Firth of Forth
The Firth of Forth (Linn Giùdain or Linne Foirthe) is a bay in Scotland, an inlet of the North Sea that separates Fife to its north and Lothian to its south. Further inland, it becomes the estuary of the River Forth and several other…
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The University of Oxford Botanic Garden is the oldest botanic garden in Great Britain and one of the oldest scientific gardens in the world. The garden was founded in 1621 as a physic garden growing plants for medicinal research. Today it…
Isle of Arran
The Isle of Arran (; Eilean Arainn) or simply Arran is an island off the west coast of Scotland. It is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde and the seventh-largest Scottish island, at 432 km2. Historically part of Buteshire, it is in…
Scapa Flow
Scapa Flow (;) is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray, South Ronaldsay and Hoy. Its sheltered waters have played an important role in travel, trade and conflict throughout…
Rainhill trials
The Rainhill trials were a competition run from 6 to 14 October 1829 to test George Stephenson's argument that locomotives would have the best motive power for the nearly-completed Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR). Ten locomotives…
Findhorn Ecovillage
The Findhorn Ecovillage, known in the past as the Findhorn Community (also referred to as Ecovillage Findhorn) is an experimental intentional community project based at The Park, in Moray, Scotland, near the village of Findhorn. The…
Snowdon
Snowdon , or Yr Wyddfa , is a mountain in Snowdonia in North Wales. With an elevation of 1085 m above sea level, it is the highest mountain in Wales, and the highest in the British Isles south of the Scottish Highlands. Snowdon is…
Rendlesham Forest incident
The Rendlesham Forest incident was a series of reported sightings of unexplained lights near Rendlesham Forest in Suffolk, England, in December 1980, which became linked with alleged UFO landings. The events occurred just outside RAF…
Bell Rock Lighthouse
The Bell Rock Lighthouse, off the coast of Angus, Scotland, is the world's oldest surviving sea-washed lighthouse. It was built between 1807 and 1810 by Robert Stevenson on the Bell Rock (also known as Inchcape) in the North Sea, 11 mi…
City Football Group
City Football Group Limited (CFG) is a British-based holding company that administers association football clubs. The group is owned by three organisations, of which 81% is majority-owned by Abu Dhabi United Group, 18% by the American firm…
Kintyre
Kintyre (Cinn Tìre,) is a peninsula in western Scotland, in the southwest of Argyll and Bute. The peninsula stretches about 30 mi, from the Mull of Kintyre in the south to East and West Loch Tarbert in the north. The region immediately…
Ewood Park
Ewood Park is a football stadium in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, and the home of Blackburn Rovers, founding members of the Football League and Premier League, who have played there since 1890. It is an all seater multi-sports facility…