England
England pictures. London - from the grand Victorian architecture to the small Arabic cluster of restaurants on Edgware Road, from Chinatown to the latin quarter around Ladbroke Grove, the capital of England is a stunning mix of cultures from all over the world. This gallery mostly contains photos of London, and will show you many of its well-known places, and also many 'hidden' spots that all add to the atmosphere of this striking metropolis.
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View over Greenwich
Multi-cultural Camden Lock Market is centered around atmospheric Regent's Canal
On Pall Mall looking towards Trafalgar Square
Walk the Line at The Screen on Baker Street
Hundred-year-old trees in Berkeley Square, in London's luxurious Mayfair district
Under the bridge - second-hand 'bookshop' below Waterloo Bridge, next to the Thames
Bowls (a variant of bowling) is played with asymmetrical balls (here by City workers after office hours)
Old iron bridge in Kensal Rise, London
The results of the docklands regeneration (decaying old warehouses turned into flats and offices)
Butler's Wharf
Suffering plam trees by Butlers Wharf (London's climate is actually very good for plants as temperature hardly dips below zero)
Forlorn Butlers Wharf on a day in February 2009 when most of London's public transport ground to a halt
The Pool of London
Canary Wharf, London's modern quarter with the driverless Docklands Light Railway in the middle
Canary Wharf geometry
Post- & modern
Norman Foster's unique Canary Wharf tube station
They didn't really spare the money when the Jubilee Line Extension was planned
Kitty
Acton Central
Chain of lights on the Queen's Walk, on the south bank of the Thames between London and Tower Bridges
Night falls on London
Queen's Walk lit up
Typical London homes with little gardens at the back
Chelsea Bridge
The entrance of Chinatown in SoHo, London's nightlife district
Chinese shops in Gerrard Street
Texture-mosaic, Chinatown
Chinese New Year, Chinatown
Chinese sign by Westminster Council
No entry in Chinatown
These grilled chorizo sandwiches (sold by a Spanish retailer) are just one of the many different cuisines you can sample at Borough Market (a 5-minute walk from London Bridge)
Catholic church in Chamberlayne Road
One of the Chamberlayne Road churches glowing in the sunset
Bank junction during the afternoon rush hour; in a few hours, the place will become completely deserted
Life in Clapham High Street
Jewish family in Walthamstow Marshes near the Hasidic Jewish neighbourhoods Stamford Hill and Upper Clapton
Closed down
Closing time in Maida Vale
London's colors
London's colors II.
Shipyard by Greenland Dock in Rotherhithe
Love
Covent Garden Market (not an Apple Market any more)
People in Covent Garden
The Piazza (the square surrounding Covent Garden Market)
Crossroads in Clerkenwell
Shirland Road
Dark street
Black and white summer
Dartmouth Park, a neighbourhood near Hampstead Heath
Dead slow - at the Three Mills film studio
Derelict East End
The rejuvenated docklands with the Canary Wharf skyscrapers in the background
Old docklands storehouse
Previously abandoned areas in the Docklands have undergone a huge transformation in the past two decades, becoming rather fashionable and expensive neighbourhoods
Docklands and the City at night
Walking the dog by the River Lee
Dohil Caribbean grocery
Street basketball court with some illegally lounging pigeons
The classic Routemaster doubledecker (not in service since December 2005)
Theater advertisements on a doubledecker's front
Doubledecker driver
Social gathering in Downhills Park (Haringey)
Directions, Covent Garden
Evening in Kensington Church Street
Threshers - a place whose wines are covered by their Wine Buyer's Guarantee, meaning you can get your wine replaced if you don't like it
Walking down Brick Lane
Brick Lane meets Whitechapel Road
Chaos on Brick Lane
The Westway flyover over Edgware Road
Edgware Road (running from Marble Arch), a stylish street full of middle-eastern restaurants and shops
Afternoon on Edgware Road
Charcoal Grills - one of London's myriad Arabic eateries
Edgware Road's Arabic line of shops with the apartments above them
Outside Edgware Road tube station
The elevated tracks of London Bridge Station, under which a multitude of alleys and rooms are tucked
Ladbroke Grove, the high street of the Notting Hill neighbourhood
Turning Enfield Lock
Enfield Lock is almost on the Northern edge of London
Old street sign in Chamberlayne Road (these have recently been replaced with absolutely bland signs by Brent Council)
Nightfall in Maida Vale
Evening colors on Shirland Road
Ladbroke Grove
York Road during the evening rush hour
Evening in Lambeth
City of London commuters rushing across London Bridge in the evening
City (the financial district of London) commuters on London Bridge
Behind windows
The pavilion in the middle of Berkeley Square
The statue of Dr. Alfred Salter, local GP and MP, his daughter, and their cat
Finsbury Park
No learner drivers - the traffic rules of Finsbury Park
Kite-flying in Finsbury Park
It got stuck up a tree eventually.
