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Discover Britain

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Ivinghoe Beacon, Chiltern Hills, England
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Discover Britain takes you on a wonderful journey to uncover all that is fascinating about this island fascinating nation - a nation of many countries, of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, stitched together to form the delightful kaleidoscope called Britain. There's so much to see and so much to write about, I will not ever be done with describing Britain. But what I have written so far, in this, I hope will provide you a glimpse of all the Britain offers. Britain, officially the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, is a nation on the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It comprises two main parts: England, Scotland and Wales, on the island of Great Britain, and Northern Ireland, occupying the northern part of the island of Ireland. Britain is surrounded by the North Sea, the English Channel, the Irish Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland. Guide to Britain Hotels Here's a list of hotels in Britain that you can book online, listed by city, with full description, star rating, address, location map, evaluation, and prices as offered by different booking sites. This helps you to make your room booking with the site that offers the best price. Wastwater in the Lake District, England Author: GkgAlf (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported) More on Britain Britain covers an area of 243,610 sq km (94,060 sq mi). Its population, as of 2010 estimate, stands at 62 million people. The de facto capital of Britain is London, which is also the biggest city in the country. Britain enjoys the 6th biggest economy by nominal GDP as well as by purchasing power parity. It was the first industrialised country in the world with the biggest colonial empire in the 19th and 20th century, but its power diminished following two world wars and economic decline in the latter half of the 20th century. The United Kingdom was created in 1603 though the Union of the Crowns of England, Ireland and Scotland. In 1707, the United Kingdom of Great Britain came into being with the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland. In 1800, the Act of Union merged the Kingdom of Ireland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Dispute in Ireland led to the partition of the island in 1921, the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922, which resulted in the change in the name of the nation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Britain is a member of the European Union and has a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. It is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, G20, NATO, OECD and the World Trade Organization. Land's End, on the westernmost tip of Cornwall, England Author: Roger Butterfield (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic) Britain is composed of four "countries" namely England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Each has its own system of administrative division that are older than the United Kingdom itself. England accounts for just over half of the total land area of Britain, covering 130,395 sq km (50,350 sq mi). Scotland occupies 78,772 sq km (30,410 sq mi), including nearly eight hundred islands, many of which are desolate and inhabited. Wales accounts for less than a tenth of Britain, or 20,758 sq km (8,010 sq mi) while Northern Ireland accounts for 14,160 sq km (5,470 sq mi). Much of Britain comsists of lowland terrain. Even the tallest mountain, Ben Nevis in Scotland, is only 1,343 meters (4,406 ft6) above sea level. The tallest mountin in England is Scafell Pike at 978 m (3,209 ft). The structure of local government in England is not uniform and quite complex. The country is divided into nine regions and 48 ceremonial coounties. Scotland is divided into 32 council area which differ widely in terms of size and population. Northern Ireland, since 1973, comprises 26 district councils while Wales consists of 22 unitary authorities. Water Street on Castle Combe, one of the prettiest villages in England Author: John Menard (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic) Visiting Britain Britain has not fully implemented the Schengen Agreement, meaning visitors from the European Union, except Ireland, needs to bring a passport. However they enjoy residency and working rights, as are the nationals of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Nationals of American Samoa, Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Bonaire, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Dominica, East Timor, El Salvador, Federated States of Micronesia, French Guiana, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Israel, Kiribati, Lesotho, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Namibia, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niue, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Reunion, Saba, South Korea, St Eustatius, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Maarten, St Vincent & The Grenadines, San Marino, Singapore, Swaziland, Tahiti