Portal:United Kingdom/Did you know/September 2008




 * ... that La Princesse (pictured), a giant mechanical spider, roamed the streets of Liverpool, England as part of the 2008 European City of Culture celebrations?
 * ... that Rory and Paddy's Great British Adventure featured comedians Rory McGrath and Paddy McGuinness taking part in "strange but quintessentially British sporting events", such as cheese rolling and bog snorkelling?
 * ... that the 12th-century St Wulfran's Church, Ovingdean is one of only two extant churches in England with that dedication?
 * ... that Thomas Farnolls Pritchard, an architect from Shrewsbury, England, designed the first iron bridge in the world?