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The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye, is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated by the Cuillin, the rocky slopes of which provide…
The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend. The Reading…
The Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 was the second and final edition of the Eurovision Dance Contest, held on 6 September 2008 at the SEC Centre in Glasgow, United Kingdom, and presented by Graham Norton and Claudia Winkleman. It was…
Richmond Park, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, is the largest of London's Royal Parks and is of national and international importance for wildlife conservation. It was created by Charles I in the 17th century as a deer park.…
The Solent is a strait between the Isle of Wight and mainland Great Britain; the major historic ports of Southampton and Portsmouth lie inland of its shores. It is about 20 mi long and varies in width between 2+1/2 and, although the Hurst…
The Trent and Mersey Canal is a 93+1/2 mi canal in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire in north-central England. It is a "narrow canal" for the vast majority of its length, but at the extremities to the east of Burton upon Trent and…
Calton Hill (; Cnoc Coilltinn) is a hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, situated beyond the east end of Princes Street and included in the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site. Views of, and from, the hill are often used in photographs and…
Bartholomew Fair is a Jacobean comedy in five acts by Ben Jonson. It was first staged on 31 October 1614 at the Hope Theatre by the Lady Elizabeth's Men company. Written four years after The Alchemist, five after Epicœne, or the Silent…
Regent's Park is a London Underground station. It is 175 m south of Regent's Park. The station is on the Bakerloo line, between Baker Street and Oxford Circus stations. Its access is on Marylebone Road, within Park Crescent. It is the…
King's College Chapel is the chapel of King's College in the University of Cambridge. It is considered one of the finest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture and features the world's largest fan vault. The Chapel was built in…
Eday (, Aidee) is one of the islands of Orkney, which are located to the north of the Scottish mainland. One of the North Isles, Eday is about 24 km from the Orkney Mainland. With an area of 27 km2, it is the ninth-largest island of the…
Edgeley Park is a football stadium in Edgeley, Stockport, England. Built for Stockport RFC, a rugby league club, in 1891, Stockport County Football Club moved in by 1902, a year before the rugby club went defunct. Sale Sharks Rugby Union…