Baker Street, the world's first underground station
A Circle line train leaving Baker Street (originally called the Baker Street & Waterloo Railway)
Fish & Chips, News & Wine - essential London shops.
Forbidden
Les Trois Garcons (The Three Boys), a French restaurant in the East End
Ashley Gardens
Two gasometers, used for evening out gas pressure when it changes due to a change in demand (e.g. when people get home in the evening and start cooking)
There's a huge gas container in the middle that's attached to the vertical steel girders with wheels, and when the gas pressure increases, the container slides up the girders (out of an underground water tank), increasing its volume, and thus lowering gas pressure
Geometry
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, which also has standing places, just as it did in Shakepeare's time
Cooke's Pie, Mash, Liquor & Eels - old advertisement on Goldhawk Road
Signs from different eras in Wells Road
Signs in Goldhawk Road
The golf course in Queen's Park
The 'It's gonna get worse' guy (that's what the sign hanging from his neck always says) from Speaker's Corner explaining something to an unsympathetic crowd
Tranquil streetscape on a rare snowy day
The Grand Union Canal, part of the channel network crossing London
The 220km-long Grand Union Canal in Perivale, Northwest London
Autumn in Green Park
Decorated pedestrian subway leading to Green Park
Practice ground for airport firemen (hence the smoke stains), London City Airport
Stores in Green Lanes
Grocery store in Green Lanes, Palmers Green
Burgoyne Road and Green Lanes in Harringay
Old taverns (well, except for Starbucks) and the Cutty Shark clipper ship in maritime Greenwich
The Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich
Greenwich impressions
Greenwich and Canary Wharf
View from the hill in Greenwich Park at night
Path in Greenwich leading to stunning views over London
Brick Lane, the heart of the Bangladeshi community in London; the area even has Bengali street signs
East London vigilante
The Inconsolables - a great band name, you have to give them that.
The __________ will be prosecuted
Or something
Life in Hampstead Heath
Stargazing by the Highgate (or Hampstead) Ponds in Hampstead Heath
There's some pretty serious angling going on in Hampstead
Hanging
Harmonica band on the Queen's Walk
Buskers
The New River in Harringay
Fog in Harringay
Oddly pruned trees along Burgoyne Road
On the way to work
Harringay Green Lanes (1.)
Harringay Green Lanes (2.)
The so-called 'Green Lanes' is one of the longest and least green roads in London
Sandwiches * Cakes; little cafe in Harringay Green Lanes station
Spring in Harringay
Discussion
The New River (an old canal, actually) crisscrossing the hills of North London
Early morning commuters
Harringay Station in fog
Evening in Harringay Green Lanes station
The Clapham Bookshop
Clapham High Street, a typical London neighbourhood main street
A very good Mexican restaurant next to the Socialis Party's local HQ
Clapham High Street
Hand Car Wash
Clapham North at night
The junction of Clapham High Street and Bedford Road
Clapham North tube station
Early Autumn in London
The formal gardens of Holland Park
Summer in Holland Park
454 grams of honey - the joys of the imperial-unit legacy
Horse Guards Parade
Inviting
A freezing day near the redeveloped warehouses of Butlers Wharf (near Tower Bridge)
Summer in Hyde Park
Pigeon Mother
Hyde Park Corner, where the Rotten Row path begins, crossing the park
Oriental carving in Prince Albert's memorial in Hyde Park
Akhtar Fabrics ('A treasure trove of haberdashery goods'), Willesden High Road
View of Canary Wharf and riverside Docklands developments
Specialized on the parma ham and many other products
Canary Wharf, Jubilee Underground Line
London Bridge, Jubilee Underground Line
Southwark, Jubilee Underground Line
Westminster, Jubilee Underground Line
Westminster, Jubilee Underground Line
London Bridge, Jubilee Underground Line
Southwark, Jubilee Underground Line
Apple juice from a farmer's market
Kebab shop near Old Street
Two rows of houses usually enclose two rows of gardens in residential London
High Street, Kensal Rise
Kensal Rise
Railings & walls
Kensington Gardens (adjacent to Hyde Park)
Peeling sign advertising Ron(?) in Kilburn
Iron bridge in King's Cross train station.
The roof of King's Cross station.
British trains.
