Welcome the World to London and the U.K.

Birla High School,Kolkata (India)Warm Up for the Games Competition

THE UNITED

KINGDOM

The UK is a developed country and has the world's seventh-largest economy by nominal GDP.

It was the world's first industrialised country and the world's foremost power during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The UK remains a great power with leading economic, cultural, military, scientific and political influence.

It is a recognised nuclear weapons state and its military expenditure ranks fourth in the world.

THE U.K. CULTURE

People, Religion and Languages

Apart from the English, the Irish, the Scottish and the Welsh, the U.K. today is home to many other ethnic groups like the Indians, Pakistanis, Carribeans, Black Africans and Bangladeshis.

A wide range of religions are practised freely in the UK, although public holidays in England are based around the Christian religion.

Though majority of the people speak English, over 300 lanuages are spoken all over the U.K. including many South-Asian languages.

May Day Celebrations: Maypole Dancing• Origin: the Roman festival of Flora, goddess of fruit and flowers • Celebrate the coming of summer after a long winter• A time for love and romance

Christmas

Boxing Day

New Years’Day

Easter Monday

THE U.K. CULTURE

Festivals

Cricket: England’s national sportThe England and Wales cricket team represents England and Wales. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board.

Soccer: Most popular sportAssociation football is a very popular sport in England, where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863.

RugbyThis sport used to be played by the rich upper class only

Tennis

PoloBrought to Britain from India in the 19th Century by army officers

THE U.K. SPORTS

The ECB’s Logo

Soccer

THE U.K. SPORTS

The English Premier League

Beijing 2008 saw the best performance by a British team in 100 years as they finished fourth.

Total 47 medals:Gold -19, Silver -13, Bronze -15

Cycling hit the top of the British medal table with 8 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze.

Chris Hoy secured a hat-trick of gold medals becoming the first Briton in 100 years to win 3 golds at the same Olympics.

Rebecca Adlington put swimming in the spotlight with two gold medals.

The British rowing team bought home two gold medals, as well as two silver and two bronze.

Great Britain won the Olympic title in the coxless fours for the 3rd consecutive Games.

THE U.K. SPORTSOutstanding

Performance at Beijing Olympics 2008

A leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport all contributing to its prominence.

One of the world's leading financial centre.

It has the fifth-largest city GDP in the world and the largest in Europe.

LONDONThe City of

Dreams

London's 43 universities form the largest concentration of higher education in Europe.

It has the third most international visitors in the world.

London Heathrow is the world's busiest airport by number of international passengers.

In 2012 London will become the first city to host the modern Summer Olympic Games three times.

LONDONThe City of

Dreams

LONDONTransport

Roads and motorways are primary domestic transport routes. There are some 225,000 miles of roads in Britain.

Cars, vans and taxis are the most common modes of transport.

Motorcycling is popular, both as a means of transport & as a pastime.

Buses that might be single-decker or double-decker are widely used.

The Tube or the internationally famous London underground railway system .

• covers the largest area of any underground rail system• connects all mainline stations of central and greater London with 253 miles of tracks

LONDONAttractions

LONDONAttractions

LONDONOLYMPICS 2012

LONDONOLYMPICS 2012