2014 edition of the Great Britain road map from Collins at 1:550, 000, displaying major roads, counties, a distance chart & street plans of major cities on a double-sided, indexed map. Suitable for route planning. Motorways, A & B roads & many minor roads are shown. For practical navigation, junctions, toll roads & service stations are marked. Markers indicate distances between selected points. Airports & major ferry routes & terminals are highlighted. Counties are displayed using full names & different colours, & additional text indicates geographical regions such as moors & mountain & hill ranges. Spot heights show major peaks. One side of the map shows the whole of Wales & most of England to the centre of North Yorkshire. The reverse shows the rest of Engl&, the whole of Scotland & the Isle of Man. Insets show the M25 area & London boroughs, & street plans of: Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Perth, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield & Southampton. These show one-way streets, car parks, railway stations, local transport, important buildings, leisure & shopping sites, & tourist information centres. An index lists major towns & cities, & a chart shows distances between important towns & cities. ...

Fully updated, this map combines clear design & an easy-to-read scale with more road detail to ensure that you never lose your way. It

Includes:: information on toll points, service areas, road numbers, motorways, dual carriageways & wide & narrow local roads. National Parks & places of interest are also highlighted including National Trust, English Heritage & Scottish & Welsh heritage sites. The map is presented in a practical slimline format, with a durable weatherproof cover for protection from the elements.

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How has Britain changed over 150 years? Examine remarkable historical photographs--chosen from the world-famous Frith collection--that date back to the 1860s, along with pictures of the same scenes today, & you'll marvel at the transformation. These images, taken by three generations of Friths & with a contemporary postscript by John Clare, vividly show the English at work & play, & the landscape's alteration through the years. Hamlets have become villages, villages towns, & towns cities. Once-flowing canals have silted up; the railway has ceded its reign to the car; & monumental buildings have been razed & replaced. From the seaside & countryside to greater London: this chronicle captures Britain in incomparable scope & richness. ...

Britain Votes 2005 provides a balanced, comprehensive & topical overview of the campaign leading up to the 2005 British General Election & an analysis of the results presented in a straightforward, clear & lively style for students, colleagues & practitioners. This is the fourth volume in the Oxford series which started in the election of 1992. Part I provides insights into the strategies & tactics adopted by the major parties; news coverage on the television, in newspapers, & on the internet; & the dynamics of the opinion polls leading up to polling day. Part II analyses the outcome including the results in Scotl&, Wales & Northern Ireland; race & gender issues; economic voting; the working of the electoral system, & the outcome for the new Parliament. Produced by a well-known team of experts on British elections & voting behaviour, the book is written in a vivid & accessible style. The book will be essential reading for all students, scholars, & practitioners of British elections & voting behaviour, party politics, public opinion, political behaviour & political sociology. ...

Britain Wooden Jigsaw has been handcrafted & cut, then primed & painted in bright child safe non toxic, bright colours. A small work of art in its own right, the jigsaw both entertains & educates, allowing children to appreciate geography by piecing it together with their own hands. The item is presented in an attractive box & supplied with its own natural cotton drawstring bag for transporting the pieces around. Suitable for ages 6 & up. Products meet & exceed required European Toy Safety Standard. ...

Britain's Best Bed & Breakfast in the AA Lifestyle Guides series; comprising a range of market-leading titles dedicated to accommodation, food & drink, & camping & caravanning in Britain, in addition to selected European guides. The guides provide a comprehensive survey of a range of pubs, hotels & restaurants as well as themed titles focussing on days out, camping & caravanning, golf courses & pet-friendly places to stay. Each of the UK guides in the series has a similar layout, with hotels, restaurants, camping & caravanning & sites organised by county, while the European format is based upon regions. Detailed listings are accompanied by colour photographs & include details of telephone numbers, addresses, e-mail, website, directions, room details, prices, menus, local facilities & a short description of the hotel, restaurant or other destination. AA also operates a starred rating out of 5 as well as a percentage rating to help visitors distinguish between places. Introductory chapters in each book provide further information & practical guidance on the symbols & abbreviations that are used, pubs, hotels & restaurants of the year, the AA star classification system, booking online, prices, facilities for disabled guests, children, website addresses, bank & public holidays, leisure breaks & entertainment. ...

Britain's Best Bed & Breakfast 2012 in the AA Lifestyle Guides series; comprising a range of market-leading titles dedicated to accommodation, food & drink, & camping & caravanning in Britain, in addition to selected European guides. The guides provide a comprehensive survey of a range of pubs, hotels & restaurants as well as themed titles focussing on days out, camping & caravanning, golf courses & pet-friendly places to stay. Each of the UK guides in the series has a similar layout, with hotels, restaurants, camping & caravanning & sites organised by county, while the European format is based upon regions. Detailed listings are accompanied by colour photographs & include details of telephone numbers, addresses, e-mail, website, directions, room details, prices, menus, local facilities & a short description of the hotel, restaurant or other destination. AA also operates a starred rating out of 5 as well as a percentage rating to help visitors distinguish between places. Introductory chapters in each book provide further information & practical guidance on the symbols & abbreviations that are used, pubs, hotels & restaurants of the year, the AA star classification system, booking online, prices, facilities for disabled guests, children, website addresses, bank & public holidays, leisure breaks & entertainment. ...

Britain is covered with an extraordinary array of fantastic & brilliant buildings. There are more historic buildings of more styles in Britain than even in Italy. &, our favourites occupy a similar place in the national psyche as Robin Hood & Nell Gwynne. Britain's Best Buildings celebrates the bricks-&-mortar icons of our history that are well known & loved beyond all the others: Dan Cruickshank re-visits the stuff of legend but also reveals the stories behind the buildings. Like the life of any human being, there are highs & lows to the story of every building & as even the best-known celebrity has dark corners & secret closets to explore, so do Britain's best-loved buildings. To know a great building is to make it more our own
- to know it even more will make us feel we have a stake in its past, present, & future. Each of the buildings is outstanding architecturally, yet each has strong personal stories behind their construction & as a whole they offer a journey through the nation's architecture & psyche from the 12th century to the present day.
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AA, Britain's Best Pubs features more than 300 traditional pubs, county inns, & gastropubs across the country, giving details of available accommodation, dining times, facilities & breweries. It is the ideal guide for anyone who enjoys visiting pubs that offer good food & drink in a welcoming atmosphere. The detailed entries also include information about visitor attractions in the area. In county & town order, this edition has been fully updated & revised & contains full-page county openers & more than 500 colour photographs. ...

In ITV1's flagship cooking competition, Britain's Best Dish, in partnership with The Good Food Guide, each professional chef will cook a main or a dessert that is unique to them, that they feel champions the style of cooking in their restaurant & that could be added to their menu after the competition. They will compete over the course of 8 weeks in daily regional heats, leading to fourteen regional finalists, & ultimately just two battling it out at the final stage. The perfect gift for every keen cook, this sumptuously illustrated book combines all these recipes, bringing the UK's top chefs to you. The step-by-step instructions to each of the 112 recipes will help you re-create their dishes in your own home. ...