Wensleydale Cheese - once made by monks
Wensleydale is a crumbly and mild hard cheese originally produced in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire.
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Thrift - beautiful pink wild flowers of the British coastline
Perky round tufts of pink are a familiar sight on coastal walks in Britain - often clinging to cliff edges or craggy rocks. This is thrift, or sea pink, a wild flower well-adapted to an environment that defeats many other plants.
Robert Gillow - famous furniture maker from Lancashire
Robert Gillow was an English furniture manufacturer who founded the famous company bearing his name, Gillow & Co. His success was prompted by a trip he made to the West Indies where he became interested in the wood from the mahogany trees that grew rapidly there, and brought it back to Britain. This became the pre-eminent material for elegant furniture.
The Merry Maidens - Cornish neolithic stone circle
The Merry Maidens, and also known as Dawn's Men, is a late neolithic stone circle located 2 miles to the south of the village of St Buryan, in Cornwall. The stones are south west of Penzance, and not far from Land’s End. They are consist of a restored, Neolithic stone circle of nineteen stones made using local granite.
Britain's first drinking fountains - gifts of a Liverpool merchant
The first free drinking fountains in Britain were installed in Liverpool in the 1850s by Anglo-Swiss cotton merchant Charles Pierre Melly. Soon other cities, including London, were following his lead. Between 1750 and 1900 the population of Great Britain increased four and half times from 9 million to 41 million.
Pen-y-Fan, Brecon Beacons - a view worth the climb!
Pen y Fan is the highest peak in south Wales, situated in the Brecon Beacons National Park. At 886 metres (2,907 ft) above sea-level, it is also the highest peak in southern Britain (ie south of Cadair Idris in Snowdonia).
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