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Atlas: transportAcross the UK6 min

Doncaster Sheffield Airport

Doncaster Sheffield Airport , formerly named and commonly referred to as Robin Hood Airport, was an international airport in Finningley near Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, in operation between 2005 and 2022. The site lies 6 mi…

Atlas: transportAcross the UK7 min

Exeter Airport

Exeter Airport , formerly Exeter International Airport, is an international airport located at Clyst Honiton in East Devon, close to the city of Exeter and within the county of Devon, South West England. Exeter has a CAA Public Use…

Atlas: transportAcross the UK3 min

Drybridge House, Monmouth

Drybridge House is a large 17th-century Grade II* listed building in Monmouth, south east Wales. It is located to the southwest of the town at one end of Drybridge Street, close to the “dry bridge” over a small stream, which is now buried…

Atlas: transportLondon7 min

Great Smog of London

The Great Smog was a severe air pollution event that affected London, England, in December 1952. A period of unusually cold weather, combined with an anticyclone and windless conditions, collected airborne pollutants—mostly arising from…

Atlas: transportAcross the UK13 min

Bridgewater Canal

The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England. It was commissioned by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester. It was opened in 1761 from…

Atlas: transportAcross the UK11 min

Brooklands

Brooklands was a 2.767 mi motor racing circuit and aerodrome built near Weybridge in Surrey, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1907 and was the world's first purpose-built 'banked' motor racing circuit as well as one of Britain's first…

Atlas: transportAcross the UK12 min

Forth Road Bridge

The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the Firth of Forth in Scotland. The bridge opened in 1964 and, at the time, was the longest suspension bridge in the world outside the United States. The bridge connects Edinburgh…

Atlas: transportLondon7 min

Plough Lane (1912)

Plough Lane was a football stadium in Wimbledon, south west London, England. For nearly eighty years it was the home ground of Wimbledon Football Club.

Atlas: transportAcross the UK2 min

Downham Market railway station

Downham Market railway station (formerly Downham) is on the Fen line in the east of England, serving the town of Downham Market, Norfolk. It is 86 mi measured from London Liverpool Street and is situated between and stations. The station…

Left The FlatLondon12 min

The Most Unusual Places in London

A detail-led walk through Belgravia, Westminster, St James’s and Mayfair: haunted pubs, tiny squares, quiet gardens, old signs, odd sculptures and London secrets hiding in plain sight.