THE UNITED KINGDOM

Nataša Stojanovic VI1

FLAG OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

THE UNITED KINGDOM The full name is the United Kingdom

of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom is an island country in the Atlantic ocean. The United Kingdom is situated in the Western Europe.

GREAT BRITIAN Great Britain is divided into three

regions: Scotland, Wales and England.

NORTHERN IRELAND Northern Ireland is one of four parts of

the United Kingdom. It is located in the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland.

It is the only one of the four regions of the United Kingdom which borders with land (The Republic of Ireland).

LONDON London is the capital of England and the

United Kingdom. Its surface is 1570 km2. London has 8.278.251 people. Famous places in it are: -The London Eye -Big Ben -Buckingham Palace -Trafalgar Square -Natural History Museum

L O N D O N

LONDON EYE London Eye is known as the Millennium

Wheel and the British Airways London Eye. It is located on the south bank of the river Thames near the bridge Westminster.

LONDON EYE

BIG BEN It was built as part of a new

Westminster‘s Palace, because the old one was burned down in a fire on the night of 22nd October, 1834. The Tower is 96.3 meters high.

The designer of the tower is Augustus Pugin.

BIG BEN

BUCKINGHAM PALACE

TRAFALGAR SQUARE

THE RIVER THAMES The Thames flows through southern

England, in the lower part passes through London and away from the North Sea.

It is 346 km long. It is one of the most important water transport in England.

RIVER THAMES

LOCH NESS Loch Ness is a very deep lake. It‘s 226

meters deep in the middle. People say that a monster lives

here. It was the basis for the film ‘‘Secret of Loch Ness“.

LOCH NESS

FAMOUS TOWNS ARE:

OXFORD

LeeDS

GLAZGOw

Sheffield

BiRMINGHAM

Cambridge

DISTRIKT LAKE