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Sightseeing London
615 Reviews Every major city boasts a Chinatown. According to my guide book there has been a Chinatown in London since the 19th century and originally concentrated around the East End docks at Limehouse, where...
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Edinburgh Castle Edinburgh
98 Reviews I think that edinburgh's castle is just amazing:his position is great and you can have a great view of all the city.You can walk inside it and return back of centuries thinking at the Bravehearth...
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Granada Studios Manchester
4 Reviews Manchester is the home of Granada Studios which produces Coronation Street, a long running British soap. It first aired on Dec. 9, 1960 and is still going strong. I am a dedicated Corrie fan and I...
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walk/explore Glasgow
18 Reviews The best way to get to know the city is to just wander around and discover places for yourself. Well in the centre of the city at least, don't want to end up anywhere dodgy by accident! I took most of...
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Famous People of Cardiff Cardiff
9 Reviews DID YOU KNOW...? (BBC Cardiff Website) Cardiff is said to have more parks, recreation and open spaces per head of population than any other city in the UK, including the huge and sprawling Bute Park...
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City Walls - General York
17 Reviews Some sections of YORK CITY WALLS date back to Roman times. When the Romans first came here in the first century A.D., they built a military fort on the banks of the River Ouse. Strong walls were built...
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Walking Tours Birmingham
5 Reviews Walk up New Street to Victoria Square. At the end of New Street facing you is the Town Hall. In 1830 there was a competition for a new town hall in Birmingham with less than two months allowed for...
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Oxford University & Colleges Oxford
33 Reviews So which is better ? Oxford or Cambridge. When it comes to academic rating, Cambridge battles it out on the world stage with Harvard, but Oxford struggles to make the top ten. So a clear win...
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Liver Buildings Liverpool
24 Reviews Edwardian Baroque design (1904) of Sir Arnold Thornley and F.B. Hobbs. Originally the Mersey Docks and Harbour Docks Building - recently restored for both offices and residences. A reinforced concrete...
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King's College Cambridge
9 Reviews There are lots of beautiful college buildings in Cambridge but the King's College would have to be one of the most impressive... The Cathedral is absolutely huge and the other buildings around the...
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Street Scenes Chester
7 Reviews Just the other side of the wall from the Roman garden is this lovely row of tiny timber and sandstone cottages built as almshouses in about 1650. And no you haven't miscounted - only six of the...
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Sunday Belfast
3 Reviews Ah, the ulster fry. How i miss ye here on the continent. I cannot wait to get back there and eat ye, im sick of croissants and coffee. here's all you need for a good ulster fry...... buy yourself...
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Further Afield Belfast
13 Reviews There are no signs at the border telling you you are now in the North or Republic. You will recognise it from all the "Money Changed Here" signs instead! Such bureaux de changes are reputed to be...
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Historical London
144 Reviews All Hallows by the Tower is the oldest church in the City of London and a living church serving today's City community. All Hallows by the Tower established in 675 as "All Hallows Barking" (after...
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Princes Street Edinburgh
30 Reviews Princes Street is the major shopping stroll in Edinburgh. I vividly remember wandering around, having lunch at the Burger King, going into Menzies to buy some Smarties in those paper tubes (which we...
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Trafford Centre Manchester
7 Reviews There is so much about Manchester i love. Not just the City Centre itself, but the surrounding areas of Greater Manchester are well worth taking the time to explore. From the Uk's biggest and best...
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Architecture Glasgow
12 Reviews Oh, look at this! This is Glasgow. The picture is of the Old Exchange, now a Bookshop (with a cafe - thankfully) ... oh so civilised. You might think I exagerate, but there are so few places like...
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Cardiff Bay Cardiff
6 Reviews "Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, With a cargo of ivory, And apes and peacocks, Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine. Stately Spanish...
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City - Miscellaneous York
26 Reviews I loved York! We walked and walked everywhere. People are friendly, there is so much to see and do here and we have to go back :-) I am only staying in England temporally, so will not probably get to...
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Football (Soccer) Birmingham
2 Reviews Name Birmingham City Nickname The Blues Stadium St Andrews League Play In Premier League Honours Home Kit Blue shirt, white shorts and blue socks Away Kit ...
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Impressions Oxford
15 Reviews Being in Oxford for three days gives you enough time to discover several colleges, the beautiful parks of Oxford and also some of the vicinity. You might want to go out to the Cotswolds for one day or...
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Beatles Liverpool
17 Reviews The Beatles are from Liverpool. Everybody knows that. I really like how the whole city still wasn't turned into a Beatles trap! The local tourist information has a great slogan on their plastic bags...
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Punting Cambridge
12 Reviews While we were punting down the River Cam we came across the Mathematical Bridge...our guide told us that many years ago the maths students couldn't work out how the bridge was built without any bolts...
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roman garden Chester
1 Review The "Roman Garden" monicker is something of a misnomer. Certainly there is no indication that a garden existed on this site near Newgate during Roman times. The garden space was, in fact, assembled in...
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Odyssey/W5 Belfast
1 Review Belfast is really cool.There is so many things to do:swimming,beach,shops(lots),restaurants.eg:burger king,mcdonlands. Belfast is kind of cool in some places.There is the Odyssey.There is concerts,a...
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London is full of interesting museums: The British, the Natural History, Science, Geology, Human and History and lot more, well if you want to see them all, you'll need at least one week not seeing all the sections in every one, as it seems to be endless!
The mixture of the new buildings and the old classical in London is one of the remarkable phenomenas in this city, I saw something alike when I was in Brussels in Belgium,and it is good to keep the spirt mixed, as in spite the conservative point of view of English people, the evoluate the city in the needed modern style accorded to the time!