Kite and dog
The kite-flier
South Kensington
Ladbroke Grove, the heart of Notting Hill and London's latin quarter
Strangely-windowed terraced houses in Kensal Town
At the Pierre Garroudi Gallery, under the tracks of London Bridge
Laundramatic - coin op cleaners
In London Learner Driver signs are permanently affixed to basically all delivery bikes
Leighton Gardens, Brent
The Royal Pictogram Society at work
Lime Grove; food from chicken shops like this is staple fare for many Londoners
Boat home in Little Venice, a popular part of the Regent's Canal
Little Britain, a street in the City (as well as a brilliant TV show)
Short on space (boat in Little Venice)
Directions by the Regent's Canal
A smallish living room (or patio?) in Little Venice
The colours of Finsbury
A walk in Finsbury
The headquarters of the Lloyd's insurance company (designed by Richard Rogers, who had also designed the Pompidou Centre in Paris)
Costcutter, the frugal man's best friend
Walking in London at night often feels like you're in a dream
London Eye (the world's largest observation wheel)
It's a London Thing (the website doesn't seem to work though)
The Borough, a quiet area 15 minutes' walk from Tower Bridge
Watching the world go by in The Foundry in Old Street
Look left - these are very handy for foreigners coming from countries where people drive on the right
What used to be the pub Lord Napier in the ghost town of Hackney Wick
Low flying aircraft - sign just outside London City Airport, the international airport closest to central London (it's in zone 3)
Having a beer at lunchtime is a pretty common thing in England
Garage
The Man in Yellow, possibly based on the Matrix's woman in red scene
Borough Market details
Borough Market at night - at lunchtime the dozens of food vendors attract hundreds of people who work nearby
The remnants of Broadway Market
A Mars a day
Maryland, London (ice cubes are a really important commodity in this shop for some reason)
Life around King's Cross Station
Crossing York Way
Millennium Bridge (inaugurated in 2000, although was later closed down for years because of its instability)
Millennium Bridge
Canary Wharf with the Docklands Light Railway
Some parks are what this area really needs (Zone 4, Northolt)
Mozart Street
Table at Nando's - a chain serving really good South African food (despite the fact that the restaurants have a Portuguese theme)
London shop sign designs tend to be quite sophisticated
Mist over the New River near Finsbury Park
Spring along the New River in Harringay
Chamberlayne Road at night
Night in London
London blues
No junk food allowed (Chestnuts Primary School, Haringey)
No pr king
Soho Noir
The Northcote pub in the western part of Clapham - a 'trendy' (think lots of wine bars) area where a traditional pub looks out of place
'You Cannot Be Serious' ale in the Victoria Stakes pub (Muswell Hill)
It's actually a pretty good beer
Graffiti isn't a very common sight in West London - though this corner has its fair share
Old advertisement on Shirland Road
Taylor Walker's The Chippenham in Shirland Road
Old Fiat Cinquecento
Old gas lamp
Cowley Street, where not much changed over the last century
Kid seat on a bike near the Barbican
Posters and an old Carlsberg ad next to London Bridge
Signpost by the Old Ford Lock on the Liver Lea, a few hundred metres from where the 2012 Olympic Park will be (the river itself is planned to be cleaned and new walking/cycle paths built along it as part of the Olympic development)
I faceless naked woman London
Free outdoor gym with workout equipment by the University of East London's Docklands campus
Life in Oxford Circus
Oxford Circus's line of shops
Oxford Street from the upper deck of a doubledecker
Doubledecker in Maida Hill, London
Leaving - Paddington Station
A slightly sad scene near the future Olympic site (painted over since)
Bike path sign and imperial architecture in central London
Two relatively unique buildings in Palmerston Road
Unfinished Park Crescent (it was meant to be a circle) next to Regent's Park
Thames Barrier Park, one of the few 'modern' parks in London
Autumn under Alexandra Palace
Alexandra Park
Summer in Finsbury Park
The huge number of parks in London mean they are accessible to virtually everyone
Park life
Finsbury Park is one of the largest parks in North London, and has tennis and streetball courts, a baseball and a softball diamond, an American football field (quite rare in London), a bowling green (for the sport 'bowls'), plus a huge amount of grass to lie on
Directions, Parliament Square
'Angelo's fine Italian food specialized on the Parma ham and many other products'
Weekend crowds in Camden Town near Camden Lock Market
The remnants of Petticoat Lane Market
Wentworth Street, where Petticoat Lane Market is held
Visual chaos on the corner of Wentworth and Toynbee Sts
The UK's famous red phone booth
Piccadilly Circus with some of the world's most famous (and expensive) advertisements
Piccadilly Circus's Eros statue always attracts crowds
Piccadilly Circus
Pickles in a chip shop at Borough Market
Old pier in old docklands
The Boss
An evening in front of the Sherlock Holmes pub
Playground in a park in Upper Holloway near Archway
The area officially called the Pool of London - some places are still waiting for regeneration
Evening in Portobello Road Market
Is it day or night?
The less-known part of Portobello Road
Portobello Road Market
Acton
'Pound Paradise - Luxury house hold goods downstairs'
Battersea Power Station, an iconic building which developers have been trying to convert into various uses for decades
Good food? Bring it in.
