Geography & Environment Category
Weather wisdom
Predicting British weather by means of traditional sayings is surely just as successful as an electronic app,…
The hot springs of Bath
The city of Bath in Somerset is renowned for its natural thermal springs, easily the hottest in…
Motorway Signs
The UK’s first significant stretch of motorway comprised the M1’s junctions 5-18, opened in 1959, though the…
Winchester
British and French tribes were inhabiting the chalky Hampshire valley of Wenta, with River Itchen winding its…
The Holy Island of Lindisfarne
The tidal 3-mile-wide island of Lindisfarne sits off the sandy Northumberland coast. Its mile-long causeway is revealed…
Scheduled Monuments
The Ancient Monuments Protection Act of 1882 established long-awaited regulations for governmental safeguarding of certain historically important…
The New Forest
William the Conqueror (c.1028-87) did not make any friends when he ordered dozens of Hampshire and Wiltshire…
Windsor Castle
The neighbouring towns of Ascot and Windsor in Berkshire lie just 20 miles from central London and…
Edinburgh
Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland, complements the surrounding geological heights with its own towering architecture. The…
UK fishing waters
For centuries British fishermen went wherever they knew they could get a plentiful catch and top of…
Sandringham Estate
While the Crown owns thousands of properties in the UK, just a few are registered to the…
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight (IoW) is a diamond-shaped island two miles off England’s south coast and is…