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Clifton in Bristol

21 August 2023 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General Reading Time:  11 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post Clifton is both a suburb of Bristol, England, and the name of one of the city’s thirty-five council wards. The Clifton ward also includes the areas of Cliftonwood and Hotwells. The eastern part of the suburb lies within the ward of Clifton Down. Parts of Clifton itself are now in the process of being pedestrianised. Notable places in Clifton include Clifton Cathedral, Clifton College, Clifton High School and Clifton Down. Clifton is home to many buildings of the University of Bristol, including Goldney Hall. Notable places in Clifton include Isambard Kingdom Brunel‘s Clifton Suspension Bridge; the Roman Catholic Clifton Cathedral; Christ Church; Clifton College; the former Amberley House preparatory school; Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital School, The Clifton Club; and Bristol Zoo.   read more…

Sandwiches

19 August 2023 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  8 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post A sandwich is a food typically consisting of vegetables, sliced cheese or meat, placed on or between slices of bread, or more generally any dish wherein bread serves as a container or wrapper for another food type. The sandwich began as a portable, convenient finger food in the Western world, though over time it has become prevalent worldwide.   read more…

St Mawes in Cornwall

18 August 2023 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post St Mawes (Cornish: Lannvowsedh) is a village on the end of the Roseland Peninsula, in the eastern side of Falmouth harbour, on the south coast of Cornwall, England. The village, formerly two separate hamlets, lies on the east bank of the Carrick Roads, a large waterway created after the Ice Age from an ancient valley which flooded as the melt waters caused the sea level to rise. The immense natural harbour thus created is claimed to be the third largest in the world. St Mawes was once a busy fishing port, but the trade declined during the 20th century and the village now serves as a popular tourist location, with many properties functioning as holiday accommodation. The village is in the civil parish of St Just in Roseland and lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).   read more…

Regent Street in London

7 August 2023 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General, London, Shopping Reading Time:  5 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post Regent Street is a major shopping street in the West End of London. It is named after George, the Prince Regent (later George IV) and was laid out under the direction of the architect John Nash and James Burton. It runs from Waterloo Place in St James’s at the southern end, through Piccadilly Circus and Oxford Circus, to All Souls Church. From there Langham Place and Portland Place continue the route to Regent’s Park.   read more…

Walton-on-the-Hill in Surrey

4 August 2023 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, is a village in England midway between the market towns of Reigate and Epsom. The village is a dispersed cluster on the North Downs centred less than one mile inside of the M25 motorway. The village hosts the Walton Heath Golf Club, whose former members include King Edward VIII, Winston Churchill and David Lloyd George.   read more…

Robin Hood’s Bay on the Yorkshire Coast

27 July 2023 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General Reading Time:  9 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post Robin Hood’s Bay is a village in North Yorkshire, England. It is 6 miles (10 km) south of Whitby and 15 miles (24 km) north of Scarborough on the Yorkshire Coast. It is an ancient chapelry of Fylingdales in the wapentake of Whitby Strand. It is on the Cleveland Way national trail and also the end point of Wainwright’s Coast to Coast route.   read more…

South Wraxall in Wiltshire

21 July 2023 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post South Wraxall is a village and a civil parish in Wiltshire, England, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Bradford-on-Avon. The village is to the east of the B3109 road from Bradford-on-Avon to Corsham. The parish includes the village of Lower Wraxall, to the south of South Wraxall; one field separates the two villages. The hamlet of Bradford Leigh is in the southeast of the parish.   read more…

Polperro in Cornwall

1 July 2023 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post Polperro (Cornish: Porthpyra, meaning Pyra’s cove) is a large village, civil parish, and fishing harbour within the Polperro Heritage Coastline in south Cornwall, England. Its population is around 1,554. Polperro, through which runs the River Pol, is 7 miles (11 km) east of Fowey and 4 miles (6 km) west of the neighbouring town of Looe and 25 miles (40 km) west of the major city and naval port of Plymouth. It is a noted tourist destination, particularly in the summer months, for its idyllic appearance with tightly-packed ancient fishermen‘s houses which survive almost untouched, its quaint harbour and attractive coastline.   read more…

Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds

24 June 2023 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post Chipping Campden is a market town in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is notable for its terraced High Street, dating from the 14th century to the 17th century. (“Chipping” is from Old English cēping, ‘market’, ‘market-place’; the same element is found in other towns such as Chipping Norton, Chipping Sodbury and Chipping (now High Wycombe).   read more…