LANGLAND BAY, GOWER PENINSULA, WALES

Langland Bay is a family friendly beach with a coastal clifftop walk around to Caswell Bay near Swansea. It might look like the Gold Coast of Australia where waves crash and surfers ride but this is actually Langland Bay on the Gower Peninsula in Wales. Due to the sheltered nature of the bay and an off shore reef which gives different levels of swell to suit all abilities this is surfers paradise Welsh style! However, if surfing is not your thing – simply crack open a deck chair and chill on the sandy shore whilst you watch the guys and girls do their stuff.

 

THE RADCLIFFE CAMERA, OXFORD

 

The circular dome and drum of the Radcliffe Camera provides one of Oxford's most iconic sights, and is a distinctive landmark in a city full of distinctive landmarks! The camera (the word means simply "room") was built 1737-1749 with £40,000 bequeathed by Dr John Radcliffe, the royal physician. Radcliffe was the most successful physician in England, and in his will he left money to purchase land, build a library, purchase books, and pay a full-time librarian. A site was purchased north of University Church (St Mary's), on a new square created when old houses were torn down.

THE KELPIES, SCOTLAND

The Kelpies are 30-metre-high horse-head sculptures depicting kelpies (shape-shifting water spirits), standing next to a new extension to the Forth and Clyde Canal, and near River Carron, in The Helix, a new parkland project built to connect 16 communities in the Falkirk Council Area in Scotland. The sculptures were designed by sculptor Andy Scott and were completed in October 2013. The sculptures form a gateway at the eastern entrance to the Forth and Clyde canal, and the new canal extension built as part of The Helix land transformation project. The Kelpies are a monument to horse-powered heritage across Scotland. The sculptures were opened to the public in April 2014. As part of the project, they have their own visitor centre, and sit beside a newly developed canal turning pool and extension. This canal extension reconnects the Forth and Clyde Canal with the River Forth, and improves navigation between the East and West of Scotland.