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British IslesCities of the
London, England
Capital of England and UK Located on River Thames Population: 7.8 million
London, England
Buckingham Palace Residence and office of British monarch Queen Victoria was the first monarch to
reside there
London, England
Palace of Westminster Westminster means monastery Meeting place of the two houses of
Parliament
London, England
Westminster Abbey Gothic church Place of coronation Burial site for English and British
monarchs
London, England
Kew Gardens Royal Botanical Gardens World’s largest collection of living plants 30,000 different kinds of plants Over 7 million preserved plant
specimens
London, England
St. Paul’s Cathedral
London, England
Tower Bridge
London, England
Tower of London
London, England
London Eye
London, England
Trafalgar Square
London, England
Parks St. James’s Park Green Park Hyde Park Regent’s Park
London, England
The Underground Double Decker Bus
Manchester, England
Population: 498,000 (2011) Metropolitan borough in Greater
Manchester
Manchester, England
Mamucium Fort in the Roman province of Britannia 79 A.D.
Manchester, England
Textile manufacturing Industrial Revolution Cotton became the most important
textile
Manchester, England
Manchester Ship Canal Port of Manchester Opened in 1894, it was the largest river
navigation canal in the world
Manchester, England
Manchester United English professional football club Has won the most trophies in English
football One of the wealthiest and most widely
supported football teams in the world Valued at $1.86 billion
Manchester, England
World’s first inter-city passenger railway station
Manchester, England
Ernest Rutherford splits the first atom in 1917 New Zealand born, British chemist and
physicist “Father of nuclear physics”
Birmingham, England
Population: 1 million 2nd most populous British city
Birmingham, England
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Birmingham, England
Birmingham Royal Ballet Founded in 1947
Birmingham, England
Barber Institute of Fine Art Established in 1932 “Outstanding collections of international
significance”
Birmingham, England
Cadbury World Explore and discover chocolate’s history
Liverpool, England
Population: 445,000 The Beatles
Nottingham, England
Population: 306,000 Legend of Robin Hood
Stratford-upon-Avon, England
Population: 25,000 Shakespeare
Edinburgh, Scotland
Population: 486,000 Capital of Scotland 2nd largest city in Scotland
Edinburgh, Scotland
Athens of the North Historical centre of the Enlightenment
Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh Castle Human habitation is dated back to the
9th c. B.C.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh Festival Arts and cultural festivals in August Established in 1947 in a post-war effort to
“provide a platform for the flowering of the human spirit”
Glasgow, Scotland
Population: 1.7 million Largest city in Scotland 3rd most populous in UK
Glasgow, Scotland
Scottish Enlightenment Major centre in 18th century Intellectual and scientific
accomplishments By 1750, Scots were among the most
literate citizens of Europe
Glasgow, Scotland
Ship building and marine engineering
Wales
Northern Ireland
Ireland