Category: Geography & Environment

The neighbouring towns of Ascot and Windsor in Berkshire lie just 20 miles from central London and while Ascot has its royal […]

Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland, complements the surrounding geological heights with its own towering architecture. The extinct volcano of Arthur’s Seat […]

For centuries British fishermen went wherever they knew they could get a plentiful catch and top of the list for many were […]

While the Crown owns thousands of properties in the UK,  just a few are registered to the monarch personally. Sandringham Estate in […]

The Isle of Wight (IoW) is a diamond-shaped island two miles off England’s south coast and is much favoured by holidaymakers from […]

Two types of oak tree are native to the UK ~ the English and the sessile. Others have been introduced but it […]

There are two schools of thought about our estimated 41,400,000 moles and their underground activities. One is that they are a nuisance […]

The city of Belfast, Northern Ireland’s capital, has endured its fair share of bombings, both during WW2 and throughout ‘The Troubles’ (1968-98), […]

‘Port of Departure (or Arrival):Liverpool‘ appears in many a search for records of family ancestors, since Liverpool’s west-coast location made it so […]