United Kingdom

Discover the United Kingdom: A Tapestry of History, Royalty, and Natural Wonders

Embark on a journey to the United Kingdom, an archipelago where history and modernity intertwine in a rich tapestry that spans thousands of years. Located off the northwestern coast of mainland Europe, the UK is composed of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, each with its own unique heritage and allure. From the Neolithic Orkney to the Roman baths of Bath, the Norman conquest to the industrial revolution, the UK's legacy is as diverse as its landscapes.

Chronicles of the Isles: A Storied Past

The United Kingdom's narrative is marked by legendary monarchs, literary greats, and epoch-defining events. Its sovereignty has influenced global history, language, and culture, with a monarchy that continues to capture the world's imagination.

London: The Crown Jewel

In the heart of the UK, London stands as a global metropolis, boasting landmarks such as the Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, and the Houses of Parliament, alongside the modernity of the Shard and the cultural haven of the West End.

Edinburgh: A Capital of Culture

Travel north to Scotland's Edinburgh, where the iconic Edinburgh Castle looms over a city renowned for its festivals, arts, and the historic Royal Mile.

The Lake District: Nature's Masterpiece

England's Lake District offers tranquil beauty, with its idyllic lakes, mountainous landscapes, and literary associations with Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter.

The Giant's Causeway: Geological Splendor

In Northern Ireland, the Giant's Causeway showcases an awe-inspiring coastal landscape of basalt columns, born from volcanic fury and Irish legend.

From the rugged coasts of Cornwall to the sweeping valleys of Wales, and the picturesque glens of the Scottish Highlands, the United Kingdom invites exploration of its castles, cathedrals, and quaint villages. As you traverse through travel.frogsfolly.com, let us guide you through the UK's living history, its vibrant cultures, and its awe-inspiring natural beauty. Join us to discover the United Kingdom—a land where every stone tells a story and every landscape inspires a dream.

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<p>Canon EOS R5 Mark II, Canon RF 800mm f/11 IS STM,  processed in Lightroom.<br />
<br />
<i>Halichoerus grypus</i>, Grey Seal on North Wames.  The broad, long brown leaves are those of <i>Laminaria digitata</i>.<br />
<br />
Taken on Billy Shiel's Boat Tour of the Farne Islands, from the boat.</p>
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<p>1993 - 2000<br />
<br />
Port Hercule<br />
Monaco<br />
July 2018</p>
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<p>Gent48<br />
<br />
Birmingham</p>
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<p>Heading back from David Austin Roses, we went to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wightwick_Manor" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Wightwick Manor</a> in Wolverhampton again.<br />
<br />
<br />
Grade I Listed Building<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101201902-wightwick-manor-tettenhall-wightwick-ward#.WuYM7Zch2Ul" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Wightwick Manor</a><br />
<br />
<br />
Another look around Wightwick Manor. Had to put my large backpack in a locker, so carried the key around with me until I later got it back.<br />
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<br />
Servant bells in the porch.</p>
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<p>Birmingham</p>
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<p>Birmingham</p>
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<p>Gent48<br />
<br />
Birmingham</p>
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<p>Birmingham</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown/54598888598/" title="Garage and Garden Seat at Wightwick Manor"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54598888598_639f6a8b6c_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Garage and Garden Seat at Wightwick Manor" /></a></p>

