Edinburgh Zoo
Edinburgh Zoo (Sù Dhùn Èideann), formerly the Scottish National Zoological Park, is an 82 acre non-profit zoological park in the Corstorphine area of Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh
The Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh (Archidioecesis Sancti Andreae et Edimburgensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Scotland. It is the metropolitan see of the province of Saint Andrews and…
Peak District
The Peak District is an upland area in central-northern England, at the southern end of the Pennines. Mostly in Derbyshire, it extends into Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire. It is subdivided…
Lawn Tennis Association
The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) is the national governing body of tennis in Great Britain, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man founded in 1888. The LTA promotes all levels of lawn tennis. The organisation believes tennis can provide…
Moray Firth
The Moray Firth (; An Cuan Moireach, Linne Mhoireibh or Caolas Mhoireibh) is a roughly triangular inlet (or firth) of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness, which is in the Highland council area of the north of Scotland.
Tyburn
Tyburn was a manor (estate) in London, Middlesex, England, one of two which were served by the parish of Marylebone. Tyburn took its name from the Tyburn Brook, a tributary of the River Westbourne. The name Tyburn, from Teo Bourne, means…
Red Lady of Paviland
The Red "Lady" of Paviland ("Dynes" Goch Pafiland) is an Upper Paleolithic partial male skeleton dyed in red ochre and buried in Wales approximately 34,000 years Before Present (approximately 32,000 BCE). The bones were discovered in 1823…
Kennet and Avon Canal
The Kennet and Avon Canal is a waterway in southern England with an overall length of 87 mi, made up of two lengths of navigable river linked by a canal. The name is used to refer to the entire length of the navigation rather than solely…
Island Line, Isle of Wight
The Island Line is a railway line on the Isle of Wight which links with on the Island's east coast. Trains connect at with passenger ferries to , and these ferries in turn connect with the rest of the National Rail network via the…
Fort George, Highland
Fort George is a large 18th-century fortress near Ardersier, to the north-east of Inverness in the Highland council area of Scotland. It was built to control the Scottish Highlands in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745, replacing…
Flannan Isles
The Flannan Isles (Na h-Eileanan Flannach) or the Seven Hunters are a small island group in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, approximately 32 km west of the Isle of Lewis. They may take their name from Saint Flannan, the 7th century Irish…
London Biggin Hill Airport
London Biggin Hill Airport is a general aviation and minor commercial airport in Biggin Hill in the London Borough of Bromley, 12 NM south-southeast of Central London. It handles traffic from private aviation to large business jets. It…