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A journey across the UK
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England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland are further divided into counties
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How to get to Great Britain
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DOVER
• Closest point to France
• White cliffs of Dover – first sight if coming by ferry; chalk
• Dover castle – the key to England
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Canterbury
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Canterbury
• Canterbury cathedral• Seat of the Archbishop
– head of the Church of England
• Thomas Beckett murdered here
• Geoffery Chaucer –Canterbury Tales
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University towns Oxford and Cambridge
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College
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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
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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
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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
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Stradfort-upon-Avon
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Shakespeare’s birthplace
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Stonehenge
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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
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Lake District
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Lake District
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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;
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Hadrian’s wall
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Edinburgh
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Edinburgh
• On the UNESCO World Heritage list
• Annual festival in August – collection of several festivals
• (Fringe Festival, film festival, Edinburg Military Tatoo)
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Highlands
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Loch Ness monster exists
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Highland games
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Giant Causeway
• 40,000 basalt
columns, descending
into the sea;
They form a staircase;
Formed by lava;
Legend about a giant
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Wales – land of castles
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…and national parks
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Welsh