Pumps belonging to a houseboat in case water starts gushing in during a party
Some trees just won't let go - the dead of winter in Queen's Park
An important South America vs. Eastern Europe match in Queen's Park
Walking towards Tower Bridge on the Queen's Walk
Queen's Walk
An unlikely merry-go-round in a business district (More London Riverside, December 2007)
Carousel
Norman Foster-designed City Hall (or the Greater London Authority building, previously called the glass testicle by mayor Ken Livingstone) on the riverfront in Southwark
Old railway bridge in Clapham
Clapham North at night
Garages under the railway tracks in Clapham
Footbridge over Harringay station
The National Rail sign at Clapham High Street Station
Rain, Soho
Rain-soaked rickshaw drivers chatting in Chinatown
Taking five in Chinatown
Colourless Soho
Evening traffic in Soho
Bikes parked in Noel Street
A sign-holder in Regent Street (this isn't a very good job)
Rain is not nearly as common in London as you might think
London in purple
Mayfair
Reflected London
Reflected London II.
Construction near the Olympic park in Stratford
Regent Street
The sweeping architecture of Regent St
The Regent's Canal flowing into the Thames in Limehouse
A secret lake
Junction Road, Archway
Early morning fog in Rutland Gardens, in the 'gardens' half of Harringay
Deer in Richmond Park, the largest park in London
People warily approaching a herd of deer in Richmond Park
Ritzy Cinema, Brixton
Farewell Routemaster was on - it's the movie about the classic doubledecker buses almost completely withdrawn from service in 2005.
Riverboat service on the Thames.
Royal Albert Hall (a popular music venue for classical concerts)
Underground
Saxophone-player on the Golden Jubilee Bridge
Scarebear in a Southgate allotment
An old school that has separate gates for boys and girls, strategically located on two different corners of the building
Could have been dreamed up by Philip K. Dick
The external elevators of the Lloyds Building
Bengali street sign in Sclater St (the English-language sign has been removed)
A letter to Sherlock Holmes in the Sherlock Holmes museum
A letter from the Inland Revenue to Sherlock Holmes, 221b Baker Street (Sherlock Holmes Museum)
Replica of Sir Francis Drake's ship moored in London's Southwark
Shops
Dispensing Chemists
Old Shoreditch station
Deep water
Skaters in Bounds Green
View from Alexandra Park
Alexandra Park
The Pictogram Society at their best again
Old car parked in front of a Kensal Rise house
The little park next to Chandos Road in Stratford
Small parcels in Southgate Chase Allotments
April snow in Finsbury Park (6th April 2008)
A chilly Spring in Finsbury Park
Snow alien
An enclosed section of Finsbury Park, normally used for baseball
Finsbury Park
The April 2008 skyline of the City as seen from Finsbury Park
Early snow in October 2008
Snow in London, which ranks on the plant hardiness scale (determining how hard it is fow plants to survive the cold months) on the same level with Arizona, is quite rare
Soho on a rainy day
Soho
Soho at night
Soho corner
Garrick Street, Soho
Somerset House in the summer
People enjoying Somerset House's jets of water
Somerset House
Old-fashioned bicycle in the courtyard of magnificent Somerset House
South Bank
Southwark Bridge, towards the City
The colors of the City
Southwark Cathedral's window
Space invaders in London
Spirits
Relaxing in St James's Park
St John's *
St Paul's Cathedral in the autumn
View from the stone gallery of St Paul's
King Henry VIII's Mound in Richmond Park, from where St Paul's Cathedral can be seen 10 miles away
Richmond Park's trees were felled in a row to provide the view all the way to St Paul's Cathedral
St Saviour's Dock, with old warehouses converted into flats
Bus stand
Dal�'s surreally legged elephant outside the Dalí Universe on the South Bank
British pub food - rump steak with chips, fried onions, mushrooms and tomatoes
Still life by the Lisson Grove houseboats on Regent's Canal
The Royal Stock Exchange at the Bank intersection
Intersection in Soho.
