United Kingdom

The United Kingdom, comprising of Northern Ireland and the Great Britain, is a country that is lies in Europe. It is basically an Island nation and it includes Great Britain and the northern part of Ireland. Great Britain is the largest Island in this nation and the Channel Tunnel connects this island to France.

The United Kingdom is surrounded by the Irish Sea, the English Channel, the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The area of this country is about 245,000 square kilometers and it is located between the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. The country experiences a temperate climate and it has rainfall throughout the year.

There is no official language in this country but most of the people converse in English. Four Celtic languages are also spoken in the United Kingdom and they are Cornish, Scottish Gaelic, Irish Gaelic and Welsh.

German and French are the two of the most common languages that are taught as second languages in schools. It is believed that about two hundred thousand Welsh speakers are living in England.

The main religion in United Kingdom is Christianity and this is followed by Judaism, Hinduism, Islam and Sikhism. According to a census in the year 2001, more than 70% of the population claimed that they were Christians.

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    Stonehenge

    Stonehenge is a Neolithic and grounded until at least the Bronze Age-used building located near Amesbury in Wiltshire, England, about 13 kilometers north of Salisbury. It consists of a grave complex, which surrounds a Megalith structure, which in turn is composed of several concentric stone circles.

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    Stonehenge Avenue

    Stonehenge Avenue is an ancient avenue on Salisbury plain, Wiltshire, UK. It is part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site. Discovered in the 18th century, it measures nearly 3 kilometers, connecting Stonehenge with the River Avon. It was built during the Stonehenge 3 period of 2600 to 1700 BCE.

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    Stonehenge Visitor Centre

    Opened in December 2013, the new visitor centre houses permanent and temporary exhibitions, including nearly 300 archaeological treasures found buried at the site – from jewellery to pottery to human remains – as well as a gallery, a gift shop and a 110-seater counter service café that serves hot and cold food using locally-sourced produce.

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    Studley Royal Park

    Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey is a designated World Heritage Site in North Yorkshire, England. The site, which has an area of 323 hectares (800 acres) features an 18th-century landscaped garden, some of the largest Cistercian ruins in Europe, a Jacobean mansion and a Victorian church designed by William Burges.

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    The Iron Bridge, Shropshire

    The Iron Bridge is a bridge that crosses the River Severn in Shropshire, England. Opened in 1781, it was the first arch bridge in the world to be made of cast iron, and was greatly celebrated after construction owing to its use of the new material.

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    Tower of London

    Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, known as the Tower of London, is a historic castle located on the north bank of the River Thames in central London. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the square mile of the City of London by the open space known as Tower Hill.

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    Turret 26B (Brunton), Hadrian's Wall

    Turret 26B (Brunton) is located just to the west of Brunton House, between it and the A6079. It is preserved with upstanding remains up to 2.8 metres (9.2 ft) high, and forms part of a 69 metres (75 yd) extant section of Hadrian's Wall.

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    Turret 52A (Banks East), Hadrian's Wall

    Turret 52A (Banks East) is situated by the road east of Banks village. Excavations in 1933 uncovered remains of the demolished Turf Wall abutting the turret's east wall. The turret was in use from around the early 2nd century until at least the end of the 3rd century.

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    Turret 7A, Hadrian's Wall

    Turret 7A is located in Denton Burn, in between Thorntree Drive and Brignall Gardens off the A186. During the construction of a nearby house in 1923 a sestertius coin dating to the reign of Emperor Trajan was discovered. Another coin was found in 1929.

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    Vindobala (Rudchester Roman Fort), Hadrian's Wall

    Vindobala was a Roman fort at the modern-day hamlet of Rudchester, Northumberland. It was the fourth fort on Hadrian's Wall, after Segedunum (Wallsend), Pons Aelius (Newcastle) and Condercum.

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    Westminster Abbey

    Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, is a large, mainly Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster, London, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster.

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    Windmill Hill, Avebury

    Windmill Hill is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure in the English county of Wiltshire, part of the Avebury World Heritage Site, about 1 mile (2 km) northwest of Avebury.

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    Woodhenge

    Woodhenge is a Neolithic Class II henge and timber circle monument located in the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, England. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) north-east of Stonehenge in the parish of Durrington, just north of Amesbury.