Gordano Valley From Hill Top - Geograph
Gordano may refer to: * Gordano Valley in Somerset, England * Gordano Round, a long-distance trail in the Gordano Valley * Gordano Messaging Suite, a brand of e-mail server * Gordano School, a secondary school in Portishead, Somerset * Gordano services Gordano services ( ) is a motorway service station located at junction 19 of the M5 motorway at the southern end of the Avonmouth Bridge, west of Bristol, England, and close to Portishead. It is owned by Welcome Break and offers KFC, Subway and ...

Gordano Valley
Gordano (or the Gordano Valley; ) is an area of North Somerset, in England. It has been designated as a National Nature Reserve. The name Gordano comes from Old English and is descriptive of the triangular shape of the whole valley from Clevedon to Portishead, being the ablative singular of the Latinised form of ''Gorden'' meaning ''muddy valley''. The valley runs roughly north-east to south-west, between Carboniferous limestone ridges extending along the coastline between Clevedon and Portishead, and another ridge extending between Clevedon and Easton in Gordano. The area includes the villages of Clapton in Gordano, Weston in Gordano, Easton in Gordano, Walton in Gordano, Portbury and Sheepway. The M5 motorway runs along the south side of the valley, splitting briefly into two levels - the south-west-bound level running above the north-east-bound carriageway. The Gordano motorway service station is at the eastern end of the valley, near the Royal Portbury Dock ...
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Gordano Round
The Gordano Round () is a recreational Long-distance trail, running as a figure of eight around the Gordano Valley near Portishead in North Somerset, England. History The Gordano Round route was first suggested by Jim Dyer of the Gordano Footpath Group in 1983 and walked by four members of the group in 1984. It was adopted by North Somerset Council as a recreational route and now marked on the Ordnance Survey Explorer map 154. The route is described in the book ''The Gordano Round'' first published in 2000. A memorial to Jim Dyer who died in 2012 was set up on the Portishead Coast path on the route in 2014. Views The route starts from Portishead and follows the coast path to Clevedon with views of Wales and both Severn road crossings. In Clevedon it climbs to the top of Dial Hill affording views as far as the Black Mountains in Wales, Brean Down and the Mendips to the South. Crossing over to the Clevedon Court Woods (above the National Trust property) and the Court Woods, th ...
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Gordano Messaging Suite
GMS (GMS) is a commercial mail and groupware server developed by Gordano Ltd. It runs on Windows, Linux, Solaris, and AIX. Originally called NTMailBrian Proffitt, (March 6, 2003)Gordano Messaging Suite: Early, Current Support for Linux Platform linuxplanet.com which was the first commercially available mail for the Windows platform, the products were rebranded to the Gordano Messaging Suite in August 2002 to reflect the support for additional hardware platforms and operating systems. Features The features of GMS include encrypted access using SSL, anti-virus and anti-spam protection, over-the-air handheld synchronization, web based webmail and calendaring interfaces and a plugin for Microsoft Outlook allowing Microsoft Exchange style functionality. Administration is performed by a web browser using HTTP Supported clients Groupware Native support for full groupware features exists for these clients: * GMS WebMail, which supports Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari * ...
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Gordano School
Gordano School () is a comprehensive school with academy status located in Portishead, North Somerset, England. In 1999, the school was awarded Specialist schools Technology College status. Gordano School has 2,100 pupils aged 11 to 18 as of March 2022 with an Ofsted rating of outstanding. History The school was originally proposed in 1937, with a projected cost of £27,000. However, the project was cancelled due to the Second World War. New plans were drawn in 1952, and excavation of the site started in 1954. During excavations, the skeleton of an Iron Age man was found, who was nicknamed Septimus because he was discovered on the seventh day of the seventh month. Septimus was rumoured to have been part of former Anglo Saxon tribes and it was later discovered that he died of malaria. Roman building remains were also found in the grounds before the school opened on 17 September 1956, with 300 pupils, 18 teachers and 12 classrooms. The official opening took place on 12 July 19 ...
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