The United Kingdom of Great Britain 

and Northern Ireland

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 The United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Northern Ireland

The British Isles are a group

of islands on the north- 
west coast of the
continent of
Europe.

The largest islands

are  Great Britain and
Ireland
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    and  Northern Ireland                        

England, Wales and Scotland

are in the Great Britain.
Northern Ireland is in the
north-eastern part of Ireland.

The largest part of Ireland is

the Irish Republic
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Britain  and Northern
Ireland

The British Isles 

have many rivers, 
but
they
- are not very long: 
 -  the Severn
the
- Thames 
and so on.
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Britain  and Northern
Ireland

There are many beautiful  lakes

in Scotland and north-west
England.

As a rule, there is no ice  on the

lakes
and  rivers in winter.
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There are no  high mountains on

these islands.
The highest mountain in  Scotland – Ben Nevis  (1,343 meters
high)
The highest mountain in  Wales – Snowdon  (1,085 meters high)
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Britain  and Northern
Ireland
The climate of  the British Isles is
not very cold in winter
and never
very hot in summer. All
parts of
the British Isles  get a lot of rain  in all
seasons.
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Britain  and Northern
Ireland
There are four nationalities which
have their own
language and culture:
the English, the Irish, the Welsh,
the Scottish.
The population of the
the United Kingdom of Great
Britain  and Northern
Ireland
is almost 56 mln.
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Britain  and Northern
Ireland
London, the capital, is one of 
many important industrial
centers.  Clothes, food, planes,
cars are  made in and around
London. It is  2000 years old.
Many years ago
London was a
small  town on the 
Thames. Now 
London is
a beautiful city.
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Britain  and Northern
Ireland

The oldest part of the capital is the “City of London”,

it  makes about 1 square mile.
Many monuments of London’s history are in the City.
London has many theatres and concert
halls,  galleries and museums.
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Britain  and Northern
Ireland

In London there are many historical

places  which are the most interesting
and popular  among the Londoners and
foreign tourists from different countries.
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Britain  and Northern
Ireland
Before railways were 
built in Britain,
canals
had been made to 
join one river to 
another, and canal 
boat carried goods 
between the
industrial  centers
and the  seaports.
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Stonehenge is the most 
mysterious structure
world. It is situated in the
South of England. The  largest
of its stones weigh  50 tons, and
the smallest –  5 tons. It had
been building  during 6 hundred
years.
The sun and the stones at 
Stonehenge let Druids  know
when the months and  seasons
start.
 The Tower of
London
The Tower of London is
the  most famous of all
the
historical buildings in
London.
It stands today almost 
unchanged since it was
built  in the 11thcentury. It
was a  fortress, a royal
palace and  later a prison.
But today it is
a museum. There are a lot
of  interesting collections in
the
 The Tower of
London Thethe black ravens that live in
gardens of the Tower
now are
another famous sight. The 
legend says that without them 
the Tower will fall. The Raven 
Master is the person who
Many people from other gives them food
countries  come to see the
Tower. They  see the dark
stone halls with  small
windows and thick doors.  The
walls of the Tower are five 
metres thick. In the museum 
they can see many old guns.
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CathedralIt isSt.
the second famous church.
Paul’s Cathedral is the 
greatest work of England’s 
greatest architect, Christopher 
Wren. The Cathedral was 
begun in 1675.

It was opened in 1697 but

was finished only in 1710, when it 
was almost 80 years old. There are
memorials to many famous men of England in
the Cathedral.
 Trafalgar
Square
Trafalgar Square is in
thecentre of the West End of 
London. In thecentre there is
Nelson’s Column with the  figure of
the great seaman  who defeated the
French at  the Battle of Trafalgar in
1805.
Trafalgar Square is the place 
where mass meetings and 
demonstrations take place.
 Piccadilly
Circus Piccadilly Circus is a 
square in the central 
part of London. It is  the
meeting point of  six
streets. London’s  best-
known theatres  and
cinemas
and most famous restaurants are on Piccadilly  Circus.
In the square you can see people of  many
nationalities and hear a lot of different languages.
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Parliament
The Houses of Parliament in 
London, known also as
the Palace of Westminster, is the
place where  members of 
Parliament gather to make laws.

The Houses of Parliament is  a

very large building which
stands near the Thames.
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There are two tall towers  Ben
at the corners of the 
building and one of
them is the Clock 
Tower. It was built in 
1858 by the English 
people.
The bell weights 13 tons. The 
man in charge of the building
was Sir Benjamin Hall. He 
was very tall, so the workers 
called him Big Ben. It strikes 
every hour.
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