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| Oldest Pub in Britain |
Ye Olde Trip
to Jerusalem, Old Ferry Boat Inn,
The Fighting Cocks or The Man and
Scythe Click for more info |
| Smallest Pub in Britain |
The Nutshell Bury
St. Edmunds, Suffolk |
| Highest Pub in Britain |
Tan Hill Inn |
| Commonest Pub name in Britain |
The Crown |
| Geographical Centre of Britain |
Dunsop Bridge, Lancashire. Telephone Box |
| Geographical Centre of England |
Meriden, Warwickshire |
| Geographical Centre of Scotland |
Forest of Atholl, Perthshire |
| Furthest Point from the Sea |
South Derbyshire |
| Deepest Water |
Off the Island of Raasay
173 fathoms |
| Narrowest sea strait |
Seil Sound between Argyle and Seil Island is 20
ft / 6m wide |
| Oldest rock formation |
The Island of Lewis
2800 - 2900 million years old |
| Remotest Island |
Rockall, 191
miles west of St. Kilda is just 83ft / 25 m across |
| Highest Mountain in Britain |
Ben Nevis, Scotland 4,406 ft / 1,343 m |
| Highest Mountain in England |
Scafell
Pike, Cumbria 3,210 ft / 978 m |
| Highest Mountain in Wales |
Snowdon, Gwynedd 3,560 ft / 1,085 m |
| Highest Mountain in Ireland |
Carrauntoohill, Kerry 3,414 ft / 1,040 m |
| Lowest point in Britain |
Bed of Loch Morar, Scotland 987 ft / 300 m below
sea level |
| Lowest point in England |
Bed of Lake Windermere 94 ft / 29 m below sea
level |
| Lowest Land point in Britain |
Holme Fen, Cambridgeshire 9 ft 2.75 m below sea
level |
| Longest River in Britain |
River Severn 220
miles / 354 km long |
| Longest River in Ireland |
River Shannon
240 miles / 386 km long |
| Longest River wholly in England |
River Thames 215
miles / 346 km long |
| Longest River wholly in Wales |
River Towy 64 miles
/ 102 km long |
| Longest River in Scotland |
River Tay 117 miles
/ 188 km long |
| Highest Waterfall in Britain |
Eas a Chual Aluinn, Highlands 658 ft
/ 200m |
| Highest Waterfall in England |
Caldron Snout, County Durham 200 ft / 60 m |
| Highest Waterfall in Wales |
Pistyll
Rhaeadr 240 ft / 73 m |
| Highest Waterfall in Ireland |
Powerscourt Falls, County Wicklow 350 ft / 106 m |
