Eight cable cars to name in our quiz
It’s that time of year when people are thinking about how to spend their holidays. For many of us, whether we’re planning a staycation in Great Britain or heading to airports and ferry terminals for a trip abroad, we may find ourselves using unusual means of transport on our days out. Keeping track of our cable cars and chair lifts form a part of the 5,000 changes a day Ordnance Survey capture as we maintain the master map of Great Britain.
A cable car is any of a variety of transportation systems relying on cables to pull vehicles along or lower them at a steady rate, or a vehicle on these systems. The world’s longest operable cableway is the Forsby-Köping limestone cableway in Sweden – and we don’t quite have one to rival that in Great Britain. However, a new and very visible cable car has started transporting visitors recently as part of the Olympics in London in 2012, and of course it’s made it onto our maps.
But can you name eight cable cars (and chair lifts) from our mapping extracts? There are eight extracts of OS MasterMap Topography Layer below showing cable cars across Great Britain. We’ve stripped off all the road names and labels to make you work that bit harder. Post your answers on the blog and we’ll let you know the answers later.
Themocracy
2=Llandudno
3=Matlock Bath
6=Dover
Oooh, Llandudno is correct, but the others need a rethink Chris
ohh I was just about to put no 3 as Llandudno… OK here goes
1) London
Matlock
2) Llandudno
4) A ski place in Scotland
6) Alton Towers
that shound be 8 Matlock
What am i talking about no 3 is Matlock
1- new emirates cable car in london,
4- aonach mor Nevis range at fort William?
#3 is Heights Of Abraham, Matlock Bath.
1 = the new one in London
1. Emirates Cable Car London Docklands
2. Great Orme, Llandudno
3. Heights of Abraham, Matlock
4. Nevis Range Gondola, Scotland
5. Needles Cable Car, Isle of Wight
Well done everyone. So far, we have 1-5 correctly answered – but we’re still looking for the answers to the final three…
Is No 8 Alton Towers?
Afraid not Peter…
8 is Drayton Manor
#6 – Dudley Zoo
6. Dudley Zoo, West Midlands
8. Drayton Manor Theme Park, Tamworth
So, it’s just number 7 left to guess…
Is number 7 Midlothian Snowsports Centre?
Well done Claire – that was the toughest I think!