http://www.uk-chartered-surveyors.co.uk Find Local UK Chartered Surveyors Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:12:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Chartered Surveyors Blackpool Lancashire Approximate Population: 142,900 Blackpool has a current population of around 143,000 and is situated on the Fylde coast in the North West of England with an historic reliance on tourism. In respect of Blackpool its fame and fortune lies in the sweeping promenade stretching for some five miles, ... http://www.uk-chartered-surveyors.co.uk/blackpool/lancashire/ Chartered Surveyors Gosport Hampshire Approximate Population: 79,200 Gosport is sometimes claimed to be the largest town in Britain without an operational railway station [5] though definitions differ (see List of British towns with no railway station for Dudley and others), but the Gosport Ferry provides quick access to Portsmouth Harbour railway station, ... http://www.uk-chartered-surveyors.co.uk/gosport/hampshire/ Chartered Surveyors Portsmouth Hampshire Approximate Population: 197,700 Portsmouth has a long history of supporting the Royal Navy logistically, leading to it being important in the development of the Industrial Revolution. Marc Isambard Brunel, the father of famed Portsmouth engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, established in 1802 the world's first mass production line at ... http://www.uk-chartered-surveyors.co.uk/portsmouth/hampshire/ Chartered Surveyors Brighton East Sussex Approximate Population: 155,919 Brighton is considered to be one of the UK's premier night-life hotspots and is also associated with many popular music artists — for a list, see night-life and popular music of Brighton and Hove.   There are 400 pubs and many nightclubs. There are also ... http://www.uk-chartered-surveyors.co.uk/brighton-2/east-sussex/ Chartered Surveyors Clacton Essex Approximate Population: 53,000 Clacton pier was the first building of the new resort of Clacton-on-Sea. It officially opened on 27 July 1871 and was 160 yards in length and 4 yards wide. The pier was originally built as a landing point for goods and passengers but soon became ... http://www.uk-chartered-surveyors.co.uk/clacton/essex/ Chartered Surveyors Manchester Greater Manchester Approximate Population: 458,100 Much of Manchester's history is concerned with textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution.   The great majority of cotton spinning took place in the towns of south Lancashire and north Cheshire, and Manchester was for a time the most productive centre of cotton processing, and ... http://www.uk-chartered-surveyors.co.uk/manchester/greater-manchester/ Bromley London Chartered Surveyors Approximate Population: 299,700 The history of Bromley is closely connected with the See of Rochester. In AD 862 Ethelbert, the King of Kent, granted land to form the Manor of Bromley. It was held by the Bishops of Rochester until 1845, where Coles Child, a wealthy local merchant ... http://www.uk-chartered-surveyors.co.uk/bromley/greater-london/ Chartered Surveyors Southampton Hampshire Approximate Population: 228,600 Southampton used to be a County Borough within the county of Hampshire, which in the past was known as the County of Southampton or Southamptonshire.  This was officially changed to Hampshire in 1959 although the county had been commonly known as Hampshire or Hantscire for ... http://www.uk-chartered-surveyors.co.uk/southampton/hampshire/ Chartered Surveyors Crawley West Sussex Approximate Population: 100,100 The area around Crawley may have been settled during the Mesolithic period: locally manufactured flints of the Horsham Culture type have been found to the southwest of the town.  Tools and burial mounds from the Neolithic period, and burial mounds and a sword from ... http://www.uk-chartered-surveyors.co.uk/crawley-2/west-sussex/ Chartered Surveyors Hove East Sussex Approximate Population: 91,900 Hove's seafront and beach, particularly the area starting on the west side of Brighton's West Pier (actually the first 300 metres are in Brighton) have recently become fashionable after some years of decline during the 20th Century. The same is certainly true of the ... http://www.uk-chartered-surveyors.co.uk/hove/east-sussex/