<p>Heading back from David Austin Roses, we went to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wightwick_Manor" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Wightwick Manor</a> in Wolverhampton again.<br />
<br />
<br />
Garage and Garden Seat. The Mander War Memorial down the side, near the Arts and Crafts garden.<br />
<br />
Grade II Listed Building<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101208967-garage-and-garden-seat-to-northwest-of-wightwick-manor-tettenhall-wightwick-ward#.Wuds3pch2Uk" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Garage and Garden Seat to Northwest of Wightwick Manor</a><br />
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Listing Text<br />
<br />
<br />
WOLVERHAMPTON<br />
<br />
SO89NE WIGHTWICK BANK<br />
895-1/4/179 (West side)<br />
Garage and Garden Seat to NW of<br />
Wightwick Manor (q.v.)<br />
<br />
GV II<br />
<br />
Farm building, now garage, and garden seat to north of stable<br />
block and attached wall (q.v.). C18 with late C19 alterations.<br />
Brick with tile hanging and timber framing; some C18 brickwork<br />
in Flemish garden wall bond to rear; tile roof. Vernacular<br />
Revival style. Single-storey structure. Front has 3 pairs of<br />
doors with rounded piers between; blocked opening to left end<br />
has inserted window with small-paned iron glazing. Left return<br />
has tile-hung strip below timber-framed gable with 2 leaded<br />
lights; central glazed-brick recess has high-backed seat.<br />
<br />
<br />
Listing NGR: SO8689598511<br />
<br />
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.</p>
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<p>Birmingham</p>
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<p>Birmingham</p>
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<p>Slae.One<br />
<br />
Leake Street Tunnel</p>
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<p>Leake Street Tunnel</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown/54598787614/" title="The Malthouse Gallery at Wightwick Manor - 2nd Hand Bookshops"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54598787614_006399d13e_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="The Malthouse Gallery at Wightwick Manor - 2nd Hand Bookshops" /></a></p>

<p>Heading back from David Austin Roses, we went to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wightwick_Manor" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Wightwick Manor</a> in Wolverhampton again.<br />
<br />
<br />
The Malthouse Gallery - they have a collection of some of the Pre-Raphaelite and Arts &amp; Crafts Movements inside on the upper floor. The lower floor has a 2nd hand book shop.<br />
<br />
<br />
Grade II* Listed Building<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101208976-old-malt-house-to-north-of-wightwick-manor-tettenhall-wightwick-ward#.WuYnb5ch2Uk" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Old Malt House to North of Wightwick Manor</a><br />
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<br />
Listing Text<br />
<br />
<br />
WOLVERHAMPTON<br />
<br />
SO89NE WIGHTWICK BANK<br />
895-1/4/182 (West side)<br />
29/07/50 Old Malt House to N of Wightwick<br />
Manor<br />
(Formerly Listed as:<br />
WIGHTWICK BANK, Wightwick<br />
Old Manor House (including adjoining<br />
barn))<br />
<br />
GV II*<br />
<br />
Former malthouse, now education centre. Late C16 or early C17;<br />
restored for Theodore Mander, late C19. Brick with red brick<br />
dressings; tile roof. 2 storeys; 5-window range. Brick<br />
mullioned windows with cusped heads, mostly of 2 lights; signs<br />
of old window openings with timber lintels; canopied entrance<br />
with wide-boarded door. Left return has large 5-light window<br />
with 2 transoms to 1st floor over bee boles and entrance, with<br />
dovecote openings to left. Rear wing has return 1st floor<br />
entrance under gable with wide verges. Rear and right return<br />
similar. INTERIOR: fruit room with panelling and shelves;<br />
darkroom with sink and sliding shutters; 1st floor has C19<br />
fireplace and queen post trusses. Restored as part of the<br />
setting of Wightwick Manor (q.v.).<br />
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Staffordshire: London:<br />
1974-: P.311).<br />
<br />
<br />
Listing NGR: SO8695698465<br />
<br />
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building. <br />
<br />
<br />
2nd Hand Bookshops</p>
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<p>18/06/2025. London, United Kingdom. Prime Minister Keir Starmer calls His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar from his office in 10 Downing Street. Picture by Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street</p>
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<p>Sunday, 15th June 2025</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown/54598723268/" title="The Big Mend Project at Wightwick Manor"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54598723268_156e0600f6_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="The Big Mend Project at Wightwick Manor" /></a></p>

