1. Places of interest of Great Britain

2. Liverpool, the «city of ships», is England’s second greatest port, ranking after London. The most interesting sight in Liverpool is the docks. They occupy a river frontage of seven miles. The University of Liverpool, established in 1903, is noted for its School of Tropical Medicine. And in the music world Liverpool is a well-known name, for it’s the home town of «The Beatles».

3. Madam Tussaud’s Museum is an exhibition of hundreds of life-size wax models of famous people of yesterday and today. The collection was started by Madam Tussaud, a French modeller in wax, in the 18th century. Here you can meet Marilyn Monroe, Elton John, Picasso, the Royal Family, the Beatles and many others: writers, movie stars, singers, politicians, sportsmen, etc.

4. The British Museum is the largest and richest museum in the world
The British Museum is the largest and richest museum in the world. It was founded in 1753 and contains one of the world’s richest collections of antiquities. The Egyptian Galleries contain human and animal mummies. Some parts of Athens’ Parthenon are in the Greek section.

5. Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument, presumably built by Druids, members of an order of priests in ancient Britain. Tintagel Castle is King Arthur’s reputed birthplace. Canterbury Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the Church of England.

6. One can admire the Buckingham Palace, built in the 18th century, which is the official residence of the Queen. There are about 400 rooms in it. Some parts of the palace are open to the public during the summer months. Besides, hundreds of people gather every morning to watch the traditional “changing of the guard” in front of the palace.

7. Being the largest Protestant church in England, St
Being the largest Protestant church in England, St. Paul’s cathedral is visited by numerous tourists. It is an architectural masterpiece of Sir Christopher Wren, completed in 1710.

8. Stratford-on-Avon lies 93 miles north-west of London
Stratford-on-Avon lies 93 miles north-west of London. Shakespeare was born here in 1564, and here he died in 1616.

9. Westminster Palace, founded in 1050, is the place where coronations take place. It is the seat of the British Parliament

10. The oldest part of London is Lud Hill, where the city is originated
The oldest part of London is Lud Hill, where the city is originated. About a mile west of it there is Westminster Palace, where the king lived and the Parliament met, and there is also Westminster Abbey, the coronation church.

11. Cambridge and Oxford Universities are famous centres of learning

12. Edinburgh is a city where the historic past lives side by side with the present. The first thing one can see is a very large hill in the middle of Edinburgh – the Rock. Edinburgh Castle stands on the Rock. It is the most famous building in the city.
Edinburgh is famous for many things: its art galleries, museums, libraries. But it is especially famous for its festivals. In summer there is the Edinburgh 54 Festival. This is Britain's biggest arts festival. The city gets thousands of visitors during the festival period and every theatre, church and school hall is used for drama, music, film or opera. Besides the official festival there is also an unofficial festival. Here the artists are amateurs. Now, the unofficial festival is even bigger and more popular than the official one.

13. Cardiff is the capital of Wales and its chief port
Cardiff is the capital of Wales and its chief port. Cardiff is also a tourist centre. There are some places of interest there. Wales is sometimes called "the land of song". One of the Welsh traditions is festivals. Song festivals are very popular

14. The Royal Shakespeare Theatre was opened in Stratford in 1932
The Royal Shakespeare Theatre was opened in Stratford in Only Shakespeare's plays are performed here. The plays staged in this theatre attract people from all over the world.
Every year on the 23d of April people from all the world come to Stratford to take part in celebrating Shakespeare's birthday.

15. Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in London, and one of the Royal Parks of London, famous for its Speakers' Corner.
The park was the site of the Great Exhibition of 1851, for which the Crystal Palace was designed by Joseph Paxton. The park has become a traditional location for mass demonstrations. The Chartists, the Reform League, theSuffragettes, and the Stop the War Coalition have all held protests in the park. Many protesters on the Liberty and Livelihood March in 2002 started their march from Hyde Park. On 20 July 1982 in the Hyde Park and Regents Park bombings, two bombs linked to the Provisional Irish Republican Army caused the death of eight members of the Household Cavalry and the Royal Green Jackets and seven horses.