British IslesCities of the

London, England

Capital of England and UK Located on River Thames Population: 7.8 million

London, England

Buckingham Palace Residence and office of British monarch Queen Victoria was the first monarch to

reside there

London, England

Palace of Westminster Westminster means monastery Meeting place of the two houses of

Parliament

London, England

Westminster Abbey Gothic church Place of coronation Burial site for English and British

monarchs

London, England

Kew Gardens Royal Botanical Gardens World’s largest collection of living plants 30,000 different kinds of plants Over 7 million preserved plant

specimens

London, England

St. Paul’s Cathedral

London, England

Tower Bridge

London, England

Tower of London

London, England

London Eye

London, England

Trafalgar Square

London, England

Parks St. James’s Park Green Park Hyde Park Regent’s Park

London, England

The Underground Double Decker Bus

Manchester, England

Population: 498,000 (2011) Metropolitan borough in Greater

Manchester

Manchester, England

Mamucium Fort in the Roman province of Britannia 79 A.D.

Manchester, England

Textile manufacturing Industrial Revolution Cotton became the most important

textile

Manchester, England

Manchester Ship Canal Port of Manchester Opened in 1894, it was the largest river

navigation canal in the world

Manchester, England

Manchester United English professional football club Has won the most trophies in English

football One of the wealthiest and most widely

supported football teams in the world Valued at $1.86 billion

Manchester, England

World’s first inter-city passenger railway station

Manchester, England

Ernest Rutherford splits the first atom in 1917 New Zealand born, British chemist and

physicist “Father of nuclear physics”

Birmingham, England

Population: 1 million 2nd most populous British city

Birmingham, England

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Birmingham, England

Birmingham Royal Ballet Founded in 1947

Birmingham, England

Barber Institute of Fine Art Established in 1932 “Outstanding collections of international

significance”

Birmingham, England

Cadbury World Explore and discover chocolate’s history

Liverpool, England

Population: 445,000 The Beatles

Nottingham, England

Population: 306,000 Legend of Robin Hood

Stratford-upon-Avon, England

Population: 25,000 Shakespeare

Edinburgh, Scotland

Population: 486,000 Capital of Scotland 2nd largest city in Scotland

Edinburgh, Scotland

Athens of the North Historical centre of the Enlightenment

Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh Castle Human habitation is dated back to the

9th c. B.C.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh Festival Arts and cultural festivals in August Established in 1947 in a post-war effort to

“provide a platform for the flowering of the human spirit”

Glasgow, Scotland

Population: 1.7 million Largest city in Scotland 3rd most populous in UK

Glasgow, Scotland

Scottish Enlightenment Major centre in 18th century Intellectual and scientific

accomplishments By 1750, Scots were among the most

literate citizens of Europe

Glasgow, Scotland

Ship building and marine engineering

Wales

Northern Ireland

Ireland