Shoreham - Britain's oldest airport
Founded in 1910, Shoreham Airport, near Brighton, is the oldest airport in the UK and the oldest purpose-built commercial airport in the world still in operation.
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The Waterlily House - the Amazon brought to Kew
A small, square glasshouse was designed specifically at Kew Gardens to showcase the giant Amazon waterlily (Victoria amazonica) - a natural wonder of the age, when it opened in the 1852. It is now a listed building, brimming with aquatic plants and tropical fruit, where you can surround yourself with colourful waterlilies, ferns, papyrus and hanging gourds in this tropical corner of the Gardens.
Blue Tit - the birdbox bird
This small, pretty and agile bird is a common garden visitor in Britain. The blue tit's acrobatic feats, fondness for hanging feeders and propensity to take up residence in bird boxes has made it a firm favourite with the British public.
Heather - prolific heath and moorland colour
There are six species of heathers native to the UK, and by far the most common and prolific is ling, which occupies lowland heath and vast areas of moorland, from Cornwall to the far north of Scotland.
Caroline Herschel - seeking stars in 18th-century Bath
Caroline Herschel was the younger sister of astronomer William Herschel, and worked with him in the 18th century on his studies of the night sky. Whilst he gained fame as the discoverer of the planet Uranus, Caroline was equally admired for her discovery of several comets. She was the first woman to receive a salary as a scientist.
Fenn’s, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses
Straddling the English border, near Whitchurch in Shropshire and Wrexham in Wales, lies one of the biggest and best raised bogs in Britain. Its astonishingly varied wildlife makes it a place of international importance. Three ancient "bog bodies" have also been found here.
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