Best of Britain

Leeds, 4th/5th city of the UK. A few of it's best bits.

City Square



Leeds Town Hall



K2



Leeds County Arcade



Waterfront

Great stuff.....Well I just spent about 1hour putting pics on here and when I clicked post relply the site couldnt be found so ive had to do it again

Anyhoo....you really should visit southers England....1000's of Plam Trees and beatiful plants....warm....amazing beaches with crystal clear water!


St Marys, Scilly Isles


Old Town Church graveyard, St. Mary's


Morrab Park Penzance, Cornwall


Harbour Devon somewhere!

eddyk said:

Sounds like you live up north, you should move down south where its nice and warm

Is here....sunny most of the time....pretty much every day this month its been 15'C+

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In terms of rain it isn't really a north/south divide but a west/east divide, the west of the country gets more rain than the east and mountainous areas get the most as this map shows.



Rainfall in the UK isn't actually that high by international standards, even cities with a rainy reputation like Manchester have less annual rainfall than places like Sydney, New York or Milan. Rain tends to be light and persistent and the reason the UK probably has its rainy rep is because of the number of rainy days rather than the actual amount of water that falls.

London has 153 average with rainfall over 0.25mm, York has 187 and Oban in Scotland has 222! In the West rainfall tends to be heavier in the winter and lighter in the summer while in the east the summers are often wetter than the winters.

The temperature in the Summer is generally warmer in South and Central England while in the winter the eastern half of the country tends to be colder as it is more affected by weather coming in from Scandinavia and Russia. These are two old maps unfortunately but they show the general pattern of temperatures in January and July.

January



July



Overview of the British climate from the BBC

That church is great....never seen anything like it!

As you can see ive gone a bit cornish lately....I just htink this place doesnt get the attention it deserves...Forigners...if you want a holiday to a traditional sea town...look no further than any of the towns in Cornwall!


Mousehole Harbour

Coverack Village

Some of the Scilly isles from the air

St Ives

St Just church on the Roseland Peninsula

Kynance Cove

Hermits Chapel Ruins

Abandoned engine house/tin mine...100's in cornwall