Fletcher Moss Park & Parsonage Gardens, Manchester
Fletcher Moss Park and Parsonage Gardens is in Didsbury, Manchester, between the River Mersey and Stenner Woods. It is a free park, open to the public, and is part of the history of the RSPB.
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Lindisfarne or Holy Island
Lindisfarne, or Holy Island, just off the Northumberland coast, is a tidal island - with a causeway that is cut off at high tide. This beauty spot boasts an ancient priory, a castle, various pubs and cafes, and fantastic views.
The Pipistrelle - our smallest bat
Britain is home to 18 species of bats, of which the common pipistrelle bat is the smallest. It has a wing span of about 22 to 25 centimetres with an average life span of four to five years. These bats are common to woodland and farmland but are also found in towns, where the females roost in lofts and buildings when rearing young.
Harold Pinter - complex Nobel-winning dramatist
Harold Pinter was a Nobel-winning British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor, most prominent from the 1960's to the 1980's. During his 50-year career he was recognised as one of the most complex and challenging post-World War II dramatists. The term 'Pinteresque' is now used to describe a cryptically mysterious situation imbued with hidden menace.
Tyneham village - Dorset time capsule
The small village of Tyneham just inland from the Jurassic Coast in Dorset was 'temporarily' evacuated in November 1943 so that British forces could train there in preparation for D-Day. Though the villagers were told their departure would only be for 28 days, they have never been allowed to return, and so it remains frozen in time.
The humble potato - 500-year-old staple diet
The British diet would seem very strange without the potato. But, until explorers from Europe reached the Americas, we were a nation without this vegetable. That all changed in the 1580s.
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