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The map browsing interface, showing thumbnail photos for each completed "geograph". Geograph Britain and Ireland is a web-based project, begun in March 2005, to create a freely accessible archive of geographically located photographs of Great Britain and Ireland. [1]
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 13:03, 21 October 2022: 1,038 × 1,279 (437 KB) Dr Greg: Uploaded a work by *UK motorways map 2016.svg: User:Dr Greg and User:Nilfanion, created using Ordnance Survey and OpenStreetMap data *derivative work: Dr Greg from {{Derived from |UK motorways map 2016.svg |display=50 |opt=l}} with ...
A non-primary road sign near Bristol shows Guildford Rules patches.Road signs in the United Kingdom and in its associated Crown dependencies and overseas territories conform broadly to European design norms, with a number of exceptions: direction signs omit European route numbers, and road signs generally use the imperial system of units (miles and yards), unlike the rest of Europe (kilometres ...
The UK claims jurisdiction over the continental shelf, as defined in continental shelf orders or in accordance with agreed upon boundaries, an exclusive fishing zone of 200 nmi (370.4 km; 230.2 mi), and territorial sea of 12 nmi (22.2 km; 13.8 mi). The UK has an Exclusive Economic Zone of 773,676 km 2 (298,718 sq mi) in Europe.
A driver location sign marking location 2.8 km (1.7 mi) on the westbound "B" carriageway of the M27. Driver location signs are signs placed every 500 metres (550 yd) along each side of English motorways, and some other major English roads, to provide information that will allow motorists to know their precise location.
The first inter-urban new road built in the UK was the East Lancs Road, which was built between 1929 and 1934 at a cost of £8 million. [51] [63] For the first time since the Roman occupation, the Ministry of Transport took direct control of the core road network through the Trunk Roads Act 1936. [64]
North Yorkshire UK location map.svg: Nilfanion, created using Ordnance Survey data; OpenStreetMap: OpenStreetMap contributors; derivative work: Dr Greg; Other versions: File:UK motorways map (pale lines).svg, with thinner paler lines, suitable for pushpin location maps; File:UK motorways map 2022.svg, labelled, with thinner lines; File:UK ...
There is no formal definition of a long-distance path, though the British Long Distance Walkers Association defines one as a route "20 miles [32 km] or more in length and mainly off-road." [ 1 ] They usually follow existing rights of way , often over private land, linked and sometimes waymarked to make a named route. [ 3 ]