England
South West England
Neolithic stone circles, Roman plumbing, a 95-mile fossil coastline, and the two most contested scones in Britain.
“Alright my lover” (hello, friend (entirely platonic))
Local food
Cornish pasty
Crimped on the side, PGI protected, beef and swede inside.
Cream tea
Cornwall: jam then cream. Devon: cream then jam. Choose carefully.
Clotted cream
Minimum 55% butterfat. A legal definition worth respecting.
West Country Farmhouse Cheddar
PDO: made within four counties only.
Stargazy pie
Pilchard heads poking through the crust, Mousehole, 23 December.
Festivals & events
- Glastonbury Festival
- June · Worthy Farm, Pilton
- Bristol International Balloon Fiesta
- August · Ashton Court
- Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling
- May bank holiday · Brockworth
- 'Obby 'Oss Day
- 1 May · Padstow
Landmarks
- Stonehenge
- Roman Baths, Bath
- Eden Project
- St Michael's Mount
- Clifton Suspension Bridge
Grid reference
- Station
- Bristol
- Latitude
- 51.4545°N
- Longitude
- 2.5879°W
These coordinates are what the departure board sends to Open-Meteo for this region.