Top 10 facts about England
Source of Articl::http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/top10facts/564596/Top-10-facts-about-England
THIS is English Tourism Week. You can find out all about it at visitengland.org but here are some facts even they may not know.
York University has a higher density of ducks on its campus than any other university in England.
People in the south of England have on average bigger feet than people in the north.
The only case of a camel killed by lightning in England was in 1997 at Knowsley Safari Park.
Norwich is the only city in England to have been named a “City of Literature” by UNESCO.
The only city in England to be named as a World Heritage City by UNESCO is Bath.
John Betjeman described Ludlow in Shropshire as “probably the loveliest town in England”.
Westward Ho! in Devon is the only town in England which has a name ending with an exclamation mark.
A poll of property prices revealed Altrincham, Greater Manchester, as the town with the highest prices per square metre outside London in 2014.
Last month, Lincoln announced that it was to become the first place in England to ban taking psychoactive substances (legal highs) in public.
Although the southern British were called ‘English’ in the 10th century, the word ‘England’ only came into use in the late 15th century.