<p>Heading back from David Austin Roses, we went to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wightwick_Manor" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Wightwick Manor</a> in Wolverhampton again.<br />
<br />
<br />
The Big Mend Project at Wightwick Manor.<br />
<br />
The third phase of a restoration project since 2023.<br />
<br />
<br />
Grade I Listed Building<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101201902-wightwick-manor-tettenhall-wightwick-ward#.WuYM7Zch2Ul" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Wightwick Manor</a><br />
<br />
<br />
Listing Text<br />
<br />
<br />
WOLVERHAMPTON<br />
<br />
SO89NE WIGHTWICK BANK<br />
895-1/4/178 (West side)<br />
29/07/50 Wightwick Manor<br />
<br />
GV I<br />
<br />
House, now owned by the National Trust. 1887; extended 1893.<br />
By Edward Ould for Theodore Mander. Interior design by William<br />
Morris and C.E. Kempe. Brick with ashlar dressings and timber<br />
framing; tile roofs with brick stacks. Originally L-plan with<br />
west wing and north service wing with square tower to angle,<br />
later extended to T-plan with east guest wing. Vernacular<br />
Revival Style. South garden facade of 2 storeys, 5-window<br />
range to west. Timber-framed 1st floor; 2 projecting gables<br />
and right end cross wing with enriched bargeboards. Ground<br />
floor has cusped elliptical-headed lights to brick-mullioned<br />
windows; 1st floor has mostly canted timber oriels; small<br />
balcony to left of right end wing. Single-storey hall range to<br />
east has 2-storey cross wing; timber framing on ashlar plinth;<br />
richly carved bressummers, bargeboards etc. Hall has large<br />
gabled bay window with enriched timber mullioned and transomed<br />
windows with leaded glazing; other windows similar; cross wing<br />
has paired canted 1st floor oriels, gabled dormer to left;<br />
east return similar with end cross wings; treatment continued<br />
to north gable end. Many stacks with oversailing caps, those<br />
to east wing with richly moulded shafts. North elevation of<br />
west wing has 2 gables with ingle stack to right; gabled<br />
timber-framed 2-storey porch projects at angle with<br />
inscription over battened door; tower has embattled parapet.<br />
Service wing has simpler details and hipped roof; tile hanging<br />
to 1st floor, plastered east elevation; small kitchen court<br />
between service wing and east wing.<br />
INTERIOR: has Morris wallpapers and fabric hangings<br />
throughout, some brought in during C20; contemporary electric<br />
light fittings by Benson. Drawing room has ingle fireplace<br />
with window seat, panelled dado, fabric hangings, moulded<br />
cornice and ceiling, Kempe glass from his house (Old Place),<br />
fireplace with de Morgan tiles; hall has re-used C17 panelling<br />
from Old Manor (q.v.), window seat, Kempe glass; library has<br />
shelving and panelling, tiled fireplace with monochrome<br />
overmantel painting; morning room has cupboards with Spanish<br />
style ironwork, fireplace with de Morgan tiles; great parlour<br />
has painted arch-braced roof with panelling, fabric hangings<br />
over panelling with painted relief plaster frieze over, large<br />
ingle fireplace with seats and tiles, 2 ogee-headed entrances<br />
to west end; billiard room has ingle fireplace with tiles and<br />
copper hood, dais with balustrading, plaster ceiling, window<br />
seat; dining room has plaster ceiling, built-in sideboard;<br />
stair has turned balusters. 1st floor guest rooms have wall<br />
hangings, wallpapers, and fireplaces; family rooms are<br />
simpler, some fireplaces and built-in cupboards, some C17<br />
panelling from Old Manor House. The house is an important<br />
example of the architecture and design of the late C19,<br />
containing much work by the leading designers of the day; one<br />
of only a few such houses.<br />
(Shell County Guides: Thorold H: Staffordshire: London: 1978-:<br />
P.182-5; The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Staffordshire:<br />
London: 1974-: P.310-11; Girouard M: The Victorian Country<br />
House: London: 1979-: P.375-80).<br />
<br />
<br />
Listing NGR: SO8694698441<br />
<br />
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown/54598688899/" title="The Big Mend Project at Wightwick Manor"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54598688899_1ebb096f5b_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="The Big Mend Project at Wightwick Manor" /></a></p>

