A to Z of place facts

Venice in Italy, known for the beautiful canals and houses and churches built on underwater stilts, now in danger from the sea.

Woking in Surrey is where the band The Jam were formed in 1972.

Xalapa. the cultural capital of Veracruz Mexicoalapa

Yellowstone Nation Park USA known for its wildlife ( Yogi Bear!) and geothermal features.

Zennor Cornwall a lovely coastal village known for its Neolithic
Megalithic burial chambers.

Accra, the capital of Ghana, was the UNESCO World Book Capital for 2023.

Bristol has a rich maritime history and is famous for the Clifton Suspension Bridge, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It’s also home to the SS Great Britain.

Cromer famous for crabs!

Dartford - where Mick Jagger grew up

Esbjerg is Denmark's largest seaport with a long history of fishing and now centre of the country's oil industry.

Florence is home to the prestigious Ufizzi gallery

Gargrave is a large village on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales, just outside Skipton.

Hull - capital of culture 2017

Ingham - a village in the West Lindsay district of Lincolnshire and, during WW2, the base of RAF Ingham, a satellite airfield to RAF Hemswell with three grass runways.

Japan, land of the Rising Sun

Keukenhof Gardens in The Netherlands is home to beautiful tulips.

Llandeilo. A really good Toast shop there

Monte Carlo. Capital of Monaco and famous for its casino and Formula 1 Grand Prix.

Norwich, on my list of cathedral towns to visit.

Oxford - city of dreaming spires.

Plymouth - The Spanish Armada was first sighted off the coast in 1588.

Quimper, where I visited the cathedral with my late DH

Rochester. An ancient town on the Medway in Kent. Norman castle and cathedral and an old Huguenot quarter off the High Street.

Santiago - final stop on the Camino

Truro. With a magnificent Gothic Revival cathedral.