Cranmore Mountain Adventure Park
Cranmore may refer to: * Cranmore, Somerset, a village in England * Cranmore railway station, the main railway station on the East Somerset Railway * Cranmore, Isle of Wight, a village on the Isle of Wight, England * Cranmore Mountain Resort, a ski resort in North Conway, New Hampshire, USA * Cranmore, Sligo Cranmore (from the Gaelic ''Crann Mór'' meaning ''Big Tree'') is a large local authority housing development in Sligo, it is situated on the eastern side of Sligo town. It is the largest housing estate in the west of Ireland with 511 houses, it ...

Cranmore, Somerset
Cranmore is a village and civil parish east of Shepton Mallet, in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Waterlip, East Cranmore and Dean. History The name comes from ''Crane Mere'', the Lake of the Cranes. The parish of Cranmore was part of the hundred of Wells Forum. East Cranmore was part of the hundred of Frome. It is the base of the East Somerset Railway which plays host to a variety of preserved diesel and steam locomotives. It operates the line between Cranmore railway station, Cranmore West, Merryfield Lane Halt and Mendip Vale. The section between Cranmore and the mainline is used for heavy quarry traffic to the nearby Merehead Quarry. The quarry, which is also known as Torr Works, covers an area of some 200 hectares, including 60 hectares which have been landscaped to blend with the surrounding countryside. It was once operated by the Foster Yeoman Company, but now owned and operated by Aggregate Industries LTD, employing ov ...
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Cranmore Railway Station
Cranmore is the main railway station (and also the headquarters) of the preserved East Somerset Railway, in Somerset, England. Services Various services are provided throughout the year, mainly in the spring, summer and autumn months to Mendip Vale. Occasionally, specials are run to Westbury. The station also occasionally receives railtours from further afield such as London. The station was opened in 1858 to serve the village of Cranmore. Facilities The station originally consisted of just the station building located at the west end of the remaining platform (now a museum). The on-platform station house and main station building were both built during preservation and provide much better services to passengers. The station has a signal box located at the west end of the former down platform. This is currently non-operational. Behind it is a miniature railway which runs to Cranmore West. As the main station and home of the East Somerset Railway, Cranmore station also provi ...
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Cranmore, Isle Of Wight
Cranmore is a village on the Isle of Wight. It is located about three miles east of Yarmouth, in the northwest of the island. It is in the civil parish of Shalfleet. Transport is provided by Southern Vectis bus route 7, serving Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport including intermediate towns. Three areas of grassland, scrub and woodland situated around the village are designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Together the three areas cover 12.4 hectares (30.7 acres) and were notified in 2002. The sites are home to the dormouse (''Muscardinus avellanarius''), red squirrel (''Sciurus vulgaris'') and the nationally scarce small pearl-bordered fritillary (''Boloria selene'') and Kent black arches (''Meganola albula''). Other species include the adder (''Vipera berus'') and the common lizard (''Lacerta vivipara''), and nightingale The common nightingale, rufous nightingale or simply nightingale (''Luscinia megarhynchos''), is a small passerine bird best known for i ...
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Cranmore Mountain Resort
Cranmore Mountain Resort, operating in the summer as Cranmore Mountain Adventure Park, is a ski area located in North Conway, New Hampshire, United States. It began operations in 1937, and was owned until 1984 by the Schneider family. During the late 1980s and 1990s, ownership of the resort changed hands several times; it is now owned by a group of New England businessmen and is undergoing several years of expansion and modernization. History Cranmore was founded by local businessman Harvey Gibson and opened for the 1937–1938 season with a single rope tow. For the 1938–1939 season, a new lift, dubbed the Skimobile, which consisted of small cars traveling on a wooden track and was designed by area mechaniGeorge Morton was installed, rising from the base to about halfway up the mountain. In its early years, Cranmore distinguished itself from other ski areas by its Skimobile, a relatively developed base area and lodging, and a ski school run by European skiers. In 1939, promin ...
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