Buses have been used as a mode of public transport in London since 1829 when George Shillibeer started operating a horse-drawn omnibus service from Paddington to the City of London. The red London bus has become a city symbol in the decades since its introduction. As of 2023, London has 675 bus routes served by […]
Chepstow
Chepstow Castle (Welsh: Castell Cas-gwent) at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, is the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain. Located above cliffs on the River Wye, construction began in 1067 under the instruction of the Norman Lord William FitzOsbern. Known initially as Striguil, it was the southernmost of a chain of castles built in the Welsh […]
Second Severn Crossing The Second Severn Crossing (Welsh: Ail Groesfan Hafren), officially named the Prince of Wales Bridge (Welsh: Pont Tywysog Cymru) since July 2018, is the M4 motorway bridge over the River Severn between England and Wales, opened in 1996 to supplement the traffic capacity of the Severn Bridge built in 1966. England’s […]