Why this Group?

This group has the intention to gather all Lenses from, on and about the United Kingdom.
Why? Because it's a very interesting big part of the world where a lot of interesting stuff is going on.
From businesses, hollidays ideas/tips, footbal, Rugby, cars, counties, Wimbledon, great inventions, great witers and actors, you name it they are there.
And we want them here.

UK Business

Work@Home UK

I work at home, online...and I would love to help others help mums and dads to earn extra money in the most flexible way possible.  My 'No Cheese' logo is to show that this is NO scam! and no B.S...it works.  Simple.  And I want to 'sp...

Fencing in Cardiff, from the semi-famous Shed and Fencing Shop

Click here to go to www.ThatGardenPlace.co.uk Fencing in Cardiff, from that semi-famous shed and fence shop 'That Garden Place'.

Mark McGuinness

If you ask me, the most important thing in life is to follow your heart and do something you find fascinating, inspiring and worthwhile. This has led me to explore some weird and wonderful career avenues, from hypnosis and poetry to consulting for bl...

Customer and Client Newsletters

Customer newsletters are the best way to build a relationship with your clients and prospects. They will visit more often, spend more money with you - and they won't run away to a competitor. This page will tell you how.  For your own FREE ready-...

UK Travel and Recreation

Youth Hostels - Travel the Globe on a budget

A lens on The YHA in England and Wales, and the international movement as a whole. The Youth Hostels Association operates a network of 227 Youth Hostels across England and Wales. Over 310,000 members receive a warm welcome, comfortable accommodation,...

London: Sites of The City

Buckingham Palace, Parliament, London Bridge...London has so much to offer.  What ever you do, don't forget to visit a local pub, for some great food and a cultural experience. 

UK Bingo

UK bingo players have always loved the game of bingo. All over the UK, bingo is played in dedicated and social clubs, halls and in homes. For a long time bingo, even in a country where is is almost a national sport, bingo got associated with the blu...

Tan Hill Inn - Great Britain's Highest Pub!

High on the Pennine watershed in North Yorkshire's most Northerly tip lies a very special place. Tan Hill Inn stands on a site which makes it rather inaccessible for much of the winter and holds a magnetic pull to those in search of a different kind...

UK Counties and Towns

Scotland

Scotland boasts some of the most magnificent scenery in the world. From the low lying lands to the North to the Southern Uplands, there's a number of stark and varied contrasting landscapes to be surveyed. Scotland is also steeped in history and pre-...

Guernsey

Guernsey is one of the British Channel Islands. Part of 59ideas's World Lenses.

The Peak District

A lens to introduce you to one of the British Isles' most beautiful areas of natural beauty. Close to many indsutrial centres, this area is a breath of fresh air! From the wilds of Kinder Scout and Bleaklow, the peat-bogged haggs and groughs of the No...

The Yorkshire Dales

As an erstwhile resident of Swaledale, one of Yorkshire's many dales, I feel honoured to be able to bring you this lens from the multiple perspectives of tourist, then resident and now exile! Enjoy researching this very special part of Northern Englan...

UK Sports

NOTTS COUNTY FOOTBALL CLUB - The World's Oldest League Club - THE MAGPIES

Notts County are back in pre-season training, complete with high quality new signings, new backroom staff, a new pitch and the Spion Kop will be for home supporters from this coming season. Notts are back in business and chairman John Armstrong-Holm...

Triumph Motorcycles

Triumph Motorcycles. The absolute best motorcycles EVER built. Triumph motorcycles have been in continuous production longer than any other motorcycle company on the planet. That includes Harley Davidson. Triumph started building motorcycles (as Triu...

West Ham United

West Ham United F.C. from the East End of London seem to be the eternal nearly men of English football. Most recently they lost a penalty shoot-out in the F.A. Cup final 2005/2006 aganist Liverpool. Having won a place in the UEFA Cup the Hammers...

Manchester Utd

Manchester Utd is certainly the best football club in England if not the World.  Mind you I am a little biased being a supporter of the best football team in the World! This lens is to highlight the best places on the web that have loads of info...

UK History

Free Scrapbooking Ideas

Scrapbooking is becoming an increasingly popular hobby for people of all ages.  Whether it be the young child creating a School Project Scrapbook or a gift for a family member or the Family Historian/Genealogist creating a Family History through...

Evangelical Christianity in the UK & Ireland

This lens was created to explore the variety and depth of conservative, evangelical Christianity in the UK and Ireland. Although the term "evangelical" is claimed nowadays by nearly everyone, it should be pointed out that the phrase refers...

UK Art (including acting, writing)

The artwork of Andrew Douse

Born in the Midlands in 1970, I have always been artistic for pleasure, originally painting and constructing dioramas of fantasy miniatures, and in 1993 started to take it seriously. Graduating from the University of Central England in Birmingham (BI...

Mr. Bean

Mr. Bean is a character played by Rowan Atkinson.  He is a child-like, socially inept, clumsy guy who tries hard and means well, but by such often finds himself is difficult situations.  Mr. Bean's greatest talent is his imagination.&n...

Catherine Bell

Birth Place: London, England, UK Date of Birth: 1969/12/31 Heritage: British Famous for: Her role as Lt. Colonel Sarah Mackenzie, USMC on JAG (1997-2005)

The Kumars at No. 42

The Kumars at No. 42, is a hilarious britcom, now found on BBC America. The Kumars are an Indian-British family in North London, who host a talk show, hosted by son Sanjeev, in the TV studio they build in the backyard. It is part scripted, part impro...

James Herriot - Superstar Country Vet

To a generation of English TV viewers, James Herriot will always bring to mind a youthful Christopher Timothy (pictured), who played the young vet in two the classic TV Series. The 'real' James Herriot, was actually a man named Alf Wight, who practise...

Most active Lenses on, from and about The UK who joined the fun

Benny Hill, Free Scrapbooking Ideas, Horsham, Leona Lewis, The Top 10 UK Singles Chart

Group Discussion

Tell us what you like best in, from, about The UK?

LisaKnowsTheSecret It's fantastic to find a group especially dedicated to the UK, I was beginning to think I was the only Brit on here! Posted April 22, 2008

generationzip Fellow UK lensmasters... I need your help. Please stop by Squidoo Idol and vote for my Music of Nick Drake lens. Thank you! :-) Posted May 18, 2007

XanTastic Good beer, good food and good company! I love my country! Great group by the way. Posted November 12, 2006