Atlas of Geographical Curiosities - Britain

The Atlas of Geographical Curiosities Britain – a glorious celebration of the UK's eccentricities.

Welcome to this compendium of interesting, unexpected and downright bizarre geographical anomalies that are guaranteed to delight and inspire.

Britain is one of the quirkiest parts of the world, and many of its quirks are covered in this unique Atlas of 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:

• Britain’s forgotten rainforests
• the world’s smallest island with a building 
• a British hotel room which became Yugoslavian for one day only
• Britain’s only desert
• the only bit of Britain’s territory still adhering to the Julian calendar
• the lowest land point in Britain
• the county that does not exist but still features in postal addresses
• Britain’s narrowest street and its smallest city
• Britain’s ‘Great Barrier Reef’
• a bit of the Netherlands that briefly became part of Scotland

Britain is full of wonderful and strange geographical irregularities. Turn to the Atlas of Geographical Curiosities to uncover more little-known but important facts gathered together in this entertaining treasure trove.