Your area in Victorian times
QCA Unit 12

What's the big idea?

During Queen Victoria’s reign, Britain was transformed into an industrial nation and the effects of that change can still be seen today.

The landscape changed as navvies carved out cuttings and embankments for the new railways. The towns grew as people left the countryside to find work in the new factories.

Even building styles changed. Slate roofing tiles and brick became widely available and Victorian manufacturers developed processes for making large sheets of glass.