The Google Earth alphabet, found in Britain's hedgerows, roads and buildings..
This alphabet of Britain has been collected by 25-year- old Rachel Young after selecting the images from a Google map of aerial photographs of the country.
Rachel came up with the idea as a way of passing the time during her convalescence after being badly injured in a car accident.
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Incapacitated and laid up in her home in Ossett, West Yorkshire, she decided to hunt down perfect images representing all 26 letters of the alphabet.
'I thought it would be a nice way to celebrate our country,' she says. 'I did a lot of scrolling around on Google, flipping images around just waiting to find the right shapes,' she says. 'I tried to focus on areas where there would be good, strong shapes.
Although I could find about 100 Bs, I had real trouble finding K, N and particularly Q. After a long search, I found Q in one of the buildings at Gatwick Airport. It was a great way to while away a few hours, but the whole exercise has left me a bit cross-eyed.'
Where the alphabet letters appear in Britain:
It's an A for effort: Leigh, Kent
B road: Weston-on-the-Green, Oxon
C for miles: Normanton on the Wolds, Notts
Drive in the D end at White City, London
E street development: Berwick-upon-Tweed
F for field shapes in Sywell, Northants
G whizz street at Kingston, West Sussex
Is H the Monopoly winner? St Bees, Cumbria
I for industry in Invergordon, Scotland
Home to the Jays? A wood in Northants
Special K road layout in Littleover, Derby
L of a forest on North York Moors
Dial M for meander: Cynwyd Clywyd
Chalking up a N track: Huncote, Leics
O isn't it busy! Roads at Longbridge, West Midlands
Don't stop for a P! Outlane, West Yorks
So often Qs at airports: Gatwick
Ooo R country: Swithland, Leics
S for spa: Houses in Harrogate, North Yorks
Ploughed to a T: Fields at Pilsley, Derbys
It could be U: River in Hilldale, Lancs
V for la difference: Northumberland
W, W, W: It's a long road to Ramsey, IoM
X factor: Talent for forestry in East Lothian
Y not stop at Old Stratford, Northants.
They are pushing up Zs in sleepy Staffs.
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This alphabet of Britain has been collected by 25-year- old Rachel Young after selecting the images from a Google map of aerial photographs of the country.
Rachel came up with the idea as a way of passing the time during her convalescence after being badly injured in a car accident.
...
Incapacitated and laid up in her home in Ossett, West Yorkshire, she decided to hunt down perfect images representing all 26 letters of the alphabet.
'I thought it would be a nice way to celebrate our country,' she says. 'I did a lot of scrolling around on Google, flipping images around just waiting to find the right shapes,' she says. 'I tried to focus on areas where there would be good, strong shapes.
Although I could find about 100 Bs, I had real trouble finding K, N and particularly Q. After a long search, I found Q in one of the buildings at Gatwick Airport. It was a great way to while away a few hours, but the whole exercise has left me a bit cross-eyed.'
Where the alphabet letters appear in Britain:
It's an A for effort: Leigh, Kent
B road: Weston-on-the-Green, Oxon
C for miles: Normanton on the Wolds, Notts
Drive in the D end at White City, London
E street development: Berwick-upon-Tweed
F for field shapes in Sywell, Northants
G whizz street at Kingston, West Sussex
Is H the Monopoly winner? St Bees, Cumbria
I for industry in Invergordon, Scotland
Home to the Jays? A wood in Northants
Special K road layout in Littleover, Derby
L of a forest on North York Moors
Dial M for meander: Cynwyd Clywyd
Chalking up a N track: Huncote, Leics
O isn't it busy! Roads at Longbridge, West Midlands
Don't stop for a P! Outlane, West Yorks
So often Qs at airports: Gatwick
Ooo R country: Swithland, Leics
S for spa: Houses in Harrogate, North Yorks
Ploughed to a T: Fields at Pilsley, Derbys
It could be U: River in Hilldale, Lancs
V for la difference: Northumberland
W, W, W: It's a long road to Ramsey, IoM
X factor: Talent for forestry in East Lothian
Y not stop at Old Stratford, Northants.
They are pushing up Zs in sleepy Staffs.
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