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A survey carried out by Merrell found that 41% of British adults had not visited a single one of the seven natural wonders. The Jurassic Coast was the most visited, with 31% of those surveyed reporting having travelled there, while Pistyll Rhaeadr was the least visited, with only 6% of those surveyed stating that had made a trip there. [5]
Stephen Biesty (/ b i ˈ ɛ s t i /; 27 January 1961 – February 2024) was a British illustrator.Biesty is considered a master of cross section.He frequently collaborated with Richard Platt, who wrote the text for the majority of his books, which covered a wide range of informative cross sections aimed at adults and children, all published by Dorling Kindersley.
This announcement was made following the campaign's efforts to establish a new list of modern man-made wonders. Seven Natural Wonders was established to protect the original vision and declaration of the seven natural wonders of the world. Their list [1] of the natural wonders includes: Aurora Borealis (also known as the northern lights)
Seven Natural Wonders is a television series that was broadcast on BBC Two from 3 May to 20 June 2005. The programme takes an area of England each week and, from votes by the people living in that area, shows the 'seven natural wonders' of that area in a programme.
Chislehurst Caves are a series of intersecting man-made tunnels and caverns covering some 22 miles (35.4 km) [1] in Chislehurst in the London Borough of Bromley. From the mid-13th to early 19th centuries the "caves" were created from the mining of flint and lime-burning chalk.
Clockwork Mouse (voiced by Joanna Ruiz in the UK and Kathleen Barr in the US) is a perky wind-up toy mouse who isn't sometimes feeling dwarfed by the other inhabitants of Toyland for his size. Mr. Wobblyman (voiced by Ben Small in the UK and Ian James Corlett in the US) is a roly-poly toy who is always diligent about doing the right thing.
A lottery award from the Heritage Lottery Fund was made in 2012 for a project with young people from schools in the area, celebrating the landscape. Several sculptures marked the completion in early 2013 and a carving from a 3-tonne block of Portland stone by Jon Edgar now sits on the spine of the former A3 near the visitor centre.
The Seven Wonders of the Waterways is a list of landmarks on the navigable waterways of the United Kingdom. The list was originally compiled in 1946 [ 1 ] by Robert Aickman , co-founder of the Inland Waterways Association (IWA), at a time when the waterways network was largely derelict. [ 2 ]