Kilburn Park Road, Kilburn
Canary Wharf DLR station
Lower Belgrave Street
1722-2004
On sale here
View from Crouch Hill towards Arsenal's stadium and the City of London
Leighton Gardens
Summer in Harringay
A day off in Alexandra Park
Evening view from Greenwich with St Paul's and the Swiss Re tower in the background
4pm, Southwark
Superfry Fish & Chips on Bedford Road
Tandoori Chicken
Mural on the riverside wall of Tate Modern
'Temporary sign'
Brazilian dance
Victorian terraces
The Thames
The Thames Barrier, protecting London from floods
Sunset over the Thames
The Thames and examples of London's high-rise architecture
The Thames at low tide at Isleworth
The Driftwood Cafe at Trinity Buoy Wharf
The 80s today in Toynbee St (off Commercial Street)
Road to nowhere
Tooley Street (Bermondsey) in winter
The Tower & the City of London
Tower Bridge, as seen from the riverboat service from Westminster to Greenwich
On a field trip on Tower Bridge, overlooking the cruiser HMS Belfast, the City of London and Lambeth
Life in and around Trafalgar Square
The Auld Triangle pub
The pub, situated near the team's stadium, is popular with Arsenal fans after Premier League games
London pubs are famous for their unusual names - the Auld Triangle is a pretty good example
Truscott Arms
Clapham North Tube Station
Street under London Bridge station
Just before closing time in L'Angolo English & Italian deli
The famous tube symbol
Underground
Public toilet in Westminster tube station
Arsenal station is situated in a surprisingly quiet street as opposed to the regular 'high street' location of most tube stations
Er... (OK, the reason is that they wanted to start building the foundation before the house got completely demolished)
Commuters waiting at Vauxhall Station
London in gray
Alexandra Park
View from Alexandra Palace, situated on a hill in North London
Alexandra Park
View to the south
Muswell Hill and Crouch End with Canary Wharf in the distance
North and East London
Sunset over Crouch End and Canary Wharf
The corner of Voltaire Road and Clapham High Street
Walthamstow Marshes, while also bordered by several industrial areas, are a very nice getaway in Hackney
Disused storehouses
The junction in front of Waterloo Station
Waterloo Noir
One of London's most beautiful brick structures: the church in Weighhouse Street
The triumphal arch of Wellington, defeater of Napoleon at Waterloo
The skyscrapers of Canary Wharf on a Saturday evening as seen from the footbridge spanning West India Dock
Westminster Abbey
The Byzantine style Catholic Westminster Cathedral
Fairtytale-like Albert Bridge in Chelsea
80s
Winter park
Bare trees in Woodside Park
At the end of Southend Pier, 2km from the shore
Whoops
2km long Southend Pier
Landscape, Thames Estuary
Southend Pier is the longest pier in the world
Will be usable again in about 6-10 hours
Towards the sea
Only 354 shopping days to Christmas - small shop on Southend Pier
Amusement park at the end of the pier
A train connects the two ends of the pier (it has two stops)
Evening
Bell at the end of the pier
Summer relaxation spot #1
CAUTION ROCKS, says the sign on the right
Dogrunning
Near sunset suddenly a million birds appear to feed
View from the hill that runs along the seaside
1/4 mile to the shore
The structure that holds the pier
Sunset
Sunset With Distant Boat
Up the Thames
The pier
Steep Hill is Lincoln's main street leading up to the 900 year-old cathedral
Night in the old town of Lincoln
Uphill
A worldwide collection of banknotes on the wall of a Lincoln pub
Brass band in Nottingham
Nottingham's cemetery
The newest grave originates from around 1950, the oldest from the early 1800s
Green's Mill in Nottingham, producing flour up to this day
Green's Mill
The machinery inside Green's Mill
51, 52
Brighton beach
Far away
Kids
Illuminated Brighton Pier at night
Kemp Town
Nightfall
Near the end of Brighton Pier. The pier houses a large amusement arcade, two roller coasters, several restaurants, etc.
Along Marine Parade
The amusement park on Brighton Pier can be seen in the distance with its roller coasters
Cafe next to a golf course strategically situated next to a busy road (what if they hit a car?, one might wonder)
The Royal Pavilion is a former royal residence built in the 19th century in an architectural style inspired by Indian architecture
The spires of the Royal Pavilion
The English Channel
Breakwater Cafe
Shadows
E.T.
Pondering
In front of Brighton railway station
View along Marine Parade and the beach
According to the sing on the left, tarot consultant Ivor's clients include major banks and pharmaceutical companies. Which is rather reassuring.
Anglers on a pier-like structure protecting Brighton Marina
Brighton Beach
These are the remnants of the West Pier (another entertainment pier), which burned down in 2003. A 183-metre observation tower will probably be built to 'replace' it
Looking back towards downtown Brighton and Brighton Pier
Looking back from Lose Hill at Back Tor
The top
Farmland near Edale
Grazing sheep
Fields in the White Peak (the gentler part of the Peak District)
The Back Tor-Mam Tor ridge
Moorland in the Peak District
Path leading down to Edale
The ridge path between Hollins Cross and Back Tor
Looking towards Mam Tor (the hill on the left)
Green valley
Back Tor
The Peak District's colors
Climbing the path leading to Hollins Cross
Go!
Hope valley
Matlock
The woods around Matlock Bath.
Forest pathway.
Cliff-top view of some of Matlock Bath's houses.
