The Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society is based at Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire. The society owns locomotives and rolling stock but not the railway it runs on. The name comes from the Appleby-Frodingham Steel Company, now simply kno…
Antrobus is a civil parish and village in Cheshire, England, immediately to the south of Warrington.
Annfield Stadium was a football stadium in Stirling, Scotland. The stadium was home to Stirling Albion F.C. until 1993 when the stadium was closed down due to Stirling Albion moving to Forthbank Stadium. The stadium was sold and demolished to make w…
Ann Yearsley, née Cromartie (1753–1806), was an English poet and writer.
Angmering is a railway station on the West Coastway Line, on the border of Angmering and East Preston in the district of Arun. It was opened in 1846. The station itself is situated about 0.6 miles (1 km) away from the centre of Angmering village, an…
Angerstein Wharf is the location of a marine construction aggregate and an associated cement facility, operated by the Cemex company, located on the south bank of the Bugsby's Reach of the River Thames in the New Charlton area of London in the Royal…
The Ancient High House is an Elizabethan town house located on the main street in Stafford.
The Anchor Brewery was an English brewery located in Southwark, London. Established in 1616, by the early nineteenth century it was the largest brewery in the world.
Upperlands (locally [ˈʌpərlənz], from Irish: Áth an Phoirt Leathain, meaning "ford of the broad (river) bank") is a small village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is situated 3 miles north east of Maghera. It lies within the civil parish …
Ambresbury Banks is the name given to the remains of an Iron Age hill fort in Epping Forest, Essex, England.
Alvechurch railway station serves the village of Alvechurch in North Worcestershire, England. It is on the Cross-City Line 11.25 miles (18 km) southwest of Birmingham New Street. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland…
The Alun School is a large secondary school serving the community of Mold, Flintshire, Wales, and its surrounding villages. It is part of the Flintshire LEA.
Alton Convent School is an independent Catholic day school on the outskirts of Alton, Hampshire. It has approximately 450 pupils of all faiths. Situated on a 19-acre (77,000 m2) campus, it educates children from 2 to 11 and girls aged 11 to 18.
Alton Abbey is an Anglican Benedictine Monastery (founded in 1895) in the village of Beech, near Alton, Hampshire, England. The abbey is not far from one of Hampshire's highest points, King's Hill (218 m). The community was founded by The Rev Charle…
Altolusso (meaning "high luxury" in Italian) is a residential skyscraper in Cardiff, Wales. The building is 72 metres (232 ft) high and has 23 floors.
Altitude 25 is Croydon's tallest building on Fairfield Road in the London Borough of Croydon, London. The development was intended to regenerate a brownfield site just three minutes' walk from East Croydon station. The building was completed in 2009…
The Alport Castles are a landslip feature in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire. At over half a mile long, it is thought to be the largest landslide in the United Kingdom. The name "castles" comes from the debris from the landslide, which…
The Almondsbury Interchange in South Gloucestershire, is one of the United Kingdom's largest motorway stack interchanges. The interchange is one of only three four-level stacks in the UK, spanning a range (including slip roads) of 1 km by 1 km.
…Allington is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 3 miles (5 km) north-west from Grantham. The 2001 Census gave a population of 728 for the parish in 329 households.
Allens West railway station is in the town of Eaglescliffe within the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, England. It is located on the Tees Valley Line 7 miles (11 km) west of Middlesbrough and 8 miles (13 km) east of Darlington.
All-Hallows-the-Less (also known as All-Hallows-upon-the-Cellar) was a church in the City of London.
All Saints, Camden Town, is a church in the Camden Town area of London, England. It was built for the Church of England, but it is now a Greek Orthodox church known as the Greek Orthodox Church of All Saints.
Alfriston Clergy House in Alfriston, Polegate, East Sussex, England, was the first property to be acquired by the National Trust. It was purchased in 1896 for £10. The house lies adjacent to the Church of St. Andrew.
Alexandra Tower is a residential tower located in the newly developed Princes Dock area of Liverpool, England. It was constructed between 2005 and 2008 and upon completion became the sixth tallest building in Liverpool.
Alexandra Park is a 60-acre (240,000 m2) park in the Moss Side/Whalley Range districts of Manchester, England. It was designed by Alexander Hennell, opened in 1868 and its initial purpose was to "deter the working men of Manchester from the alehouse…
Aldermaston Court is a country house and private park built in the Victorian era for Daniel Higford Davall Burr with incorporations from a Stuart house. It is south-east of the village nucleus of Aldermaston in the English county of Berkshire.
Albany Park railway station is in the London Borough of Bexley in south-east London (Travelcard Zone 5).
Airedale General Hospital is an NHS district General Hospital based in Steeton with Eastburn, West Yorkshire, England and is operated by the Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. Airedale was founded in 1970 and officially opened by the Prince of Wales. Th…
Aghadowey (from Irish Achadh Dubhthaigh, meaning "Duffy's field") is a townland in east County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in Aghadowey civil parish, and is part of Coleraine Borough Council. It is close to the county boundary with County…
Agbrigg and Morley was a wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was split into two divisions, which in the mid-nineteenth century became wapentakes in their own right.
Affeton Castle is a converted late-medieval gatehouse near East Worlington, Devon, England. It was formerly part of the destroyed fortified manor house of Affeton, situated on the side of a valley of the Little Dart River. Built in 1434, the surroun…
Aeolian Hall located at 135-137 New Bond Street, began life as the Grosvenor Gallery, being built by Sir Coutts Lindsay in 1876, an accomplished amateur artist, with a predeliction for the aesthetic movement, for which he was held up to some ridicul…
The Adelphi Hotel was a hotel based in the city centre of Sheffield, England.
The Adams Building, on Stoney Street, is the largest building in the Lace Market district of Nottingham, England.
Achilles Football Club is an English football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk.
The Academy of Light is the name of the UEFA five star certified training facilities and youth academy for English football club Sunderland A.F.C.