Gorse Lea (Manx: Ballagarraghyn – the farm of O'Dorgan) is situated between the 6th Milestone and 7th Milestones on the primary A1 Douglas to Peel road...
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Grand Prix Practice 500cc Norton 55 England Charles F. Salt 7 June 1957 Gorse Lea 1957 Isle of Man TT Senior TT BSA 56 New Zealand John F. Antram 26 May...
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Signpost Corner and Cronk-ny-Mona, and the widening of the corner at Gorse Lea. Before the commencement of racing for the 1953 Manx Grand Prix, the cottage...
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TT race. The 2008 TT Newcomer, James McBride had a high speed crash at Gorse Lea on Monday evening practice suffering leg fractures. The Italian competitor...
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Calvary Chapel, meets in Botley Primary school Chinese Christian Church, 15 Gorse Leas Christ Embassy Oxford Church Christian Life Centre Church Deeper Life...
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Isle of Man TT motorcycle races. This included the Ballagarraghyn and Gorse Lea section and the course later became known as the 37.73 mile Isle of Man...
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2007 Junior Manx Grand Prix winner Derek Brien died in an accident at Gorse Lea during lap 1 of the Supersport TT Race 1, and the race was red-flagged...
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sessile oak woodland which have an understorey of sallow, European gorse and western gorse. Breeding birds in the woodland include woodcock and snipe, and...
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Thomas Hardy's Wessex inhabited sparsely by the people who cut the furze (gorse) that grows there. The entire action of Hardy's novel The Return of the...
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