• Highest mountain in Britain • 1,345m above sea level • Located in the western end of the Grampian Mountains • Estimated 100,000 ascents in a year • The remains of a Devonian Volcano
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Scotland: Lock Lomond
• A lake in southern Scotland • Part of the Lock Lomond and The Trossachs National Park • Length – 39km • Max depth – 153m
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Scotland: Fingal’s Cave
• Sea cave on the inhabited island of Staffa • Formed entirely from hexagonally joined basalt columns with a Palaeocene lava flow • Several sightseeing cruises from April - September
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England: Lake Windermere and the Lake District
• Largest lake in the Cumbria’s Lake District National Park • Length – 18.08km • Max depth – 66.76m • Highest point – Scafell Pike
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England: Malham Cove and the Yorkshire Dales
• Large curved limestone formation • Formed by a waterfall carrying meltwater from glaciers • Popular for climbers • Yorkshire dales national park has an area of 2179 km2 • Miles of moors, valleys and hills
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England: Norfolk Broads
• A network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes • Formed by the flooding of peat workings • Area of 303m2 with over 200 miles of navigable water ways • 7 rivers and 63 broads • Broads national park
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England: Devils Dyke and South Downs
• 100m V shaped valley • Major tourist attraction in late 19th century and early 20th century • On the South Down’s way in southern England • Popular site for paragliding • Chalk hills • Extends for about 260 m2 • Area – 670 km2
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England: The New Forest
• Includes New Forest National Park • Known for native ponies, forests, trails and heathland • Visitors 14.75 million • Area – 566 km2
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England: Durdle Door and the Jurassic Coast
• Natural limestone arch of the Jurassic coast line • Privately owned by the welds • World heritage sight • Distance of about 96 miles
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England: Wistman’s wood
ne of only 3 remote high altitude oakwood’s on Dartmoor • One of the highest oakwood • Forms part of the wiseman’s wood national nature reserve • Total cover – 9 acres
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England: St Nectan’s Glen
• Most prominent feature is St Nectan’s Kieve a sixty-foot waterfall through a hole in the rocks • One of the UKs most spiritual sights
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England: Cheddar Gorge
• Limestone gorge in Mendip hills • Estimated to be 9,000 years old – cheddar man • Attracts about 50,000 visitors per year
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England: The Severn Bore and the River Severn
• A tidal bore in southern western England • Longest river in Great Britain • 220 miles • 2nd longest in British Isles • Source – plynliman • Mouth – Bristol channel, severn estuary
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England: Forest of Dean
• The area is characterized by more than 110k2 of mixed woodland • The second largest crown forest in England
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Wales: South Gower coast
• South wales • Most westerly part of the historic county of Glamorgan • First area in the UK to be designated an area of outstanding natural beauty
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Wales: Mount Snowdon in Snowdonia
• Highest mountain in wales – 1,085m above sea level • Located in Snowdonia national park • Reach summit by many paths and a railway which goes 4.7 miles up • Snowdonia has an area of 2,132 km2
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Northern Ireland: Giants Causeway
• An area of 40,000 interlocking basalt columns • Managed by the national trust • One of the most popular tourist destinations in Northern Ireland • First became popular in 19th century • National trust took over in 1960’s
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
• A lake in southern Scotland • Part of the Lock Lomond and The Trossachs National Park • Length – 39km • Max depth – 153m
Back
Scotland: Lock Lomond
Card 3
Front
• Sea cave on the inhabited island of Staffa • Formed entirely from hexagonally joined basalt columns with a Palaeocene lava flow • Several sightseeing cruises from April - September
Back
Card 4
Front
• Largest lake in the Cumbria’s Lake District National Park • Length – 18.08km • Max depth – 66.76m • Highest point – Scafell Pike
Back
Card 5
Front
• Large curved limestone formation • Formed by a waterfall carrying meltwater from glaciers • Popular for climbers • Yorkshire dales national park has an area of 2179 km2 • Miles of moors, valleys and hills
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