Great Britain and Ireland

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National Railway Museum

A museum that has the largest collection of trains in the world

Virgin Atlantic Airways

Airline that service North America and Europe

Heathrow Airport, Gatwick, Stansted

Airports in London

Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester Airport

Airports in Scotland

British Airways

Britain's airline that flies throughout the world

London

Capital of England

Hovercrafts

Crosses the English Channel

Southampton, Tilbury, Tower Bridge

England's 3 major embarkation ports

United Kingom

England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Great Britain

England, Wales, and Scotland

AER Lingus

Flag carrier airline of Ireland

Hampton Court Palace

Henry VIII's estate garden maze

Tower of London

Home of the Crown Jewels

Loch Ness

Home of the Loch Ness monster

Dublin

Ireland's capital

Rosetta stones

It is a granodiorite stele discovered in 1799 which is inscribed with three versions of a decree issued at Memphis, Egypt in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes.

Channel Tunnel

Known as the Chunnel, the Channel Tunnel links France and England. It is 31 mi (9 m) long, and 23 of those miles are 150 ft (45.7 m) beneath the seabed of the English Channel. High-speed trains whiz through its side-by-side tubes.

Manchester

Lies between London and Scotland

Underground/The Tube

London's subway system that goes almost to everywhere

Heathrow Airport

Major international airport in London.

York Minster

Medieval cathedral which boasts famous example of of stained-glass windows telling stories about the Bible and Christian saints

Nessie

Name of the Loch Ness monster

Palace of Holyroodhouse

Residence of the British Monarch when they are in the city

Bath

Roman built ____.

Elgin Marbles/Parthenon Marbles

Sculptures from the pediments and metopes and interior architraves of the Parthenon

Startford-upon-Avon

Shakespeare's birthplace

House of the Parliament

The most famous example of Romantic architecture is the __________.

Snowdonia National Park

Where steam trains climbs to the summit of Mt. Snowdon

Jorvik Viking Centre

York, England - built on exact site of a huge arch. dig, where well-preserved remains of a part viking-age city were found.

Westminster Abbey

a cathedral near Houses of Parliament where royal coronation, weddings and funerals take place

Edinburgh Castle

a fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, from its position atop the volcanic Castle Rock.

Stonehenge

a structure found by scientist in England is believed to have been built in the Neolithic Age and Bronze Age

Christopher Wren

architect of St. Paul's Cathedral

Wye valley

border between England and Wales

Edinburgh

capital of Scotland

Cardiff

capital of Wales

Canterbury

center-piece of the church of England

Royal Miles

connects Edinburgh and Holyroodhouse

Portmeiron

famous for Portmeiron China

Glasglow and Edinburgh

famous shrine for golfers

Welsh

first language of people in Wales

United Kingdom

four-quasi independent countries

Eurostar train

high-speed passenger rail service connecting London with Paris and Brussels. All its trains cross under the English Channel via the Channel Tunnel between Britain and France, owned and operated separately by Eurotunnel

St. Paul's Letters

largest cathedrap in London

Shannon

main air gateway of Ireland

Big Ben

nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London

Windsor Castle

oldest inhabited castle in the world.

London Eye

tall, modern observation wheel

Greenwich

the Prime Meridian runs through this city in England

York

walled medieval city

Trossachs

where beautiful moors and lochs are located


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