Great Britain and its dependencies are among the quirkiest areas of the world, as revealed in this unique atlas of Britain's geographical curiosities, the first of its kind. Compiled by an acclaimed author and geographer, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the Atlas describes (among many other things) a British county that does not exist, Britain's very own desert, rainforests and 'Great Barrier Reef', royal duchies that exist only on paper, Britain's smallest city and town, the world's narrowest street (in Devon), a remote island that still adheres to the 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 EnglandScotland border, a small London lane that is part of Cambridgeshire, a patch of US territory near Windsor ...

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Vitali Vitaliev is a UK-based multi-award-winning author, columnist, editor and broadcaster. Starting his career in the former USSR, where he became known as the country’s first investigative journalist, he was forced to defect in January 1990. Having worked and lived in Australia, England, Scotland and Ireland, and having travelled in over 70 countries, Vitali is the author of 15 books translated into many languages. He has worked as a journalist for some of the major English-language newspapers, and is now a Royal Literary Fund Fellow as well as a Writing Fellow and Teaching Associate at the University of Cambridge, but also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of Great Britain. Vitali lives with his partner Christine and Tashi, a furry Tibetan Terrier, in a small English town not far from London.

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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...