UK Entry is a resource for travellers to the UK, helping them understand how to travel, what happens on arrival, inspiration for visitors and information about immigration, living and working in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Over 3m bottles of wine are produced by over 500 wineries in England each year, with English wine growing in popularity, quality and quantity. Most vineyards are in the southern counties of Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex and Kent and there are over 2,023 hectares (5,000 acres)…
Continue reading...Bazin Fabric is a heavy, hand-dyed polished cotton, with a distinctive sheen, a fabric much loved in Mali, but produced in India, Germany and China. Bazin is a labour-intensive fabric to produce, requiring the knotting of tissues into parts of the fabric to keep them…
Continue reading...There is a queue in operation at the entrance to St Paul's Cathedral. Since this is one of the UK's top tourist attractions, you may be expecting a long delay. In fact the line at St Paul's is normally at most 20 minutes. Since reopening…
Continue reading...The term Great Britain, abbreviated to Britain, should not be used interchangeably with the United Kingdom, or UK, because they are different. Here's how. Great Britain consists of the countries of England, Scotland and Wales, which together form the mainland of the British Isles. The…
Continue reading...Tanner Street Venue - Interior In the fifth season of The Great British Sewing Bee, 2019, Joe Lycett hosts and Savile Row's Patrick Grant (who played U21 rugby, went to boarding school in county Durham and has studied material science) and fashion designer Esme…
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