I took this photo from the Bus in the way of getting back to Dijon-France, it was the last views I see in London before getting back to the tunnel, I guess it is good even to do that by Bus, as you won't be able to do it while walking if you have the most important activities to see!
What Are We?The facts are:Great Britain = England, Scotland and Wales, the 3 contiguous nations of the main island. Legislative union between Scotland and England & Wales was in 1707.King James I (King James VI of Scotland) had styled himself "King of Great Britain" when he acceded to the throne of England and Wales in 1603. Edward I had completed the conquest of "Wales" and Wales was united to England under Henry VIII, by two Acts of Parliament in 1536 and again in 1543The British Isles is a geographical term to describe the main island of Great Britain together with Ireland and associated islands, and has no legal significance. United Kingdom = England, Scotland and Wales, together with the province of Northern Ireland. These 4 form the country officially known as "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" or simply the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom came into...
Hey, I have just found this amazing website, by a film location company - it has a library of photographs of places in the UK - amazing stuff - it also lists sunrise and sunset times etc.So, if you are a film maker or photographer, keen to shoot something special, atmospheric, unusual ... or a virtual tourist wanting to see the country from the comfort of your own home, look at:http://www.locationworks.com/library/alpha.htmlNow you can plan a different vacation / tour from the usual.. Also, follow this link to my Scotland Film Locations Page - a great resource for those of you wishing to find the real locations for scenery you have seen on film:http://www.virtualtourist.com/m/70ef2/f8/1/Don't forget this tip!My best wishes to Location Works.
You want to try Fish and Chips whilst in the UK but, where to try??? Save the tasting until you get to a Quality Assured Fish and Chip Shop, where the fish is caught / fresh and the potatoes locally grown - and busy with healthy looking locals!!!This shop is in Perth. It is just one of the many good quality Fish & Chip Shops in Britain - follow my web link for the best in Britain.http://www.seafish.org/land/standards.asp?p=ff213 DO try Fish and Chips from a takeaway shop, wrapped in paper (not a restaurant or hotel imitation). Whilst there - have a go at pickled eggs or similar wierd things in vinegar :-)Try a Fish & Chip Shop that serves a wider range of fish. Cod is common but over fished - so ethics tell me to stop eating it! In Scotland the most common fish is Haddock.Old fashioned fish used to include Rock Salmon / Huss - and this is really tasty. Eat the soft centre bone too....
This pretty, brick house, with red tiled roof, was once a farmhouse supporting two families.As with most of rural UK, the farms have been bought up and amalgamated into super large farms - highly profitable. The land around is farmed but the houses either are abandoned (see my homepage) or if lucky get converted into cute little residences for retired or commuting workers.The farming is highly mechanised and advanced - so has little charm or need for workers. The countryside is changed, largely populated by new arrivals to the area - but in remoter areas (like the Highlands of Scotland) few new people arrive and the land is empty, semi wild and desolate.A recent change in the taxation (council tax on second / holiday homes) may start to encourage holders of empty houses to sell or rent - so other houses may get a new lease of life like this one. However, the UK government still taxes (at...
My Tip - Read this book if you want a great insight into Britain, who 'we' are and all the daft idiosyncracies of life in a different yet familiar place."Notes From A Small Island" - by Bill Bryson.Of course it is funniest when you know something of what he refers to, so best read here, after you have experienced something of life in this small island. Funny and sadly true. QueuesRainFish & Chips"Sorry""Mustn't Grumble"ServitudeAristocracy & Class'One Day' SummersThe AccentOld BuildingsThe MiniFields & HedgesDriving On The Wrong SideTeaMerchant Ivory FilmsSilly Swear WordsRidiculous PrideIndustrial Revolution - UnfinishedAn Empire - Not ForgottenSunburnElectric Milk FloatsReal AleRed Socks & RucsacsMapsThatched Cottages & RosesRoads Winding "For No Reason"Dry Stone WallsNaivityWooly JumpersComedy:-)And on and on .....
This lazy and belligerent good-for-nothing type, unemployed and usually drunk, and depending on his hard-working wife Flo, is also one of the greatest successes of British comics. Reg Smythe created him and he first appeared in Daily Mirror in 1957, but now appears in over 1400 newspapers worldwide. Andy Capp (= handicap) will always make us laugh.
Gingerbread based in the UK is the foremost support group for single parent families in England and Wales. Gingerbread began in 1970 and is a charity ran by lone parents.Gingerbread has a free phone service on 0800 018 4318 Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. You can also talk to other lone parents in a chat room or put a notice up on the board for others to view. There are also discussion boards and mailing forums plus an newsletter which is e-mailed directly to your inbox. Gingerbread can be translated into several languages so ther's no barriers,Those looking for a group in Salisbury, it's under the name of 'Lone parent group'. They meet every 1st & 3rd Saturday of the month at Elizabeth House Social Centre in Exeter St, please ring 01722-340917 & ask for Sharon. To contact or join Gingerbread please phone:Freephone 0800 018 4318Fax: 020 7488 9333 or write to: Gingerbread, 7...
The Montague On The Gardens London
5 Reviews and 1067 Opinions The concierge was fabulous, the hotel very grand, and despite the rooms being small they were...
The Balmoral Hotel Edinburgh
5 Reviews and 770 Opinions Two men wearing kilts (or trews) welcome you at the door and an open fire welcomes you in the lobby,...
Radisson Edwardian Manchester Manchester
4 Reviews and 929 Opinions I had a great time there. Stayed due to business 4 nights in the hotel. Staff was great, friendly...
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Q: In mid May we will be traveling from Glasgow to London. I think we have decided we would prefer rail to air for various reasons. ...
A: Hopefully someone local will have the specifics, but on all of my trips to Edinburgh from London, I've not booked in advance and had no issues with travel. Your profile...
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