Places of Interest in the UK (1)

Places of Interest in the UK (apart from London)

Oxford

• The oldest university in the UK and the English-speaking world

• Beautiful old colleges

• The University of Oxford is made up of more than 30 colleges, some of them dating back to the Middle Ages

Seven Sisters

• White chalk cliffs in the south-east of England

• 8 main points

• Spectacular views

• Often used in filmmaking and television production

Brighton

• A city on the south coast of England

• It used to be a fishing village and a spa

• Brighton Pier (an amusement park)

• Royal Pavillion (a beautiful oriental-style royal palace with gardens)

The Lake District

• Mountainous region in the north of England

• England’s largest national park and a UNESCO site

• Over 60 lakes

• The highest mountain in England – Scafell Pike

• Lake Windermere – the largest lake in England

Bath

• A historic city founded in the Roman times

• A UNESCO site

• Natural hot springs

• The Roman Baths

Canterbury Cathedral

• In Kent

• A Gothic cathedral, a UNESCO site

• Established as early as 6th century AD

• The grave of Thomas Beckett

• Geoffrey Chaucer – Canterbury Tales

Stonehenge

• A prehistoric monument near Salisbury from the Neolithic and Bronze Age

• Probably constructed between 3000 and 2000 BC

• Two circles of stones, mostly ruins

• The oldest calendar

Loch Ness

• 2nd largest lake in Scotland, the largest lake in the UK by volume

• In the Scottish Highlands

• 56 km long

• The Loch Ness Monster

Windsor Castle

• One of the residences of the monarch

• Built by William Conqueror in the 11th century

• It was a wooden fort first

• The largest castle in the UK (and the second largest in the world after Prague Castle)

Stratford upon Avon

• On the Avon River

• The birthplace and burial place of William Shakespeare

• Typical architecture of half-timbered (hrázděné) houses

Edinburgh

• Old Town – UNESCO site, underground vaults and passages

• Arthur’s Seat – an ancient volcano above Edinburgh

• Edinburgh Castle – runs between the Edinburgh Castle and Royal Palace