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Anguilla Wallblake Airport
Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport (formerly known as the Anguilla Wallblake Airport) is a small international airport located on the island of Anguilla, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is located very close to The Valley, Anguilla, The Valley, the island's capital. Wallblake Airport is also a featured airport in one of the Microsoft Flight Simulator X#Demo versions, Flight Simulator X game demos. It has a small terminal with no jetways and is the only airport in Anguilla. The airport became known as the "Clayton J. Lloyd International Airport" on 4 July 2010. Its namesake was the first Anguillan aviator and founded the first Anguillan air service, Air Anguilla, which was later renamed Valley Air Service. The airport houses the Anguilla Outstation of the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority. Airlines and destinations Passenger New jet service American Airlines initiated new, twice weekly nonstop jet service between its Miami (MIA) hub and Angui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Valley, Anguilla
The Valley is the capital of Anguilla, one of its fourteen districts, and the main town on the island. , it had a population of 3,269. History Historical landmarks The Valley has few examples of colonial architecture due to the relocation of Anguilla's administration to St. Kitts in 1825, though Wallblake House, built in 1787, still stands and is used as a rectory by the adjacent church. New shops have opened in new buildings and renovated West Indian-style cottages. Old shops have been modernized and have enlarged their stocks as well as their space. The ruins of the Old Court House are located on Crocus Hill, the island's highest point. All that remains are the broken walls of a few basement jail cells. At Cross Roads at the western edge of The Valley is Wallblake House, a plantation home built around 1787 that is now owned by the Catholic Church (the parish priest lives there) and St. Gerard's Catholic Church, with its highly original façade of pebbles, stones, cement, wood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |