5. The UK

There are many tourist attractions in the UK – historical towns, medieval castles and cathedrals, picturesque lakes, mountains and coasts.
Stonehenge is the best-known pre-historic monument located near Salisbury. It was built in about 2.500 before Christ and it consists of big standing stones.
Oxford and Cambridge are famous university towns. Their universities belong to the oldest in the world. The river Cam in Cambridge is popular place for punting (boating by pushing a long pole).
Stratford-upon-Avon is the birthplace of William Shakespeare. You can visit the house where Shakespeare was born and you can see the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
The Lake District is a region with beautiful mountains and lakes. The largest lake there is Lake Windermere.
Big cities are Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Newcastle and Liverpool (where the Beatles were born).

Scotland is a mountainous country famous for its lochs. The largest lake is Loch Lomond and the most famous lake is Loch Ness because of the Loch Ness Monster.

There are popular ski resorts in the Scottish Highlands and tourist can climb the highest peak of the UK there, Ben Nevis.

Popular Highlands Games are held each year to celebrate Scottish culture with bagpipes and dancing.

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland. It is dominated by Edinburgh Castle and Hollyroodhouse, which is the Queens official residence in Scotland.

Wales is also a mountainous country. Snowdonia is a national park with the highest peak Snowdon.

Cardiff is the capital city where you can visit the medieval Cardiff Castle and a large Millennium Stadium.

Belfast is the capital city of Northern Ireland. The Titanic was built in Belfast.

The Giant’s Causeway is an usual geological feature, which consists of over 40.000 basalt columns and which was formed as lava an ancient volcano cooled down. A legend says that it was built by a giant to cross the sea to Scotland.

Famous British personality is Queen Victoria. She became Queen at the age of eighteen and is one of the longest reigning English monarchs. With her husband Prince Albert had a nine children. During her reign the country became a large empire (it included Canada, Australia, India, NZ and large parts of Africa).

BBC is largest masmedia in the world. It means British Broadcasting Corporation.

Other famous personality is Sir Isaac Newton. He was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer. He formulated the theory of gravitation and the three laws of motion.