19 December 2019

Deflated Gas Holders

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Gas holders, also incorrectly referred to as gasometers - they don't measure anything - were once a common sight in UK towns and cit...
11 November 2019

Foel Ortho

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Foel translates from the Welsh as bald, or bare, hill. But the hillside at Foel Ortho is anything but bald. ...
28 October 2019

Freetown Christiania

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Christiania, now covering about 19 acres of the military barracks of Bådsmandsstræd (abandoned from 1967),...
27 October 2019

Broen / Bron

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The Øresund (Danish) or Öresund (Swedish) Bridge is a four-lane motorway and twin-track railway bridge tha...
20 September 2019

i360 - World's Most Slender Tower

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Brighton's i360 'vertical pier' was conceived and designed by Marks Barfield Architects, the s...
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20 August 2019

Penang - Kek Lok Si

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Covering about 30 acres, and home to millions of representations of Buddha, Kek Lok Si is the largest Buddhist temple in Malaysia. ...
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Penang - Curtis Crest Treetop Walk

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The Habitat is an area of conserved regrowth rainforest, cut down by the British to enable the building of bungalows in the cooler air a...
19 August 2019

Penang - Goddess of Mercy Temple

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Founded in 1728, the Goddess of Mercy Temple, in George Town, Penang, is the island's oldest. It is dedicated to Kuan Yin, the Taoi...
13 June 2019

Standedge - Longest, Deepest, Highest

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The Standedge canal tunnel, on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, is one of four parallel tunnels - the other three are railway tunnels - th...