The idyllic garden of Wilton House near Salisbury
The Palladian Bridge in the middle of Wilton House's beautiful gardens
Old times
The Cedar of Lebanon is just one of the various rare tree species planted in the garden
Old street sign in Birmingham
St Paul's Square in the Jewellery Quarter
The new Selfridges building
The curvy Selfridges building was designed by Future Systems
Alum Bay, Isle of Wight
The colorful rocks of Alum Bay
The Needles
The colours of Oxford.
Life in Oxford
Oxford people
Evening
View from Foreland Point - the beautifully named Desolation Point is not far from here
The road leading back to Lynton from the nearby hills
English countryside
View of the Valley of Rocks and Woody Bay from the top of Hollerday Hill
View from the top of Countisbury Hill, a short but very steep drive away from Lynmouth
British farm
The peninsula called Foreland Point
On the way to the tip of Foreland Point (which is about 3-4km from Lynmouth)
Please Shut All Gates - the sign implies this is a public right of way (ie. a public path crossing private land), but you need to check the map to be sure
The road leading down to the village of Lynmouth - it _is_ steep.
The village of Lynmouth - despite its popularity with tourists - has fortunately managed to avoid real estate developers
The oceanside village of Lynmouth, at the shared estuary of the East Lyn and West Lyn rivers - the area is sometimes called The English Switzerland
Gathering clouds over Lynmouth and Foreland Point
Lynmouth and Countisbury HIll
Lobster pots on Lynmouth pier - the lobster season hasn't begun yet
Probably the world's biggest 'piggy bank' - collecting money for the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society
Road trip
On the way to the Valley of Rocks
View from a strange heart-shaped terrace over Lynmouth harbour and Foreland Point
Only 6 months until summer...
Beware of the sheep - and indeed, we did have a few surprise encounters with a few sheep that clearly didn't understand what we were doing on their road
The sheep
The bay of Lynmouth village
Beware of the Batman
Signposts indicate the route of the 630-mile (1000km) South West Coast Path, one of the the longest National Trails in England
View through a hedge separating farms in Exmoor
The Valley of Rocks
Details of the world's first cast iron bridge, after which the village of Ironbridge was named
The iron bridge was cast in nearby Coalbrookdale
Wrought iron garden furniture
Grave in the churchyard
The peaceful atmosphere of the village is only slightly broken by the huge and hideous power station
By the river
Bikes are one of the most popular mode of transportation in Cambridge
Terraced houses (or row houses) in Cambridge
The entrance to Homerton College, part of the University of Cambridge
An entrance to St John's College of Cambridge University
According to the sign, only members of the university (or those here on business) can enter this gate
Park with locals playing some kind of game with a ball and nets
Park avenue
Gardens between two rows of terraced houses
Cold
Interior
Kingston Street, where several people feel a strong anti-Tesco sentiment according to the flyers in many windows
On the coast of Hunstanton
Birds circling over the North Sea
The chalk cliffs of Hunstanton. There are signs at the top advertising phone numbers and email addresses where people who want to commit suicide (by jumping off the cliff) can turn to for help
If you lose your child, you can collect them at the local Lost Child Centre
The Hunstanton coast
A sign describing the Norfolk Coast Path, which used to be a road used in Roman times
This part of the North Sea is called The Wash, which is actually a large estuary fed by several rivers
By the sea
Evening in Hunstanton on top of the chalk cliffs.
Locals love wearing flipflops while also wearing coats and big scarves (it was about 15 degrees Celsius)
The English Channel
Tree permanently deformed by the strong winds
The tangled branches of the deformed tree
Cross and flowers on top of Beachy Head cliff, the most popular place to commit suicide in England
Cuckmere Haven, the estuary of the River Cuckmere. This is where the Seven Sisters cliffs begin
Before storm
Giant ships crossing the English Channel
View across the English Channel from Beachy Head
Family
The steep climb to Beachy Head
Sheep fence at the foot of the Seven Sisters
Seven Sisters Country Park
A great location for rugby and football pitches
The colours of the sea
By the sea
10 degrees Celsius
Birling Gap
The Seven Sisters cliffs as seen from the top of the first peak, Haven Brow
Sunlight
Hikers running towards the Haven Brow peak of the Seven Sisters
Sheep fence near Haven Brow overlooking the Cuckmere Haven
Medieval Fish Street
Textures from the intersection of Fish Street and Butcher Row
Details from the street called Town Walls
Colours
Georgian door and window
Georgian building with portico
The old town of Shrewsbury
Nightlife around the train station
The Quarry is a large park by the River Severn
An eccentric tree
The Quarry park and Kingsland Bridge - the toll bridge was built in the 19th century and it costs 10p for a car to cross it (at least in 2007)
Town Walls
St John's Hill
Everyday life
The old town's character has been preserved very well, but there are a tad too many shops
The red brick buildings lining Belmont
View over downtown from a hill across the river
The River Severn, The Quarry park, Kingsland Bridge and downtown Shrewsbury
A house some windows bricked-up to avoid paying window-tax, a 17th and 18th century tax which was proportionate to the grandeur of one's property, measured by the number of windows
On the Suffolk coast in Aldeburgh
Jumping seagull
Garden sprinkler turned up a bit too high - the countryside near the Suffolk coast
Deckchairs on Aldeburgh beach
Dog's perspective
Kids
Angler
Not being too well-known, Aldeburgh beach isn't too crowded even on sultry days
An unusually hot day for England
Shellfish farm
Tudor architecture
Mother and daughter
No dogs on beach May-Sept
All this stress is just too much to take...
