling Castle was the favourite Royal residence for many of the Stuart Monarchs. Mary Queen of Scots spent her childhood in the castle and her coronation took place in the Chapel Royal in 1543.
See interactive historical displays, the Regimental Museum of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, the recently restored Palace, the Chapel Royal and the Great Hall. Witness the sights and smells of the 16th Century Kitchens. Visit Argyll’s Lodging and the Old Town and you will easily spend an entire day here.
The Wallace Monument commemorates Sir William Wallace, Scotland’s greatest freedom fighter. 246 steps take you to the top of the tower for panoramic views over Stirling and the Forth Valley. This Gothic tower sits proudly on the Abbey Craig. From this rocky crag, Wallace watched the English army gather before the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
Nursing Homes near Stirling Scotland
MARCH 10TH, 2010
By ADMINISTRATOR
Nursing Homes near Oxford
Oxfordshire
Approximate Population: 143,016
Oxford as an ancient university city is both timeless and modern, its ‘dreaming spires’ and tranquil college quadrangles coexisting with lively arts venues, bustling shops and fashionable restaurants.
You may already be familiar with some of the famous features that make a visit to Oxford unique. The sheer beauty of the city’s colleges and riverside setting; national and international treasures, displayed in a “family” of museums whose scope and scholarship is second to none; literary links and stunning film and TV locations; idyllic days on the river; shops with real character or music and drama ranging from candlelit evensong in college chapels to Shakespeare in the park.
These and other popular ingredients blend with Oxford’s lively mix of restaurants, pubs and theatres give this historic city its alluring vibrant and cosmopolitan buzz.
Well known as it is, Oxford never fails to impress even its most regular visitors with something different, or something new. In amongst the treasures and attractions that are renowned as the oldest, finest or even the only one of their kind, there are always more secrets to discover and more stories to be told.
Nursing Homes near Oxford Oxfordshire