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National Parks in the UK--15

South West England

--Exmoor --Dartmoor

South East England

--The New Forest --South Downs

The East of England

--The Broads of Norfolk and Suffolk

East Midland and West Midland (northern corner)

--The Peak District

North West England

--The Lake District

Yorkshire and the Humber

--Yorkshire Dales --North York Moors

North East England

--Northumberland

Scotland

--The Cairngorms --Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

Wales

--Snowdonia --Brecon Beacons --Pembrokeshire

ANOBs in the UK

South West England

--a third of its area

The East of England

--The Norfolk Coast --The Suffolk Coast

--Dedham Vale --The Chilterns

West Midland

--The Shropshire Hills --The Malvern Hills

--The Cannock Chase --The Wye Valley --The Cots wolds

Wales

--Anglesey --the Clwydian Range

--the Gower peninsula --the Llyn peninsula

--the Wye Valley.

Northern Ireland

--large areas of landscape of distinctive character and special scenic value

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the UK--28

South West England

--Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites

--The City of Bath

--Jurassic Coast (--Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape) West Midland

--The Ironbridge Gorge

North East England

--Durham Cathedral

--H adrian?s Wall

Scotland

--The Old Town and New Town districts of Edinburgh

Northern Ireland

--The Giant?s Causeway

Its name comes from the crossing point (ford) across the Thames. The ford was used by cattle farmers to drive their oxen to market. It is th e combination of the words …oxen? and …ford? that give its name.

–Oxford

It is a very historical place with numerous interesting religious sites. But it is also a lively university town and its maze of medieval streets has excellent shopping and great restaurants alongside its medieval buildings. And to top it all off, it is handily located very close to London and the Eurostar train station.

–Canterbury

It is a seaside resort on the south coast of England, 90 minutes by train from the centre of London. It has a population of around 80,000 and is best known as the site of a Battle in 1066.

–Hastings

Backed by its famous White Cliffs, it is situated in Kent, on England?s south-eastern tip and is the UK?s closest geographical point to Continental Europe. Every day of the year, regular cross Channel ferries travel between the port, Calais and Dunkirk in France, and Ostend in Belgium.

–Dover

It is known as the …Garden of England?, is famous for its apples and for hops, used in brewing beer.

–Kent

This region has by far the highest GDP per capita in the United Kingdom.

It is today a major business and financial centre, ranking on a par with New York City as the leading centre of global finance.

The Latin motto of this city is “Domine dirige nos”, which translates as “Lord, guide us”.

–London

It is the highest point in London, the North Downs and on the boundary with Kent, at 245 meters.

–Westerham Heights

The coastline of the East of England covers 250 miles, from ________ (England?s largest tidal estuary), to the wide expanse of __________.

–the Wash; the River Thames

This university can namedrop with the best of them, citing alumni such as Isaac Newton, John Milton, and Virginia Woolf. It continues to graduate many famous scientists such as physicist Stephen Hawking, author of A

Brief History of Time.

In the 1990s, Cambridge became known as a high-tech outpost, or “a silicon fen,” if you will.

–Cambridge

This city still holds to its claim as the capital of East Anglia. Despite its partial industrializat ion, it?s a charming and historic city. In addition to its cathedral, it has more than 30 medieval parish churches built of flint.

–Norwich

East Anglia is a great agricultural region. Farmers grow cereals, sugar beet, fruit and vegetables, and they raise turkeys, sheep and cattle. this county is well-known for its turkeys and now boasts the largest turkey farm in Europe.

–Norfolk

Many famous people have come from this city, notably those 13th-century outlaws from Sherwood Forest, Robin Hood and his Merry Men. It also was home to the romantic poet Lord Byron and D. H. Lawrence, author of Sons and Lovers and Lady Chatterley?s Lover.

This city was an important pre-Norman settlement guarding the River Trent, the gateway to the north of England. Followers of William the Conqueror arrived in 1068 to erect a fort here. In a later reincarnation, the fort saw supporters of Prince John surrender to Richard the Lion-Hearted in 1194.

–Nottingham

This region represents the heartland of Britain geographically, industrially, and economically. It contains the largest concentration of manufacturing and engineering companies in the UK. (The name of this region is also used for the much smaller county in the UK.

–West Midlands

England?s second-largest city may claim fairly t o the title “Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.” It was here that James Watt first used the steam engine with success to mine the Black Country. This city severs as a gateway to England?s north.

This brawny, unpretentious metropolis still bears some of the scars of industrial excess and the devastation of the Nazi Luftwaffe bombing during WWII.

–Birmingham

This city is a Midlands industrial city noted in legend as the ancient market town through which Lady Godiva took her famous ride in the buff.

The city was partially destroyed by German bombers during WWII, but the restoration is miraculous.

This city was the birth place of the bicycle and has a large car industry. It is also famous for its aircraft.

–Coventry

This region is bounded on the west by the Irish Sea and on the east by the Pennines mountain range. The region extends from the Scottish borders in the north to the Welsh mountains in the south.

–North West England

This county is England?s second largest county. It is known as the Lake District. The county has England?s

biggest mountains - Scafell Pike is the highest Peak. The area of Mountains there is the most rugged in England. –Cumbria

This city is Britain?s second largest port after London and is in the area known as Merseyside because it stands on the river Mersey.

King John launched this city on its road to glory when he granted it a charter in 1207. Before that, it had been a tiny 12th-century fishing village, but it quickly became a port for shipping men and materials to Ireland.

–Liverpool

This city is one of the largest metropolitan conurbations in the United Kingdom, justly proud of its history and heritage, its culture, enterprise and its entrepreneurial spirit.

