St Hugh’s Church, Lincoln
A Victorian Roman Catholic parish church built 1892–1893 on the corner of Monks Road and Friars Lane in Lincoln’s city centre, designed by Albert Vicars.
Eglwys Dewi Sant, Cardiff
A Grade II listed church in central Cardiff dedicated to Welsh-language worship, the only parish church in the Diocese of Llandaff to conduct all services exclusively in Welsh.
St Peter’s Church, Formby
An active Anglican parish church in Formby, rebuilt in 1746 after a storm, later extended with Gothic Revival additions. Grade II listed.
Holy Rood Church, Watford
A Grade I listed Roman Catholic church designed by John Francis Bentley in 1889–1890, praised by Simon Jenkins as “a true town church” in England’s architectural canon.
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Near Tarawa: the Phoenix Islands Protected Area and the WWII Battlefield of Tarawa
Kiribati’s only UNESCO site — the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (408,000 km² of pristine Pacific ocean, inscribed 2010) — lies 1,800 km from capital South Tarawa; the Tarawa WWII battlefield is on the capital island.
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Near Majuro: Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site
The Marshall Islands’ only UNESCO site — Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site (2010) — lies 850 km from Majuro; 23 nuclear tests were conducted here between 1946 and 1958, including the first hydrogen bomb.
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Near Palikir: Nan Madol, Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia
Palikir shares Pohnpei island with Nan Madol — a UNESCO-inscribed (2016) city of 92 basalt islets built in a tidal lagoon by the Saudeleur dynasty between 1200 and 1600 AD, 20 km from the capital.
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Near Yaoundé: the Dja Faunal Reserve and the Sangha Trinational Forest
From Yaoundé, two UNESCO sites: Dja Faunal Reserve (250 km, gorillas and forest elephants) and the Sangha Trinational Forest (600 km, 750,000 ha of continuous Congo Basin wilderness).
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Near Malabo: the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Mountain Gorilla Habitat
Equatorial Guinea has no UNESCO sites. From Malabo, the nearest inscribed sites are Cameroon’s Dja Faunal Reserve (450 km, gorillas and forest elephants) and Gabon’s Lopé-Okanda National Park.
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Near Bangui: the Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park
The CAR’s only UNESCO site — Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park (1988, 500 km north of Bangui) — has been on the Danger List since 1997 and is currently inaccessible due to ongoing armed conflict.