The Roaches and Peak District, Staffordshire

Like a gigantic mouthful of teeth chewing away at the Peak District, the tangled rock escarpment of The Roaches forms one of the most dramatic higher landscapes in Britain.

The Roaches, along with Hen Cloud and Ramshaw Rocks, form a gritstone escarpment that marks the southwestern edge of the Peak District. Best viewed from the approach along the Leek road, they stand as a line of silent sentinels guarding the entrance to the Peak District, worn and scuplted into fantastic shapes by the elements.

20 interesting facts about Great Britain

Every country in the world has its own tradition, unwritten rules and peculiarities. Great Britain is not an exception and here are 20 interesting facts you may not know about England.

1. England is 74 times smaller than the United States, 59 times smaller than Australia and 3 times smaller than Japan. However, England is 2.5 times more populous than Australia.

2. The highest temperature ever recorded in England was 38.5 degrees Celsius in Brogdale, Kent, on 10th August 2003. I personally find English summer very pleasant and temperatures around 25 degrees Celsius are on average in the summer months.

3. This is not an urban myth! British people consume more tea per capita than anybody else in the world - 2.5 times more than the Japanese and 22 times more than the Americans or French. The tea time in England is not anymore about the time itself (well known 5 pm), but having a tea means to refresh yourself, recharge the batteries during a day, have a break from the work, have a nice hot drink while being snugged in the front of TV... you name it.The tea time is important time in England.

Blists Hill Victorian Town, Shropshire

Have you heard of Blists Hill town? Well, you have to have a good map, because it is not a real town. It is Victorian town borrowed from the past and presented to us now. To enjoy and learn. Blists Hill is a museum set in over 50 acres of land where iron was once smelted, coal and clay were mined and where bricks and roofing tiles were made. The remains of those industries can still be found on site, but in the same landscape a small industrial town has been created.

Much pleasure can be had by wandering around the site, looking in the buildings, listening to the customed demonstrators and getting involved with the various activities. Like any town anywhere in the UK Blists Hill would have been shaped by its geography, how it communicated with its neighbours and the rest of the country and most importantly, what type of work was available for its residents.