Picture of the day Belle Tout lighthouse and chalk cliffs by the English Channel. Captain Matthew Webb made the first observed and unassisted swim across the channel, reaching France on 25 August 1875. #ImageOfTheDay

<div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><table class="toccolours floatright" style="width:300px;text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th lang="en">Picture of the day </th></tr> <tr> <td class="toccolours" style="padding:0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seven_Sisters_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="http://unitedyam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/picture-of-the-daybelle-tout-lighthouse-and-chalk-cliffs-by-the-english-channel-captain-matthew-webb-made-the-first-observed-and-unassisted-swim-across-the-channel-reaching-france-on-25-august.jpg" decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="300" height="280" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Seven_Sisters_3.jpg/960px-Seven_Sisters_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail 2x" data-file-width="5030" data-file-height="4700"></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="description en" style="display:inline;">Belle Tout lighthouse and chalk cliffs by the English Channel. Captain Matthew Webb made the first observed and unassisted swim across the channel, reaching France on 25 August 1875.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table></div>