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Sweets in Edenbridge: Home to One of Britain's ...

Every November, the Edenbridge Bonfire Society builds and burns giant effigies — sometimes over nine metres tall — as part of one of the country's best-known Bonfire Night celebrations, drawing...

Sweets in Aberystwyth: Home to the National Lib...

Aberystwyth is home to the National Library of Wales, one of only a handful of UK legal deposit libraries, and to Aberystwyth University, founded in 1872 as one of the...

Sweets in Bude: The Canal Built to Carry Sand, ...

The Bude Canal, built 1819–1825, was constructed largely to carry sea sand inland as fertiliser, using a sea lock and inclined planes rather than conventional locks.

Sweets in Witney: The Town That Wove the Nation...

Witney was a centre of English blanket-making for centuries, powered by the River Windrush, with Witney blankets exported around the world.

Sweets in Bridport: The Rope-Making Town Behind...

Bridport has been a centre of British rope and net making since the 13th century, an industry so dominant it gave rise to the grim old slang term 'Bridport dagger'...

Sweets in Littlehampton: Home to the Longest Be...

Littlehampton's seafront is home to The Long Bench, a 324-metre timber bench that opened in 2010 and is officially the longest bench in Britain.