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Images shortlisted for POTY, 2024
Article by Oliver Dixon, with 3969 words, 2,668 images and viewed 5,129 times.
Updated 19 days ago.
A: A J Paxton to Ajay Tegala
A J Paxton (24602) 5
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Images shortlisted for POTY, 2017
Article by Oliver Dixon, with 4024 words, 2,600 images and viewed 2,928 times.
Updated 1 months ago.
A: Adam Ward to Alan Reid
Adam Ward (6363) 5
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Class 158 diesel multiple units
Article by JThomas, with 7940 words, 1,821 images and viewed 11,130 times.
Updated 1 months ago.
Introduction
[img=https://media.geograph.org.uk/files/1700002963a49da13542e0726b7bb758/158_hull_crop.jpg Class 158 at Hull Paragon Station - photo by JThomas] Built by British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) at its Derby Litchurch Lane Works, the British Rail Class 158 Express Sprinter is a diesel ...
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Images shortlisted for POTY, 2023
Article by Oliver Dixon, with 3950 words, 2,632 images and viewed 2,874 times.
Updated 1 months ago.
A: A J Paxton to AJD
A J Paxton (24602) 17
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Images shortlisted for POTY, 2022
Article by Oliver Dixon, with 3897 words, 2,620 images and viewed 3,199 times.
Updated 1 months ago.
A: A J Paxton to Ajay Tegala
A J Paxton (24602) 5
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Images shortlisted for POTY 2021
Article by Oliver Dixon, with 3946 words, 2,642 images and viewed 2,689 times.
Updated 1 months ago.
A: A J Paxton to Ajay Tegala
A J Paxton (24602) 11
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National Cycle Network
Article by Oast House Archive, with 8045 words, 565 images and viewed 13,294 times.
Updated 16 months ago.
Introduction
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1375197 The National Cycle Network is a network of cycle routes in the United Kingdom, covering over 13,000 miles of signed cycles routes, with 70% of these on roads. There are nine primary routes crossing the UK, and 50 other secondary routes.
A thousand cast iron ...
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Native Butterflies of Britain and Ireland
Article by Anne Burgess, with 1041 words, 1,344 images and viewed 4,771 times.
Updated 16 months ago.
Britain and Ireland currently have just under 60 species of native butterfly. Our contributors have photographed most of them. The order is taken from http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/taxonomy.php which lists many other species which once occurred in Britain, or which may or may not once have occurred ...
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Land's End to John o' Groats
Article by JThomas, with 39014 words, 4,284 images and viewed 4,912 times.
Updated 17 months ago.
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During my years contributing to the Geograph project I have cycled the entire distance between Land's End and John o' Groats (split over many rides) and photographed every grid square between the two places in a contiguous track. Here is a record of the journey told ...
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Lifeboat Stations
Article by Oast House Archive, with 2582 words, 212 images and viewed 1,413 times.
Updated 51 months ago.
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*| Photo | Lifeboat | Place | Grid square | Comment |
| 2906424 | | Aberdeen | NJ952059 | |
| 4753661 | | Aberdovey | SN613958 | |
| 724879 | | Abersoch | SH313283 | |
| 4679346 | | Aberystwyth | SN580810 | |
| 4130014 | | Aberystwyth | SN584820 | ...
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WW1 Great War Centenary - Drill Halls
Article by John M, with 13781 words, 1,165 images and viewed 30,007 times.
Updated 61 months ago.
Introduction
Drill halls were built from 1860 for the local Rifle Volunteer Corps funded by public subscription or local benefactors. This became more formalised with the 1863 Volunteer Act. The units required a secure armoury and place to train. Initially this may have been found in the town hall, ...
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Collaborative Landforms Gallery
Article by Barry Hunter, with 6982 words, 753 images and viewed 10,473 times.
Updated 72 months ago.
Collection of photos illistrating various landforms noted in Wikipedia articles... (more)
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Scottish Castles
Article by Oast House Archive, with 7281 words, 558 images and viewed 19,853 times.
Updated 73 months ago.
An evolving List of surviving Castles in Scotland.
This does not include earthworks and demolished castles.
Also see England, Ireland and Wales
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Aberdeenshire to Ayrshire
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*| Photo | Region | Castle | Grid square |
| 494936 | Aberdeenshire | Asloun Castle | [] ...
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Postal addresses: a little history and a lot of photos
Article by Chris Downer, with 52102 words, 2,760 images and viewed 41,975 times.
Updated 81 months ago.
INTRODUCTION
This article takes a little look back at the history of postal addressing, especially the period in the 1970s when the postcodes became national. We look at post towns, postal counties and postcodes and the way these have developed.
Following this, an album displays a photograph from ...
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Tweeted from @geograph_bi in December 2015
Gallery started by Robin Stott, with 4 posts, 147 images and viewed 573 times.
Updated 106 months ago.
A selection of Geograph photos tweeted or retweeted in November – 5 a day! Regular tweeters are Bob Harvey, Richard Humphrey, Roger Jones, Julian Osley and myself. Inclusion in this gallery ensures that you'll be notified if one of your photos has been posted (if you subscribed to notifications ...
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Tweeted from @geograph_bi in August 2015
Gallery started by Robin Stott, with 3 posts, 223 images and viewed 677 times.
Updated 110 months ago.
A selection of Geograph photos tweeted or retweeted in August. Inclusion in this gallery ensures that you'll be notified if one of your photos has been posted if you subscribe to notifications. Please comment on our Twitter offering in the Discussions thread.Earlier in 2015: January February ...
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Blue plaques and such-like "X lived here" memorials
Gallery started by Zorba the Geek, with 16 posts, 165 images and viewed 7,039 times.
Updated 156 months ago.
As a companion to the "Geographs in Literature" gallery, how about a gallery of houses and other locations associated with famous people and commemorated by the well-known Blue Plaque or by similar plaques or inscriptions? The massed ranks of plaques below will give the flavour.For example, for ...
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Scottish Placenames - Derivation
Gallery started by Colin Smith, with 52 posts, 271 images and viewed 13,748 times.
Updated 176 months ago.
Not a precise art by any means, but there are many common themes as to how Scottish placenames have evolved. They come from a variety of languages and geographical locations, old and new, and the derivation of many placenames is still quite academic guesswork.ABER (Brittonic, Pictish) - river mouth ...
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Lighthouses
Gallery started by Mike Pennington, with 6 posts, 176 images and viewed 9,231 times.
Updated 192 months ago.
Shetland The names given are the official names as used by the Northern Lighthouse Board.These are the ones shown on OS 1:50000 maps as lighthouses, although the Northern Lighthouse Board classifies some others as major lights (visible for over 15 miles) - see below.Muckle FluggaEstablished 1854; ...
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Geographical Features: Settlement Growth / Location
Gallery started by Colin Smith, with 39 posts, 192 images and viewed 10,065 times.
Updated 195 months ago.
University Towns 118509 126793 543110 321838 173106 Gap Towns 646708 558744 342266 47967 39934 Fishing Towns 115530 602963 390295 345718 387179 Roman Towns 643306 435253 2628 407695 1250 First / Lowest Bridging Point Towns 325138 29192 76138 ...