Record-breaking Britain

Peter Naldrett is a freelance writer specialising in travel and the outdoors. He has written a number of guidebooks as well as four books in the Dog Walkers’ Guide series. He has also written for magazines such as Geographical, The Big Issue and Dalesman as well as The Daily Telegraph. He is the author of Days Out Underground, Around the Coast in 80 Days, Treasured Islands, On Location and Bright Lights, Big Cities, all published by Bloomsbury. @PeterNaldrett

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• Foreword by Reverend Kate BottleyIntroduction001 THE MOST SOUTHERLY PLACE Lizard Point002 THE LENGTHIEST LONG-DISTANCE FOOTPATH South West Coast Path003 THE LARGEST INDOOR RAINFOREST The Eden Project004 THE WILDEST WAVES Fistral Beach005 THE LARGEST AQUARIUM National Marine Aquarium006 THE STEEPEST WATER-POWERED RAILWAY Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway007 THE LARGEST GORGE Cheddar Gorge008 THE LONGEST MAZE Longleat009 THE LARGEST GREENFIELD MUSIC FESTIVAL Glastonbury010 THE BIGGEST BALLOON EVENT Bristol Balloon Fiesta011 THE LARGEST TIDAL BORE River Severn012 THE LONGEST CHEESE-ROLLING RACE Cooper’s Hill013 THE LARGEST DISPLAY OF TANKS Bovington Tank Museum014 THE SMALLEST CINEMA Bournemouth Colosseum015 THE LONGEST BEACH Chesil Beach016 THE OLDEST THEME PARK Blackgang Chine017 THE OLDEST AND BIGGEST INHABITED CASTLE Windsor Castle018 THE OLDEST MODEL VILLAGE Bekonscot Model Village019 THE FASTEST ROLLER COASTER Thorpe Park020 THE LARGEST VINEYARD Denbies Wine Estate021 THE LARGEST LIDO Tooting Bec Lido022 THE SMELLIEST PLANT Kew Gardens023 THE ONLY OLYMPIC RAPIDS Lee Valley White Water Centre024 THE ONLY OLYMPIC INDOOR CYCLE TRACK Lee Valley Velo Park025 THE TALLEST AND LONGEST TUNNEL SLIDE Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park026 THE LARGEST CANTILEVERED OBSERVATION WHEEL London Eye027 THE BIGGEST FOUR-FACED CHIMING CLOCK Queen Elizabeth Tower028 THE HIGHEST FREE VIEWING PLATFORM Horizon 22029 THE BIGGEST OPEN-WORLD ADVENTURE Phantom Peak030 THE LONGEST-RUNNING PLAY The Mousetrap031 THE LARGEST DOME The O2 Arena032 THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF HUMAN SKULLS St Leonard’s Church033 THE LONGEST PLEASURE PIER Southend Pier034 THE OLDEST ROLLER COASTER Scenic Railway, Dreamland035 THE OLDEST STONE CIRCLE Avebury Stone Circles036 THE BEST CONKER PLAYER World Conker Championships037 THE OLDEST MUSEUM Ashmolean Museum038 THE BIGGEST DINO PARK National Showcaves Centre for Wales039 THE BIGGEST PLANETARIUM National Space Centre040 THE ROLLER COASTER WITH THE MOST INVERSIONS Alton Towers041 THE FIRST TRAPDOOR WATER RIDE Waterworld042 THE LARGEST SEAL COLONY Blakeney Point043 THE LONGEST-SURVIVING HERITAGE STEAM RAILWAY Welsh Highland Railway044 THE FATEST ZIP LINE Velocity, Bethesda045 THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN WALES Yr Wyddfa046 THE ONLY ALPINE COASTER Fforest Coaster, Betws-y-Coed047 THE FIRST TANDEM DROP EXPERIENCE Plummet, Betws-y-Coed048 THE ONLY UNDERGROUND GOLF COURSE Llechwedd Slate Mine049 THE DEEPEST ACCOMMODATION Deep Sleep, Blaenau Fffestiniog050 THE HIGHEST AQUEDUCT Pontcysyllte Aqueduct051 THE OLDEST INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL STADIUM Racecourse Ground052 THE SMALLEST HOUSE Conwy053 THE LARGEST ESCAPE ROOM Shrewsbury Prison054 THE LARGEST CATHEDRAL Liverpool Cathedral055 THE MOST COMPLETE CITY WALLS Chester056 THE LARGEST ICE CREAM SHOP Ice Cream Farm057 THE TALLEST BUNGEE JUMP Tatton Park058 THE OLDEST GAME OF FOOTBALL Ashbourne059 THE BIGGEST CAVE ENTRANCE Peak Cavern060 THE HIGHEST POINT IN THE OLDEST NATIONAL PARK Kinder Scout061 THE LEAST KNOWN CHRISTMAS CAROLS Sheffield062 THE OLDEST FOOTBALL GROUND Sandygate Stadium063 THE TALLEST INDOOR BUNGEE JUMP Magna Science Adventure Centre064 THE LARGEST STATELY HOME Wentworth Woodhouse065 THE BUSIEST POLAR BEAR ENCLOSURE Yorkshire Wildlife Park066 THE BIGGEST FISH AND CHIP SHOP Papa’s Fish and Chip Shop067 THE LONGEST SUSPENSION BRIDGE Humber Bridge068 THE LARGEST SEA BIRD COLONY Yorkshire’s East Coast069 THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF WEAPONRY Royal Armouries070 THE DEEPEST, LONGEST, HIGHEST CANAL TUNNEL Standedge Tunnel071 THE LONGEST CONTINUAL INCLINE Cragg Vale072 THE LONGEST ROLLER COASTER Blackpool Pleasure Beach073 THE BIGGEST INDOOR WATER PARK Sandcastle Water Park074 THE TALLEST UNINTERRUPTED WATERFALL Gaping Gill075 THE OLDEST UNCHANGED THEATRE Georgian Theatre Royal076 THE LONGEST LAKE Windermere077 THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN ENGLAND Scafell Pike078 THE LARGEST COLOURING PENCIL Derwent Pencil Museum079 THE OLDEST DEER RUT Martindale080 THE HIGHEST PUB Tan Hill Inn081 THE TALLEST ANGEL SCULPTURE Angel of the North082 THE LARGEST FUNFAIR Hoppings Funfair083 THE CENTRE OF BRITAIN Haltwhistle084 THE LONGEST WALL Hadrian’s Wall085 THE DEADLIEST GARDEN Alnwick Poison Garden086 THE LARGEST MAN-MADE LAKE Kielder Reservoir087 THE DARKEST SKIES Kielder Observatory088 THE TOUGHEST NATIONAL TRAIL Pennine Way089 THE LARGEST ARTS FESTIVAL Edinburgh Fringe090 THE LONGEST-SERVING ROYAL YACHT Britannia091 THE OLDEST TOURIST ATTRACTION Camera Obscura092 THE ONLY ROTATING BOAT LIFT Falkirk Wheel093 THE BIGGEST SCULPTURE The Kelpies094 THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN BRITAIN Ben Nevis095 THE STONE SKIMMING CHAMPION Easdale Island096 THE ONLY TIDAL RUNWAY Barra Airport097 THE HIGHEST DISC GOLF COURSE Glencoe Mountain098 THE LARGEST SEA CAVE ENTRANCE Smoo Cave099 THE NORTHERNMOST POINT Cape Wrath100 THE SHORTEST COMMERCIAL FLIGHT Westray Airport101 THE BIGGEST COLLECTION OF WITCH MARKS Creswell Crags