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The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Celebrations - June 201285

The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Celebrations - June 2012

The year 2012 is a big year for the United Kingdom. We have the Olympics but we also have the diamond jubilee of our Queen, Elizabeth II who has reigned from 1952 until the present day.

7 comments    family fun buckingham palace
London's public transport zones - a guide for the visitor, and how to use the tube map74

London's public transport zones - a guide for the visitor, and how to use the tube map

London has pretty good public transport, but the options and inter-linking might well be a bit confusing if you are not used to them. Here, therefore, is a guide to London's public transport, for the tourist! It includes 5 methods of transport, and handy tips of how to pay as little as possible for getting around the most wonderful city in the world.

40 comments    river thames central london
Best Views of London89

Best Views of London

With no doubts, London is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Everybody wants to come to London to see Big Ben and Nelson's column, visit Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey, walk across Tower Bridge and climb to the top of St. Paul....

29 comments    travel london view
Marlow Buckinghamshire Little Town With A Lot Of History89

Marlow Buckinghamshire Little Town With A Lot Of History

Marlow Buckinghamshire is a lovely little village by the side of the Thames. History of Marlow.

57 comments    river thames marlow winter hill
The Little Ice Age83

The Little Ice Age

Between the 16th and 19th centuries, there was a global cooling that resulted in a mini ice age. This cooling had many effects among which are the bubonic plague, the French Revolution and a drive to find better lands by exploration.

8 comments    europe sunlight medieval
Famous Rivers Around The World95

Famous Rivers Around The World

Rivers are one of nature's blessing that are key to the survival and prosperity of Civilizations. Since ancient times, man has evolved besides river banks and turned barren lands into historic cultural centers. Even now in modern times, we still...

43 comments    travel amazon facts
Windsor Castle: The World's Biggest and Oldest Inhabited Castle78

Windsor Castle: The World's Biggest and Oldest Inhabited Castle

Windsor Castle is almost a thousand years old, the original fortifications made on the orders of William the Conqueror in circa 1070 AD. Windsor Castle today remains a Royal home but is open for the public to admire its magnificent architecture and many treasures.

59 comments    castle castles buckingham palace
Food, Dessert.  Eton Mess, Dessert Delight ( Lancing Mess if you like Bananas!)72

Food, Dessert. Eton Mess, Dessert Delight ( Lancing Mess if you like Bananas!)

Easy Summer dessert recipe born of picnics on the banks of the River Thames at Eton. Another Public School, Laancing College substitutes bananas for a similar "Mess"

21 comments    school college dessert
My 10 best  Oyster recipes76

My 10 best Oyster recipes

Can you imagine being the first person to try an oyster? I expect they must have been on the point of starvation to even contemplate eating one. What a wonderful surprise they must have had when they tasted...

2 comments    how to food tips
Tower Bridge64

Tower Bridge

We have now completed several Hubs here on Hub Pages but have suddenly realised that we have yet to do one on any destination within the United Kingdom, where we live. As we have travelled the UK extensively,...

2 comments    england london river thames
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