Roads use a lot of asphalt, cement, concrete and steel. How can we think smarter about materials we use, keeping sustainability in mind - and what’s the future for our arch nemesis - the pothole? 

Roads use a lot of asphalt, cement, concrete and steel. How can we think smarter about materials we use, keeping sustainability in mind - and what’s the future for our arch nemesis - the pothole?

Find out more about why roads are built and how they help us get around the country with Road to 2050. 

Find out more about why roads are built and how they help us get around the country with Road to 2050.

Road to 2050

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Future Materials for our Roads (Road to 2050)

1. Monument

2. Philpot Lance Mice

3. Leadenhall Market

4. The Mercers' Maiden

5. Cornhill Alleys and Pasqua Rosee Coffee Hou

6. Three Water Features 

7. French Protestant Church

8. Lloyds of London

9. Woodford Stones

10. Fen Court Garden

11. St. Olvae's Church

12. Samuel Pepys

Professor Horatio Pendulum has a problem. His time-travelling invention, the Chronosphere, has overloaded and scattered fragments of London's history across the City. Roman soldiers march past Lloyd's of London, a Huguenot refugee sings hymns on Threadneedle Street, and a Victorian nursemaid can't find her way home.

Become a Time Hunter and help Dan and Bex solve twelve riddles, from the Monument to Seething Lane Gardens, meeting the ghosts of the Great Fire of 1666, Leadenhall Market's old gander, the Mercers' Maiden and Samuel Pepys along the way.

This free family audio walk from Fun Kids pairs with a printable Time Hunter map and handbook for a real 2 to 2.5 hour adventure around the City of London. Download yours at funkidslive.com and start hunting.

Professor Horatio Pendulum has a problem. His time-travelling invention, the Chronosphere, has overloaded and scattered fragments of London's history across the City. Roman soldiers march past Lloyd's of London, a Huguenot refugee sings hymns on Threadneedle Street, and a Victorian nursemaid can't find her way home.
Become a Time Hunter and help Dan and Bex solve twelve riddles, from the Monument to Seething Lane Gardens, meeting the ghosts of the Great Fire of 1666, Leadenhall Market's old gander, the Mercers' Maiden and Samuel Pepys along the way.
This free family audio walk from Fun Kids pairs with a printable Time Hunter map and handbook for a real 2 to 2.5 hour adventure around the City of London. Download yours at funkidslive.com and start hunting.

The Great Fire Trail: a free Time Hunters history walk around the City of London

It’s over to you!  Marina and Map App want you to design a micro grid – use what we’ve found out… and your imagination!

It&rsquo;s over to you! &nbsp;Marina and Map App want you to design a micro grid &ndash; use what we&rsquo;ve found out&hellip; and your imagination!

Marina Ventura and The Micro-Gridders: Your Go... Designing A Grid of the Future 

Marina and Map App find out about the Energy Guzzlers – businesses that use super large amounts of energy and how in the future they can use new tech to use less and even send energy back into the grid!

Marina and Map App find out about the Energy Guzzlers &ndash; businesses that use super large amounts of energy and how in the future they can use new tech to use less and even send energy back into the grid!

Future Materials for our Roads (Road to 2050)

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