July 23, 2010
by europeexplored
Pen y Fan – the highest peak in South Wales, United Kingdom Updated: January 14, 2020 | By Claire | More The 886 meter tall Pen y Fan can be found within the borders of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Running from east to west, the summit is parts of a small ridge that starts […]
Tags: brecon-beacons, brecon-beacons-national-park, britain-south, coal-miner, corn, devonian-era, dunford, endurance-test, erosion, fan-dance, food-rations, gentle-ridge, highest-peak, last-ice-age, memorial-obelisk, merthyr-tydfil, military-recruits, military-training, missing-child, mountain, mountain-slopes, national-trust, nature, nine-days, pen-y-fan, rhondda, rigorous-test, sandstone, sea-level, selection-processes, snowdonia, snowdonia-mountain-range, south-wales, subsidiary, summit, talybont-reservoir, twin-summits, united-kingdom, wales-uk, work-parties
Categories: Nature, United Kingdom
July 23, 2010
by europeexplored
Durdle Door natural wonder on the Jurassic Coast | United Kingdom Updated: January 7, 2020 | By Claire | More Just outside of Dorset, England, along the famous Jurassic Coast is where you will find the Durdle Door. Over the years the natural limestone arch has attracted countless visitors to the area. While the geological […]
Tags: a35, best-destinations, brown-signs, bustle, car-parking, castles, countless-visitors, division-bell, dorset, dorset-coast, dorset-england, dorset-england-uk, durdle-door, east-devon, english-countryside, english-word, footpath, geological-formation, holiday-park, jurassic-coast, ladram-bay, landmarks, life-in-london, limestone-rock, limestones, lulworth, mackenzie, mammoth-size, natural-limestone, natural-wonders, nature, pink-floyd, pink-floyd-fans, rock-arch, rock-formation, rocks, sea-stack, square-kilometres, steep-steps, tears-for-fears, united-kingdom, walkers, welds
Categories: Nature, United Kingdom
July 22, 2010
by europeexplored
Lulworth Cove – beautiful natural attraction at Jurassic Coast, Dorset, England Updated: January 14, 2020 | By Claire | More Along the Jurassic Coast, just outside of the small village of West Lulworth is where you will find the popular Lulworth Cove. More than half of a million people visit the cove every single year; […]
Tags: coastline, coastlines, countless-visitors, dinosaurs, dorset, durdle-door, fossils, gap, geological-formations, jurassic-coast, landform, landmark, limestone, lulworth-cove, mike-leigh, millennia, mysteries, rock-arch, seven-natural-wonders, shoreline-rocks, southern-england, stair-hole, tourist-location, tv-programme, united-kingdom, water-runoff, wave-diffraction, west-lulworth, world-heritage-site
Categories: Nature, United Kingdom
July 22, 2010
by europeexplored
Gower Peninsula – Amazing Natural Beauty You’ll Never Forget | Wales, UK Updated: January 8, 2020 | By Claire | More You will find the Gower Peninsula in South Wales where it shoots out into the Bristol Channel. The Gower Peninsula covers a total area of just over seventy square kilometres. It is a very […]
Tags: archaeological-discoveries, area-of-outstanding-natural-beauty, bristol-channel, bronze-age, burial-chambers, central-portion, glamorgan, gower-peninsula, hole-cave, lordship, massive-rocks, medieval-period, menhirs, nature, neolithic-period, norman-castle, paviland-cave, peninsula-south, south-wales-uk, south-west-coast, square-kilometres, swansea-bay, three-cliffs-bay, united-kingdom, wales
Categories: Nature, United Kingdom
July 18, 2010
by europeexplored
The Needles – very impressive columns of chalk on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom Updated: January 5, 2020 | By Claire | More Located along the western shores of the Isle of Wight, you will find the very impressive columns of chalk that can be seen rising up out of the sea. Known as […]
Tags: alum-bay, amusement-park, chairlift, chalk, eighteenth-century, gun-batteries, headlands, hundreds-of-years, isle-of-wight, isle-of-wight-uk, jurassic-coast, land-formation, lighthouse, midst, nature, needles, peter-pearson, pillar, pleasure-park, rocket-test, rocks, sandstones, seven-natural-wonders, southern-england, stacks, tectonics, test-facility, tv-programme, underground-facilities, united-kingdom, western-extremity
Categories: Nature, United Kingdom
July 17, 2010
by europeexplored
Old Harry Rocks – Chalk stacks in Dorset, United Kingdom Updated: January 14, 2020 | By Claire | More You will find the Old Harry Rocks along the area that has been dubbed, the Jurassic Coast. Situated just off from the coasts of Purbeck Isle, in an area of the island that has been known […]
Tags: buckle, chalk-stacks, dorset, dorset-coast-path, erosion, euphemism, harry-rocks, isthmuses, jurassic-coast, nap, nature, old-harry-rocks, pirate, poole, south-england, south-west-coast-path, strasbourg, studland, swanage, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, united-kingdom
Categories: Nature, United Kingdom
July 16, 2010
by europeexplored
Grey Mare’s Tail Nature Reserve in Scotland, United Kingdom Updated: January 9, 2020 | By Claire | More The fifth largest waterfalls in the UK can be found within the Grey Mare’s Tail Nature Reserve in Scotland UK. The 60 meter tall waterfall plunges over the Moffat Water Valley from its source at Loch Skeen. […]
Tags: botanists, cctv-system, feral-goats, footpath, grey-mare, grey-mares-tail, hanging-valley, hiking-boots, interactive-system, iron-age, map, moffat-water, national-trust, nature, nature-reserve, peaceful-day, peregrine-falcon, peregrines, pettit, picturesque-views, s-center, scotland, scotland-uk, scotland-united, skeen, slopes, southern-scotland, treacherous-one, united-kingdom, upland-plants, valley-waterfall, walkers, walks, water-valley, waterfalls-in-the-uk, white-coomb, wild-goats, wildlife-enthusiasts
Categories: Nature, United Kingdom
July 15, 2010
by europeexplored
Siccar Point rocky promontory in Scotland, United Kingdom Updated: January 15, 2020 | By Claire | More Along the eastern coastlines of Scotland, you will find the rocky Siccar Point jutting out into the sea. At the top of the point, an ancient hill fort was built. Known locally as a dun, the ruins are […]
Tags: east-coast, geological-development, history-of-geology, james-hutton, map, nature, rocky-promontory, scotland, siccar-point, united-kingdom
Categories: Nature, United Kingdom
April 27, 2010
by europeexplored
The United Kingdom is one of the world’s most visited destinations — a union of four distinct nations (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland) packed with more history, culture, and natural diversity per square mile than almost anywhere else on Earth. From the white cliffs of Dover to the Highlands of Scotland, from Shakespeare’s Stratford […]
Tags: archipelago, atlantic-ocean, channel-tunnel, continental-europe, featured, irish-sea, land-border, miracles, north-sea, northwestern-coast, republic-of-ireland, sovereign-state, united-kingdom, united-kingdom-of-great-britain, united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland
Categories: All Countries, United Kingdom
