VICKY, KONSTANTINA, JENNY, STELLA BY THE DISCOVERIES :

Where it is  England is perhaps the country most people first think of when they think of the United Kingdom. It borders both Scotland and Wales and almost 50 million people live in there, which is over 80% of the UK’s total population. Major cities include London (the capital), Birmingham, Sheffield, Leeds, Newcastle Manchester. London is one of the most well known cities in the world and for many is representative of the whole of England, if not the whole of the UK. Other icons include football, actors Jude Law and Kate Winslet, Bridget Jones, pubs and beer. But for most these represent the whole of the UK, not just England.

England

Population  The population of the United Kingdom is almost 60 million.  The population of England is just over 50 million.  Britain has more people aged over 60 than under 16.

 More than 250 languages are spoken in London.  More than 9% of secondary school children in England don’t have English as their first language. Education

Climate  England has a temperate maritime climate: it is mild with temperatures not much lower than 0 °C (32 °F) in winter and not much higher than 32 °C (90 °F) in summer. The weather is damp relatively frequently and is changeable. The coldest months are January and February, the latter particularly on the English coast, while July is the normally the warmest month. Months with mild to warm weather are May, June, September and October. Rainfall is spread fairly evenly throughout the year.

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General  The home town of The Beatles is Liverpool.  The home town of Shakespeare is Stratford upon Avon.  The two most famous universities are Cambridge, Oxford.  The second largest city after London is Birmingham.  A Viking museum and a Viking festival are in York.  The most South-Westerly point in England is Lands’ End.  The home of one of the richest football clubs in the world is Manchester.  The Stonehenge is in Salisbury Plain.

Beatles Shakespeare Oxford Manchester

Places of interest: Big Ben London Eye Buckingham Palace Tower of London Tate Modern British Museum

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