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?