The white cliffs of Dover are why the Romans bestowed the name Albion, ‘White Land’ to Great Britain. (the Latin name for white is Albus, although they probably took this name from the Gauls or Celts). From the glorious Chilterns to the north and the New Forest pony haven to the west. The South East of England is a beautifully varied part of Great Britain which now surrounds London.

From a manufacturing standpoint it is an area of many firsts. The first blast furnace began to roar in 1491 in Weald. The first industrial assembly line was inaugurated at Portsmouth Block Mills in 1803. The world’s first lighthouse using electricity by an industrial generator purred into life South Foreland lighthouse in 1858. Faversham Oyster Fishery is the officially the oldest company in the world.  And of course Oxford holds the title of the first University in Britain.