• Scotland

• England

• Wales

• Northern Ireland

Capital: London

Official Language: English

Population: 64.1 million

Currency: Pound

1283 - 1536

843 - 1707

927-1536

Victoria I

Elizabeth II

• English Breakfast

• Tea

• Fish and Chips

• Yorkshire Pudding

• Cricket

• Football

• Polo

• Morris Dance

(England)

• Irish Dance (Ireland)

• Folk Dance

• Saint Patrick’s Day

• May Day Bank

• Guy Fawkes Night

Stonehenge

London Eye

Giant’s Causeway

Forth Rail Bridge

Conwy Castle

• Queen Elizabeth ll is actually the Queen of sixteen

countries, called the Commonwealth Countries.

• The Channel Tunnel connects UK to France. It is the

world’s longest underground tunnel (38 kilometres

underwater).

• Every day UK people drink 165 million cups of tea! Over

20 times more than the average American.

• There are over 300 languages spoken in England.

• The UK has almost 3 times the population of Australia.

• The highest temperature ever recorded in England was

38.5 degrees in Kent in 2003.

• Britain has the highest consumption of cider per capita.

• Eating mince pies on Christmas Day is actually illegal.

• Scotland produces more than 250 million liters of whiskey

every year which is enough to fill 4546 swimming pools.

• Beer was a common accompaniment to the medieval

English breakfast.

• Britain really does have an annual cheese rolling

competition that involves running down Coopers Hill after

a Double Gloucester Round. (The winner gets the

cheese).

• There are more chickens than humans in the UK.

• Big Ben does not refer to the famous clock, but actually

the bell.

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