Geography & Environment Category
Spaghetti Junction
Spaghetti Junction is the nickname for the world’s most complicated motorway intersection. Its official name is the…
The National Trust
The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty was formed as a charity in…
Allotments
Many householders would like to be able to grow their own fruit and vegetables, but their gardens…
The Severn Bridge and Crossing
The River Severn is Britain’s longest river and one of the most turbulent, with a tidal range…
Historic counties
The country was first divided up into regions, called ‘shires’, in the eighth or ninth centuries. Each…
Brownfields and Green Belts
The land mass of the UK is 60,000,000 acres but only one-tenth of this is available for…
Angel of the North
The ‘Angel of the North‘ is a monumental red-rust steel sculpture in Gateshead, adjacent to the A1.…
March winds, April showers
Planet Earth’s climate changeability has seen at least five Ice Ages come and go up to now,…
Pigeons
Pigeons seem to gravitate towards humans and are quite tame. Their natural habitats are cliffs and coastal…
The Scilly Isles
Thousands of years ago, the Scilly Isles were one iand mass and ancient remains, including castle ruins,…
Big Ben
‘Big Ben’ is the nickname given to the hour bell in the Elizabeth Tower at the Houses…
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle was originally built in the 12th century in the time of the Scottish King David…