Modern-day pirate ship
While pubs don't serve food in the afternoon until 7pm, the two fish & chips shops in Aldeburgh have queues tens of metres long - for some reason locals don't really seem to grasp the concepts of supply and demand
The queue started out with about 10 people, and then kept getting longer and longer
Old boat
A box of rusty anchors on the beach - I wonder where they got them
It's not cheap
The Aldeburgh seaside with two nuclear reactors (Sizewell A and B) hidden in the scenery
Boat accessories
While South England's rainy reputation is just a myth, scenes like this one aren't that common in this region
Fishing(?) boats on Aldeburgh's coast with the fake pirate ship's flags in the background
Not Utah - the fishing huts of the Dungeness peninsula with railways next to them (these used to launch boats when this was still a thriving fishing community)
Only about 40 fishermen remain in the area - the boats of the rest are left rotting on land
Old fishing boat
Faded
An example of the old machinery lying around
Clothes hanger; the rows of pylons in the background carry electricity from Dungeness Nuclear Power Station located a mile from here
Hut with a view
Emma Jane with one of the remaining lighthouses in the background
On the beach
Lost
Boat winch
Fishing nets
The Dungeness Pyramid?
Rust
Remains
Fair chance
Gutted boat
Boat launching tracks
The still operational 15-inch(!) gauge Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway
Mobile hut
Houses in Dungeness Village are apparently quite sought after among people who like the area's desolate and remote atmosphere
The remote entrance of Dungeness Village
Turn spider nut till hard against collar
The promenade of faded Victorian seaside resort town Eastbourne is still very pleasant
Seaside terrace
Lone palm tree by the English Channel
The Grand Hotel (OK, the front actually looks grand)
Kid
Autumn
Terrace
Refreshments
Seagulls in Folkestone's harbour
Members of Folkestone's fishing fleet at low tide
The popular Sunday market in Folkestone
Crowd watching a band at the Sunday market
Low tide
A hot and sunny day at the end of September
The fish market with pub names like The Three Mackerel and The Ship Inn
La's Seafood in Folkestone's fish market
A delicate power balance
Sign indicating a right of way (that is, a legal right to cross private land) - England is full of these and councils are legally required to singpost them
Entering Framlingham's Castle, whose construction started about 1500 years ago
He's playing chess
Giant snakes and ladders in Framlingham Castle
The Mere Nature Reserve surrounding Framlingham Castle
Overlooking the Mere
Various kinds of chilli plants left outside a house for 30 pence each
The market square of Framlingham
Framlingham then and now
Vintage
Flint is a natural resource here; here it was used in the castle's walls
Karaoke, crib drive (this one's a mystery), quiz night, BBQ - a countryside pub's nightly programme
On the road in Hertfordshire, along the Great North Way, part of the National Cycle Network's Route 12
Dowdell's Wood, next to which the route passes (near the village of Ayot St Peter)
Dowdell's Wood in spring
The National Cycle Network is maintained by the charity Sustrans (Sustainable Transport)
Traditional houses in Old Knebworth
Evergreen English field
Just outsideLetchworth Garden City, built during the Garden City movement inspired by the 1887 utopian sci-fi 'Looking Backward: 2000-1887'
Dowdell's Wood
Hikers, who have just traversed the arete Striding Edge, approaching the summit
Derelict dam in the valley under Helvellyn
Family
The Lake District
Top of the world
Gentler paths leading down Helvellyn's sides
The summit plateau of Helvellyn (in the 1920 even a plane landed here)
Along Striding Edge
The Lake District's indigenous Herdwick sheep
Snow
The arete Striding Edge on a busy day (it's not the easiest way to the summit but by far the best, perhaps apart from its sister Swirral Edge on the other side of the valley)
View from Helvellyn's summit towards the west
View towards the East
The valley and the Red Tarn
Farmland in a glacial valley by Ullswater
The White Horse in a scenic hilltop location just as you enter the Medway conurbation
A local in Rochester
Park on a hilltop in Rochester with great views over the surrounding towns
Arriving home
Dog hierarchy
Old age
Chatham Maritime
Life
Pub by Chatham Marina
Redevelopment on St Mary's Island, a site formerly containing warehouses, for example
A bit of the Mediterranean in Kent
Old boat in Chatham Maritime
The redevelopment of St Mary's Island
The framework of a shipyard machine shop (formerly located in Woolwhich in London)