<p>Heading back from David Austin Roses, we went to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wightwick_Manor" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Wightwick Manor</a> in Wolverhampton again.<br />
<br />
<br />
The Big Mend Project at Wightwick Manor.<br />
<br />
The third phase of a restoration project since 2023.<br />
<br />
<br />
Grade I Listed Building<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101201902-wightwick-manor-tettenhall-wightwick-ward#.WuYM7Zch2Ul" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Wightwick Manor</a><br />
<br />
<br />
Listing Text<br />
<br />
<br />
WOLVERHAMPTON<br />
<br />
SO89NE WIGHTWICK BANK<br />
895-1/4/178 (West side)<br />
29/07/50 Wightwick Manor<br />
<br />
GV I<br />
<br />
House, now owned by the National Trust. 1887; extended 1893.<br />
By Edward Ould for Theodore Mander. Interior design by William<br />
Morris and C.E. Kempe. Brick with ashlar dressings and timber<br />
framing; tile roofs with brick stacks. Originally L-plan with<br />
west wing and north service wing with square tower to angle,<br />
later extended to T-plan with east guest wing. Vernacular<br />
Revival Style. South garden facade of 2 storeys, 5-window<br />
range to west. Timber-framed 1st floor; 2 projecting gables<br />
and right end cross wing with enriched bargeboards. Ground<br />
floor has cusped elliptical-headed lights to brick-mullioned<br />
windows; 1st floor has mostly canted timber oriels; small<br />
balcony to left of right end wing. Single-storey hall range to<br />
east has 2-storey cross wing; timber framing on ashlar plinth;<br />
richly carved bressummers, bargeboards etc. Hall has large<br />
gabled bay window with enriched timber mullioned and transomed<br />
windows with leaded glazing; other windows similar; cross wing<br />
has paired canted 1st floor oriels, gabled dormer to left;<br />
east return similar with end cross wings; treatment continued<br />
to north gable end. Many stacks with oversailing caps, those<br />
to east wing with richly moulded shafts. North elevation of<br />
west wing has 2 gables with ingle stack to right; gabled<br />
timber-framed 2-storey porch projects at angle with<br />
inscription over battened door; tower has embattled parapet.<br />
Service wing has simpler details and hipped roof; tile hanging<br />
to 1st floor, plastered east elevation; small kitchen court<br />
between service wing and east wing.<br />
INTERIOR: has Morris wallpapers and fabric hangings<br />
throughout, some brought in during C20; contemporary electric<br />
light fittings by Benson. Drawing room has ingle fireplace<br />
with window seat, panelled dado, fabric hangings, moulded<br />
cornice and ceiling, Kempe glass from his house (Old Place),<br />
fireplace with de Morgan tiles; hall has re-used C17 panelling<br />
from Old Manor (q.v.), window seat, Kempe glass; library has<br />
shelving and panelling, tiled fireplace with monochrome<br />
overmantel painting; morning room has cupboards with Spanish<br />
style ironwork, fireplace with de Morgan tiles; great parlour<br />
has painted arch-braced roof with panelling, fabric hangings<br />
over panelling with painted relief plaster frieze over, large<br />
ingle fireplace with seats and tiles, 2 ogee-headed entrances<br />
to west end; billiard room has ingle fireplace with tiles and<br />
copper hood, dais with balustrading, plaster ceiling, window<br />
seat; dining room has plaster ceiling, built-in sideboard;<br />
stair has turned balusters. 1st floor guest rooms have wall<br />
hangings, wallpapers, and fireplaces; family rooms are<br />
simpler, some fireplaces and built-in cupboards, some C17<br />
panelling from Old Manor House. The house is an important<br />
example of the architecture and design of the late C19,<br />
containing much work by the leading designers of the day; one<br />
of only a few such houses.<br />
(Shell County Guides: Thorold H: Staffordshire: London: 1978-:<br />
P.182-5; The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Staffordshire:<br />
London: 1974-: P.310-11; Girouard M: The Victorian Country<br />
House: London: 1979-: P.375-80).<br />
<br />
<br />
Listing NGR: SO8694698441<br />
<br />
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.</p>
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