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2009
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Photo credit: David Iliff
January
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Photo credit: Chris Howells
2008
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Photo credit: Diliff
November
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Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King a Roman Catholic cathedral in Liverpool, England consecrated in 1967. Its circular plan was conceived as a response to the Second Vatican Council's requirements for a greater participation of the lay faithful in the sacred liturgy.
October
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Photo credit: Michael Rowe
Ponies owned by Commoners running free in the New Forest in southern England.
September
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Photo credit: Michael Rowe
The white cliffs of Dover cliffs which form part of the English coastline facing the Strait of Dover and France. The cliffs are part of the North Downs formation. The cliff face, which reaches up to 106 metres high, owes its striking façade to its composition of chalk (pure white calcium carbonate) accentuated by streaks of black flint.
August
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Broadway Tower is a folly located near the village of Broadway, Worcestershire, England, at one of the highest points of the Cotswolds. Its base is 1,024 feet (312 m) above sea level, the tower itself standing 55 feet (17 m) tall. On a clear day, thirteen counties of England can be seen from its top.
July
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The Proms (also more formally known as The BBC Proms, or The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC) is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington, London, United Kingdom.
April
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The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, in London is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) meet to conduct their business. The palace lies on the north bank of the River Thames in the London borough of the City of Westminster, close by other government buildings in Whitehall.
March
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The River Brue originates in the parish of Brewham in Somerset, England. Flowing past Castle Cary and Glastonbury, before flowing in a channel across the Somerset Levels and into the Bristol Channel at Highbridge. The valley includes several Sites of Special Scientific Interest including Westhay Moor.
February
[edit]Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (known commonly as Winston Churchill) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 1940 and 1945 and between 1951 and 1955.
January
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A stone house and open waterfall in Hawes, Yorkshire Dales. Stone houses are a symbolic figure for villages and towns in the Yorkshire Dales, these have become typical example of the Dales' architecture.