A park by buildings belonging to the University of Rochester
A hilltop park
View towards Chatham's Marina
Chatham Marina
Morecambe beach
Pipes added to the exterior of the building to carry water (and possibly sewage?) from bathrooms
A gentlemen's barbershop
'High Class Shoe Repairs'
Sunset Ices
Morecambe Promenade
Morecambe, a once thriving resort town, is only a shadow of its former self (these pictures were taken in 2009)
Houses overlooking the Irish Sea
Behind the (faded but) pretty seaside architecture
Closed down
The backstreets of Morecambe
Rundown housing
Sunset View Hotel
The turquoise waters of England
The white cliffs of Dover (this is a few miles from the town of Dover)
Dog poop bin
Looking across the English Channel
Fence near the top of Shakespeare's Cliff
Fishing on Samphire Hoe - reclaimed land made from the soil removed during the construction of the Channel Tunnel
Looking towards Folkestone
English hikers
Information sign containing information, among others, on when high tides are, when dusk sets in, and a warning about adders (venomous snakes) active in the grass
Under the cliffs of Dover
Along the North Downs Way, a 250km long-distance path in Southern England
A hot September day on Shakespeare Cliff
Samphire Hoe Country Park (Wikipedia says 'A country park is an area designated for people to visit and enjoy recreation in a countryside environment.') - way too much concrete, to be honest
International trade has sadly marred the natural beauty of Dover
Shingle beach next to Samphire Hoe Country Park
Tropic sunset near Folkestone
Houses scattered on top of the white cliffs of Dover
North Down Ways and Saxon Shore Way trail signs pointing towards Dover
On top of Shakespeare Cliff - the place supposedly inspired a scene in King Lear ('How fearful / And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low!')
Sandy beach
For the geographically challenged
A day out
Spring in Plymouth - with a phone booth in a garden
The Devon coastline in Plymouth
Dog-swimming on a sultry March day
Jail Ale brewed by nearby Dartmoor Brewery
Plymouth harbour
Day off
The old captain
Scone with blackcurrant jam and cream - a great English dessert
Boats in Portsmouth harbour
Plymouth marina
Crowds enjoying an unexpectedly hot March sun on top of Plymouth Hoe, an excellent vantage point from which the whole harbour can be seen
Victorian terraces in Plymouth
The Terrace
Plymouth Hoe, a seaside open space, has several terraces, cafes, a lighthouse and even a lido.
The Three Crowns
Looks like Holland
The Saxtead Green Post Mill, where 'post mill' means that the upper, wooden part can revolve on a big vertical pole in the middle of it
A true niche market
Model windmill inside the windmill
The stairs can revolve along with the upper part depending on the wind's direction - according to the guide it can follow the wind pretty accurately _except_ when it suddenly makes a 180 degree-turn, when the structure has an unfortunately tendency to topple
The mill's wall with a wheel of an uncertain purpose
Reactor B of the Sizewell nuclear power station
The power stations are situated right by the sea (probably to gain easy access to coolant, without which a nuclear plant cannot function)
The dome of the Sizewell B nuclear reactor
A rig just off the Suffolk coast, frequented by kittiwakes (a type of gull)
Ullswater is the second largest lake in England
Patterdale at the western tip of the lake
The footpath running along the shore
Taking a rest by the footpath running along the southern shore of Ullswater
The village of Patterdale
'It's just resting.' - indigenous Herdwick sheep
At the foot of the hill Swineside Knott
On top of the 100m high cliffs of Dover
The massive cliffs are visible from France on a clear day as a long white strip
Country for Old Men
Beach huts and boats along Kingsdown beach
Shingle beach just outside the village of Kingsdown
In Britain, where most land is owned privately, public is normally allowed to walk along designated Rights of Way - Access Land means that a part of private land is freely accessible
Cycling home
SeaFrance ferry crossing the English Channel from Calais to Dover
Cliff path
Path leading to a hobbit hole
The Saxon Shore Way leading down from the chalk cliffs to Kingsdown
English countryside
The Kingsdown beach huts
Approved by Monty Python's Ministry of Silly Walks
The Bay area in the village of St Margaret's at Cliffe
Tiny
View from Kingsdown
Along the Saxon Shore Way
View over Kingsdown and Deal (with 300m-long Deal pier on the right)
White Cliffs Country
'Possible dangers surrounding boat winching operations'
Bushes permanently deformed by the prevailing winds
