A journey across the UK

England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland are further divided into counties

How to get to Great Britain

DOVER

• Closest point to France

• White cliffs of Dover – first sight if coming by ferry; chalk

• Dover castle – the key to England

Canterbury

Canterbury

• Canterbury cathedral• Seat of the Archbishop

– head of the Church of England

• Thomas Beckett murdered here

• Geoffery Chaucer –Canterbury Tales

University towns Oxford and Cambridge

College

Cambridge

• The name – a bridge over the river Cam• The university is made up of 31 colleges;• The most important building – King’s

College Chapel• Punts – small flat-bottomed boats, poled

along• Famous scientists – Newton,

Darwin, ..Stephen Hawking

Windsor castle

• One of the official residences of the British monarch

• Largest inhabited castle in the world

• Dating back to the times of William the Conqueror

• 1992 – a fire destroyed big part of the castle

• Successful restoration – five years, not paid from taxes

Stradford-upon-Avon

• The second most visited town in England.

• Birthplace of W. Shakespeare

• The house were he was born; his grave; the school he went to

• Half-timbered medieval houses

• Royal Shakespeare Theatre,the Swan theatre

Stradfort-upon-Avon

Shakespeare’s birthplace

Stonehenge

Stonehenge – reasons for existence

• The world's best-known megalithic site. • Situated in Salisbury plain

• June 21 - summer solstice festival• Theories: Druids – place for worshipping

• Religious site – sacrifices • Astronomical observatory

Lake District

Lake District

Lake District

• One of 5 national parks – certain restrictions, but popular for water sports

• Lake poets – W. Wordsworth, S.T. Coleridge, celebrated the beauty of nature

• Other writers – P.B. Shelley, W. Scott – and artists;

Hadrian’s wall

Edinburgh

Edinburgh

• On the UNESCO World Heritage list

• Annual festival in August – collection of several festivals

• (Fringe Festival, film festival, Edinburg Military Tatoo)

Highlands

Loch Ness monster exists

Highland games

Giant Causeway

• 40,000 basalt

columns, descending

into the sea;

They form a staircase;

Formed by lava;

Legend about a giant

Wales – land of castles

…and national parks

Welsh