ENGLAND

The Southeast
The Southwest
East Anglia
The Midlands
The North of England

The Southeast

The Southeast is a highly populated region of
England.The capital of the UK is situated here.
It is the capital and largest urban area of both England and the United Kingdom

The Tower of London is a historic monument in central London on the north bank of the River Thames.

The White Tower and courtyard
The Middle Tower
It had been thought
that there have been at
least six ravens in residence at the tower for centuries.

Palace of Westminster as
seen from the London Eye;
Victoria Tower is on the left
and Clock Tower on the right
side.
The House of Lords

Westminster Abbey is one of
London's oldest and most
important buildings The London Underground is the oldest, longest, and most expansive metro system in the world, dating from 1863

Piccadilly Circus at night
The Trooping the
Colour held in 2006 to
mark the Queen's 80th
birthday.

Heathrow Terminal 5. London Heathrow Airport has the most
international passenger traffic of any airport in the world.

Windsor
Aerial view of the castle

Windsor Castle
It is a thousand-year-old fortress transformed into a royal palace.
Most of the Kings and Queens of England, later Kings and Queens of
Great Britain have had a direct influence on the construction and
evolution of the castle, which has been their fortress, home, official
palace, and sometimes their prison.

The Round Tower of Windsor Castle.

'The White Cliffs
of Dover'
The Maze at Hever
Castle

Brighton beach
The Southeast is
famous for its resorts.
Brighton is the best
known of them.

The County of Kent situated here is known as the garden of England.

The Southwest

City of Bath

Bath is popular with
tourists in the summer.
The entertainer is
performing in front of
Bath Abbey; the Roman
Baths are to the right
The Great Bath at the
Roman Baths.

Historic docks on Bristol Harbour, the region's best performing
economy.

The inner harbour,
Brixham, south Devon,
at low tide.
Part of the seafront of
Torquay, south Devon,
at high tide

Stonehenge
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of
Wiltshire, about 3.2 kilometres west of Amesbury and 13 kilometres
north of Salisbury. One of the most famous prehistoric sites in the
world, Stonehenge is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular
setting of large standing stones.

Grafitti on the sarsen stones.
Below are ancient carvings of
a dagger and an axe
Plan of the central stone
structure today.

’Land's End’

Land's End shown within Cornwall

Land's End, the most westerly
point in Cornwall
The lighthouse off Land's End

East Anglia

The Fens

Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell (1599 – 1658)
was an English military and political
leader best known for his involvement
in making England into a republican
Commonwealth and for his later role as
Lord Protector of England, Scotland,
and Ireland.
He was one of the commanders of the
New Model Army which defeated the
royalists in the English Civil War. After
the execution of King Charles I in 1649,
Cromwell dominated the short-lived
Commonwealth of England, conquered
Ireland and Scotland, and ruled as Lord
Protector from 1653 until his death in
1658. He was born in the Fens area.

Cambridge is now one of East Anglia's major settlements
In 1209, students escaping from hostile townspeople in Oxford fled to
Cambridge and formed a university there. The oldest college that still
exists, Peterhouse, was founded in 1284. One of the most impressive
buildings in Cambridge, King's College Chapel, was begun in 1446 by
King Henry VI. The project was completed in 1515 during the reign of
King Henry VIII.

Pembroke College was the third
college to be founded in the
University of Cambridge
Trinity Street, St John's Street and
the Main Gate of St John's College
with the tower of the college's
chapel looming in the background

The market in the centre
of Cambridge, with
Great St Mary's Church in the background
Punting on the River Cam
is a popular recreation in
Cambridge

The Midlands

Vews of Birmingham

Liverpool Town Hall dates from 1754
Castle Street, Liverpool

Victoria Street, Liverpool

University of Manchtster
Manchester Town Hall is an
example of Victorian era Gothic
revival architecture

Stratford-upon-Avon
Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Shakespeare's Birthplace

Oxford City Centre
The main quadrangle of
University College, the oldest college in Oxford
University.

The North of England

Sections of Hadrian's Wall remain near Greenhead

Part of Hadrian's wall near Housesteads.

Hadrian's Wall near Birdoswald Fort, with man spraying weed-killer to reduce biological weathering to the stones

The panorama across Eskdale
The Lake District

A Herdwick grazing above Thirlmere.

Boats on Ullswater
A typical Lake District scene