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Cockfield
British politician (1916–2007)

Cockfield

Francis Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield PC, was by turns a civil servant, a company director, a Conservative Party politician, and a European Commissioner.

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He served as Minister of State at the Treasury from 1979 to 1982, as Secretary of State for Trade from 1982 until 1983, as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1983 until 1984, and a member of the European Commission from 1984 to 1988. He is known as 'The Father of the Single Market'.

How locals move

Getting around Cockfield the local way

  • Get inPassengers travelling by Eurostar from Paris, Lille, Brussels, Rotterdam, and Amsterdam and by ferry from Calais and Dunkirk, undergo UK passport checks before embarkation and selective customs checks on arrival in the UK.
  • Get inHelena, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tonga, Tristan da Cunha, Tuvalu, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay, the United Arab Emirates, the United States and the Vatican City require an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) prior to travel for visits of up to 6 months.
  • Get inAn alternative route from the Netherlands is via Stena Line's Ferry en Trein combo ticket.
  • Get inWith a single fare ( per adult / per child), passengers can travel by ferry from the Hook of Holland to Harwich, where they board a train to any station served by Greater Anglia in the East of England or London.
  • Get inThe interchange between the ferry terminal and the train station at both ports is simple.
  • Get inRotterdam Metro's Line B serves Hoek van Holland Haven (the ferry port) throughout the day, and the Holland Travel Ticket ( for one day) will get you there from anywhere in the Netherlands by train, metro, tram or bus.
  • Get inOn the British side, Greater Anglia express trains are timed to meet the ferry at Harwich International and allow a simple transfer to London Liverpool Street in under 90 minutes.
  • Get inTickets can be bought from the railway company and ferry operators.

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Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Europäische Kommission - Audiovisueller Dienst, CE - Service… (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.