and her Islands, Taiwan, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks and Caicos, Tuvalu, Uruguay, United States, US Virgin Islands, Vanuatu, Vatican City and Venezuela only need their passport for visits of up to 6 months. Britain is one of the major tourist destination in the world. Most tourists to the country arrives at any of London's five airports. A smaller number arrives at Manchester International Airport. London Heathrow Airport is the busiest international airport in the world. London Gatwick and London Stanstead are the two other major airports receiving international flights. London Luton airport handles mostly budget flights while London City Airport handles mostly business passengers. Lincoln Cathedral, East Midlands Author: Richard Croft (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic) Travelers from continental Europe can travel by high-speed Eurostar trains from Paris, Lille and Brussels to London, arriving at the St Pancras International railway station. It only takes two hours fifteen minutes to reach London from Paris by train. Shuttle trains also carry cars through the Channel Tunnel from Calais, France, to Folkestone, England. The cost is £49 one way. There are a number of ferry routes between Britain and continental Europe. The most popular passenger port is Dover, which has regular services from Zeebrugge in Belgium and Calais in France. Ferries from Amsterdam go to Newcastle, England while those from Esbjerg, Denmark, goes to Harwich, England. View from Skye in Scotland Author: arjecahn (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic) To go to Scotland, you can take flights from London or Manchester to its main cities such as Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness. The main airport for Wales is the Cardiff International Airport, located to the south of Cardiff. You can also drive or take the train from London. There are flights to Belfast in Northern Ireland. The city has two main airports the George Best Belfast City Airport, which is closer to the city center, and the Belfast International Airport, which is further away. You can also take ferries across the Irish Sea from Larne in Great Britain to Belfast. Directory of Cities, Towns and Villages in Britain Major cities are in bold. Before 1888, to qualify for city status, a town in England must have an Anglican cathedral. After 1888, this is no longer a requirement. LONDON - capital Aberdeen Abingdon Alcester Aldeburgh Aldershot Alnmouth Alnwick Altrincham Amersham Ascot Ashbourne Amersham Ashton-under-Lyne Axminster Bakewell Baldock Barnstaple Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke Bath Battle Beaconsfield Bedford Beer Belper Berwick-upon-Tweed Beverley Bexhill-on-Sea Bideford Birmingham Bishop Auckland Bodmin Bournemouth Bourton-on-the-Water Bovey Tracey Bradford Braintree Brentwood Bridlington Bridport Brighton & Hove Bristol Buckingham Bude Burnham-on-Crouch Burnley Burwell Buxton Callington Cambridge Canterbury Cardiff Carlisle Chagford Chelmsford Cheltenham Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chipping Campden Chipping Sodbury Christchurch Cirencester Clacton-on-Sea Colchester Coleford Colne Congleton Coventry Crediton Crewe Crowborough Darlington Dartmouth Derby Dorchester Driffield Dudley Dunstable Durham Dursley Eastbourne Eastleigh Edinburgh Ellesmere Port Ely Epping Eton Exeter Falmouth Farnborough Filton Fowey Frinton-on-Sea Gateshead Glasgow Glossop Gloucester Goole Gosport Great Yarmouth Grimsby Hailsham Hale Harpenden Hartfield Hartlepool Harwich Hastings Hatfield Hayle Heathfield Hedon Helston Hemel Hempstead Hereford Hertford Hexham High Wycombe Hitchin Hornsea Howden Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Kendal Kingston upon Hull Knebworth Lancaster Launceston Lechlade Leeds Leicester Letchworth Garden City Lewes Lichfield Lincoln Liskeard Littleborough Liverpool Looe Lostwithiel Luton Lyme Regis Lymington Macclesfield Maidenhead Maldon Manchester Marazion March Market Weighton Marlow Matlock Middlesbrough Minchinhampton Morpeth Nailsworth Newbury Newcastle upon Tyne Newhaven Newlyn Newquay Northwich Norwich Nottingham Oxford Padstow Penrith Penzance Peterborough Plymouth Pocklington Poole Portsmouth Preston Princes Risborough Redruth Ripon Rochdale Romsey Royal Tunbridge Wells Royston Runcorn Rye Saffron Walden Sale Salford Salisbury Saltash Sawtry Scunthorpe Seahouses Sennen Shaftesbury Sheffield Sherborne Snaith South Shields Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans St Austell St Ives, Cambridgeshire St Ives, Cornwall St Just in Penwith St Neots Stevenage Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stonehouse Stony Stratford Stow-on-the-Wold Stratford-upon-Avon Stroud Sunderland Sutton Coldfield Swindon Telford Tetbury Tewkesbury Thornbury Tring Truro Uckfield Wadebridge Wakefield Walsall Waltham Abbey Wareham Warrington Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City West Bromwich Westcliff-on-Sea Westminster Weston-super-Mare Weymouth Whitehaven Whittlesey Widnes Wilmslow Winchcombe Winchester Windsor Winsford Winslow Wisbech Witham Wolverhampton Worcester Workington Wotton-under-Edge Yate Yaxley York

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