Geography of the UK

Geography of the United Kingdom Larina K Form 6 V

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is situated on the British Isles. The British Isles are separated from Europe by the English Channel. The British Isles are washed by the North Sea in the East and the Atlantic Ocean in the West. The population of Great Britain is over 56 million. The largest cities of the country are London, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh Geography location of Great Britain

The Lake District lays in one of the most beautiful areas in England; Its position is exactly in the north-west part of the country; The west part lies on the Irish sea; Its location makes it the wettest part of England The Lake District

English breakfast is famous for it is solidity Traditions of British Left-hand transportation British love animals Sport games - golf, polo, cricket The most important holidays Christmas and Easter

Scottish national clothes Kilt – is national Scottish clothes, traditional clothes of Highlander. Kilt is a part of military uniform in British army. People wear kilts sport competitions, music and dance festivals. Traditionally ladies don`t wear kilts, they do however wear dresses or pleated skirts in a tartan material. More often though they wear a light plaid of shawl of tartan material.

Styles of Irish dance the first foundations about Irish Dance were laid in the times of the Celtic people - the Gauls. Druids who lived in those times, worshiped the sun and the oak, in their rituals they danced, moving in a circle. The earliest mention of the Irish dances include a dance with swords, dancing with ribbons and handkerchiefs, dancing with tambourines, dancing around the May tree, dance-pantomime. THE IRISH DANCING

THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT The Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace is the place where British Parliament works. British Parliament consists of two houses – the Houses of Lords and the House of Commons

Places of interest in Great Britain Britain is rich in its historic places which link the present with the past. The oldest part of London is Lud Hill, where the city is originated. St. Paul's Cathedral Westminster Palace About a mile west of it there is Westminster Palace, where the king lived and the Parliament met, and there is also Westminster Abbey, the coronation church.

Liverpool, the "city of ships", is England's second greatest port, ranking after London. The most interesting sight in the Liverpool is the docks. They occupy a river frontage of seven miles.

The University of Liverpool, established in 1903, is noted for its School of Tropical Medicine. . Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument, presumably built by Druids, members of an order of priests in ancient Britain.

Canterbury Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the Church of England. Tintagel Castle is King Arthur's reputed birthplace

Madam Tussaud's Museum is an exhibition of hundreds of life-size wax models of famous people of yesterday and today. The collection was started by Madam Tussaud, a French modeler in wax, in the 18th century. The British Museum is the largest and richest museum in the world. It was founded in 1753 and contains one of the world's richest collections of antiquities.

Cambridge and Oxford Universities are famous centers of learning Cambridge Universities Oxford Universities