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Atlas: districts and regionsAcross the UK11 min

North East England

North East England is one of nine official regions of England. It consists of County Durham, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and part of North Yorkshire. With 2.6 million residents in 2022, it is the least populous region of England. Its larg

Atlas: districts and regionsAcross the UK12 min

South East England

South East England is one of the nine official regions of England that are in the top level category for statistical purposes. It consists of the nine counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent,

Atlas: districts and regionsAcross the UK11 min

South West England

South West England, or the South West of England, is one of the nine official regions of England in the United Kingdom. Additionally, it is one of four regions that altogether make up Southern England. South West England consists of the cou

Atlas: districts and regionsAcross the UK11 min

West Midlands (region)

The West Midlands is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of International Territorial Level for statistical purposes. It covers the western half of the area known traditionally as the Midlands. The region consists of

Atlas: districts and regionsAcross the UK11 min

Yorkshire and the Humber

Yorkshire and the Humber is one of the nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes. It is one of the three regions covering Northern England, alongside the North West England and North East England re

Atlas: districts and regionsAcross the UK5 min

Charleston Farmhouse

Charleston, in East Sussex, is a property associated with the Bloomsbury group, that is open to the public. It was the country home of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant and is an example of their decorative style within a domestic context, repr

Atlas: districts and regionsLondon12 min

Tottenham

Tottenham , is a district in north London, England, within the London Borough of Haringey. It is located in the ceremonial county of Greater London. Tottenham is centred 6 mi north-northeast of Charing Cross, bordering Edmonton to the north

Atlas: districts and regionsAcross the UK8 min

Lanarkshire

Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark (Siorrachd Lannraig; Lanrikshire), is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the Central Lowlands and Southern Uplands of Scotland. The county is no longer used for local

Atlas: districts and regionsEdinburgh12 min

New Town, Edinburgh

The New Town is a central area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It was built in stages between 1767 and around 1850, and retains much of its original neo-classical and Georgian architecture. Its best-known street is Princes Street, fa

Atlas: districts and regionsAcross the UK6 min

Lothian

Lothian (; Lowden, Loudan, -en, -o(u)n; Lodainn) is a region of the Scottish Lowlands, lying between the southern shore of the Firth of Forth and the Lammermuir Hills and the Moorfoot Hills. The principal settlement is the Scottish capital,

Atlas: districts and regionsAcross the UK12 min

Windscale fire

The Windscale fire of 10 October 1957 was the worst nuclear accident in the United Kingdom's history, ranked in severity at level 5 out of 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale. The fire was in Unit 1 of the two-pile Windscale site (no

Atlas: districts and regionsAcross the UK6 min

South Hams

South Hams is a local government district on the south coast of Devon, England. Its council is based in the town of Totnes, although the largest town is Ivybridge. The district also contains the towns of Dartmouth, Kingsbridge and Salcombe