The United Kingdom is located off the northwestern coast of Europe and consists of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, and smaller islands. It is surrounded by water except for its land border with Ireland. The Channel Tunnel, also called the Chunnel, is a 50.5 km undersea rail tunnel that links Folkestone, UK and Coquelles, France beneath the English Channel. London is the capital and largest city of the UK, an important center for business, finance, culture and politics with many famous landmarks. Several notable bridges cross the River Thames running through London, including Westminster Bridge, Waterloo Bridge and Tower Bridge. The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament, is where the UK Parliament meets on
The United Kingdom is located off the northwestern coast of Europe and consists of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, and smaller islands. It is surrounded by water except for its land border with Ireland. The Channel Tunnel, also called the Chunnel, is a 50.5 km undersea rail tunnel that links Folkestone, UK and Coquelles, France beneath the English Channel. London is the capital and largest city of the UK, an important center for business, finance, culture and politics with many famous landmarks. Several notable bridges cross the River Thames running through London, including Westminster Bridge, Waterloo Bridge and Tower Bridge. The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament, is where the UK Parliament meets on
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The United Kingdom is located off the northwestern coast of Europe and consists of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, and smaller islands. It is surrounded by water except for its land border with Ireland. The Channel Tunnel, also called the Chunnel, is a 50.5 km undersea rail tunnel that links Folkestone, UK and Coquelles, France beneath the English Channel. London is the capital and largest city of the UK, an important center for business, finance, culture and politics with many famous landmarks. Several notable bridges cross the River Thames running through London, including Westminster Bridge, Waterloo Bridge and Tower Bridge. The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament, is where the UK Parliament meets on
The United Kingdom is located off the northwestern coast of Europe and consists of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, and smaller islands. It is surrounded by water except for its land border with Ireland. The Channel Tunnel, also called the Chunnel, is a 50.5 km undersea rail tunnel that links Folkestone, UK and Coquelles, France beneath the English Channel. London is the capital and largest city of the UK, an important center for business, finance, culture and politics with many famous landmarks. Several notable bridges cross the River Thames running through London, including Westminster Bridge, Waterloo Bridge and Tower Bridge. The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament, is where the UK Parliament meets on
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning Great Britain, the northeast part of Ireland, and many small islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border, sharing it with the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea. The largest island, Great Britain, is linked to France by the Channel Tunnel.
Euro/Channel Tunnel The Channel Tunnel (French: Le tunnel sous la Manche), also known by the portmanteau Chunnel, is a 50.5-kilometre (31.4 mi) undersea rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent in England with Coquelles near Calais in northern France beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover. At its lowest point it is 75 m (250 ft) deep. The Channel Tunnel has the longest undersea portion of any tunnel in the world although the Seikan Tunnel in Japan is both longer overall, at 53.85 kilometres (33.5 mi) and deeper, at 240 metres (790 ft).
The tunnel carries high-speed Eurostar passenger trains,
Eurotunnel ro-ro vehicle transport that are the largest in the world and international rail freight trains. In 1996 the American Society of Civil Engineers identified the tunnel as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.
London London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom, and also the largest city in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Lunnainn in Scottish, Llundain in Welsh and Londain in Irish. In the past, London was only the area of the City of London, but now "London" is used more generally to mean the whole city of Greater London. London is an important place for business, finance, and culture. It also has a big influence on world politics, entertainment, media, fashion, and art. It has many famous museums, churches, and popular places for tourists to visit.
London Bridges Besides the weather less pleasant, like any city in the world, London has also a lot of tourist attractions, some of them are bridges that are found along the Thames, the river that crosses the capital of England. All these bridges dates back long history with each, they have been updated, upgraded or even replaced with true copies of originals .
Pictures with London
Bridges
Vauxhall Bridge
Lambeth Bridge
Westminster Bridge
Waterloo Bridge
London Bridge
Tower Bridge
The Palace of Westminster
The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, in London, is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) meet. The palace lies on the north bank of the River Thames in the London borough of the City of Westminster, close to the government buildings of Whitehall. The palace contains around 1,100 rooms, 100 staircases and 4.8 kilometres (3 mi) of corridors. Although the building mainly dates from the 19th century, remaining elements of the original historic buildings include Westminster Hall, used today for major public ceremonial events such as lyings in state, and the Jewel Tower.
Pictures with The Palace of Westminster
Palace of Westminster as seen from the London Eye; Victoria Tower is on the left and Clock Tower on the right side.
The layout of the Palace of Westminster
Lords Chamber
Buckingham Palace
Queen Victoria, the first
monarch to reside at Buckingham Palace, moved into the newly completed palace upon her accession in 1837.
Originally known as Buckingham House, the building which
forms the core of today's palace was a large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1703 and acquired by George III in 1761 as a private residence, known as "The Queen's House". It was enlarged over the next 75 years, principally by architects John Nash and Edward Blore, forming three wings around a central courtyard. Buckingham Palace finally became the official royal palace of the British monarch on the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837. The last major structural additions were made in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the present-day public face of Buckingham Palace. However, the Germans did bomb the palace on seven occasions in World War II, and destroyed the palace chapel; the Queen's Gallery was built on the site and opened to the public in 1962 to exhibit works of art from the Royal Collection.
Queen Family
Queen Elisabeth I
Queen Elisabeth
Queen Elisabeth II
Prince Charles & Lady Diana Spencer
Prince William
Prince Harry
Pictures with Buckingham Palace
Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace
Interior Stairs
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