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Bamburgh Castle - a photographer's dream

Bamburgh Castle - a photographer's dream

The imposing Bamburgh castle could well be Britain's most-photographed, due to its stunning location on the wild Northumberland coast. With the stretch of sand in the foreground, it has been used in many films and television programmes as a backdrop for stories of invasion or battle.

Grimsby Dock Tower

Grimsby Dock Tower

The Grimsby Dock Tower dominates the skyline of the town and surrounding flat Lincolnshire countryside. The style of thiis Victorian industrial building was inspired by the Torre del Mangia in Siena, Italy.

The magical glow worm

The magical glow worm

They look a bit like an elongated woodlouse, but, at night, in the summer, the magic happens: Britain's glow worms emit an eerie green glow from grass tips and bushes as the females announce their presence. Lampyris noctiluca is the glow-worm species most often seen in the UK.

Morecambe and Wise: record-breaking TV favourites

Morecambe and Wise: record-breaking TV favourites

Iconic comedy duo Morecambe and Wise reached their peak of popularity in Britain in the 1970s, having discovered the winning formula for combining theatrical variety and celebrity involvement with prime time family televison. This led to them drawing a record TV programme viewing audience of 28 million, and becoming a Christmas TV tradition.

The London Necropolis Railway - the last journey

The London Necropolis Railway - the last journey

For 87 years, from 1854 until 1941, a bizarre train service - the London Necropolis Railway - ran an almost daily service from Waterloo Station carrying the dead out to Brookwood Cemetery, 23 miles south west from London in Surrey. It was the solution to a challenging problem - where to bury the bodies of those who had died.

Cooling Towers - Falling Giants

Cooling Towers - Falling Giants

Gigantic cooling towers built to go with coal fired power stations were once a familiar and distinctive part of the British landscape, but they are fast disappearing now, in a series of dramatic demolitions.

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