Its central and perennially popular Stanley Park is one of North America's largest urban parks, graced with colonies of curious racoons and stunning views out to the snow-capped North Shore mountains.

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The strategy worked, we got cash flow immediately, and before long we won an award as one of the fastest growing companies in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

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The one at Newcastle University's farm, Cockle Park, in Morpeth, Northumberland is the most north-westerly in Europe.

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From the car park, walk north out of the woodland, and continue with the trees to your left for one mile.

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