Atlas of geographical curiosities - United Kingdom

Great Britain and its dependencies are among the quirkiest parts of the world, and many of them are covered in this unique Atlas of Britain's Geographical Curiosities, the first of its kind. Put together by an acclaimed author and geographer, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of Great Britain, the Atlas describes (among many other) a British county that does not exist, Britain's own desert, rain forests and the 'Great Barrier Reef', Royal Duchies that exist only on paper, mystical underground rivers that flow beneath the streets of London, Britain's smallest city and town, the world's narrowest street (in Devon), a remote island that still adheres to the old Gregorian calendar, a hotel situated right in the geographical centre of Britain, the world's longest toponym in Wales, the last remaining markers of the England - Scotland border, the town that until fairly recently was officially at war with Russia, a small London lane that is part of Cambridgeshire, a patch of the USA territory near Windsor...