The UK

The United Kingdom

LONDON

The North Of England

London & East Anglia

The north is famous for its factories.

Manchester, for example, was the world's biggest producer of cotton goods and the port of Liverpool became the main outlet for Britain's industrial products in the Industrial Revolution.

Leeds and Bradford were the center of the woollen industries.

This region is particularly suitable for sheep and intensive agriculture.

In the north-west there is The Lake District and it is famous for its natural beauty and now is a National Park.

London is the centre of the government, business an financial of the country.

This city also dominates intellectual and cultural life and because of that is the major tourist destination.

The region of East Anglia is important for agriculture.

The principal towns are: Norwich and Cambridge (university).

Scotland

Scotland has its own separate identity.

80 per cent of the population lives in the Central Lowlands area.

Edinburgh (the Scottish capital) is a major cultural and tourism centre for its famous castle.

The Highlands is an area of mountain scenary, with the Loch Ness Lake.

British National Anthem

"God save our gracious Queen,

Long live our noble Queen,

God save the Queen!

Send her victorious,

Happy and glorious,

Long to reign over us;

God save the Queen!"

Cities

Norwich

Nottingham

Oxford

Leeds

Manchester

Birmingham

Brighton

Cardiff

Bath

Snowdonia National Park

Cambridge

Edinburgh

Belfast

Lake Districk area

Glasgow

The Great Britain

The Great Britain, or more specifically The United Kingdom, is the largest island in the British isles.

This large State includes: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The official currency is the pound/pence.

Wales

Most of the population lives along the south coast, especially near Cardiff (the Welsh capital).

This region were important for its coal-mining area. Besides industries this region is mountainous and quite thinly populated.

Tourism is important especially in the Snowdonia National Park area in the north.

Northern Ireland

The capitol of this region is Belfast.

Northern Ireland has historically been the most industrialised region of the island. After declining as a result of the political and social turmoil of the Troubles, its economy has grown significantly since the late 1990s.

Principal Towns: Belfast, Lisburn, Armagh, Derry e Newry.

The Midlands

The most important city is Birmingham for the industrial area around it.

Important cities are also Leicester and Notthingham for their manufacturing making. Agriculture is important too.

This region include several historical towns and buildings, for example the city of Oxford.

The South Of England

This region with his rolling hills provide good farmland, agriculture and breeding.

Tourist attractions include the Stonehenge and the city of Bath.

In the south-west there are Devon and Cornwall with their beautiful scenaries.

There are also large seaside resorts like Brighton and Bournemouth and large ports like Southampton, Dover and Bristol.