Category: towns
The City of London
The City of London (also known as ‘the City’) is known as the ‘Square Mile’ because its area is approximately just that. Stretching from Covent Garden in the west to the Docklands in the east, it has had city status
Lancashire Lakes
The Lakes of Lancashire The Lakeland region of Lancashire is different from that of Westmorland and Cumberland, with a different dialect and landscape. The red sandstone buildings around Barrow-in-Furness and white limestone outcrops among the sheeplands of the Furness Peninsula
Kirkstone Pass
The Kirkstone Pass This mountain pass derives its name from a large boulder nearby that resembles a little kirk (church) and is the highest point in the region that is accessible by car. With a gradient of 1 in 4
Kendal , Lake District
Kendal tourist information The completion of the M6 motorway in 1970 made Kendal the gateway to the Lake District. Known as ‘the auld grey town’ because of its many fine old houses and other buildings constructed in grey limestone, Kendal
Bowness-on-Windermere
Bowness is popular centre for tourists in the Lake District, is surrounded by many vantage points giving spectacular views of the countryside and the lakes. One of the best panoramas can be obtained at Orrest Head, a 238m hill which
The Smog of London
Being born at the start of 1949, I have quite strong and frightening memories of the Great Smog in England of 1952 in which at least 4,000 people died as a direct result of the appalling weather. Most of these
information about Bath UK England
The town of Bath, first built by the Romans as a resort spot is the outstanding place to visit in Somerset. Today, the architecture is late Georgian, built in the eighteenth century when Bath was the most fashionable town in
