Welcome to Great Britain

The New Town
It is the heart of the industry. It is a centre of business and trade. It is very busy, prosperous, dirty in some parts and smart in others, it is beautiful and ugly with its large port and busy streets.
It is an ancient city and has a great past. It is known as Athens of the North. The two most interesting parts of the city are the Old Town and the New Town.
It looks good in any weather but at night when it is floodlit it looks just like in a fairy tale. It attracts a lot of tourists. It is older than Edinburgh itself. It is situated on a huge rock. It used to be a fortress and then a royal palace.
It is a line of streets which runs from the Castle to Holyrood House. The most picturesque part of it is the Cannongate. It is situated in the Old Town.
It is a big royal palace which is the residence of the Queen when she is in Edinburgh.
It is the most beautiful street of the New Town, it has a lot of gardens and a popular shopping centre. It is connected with the name of the famous writer Sir Walter Scott. It lies between the Old Town and The New Town.

Scotland the beautiful!

Edinburgh Castle
Holyrood Palace

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The Scott Monument

Wales

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English Queen and the British Royal Family.

can see the Tower of London. It is one of

the oldest buildings in London. It was begun by William the Conqueror the first Norman king in the 11th century as a fortress and a palace. Then it was a prison where many famous people died. Black ravens lives outside the Tower now. A man looks after the ravens and gives them food in the morning and in the evening. The Tower of London is a museum now. At Ten o'clock every evening the guards lock the big doors of the Tower for the night.

can be raised .

the Houses of Parliament. It is the biggest clock Tower

in Britain. It weighs 13,5 tons. The clock Tower is 316 feet high. People have to go 374 steps to reach the top.The minute hand is 14 feet long. The hour hand is 9 feet long.

seat of the British government.

He is often drawn in cartoons or pictures about England.

He was invented in 1712 by a political writer John Arbuthnot. John Bull is drawn as a big man with a large stomach and a round face. He wear high boots, an open jacket and a Union Jack waistcoat. He often has a bulldog with him.

No 10 the Prime Minister lives.
This square was named

in memory of Admiral Nelson’s victory in the battle of Trafalgar.
It’s the seat of the British Parliament. On the Clock Tower you can see famous Big Ben
It’s the official residence of the British Queen.
This church was built by Sir Christopher Wren in the 7th century.
This park in the north-west of London is the home of the London Zoo.