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Seven Natural Wonders is a television programme that aired on BBC Two from 3 May to 20 June 2005. The programme took a specific area of England each week and, from votes by the people living in that area, showed the 'seven natural wonders' of that area in a programme, although it is questionable how 'natural' some of the wonders were. BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts and...
May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ...
June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ...
2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...
Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion...
The programmes were; | Rank | Area | Date | Presenter | Seven wonders covered | | 1 | South West | May 3 | Samantha Smith | Dartmoor, Jurassic Coast, South West Cornwall, Exmoor, Scilly Isles, The Lizard, Newquay Coast | | 2 | Yorkshire & Lincolnshire | May 9 | Paul Hudson | Malham Cove, the Three Peaks, Flamborough Head, Hornsea Mere, The Wash, Thorne and Hatfield Moors, Spurn Head | | 3 | London | May 16 | Bill Oddie | Islands in the River Thames, the London Plane, City Gardens, Hampstead Heath, London Wetland Centre, Epping Forest, Chislehurst Caves. | | 4 | The North | May 23 | Chris Jackson | Lake District, River Wear, Whin Sill, Aysgarth Falls, River Tees, Holy Island, Morecambe Bay | | 5 | The South | May 30 | Aubrey Manning | The Needles, Lulworth Cove, Devil's Punchbowl, The Ridgeway, Stokenchurch Gap, Finchampstead Ridges, Cuckmere Haven | | 6 | The Midlands | June 6 | Dominic Heale | Kinder Scout, Dovedale, Blue John Cavern, Creswell Crags, Sherwood Forest, Beacon Hill, Wenlock Edge | | 7 | The West Country | June 17 | Amanda Parr | Avebury, Symonds Yat, Cheddar Gorge, Bath Hot Springs, River Severn, Glastonbury Tor, Exmoor | | 8 | South East | June 22 | Kaddy Lee-Preston | White Cliffs of Dover, Seven Sisters, North Downs, Dungeness, Romney Marsh, Ecclesbourne Glen, Pegwell Bay | There was no programme for the East of England. May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ...
Dartmoor is a National Park in the centre of the English county of Devon. ...
Lulworth Cove The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site in south England. ...
Dunster Yarn Market (a covered market for the sale of local cloth, built in 1609) and Dunster Castle, Exmoor Exmoor National Park is a national park situated on the Bristol Channel coast of Devon and Somerset in South West England. ...
The Isles of Scilly (Cornish: Ynysek Syllan) are an archipelago of islands off the Cornish coast. ...
This article is about the peninsula. ...
May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ...
Paul Hudson is a weather presenter on BBC North. ...
Malham Cove and Malham Beck Malham Cove is a natural limestone formation, known as a national beauty spot, near Malham, North Yorkshire, England. ...
Ingleborough as seen from the summit of Whernside The mountains of Whernside (736 m), Ingleborough (723 m) and Pen-y-ghent (694 m) are collectively known as the (Yorkshire) Three Peaks. ...
Flamborough Head is a seven mile long promontory on the Yorkshire coast of England, between the Filey and Bridlington bays of the North Sea. ...
The Wash is also the name of a 2001 film. ...
Spurn Head is a sand spit at the mouth of the Humber, England. ...
May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ...
William Edgar (Bill) Oddie, OBE, MA (Cantab. ...
This article lists the islands in the River Thames, England. ...
Binomial name Platanus x hispanica The London Plane or Hybrid Plane is a hybrid species of the genus Platanus. ...
Hampstead Heath is a park in the north of London, covering 791 acres (3. ...
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Epping Forest is an area of ancient woodland in south-east England, straddling the border between north-east London and the county of Essex. ...
Chislehurst Caves Chislehurst Caves are a series of 22 miles of tunnels in Chislehurst, Kent. ...
May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ...
Crinkle Crags as seen from the adjoining fell of Cold Pike. ...
The River Wear (pronounced Wee-er) is a river in the North East of England. ...
Aysgarth Falls are triple flight of waterfalls, carved out by the River Ure over an almost a one-mile stretch on its descent to mid-Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales of England. ...
The Tees, a river of England, rises on the eastward slope of Cross Fell in the Pennine Chain, and traverses a valley about 85 miles (137 km) in length to the North Sea. ...
This article is about Lindisfarne, England. ...
Morecambe Bay at low tide from Hest Bank, looking towards Grange-over-Sands Morecambe Bay is a large bay in northern England, with the largest area of intertidal mudflats and sand in the United Kingdom. ...
May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ...
The Needles from the cliffs inshore The Needles is a row of distinctive stacks of chalk that rise out of the sea off the western extremity of the Isle of Wight, England, close to Alum Bay. ...
Lulworth Cove Lulworth Cove is a cove near the village of West Lulworth, on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site in Dorset, south England. ...
The Ridgeway near Harwell For other meanings see Ridgeway. ...
June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ...
Kinder Scout is a moorland plateau (and mountain) in the Dark Peak of the Derbyshire Peak District in the United Kingdom. ...
The River Dove, Derbyshire is the principal river of the south-western Peak District, in the English Midlands. ...
The Blue John Cavern is one of the four show caves in Castleton, Derbyshire, England. ...
Creswell Crags is a limestone gorge on the Nottinghamshire-Derbyshire border, in the Midlands of England. ...
Alternative meanings: Sherwood Forest, Maryland, Sherwood Forest (estate) Sherwood Forest is a country park surrounding the village of Edwinstowe in Nottinghamshire, England, the remnant of a much larger forest historically associated with the legend of Robin Hood. ...
Beacon Hill, near Woodhouse Eaves in Leicestershire, England, is a popular country park. ...
Wenlock Edge is a limestone escarpment near Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England. ...
June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ...
Avebury is the site of an enormous henge and stone circles in the English county of Wiltshire, surrounding a village of the same name. ...
Symonds Yat is a village and popular tourist destination which straddles the River Wye in England. ...
Cheddar Gorge is the largest gorge in the United Kingdom Cheddar Gorge is the largest gorge in the United Kingdom, near the village of Cheddar in the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. ...
Palladian Pulteney Bridge and the weir at Bath Bath is a city in south-west England, most famous for its baths fed by three hot springs. ...
This article is about the British river. ...
Glastonbury Tor, circa 1907 Glastonbury Tor is a high teardrop-shaped hill at Glastonbury, Somerset, England, with its only standing architectural feature the roofless St Michaels Tower of the former church. ...
Dunster Yarn Market (a covered market for the sale of local cloth, built in 1609) and Dunster Castle, Exmoor Exmoor National Park is a national park situated on the Bristol Channel coast of Devon and Somerset in South West England. ...
June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ...
The white cliffs of Dover The white cliffs of Dover, immortalized in popular song and verse (by Vera Lynn and others), are cliffs facing the Strait of Dover near the major port town of Dover, England, in the county of Kent, and form part of the North Downs. ...
Seven Sisters may refer to: The Pleiades, seven sisters who are companions of Artemis in Greek mythology The Pleiades, a star cluster named for the mythological characters Seven Sisters, a group of oil companies Seven Sisters, a group of American womens colleges Seven Sisters, a group of seven tall...
The North Downs in England are a ridge of chalk hills that stretch about 100 mi (160 km) from Hampshire through Surrey and Kent. ...
Dungeness is the headland of a shingle beach on the Romney Marsh in Kent, England. ...
The Romney Marsh is a sparsely-populated wetland area in the counties of Kent and East Sussex in the south-east of England. ...
East of England is one of the official regions of England. ...
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