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The towns clock and war memorial garden has been extended in to a town square with multiple beautiful sculptures.
The town square is the base to alot of amble festivals and fayres including The Puffin Festival, the end point of the yearly Amble Xmas Lights Parade, The Rememberance Parade & Ceremony and other specialised fates throughout the year.
Every time i pass here with my daughter she has to stop and stand beneith the clock and sing her much loved school song "Hickory dickory dock" and then whilst walking accross the town square she loves to play What time is it mr wolf.
If your out caching with mini-geo-kids why not give it a try and join in the fun.
A little bit of history.
One of the newer developments in Amble has been the Town Square which was completed in May 2001. The former British Legion Club premises was demolished and the existing road was diverted in order to build the Town Square at the end of the shopping street to provide tourist focus and a link between Queen Street and the harbour area. The Gnoman (sundial) is one of the largest in Europe and accurate to within 15 seconds.
Designed by Amble school children show the town’s history on a trail of carved stones around the square. There is also a small amphitheatre surrounded by nine 8 metre masts which often display sails and flags showing the Amble’s links with the sea and tourism and commerce. There is a feature garden which remembers Muriel Usher (a local chemist) and well known Amble resident, and two bench seats are dedicated to the memory of Dr and Mrs Robertson and Jesse Taylor. Five of the original six trees are dedicated to the schools in the town and the sixth tree was designated ‘The Town Tree’.Recently Amble commissioned a ‘Peace Memorial’ to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI. IDesigned and made by renouned local artist Stephen Lun (aks Anvilman), t stands proudly alongside the Amble and Radcliffe War Memorials in the Town Square.