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Brighton Brighton is a seaside resort, fishing port and town in the city of Brighton and Hove. This is in the coastal county of East Sussex, part of the English South East region, 67 miles south east of London. Brighton has been historically known as “Brighthelmstone” which was part of the Cape hispaniensis Armorica, during the Roman occupation of Britain; though this name fell into disuse by the late 19th...
Accessibility Today, only 48 Underground stations are fully accessible to disabled visitors. Another 18 stations can be reached with assistance, and there is level access from the entrance to all platforms at these 36 stations. The Bakerloo and Jubilee lines are totally inaccessible to wheelchair users between certain stations. At many of the stations not fully accessible, ramps have been provided from platform to street-level in recent years. Access to...
Battersea Bridge Nowadays, the old wooden bridge is no longer there. But the London Battersea Bridge is still there and it's still the scariest road bridge I've ever driven across. It's amazing how narrow it is. This is because the river is so wide at this point that pedestrian bridges are just not viable. This bridge was built in 1890 when there was no motor vehicle traffic to consider. The...
A Husband And Wife Team Designed The Wheel For A Competition. Once upon a time, in the UK actually, there were 46 contestants who wanted to create a lasting legacy for Great Britain. It was 1995 when they went on to compete (with just 1 month to create and build something) in a competition to design a landmark that would be built by the Thames in London. The creators of...
Anglo-Saxon And Viking Period London In the late 7th century, the River Thames was no longer navigable to ships from the sea. This meant that goods were transferred to smaller vessels at sea to be rowed or sailed up river to London. Running alongside the river on the Thames floodplain for almost 10 miles, a port developed at Lundenwic, in what is now Aldwych. Landscape archaeology shows a substantial trading...
By London Underground The best way to get to the London Eye or Trocadero from central London is by tube. There are several different tube lines that will get you close to the attractions of the South Bank. With a variety of ticket options and a reasonably fast journey, travelling by tube is as cost effective as other modes of transport in central London. The London tube is one of...