Born of the Industrial Revolution, it took the lead in the world?s textile manufacture and production in the late 18th century, a position it held until its decline in the 1960s. It has rebuilt itself as a leading centre of modernist architecture since the terrorist bombing of the city in 1996. .

–Manchester

The highest Pennine peak in this region is Cross Fell (790 metres). The area boasts spectacular waterfalls and a scenic limestone landscape around Malham. It also has two National Parks.

–Yorkshire and the Humber

Proverb: Oxford for learning, London for wit, Hull for women and York for horses.

This city is still encircled by its 13th- and 14th-century city walls, about 4km (2 1/2 miles) long, with four gates. The crowning achievement of this city is its Minster, or Cathedral, which makes the city an ecclesiastical center equaled only by Canterbury.

–York

Once the meat-butchering center of York, this street dates from before the Norman Conquest. The messy business is gone now, but the ancient street survives, filled today with jewelry stores, cafes, and buildings that huddle so closely together that you can practically stand in the middle of the pavement, arms outstretched, and touch the houses on both sides of the street.

–the Shambles

This city was originally an agricultural market town in the Middle Ages. In the Tudor period it was mainly a merchant town manufacturing woolen cloths. It is also the destination for shopping in the north, with its impressive Victorian shopping arcades, and all the major high street names.

–Leeds

This city is an industrial city o n the edge of the moors of Britain?s West Yorkshire Pennines and in the heart of Bront? country.

And in the late 18th and 19th century, it grew and gained importance as a major producer of textiles and became known as the woolen centre of the world.

–Yorkshire and the Humber

This region has great historic importance, the evidence of which is seen in Northumberland?s Castles and the two World Heritage Sites of Durham Cathedral and Hadrian?s Wall. The highest point in the region is the Cheviot, in Northumberland, at 815 metres (2,674 ft).

–North East England

Originally known as …Pons Aelius?, this city was founded by the Roman emperor Hadrian between AD120 and 128, and a sizeable section of his wall is still visible close to the city today. After the Romans came the Normans, and in 1080 Robert Curthose, son of William the Conqueror, built the wooden …Novum Castellum?, from which the city takes its name.

–Newcastle-upon-Tyne

This city is situated in north Northumberland on the border with Scotland. The town is a true gem and boasts amazing architecture that still holds fascinating clues to centuries of its turbulent history, all in the most unspoilt and beautiful of settings.

–Berwick-upon-Tweed

This place was once the country?s chief producer of salt, whi ch was extracted from the North Sea.

–Tyneside

It is the largest forested area in England, and is a major timber producer.

–The Kielder forest

Because of it?s narrowness and its deep inlets, it is never possible to get far away from the sea.

It occupies the northern third of the islands of Great Britain. The river Tweed and the Cheviot Hills form its southern border with England.

The river Clyde is its most important river. And Loch Lomond is its largest lake.

–Scotland

In this region, it has the highest peak in the British Isle, Ben Nevis(1343 meters), which rises south of Glen Mor. It also has a national park—the Cairngorms National Park.

–The Highland

Because of it?s narrowness and its deep inlets, it is never possible to get far away from the sea. It occupies the northern third of the islands of Great Britain. The river Tweed and the Cheviot Hills form its southern border with England.

The river Clyde is its most important river. And Loch Lomond is its largest lake.

–Scotland

This city is the second largest city after Glasgow which is situated 45 miles (72 km) to the west. Owing to its rugged setting and vast collection of Medieval and Georgian architecture, including numerous stone tenements, it is often considered one of the most picturesque ci ties in Europe. Its nickname is “Athens of the North”.

–Edinburgh

This city grew from the its medieval Bishopric and the later establishment of its University there, which

contributed to the Scottish Enlightenment. .

It was known as the “Second City of the British Empire” in the Victorian era. Today it is one of Europe?s top sixteen financial centres and is home to many of Scotland?s leading businesses.

–Glasgow

It is the second largest Scottish loch by surface area 54.6 km2 after Loch Lomond, but due to its great depth is the largest by volume. Its deepest point is 230 m, deeper than the height of London?s BT (British Telecome) Tower at 189 m and deeper than any other loch besides Loch Morar.

It contains more fresh water than all lakes in England and Wales combined, and is the largest body of water on the Great Glen geologic fault, which runs from Inverness in the north to Fort William in the south.

–Loch Ness

It is bordered by England to the east and by sea in the other three directions: Bristol Channel to the south, St. George?s Channel to the west, and the Irish Sea to the north. Much of its diverse landscape is mountainous. The highest mountains there are in Snowdonia, and include Snowdon, which is the highest peak in this place.

–Wales

The rhyme:

Pistyll Rhaeadr and Wrexham steeple,

Snowdon?s mountain without its people,

Overton yew trees, St Winefride?s Wells,

Llangollen bridge and Gresford bells.

–The Seven Wonders of Wales

It was the first area in the whole of the United Kingdom to be designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, in 1956.

–The Gower peninsula

Large shipyards are located in this city. In the earlier 1900s, it constructed 600,000 tons of merchant shipping, one-tenth of the output of the whole United Kingdom. Due to this, this city was the target of several destructive air raids during WWII. It was a landing place for United States forces. It has very valuable key agricultural and industrial resources of the province. This is why NI is of such strategic importance.

–Belfast

There are three newspapers in NI: Belfast Telegraph, Irish News, and News Letter. Combined circulation is about 272,000.

Lough Neagh is the largest lake in the British Isles. The highest point in the country is Slieve Donard, a peak in the Mourne Mountains