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Discover the vibrant cities of the UK with rich histories, diverse cultures, and architectural wonders.
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Костанайский государственный университет имени А.БайтурсыноваПреподаватель Центра языковой подготовки Кучерявая Т.Л. Города Великобритании Citiesof the United Kingdom
Over 46 million people live in England. London’s population is over 7 million people. A little over 5 million people live in Scotland. About 1.5 million people live in Northern Ireland. The population of Wales is over 3 million people.
The population lives mostly in towns and cities and their suburbs. Four out of every five people live in towns.
Bath [ba:θ] • It’s one of the most beautiful cities in England. • Tourists visit Bath as an open-air museum. • Bath is well-known for its natural hot waters of the Thermal Bath Spa. • City is famous for the collection of Georgian homes known as The Circus. • About 5,000 buildings have achieved notice for their architectural merit, from the Romans. • the UNESCO made a city in the list of Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Birmingham['bə:miɳəm] • Today Birmingham is a major international commercial centre, and an important transport, retail, events and conference hub. • Birmingham is the second largest city in Great Britain. Only London has more people. • Birmingham's factories manufacture a wide variety of products. The chief items include automobiles, computers, electronic circuits, machine tools, and wire. • The city became a trading center during the 1100's, and industries began to develop there in the 1500's. Birmingham grew into an industrial city because of nearby coal and iron ore deposits, and other important natural resources. During the Industrial Revolution Birmingham became a major industrial center of Great Britain.
Bristol['bristl] • Bristol is the most populated city in the South West, and has a rich and colorful nautical history. • Bristol also has some of the finest Victorian architecture, most notably Brunei's Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol Cathedral, Victoria Rooms and Temple Meads. • Over the centuries Bristol's very successful international trading port brought great wealth and diverse cultures to the city. • It’s Home of Rolls Royce and the Concorde factory.
Glasgow['gla:zgəu] • Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and a center of industry and commerce. • The city was founded about 1180. • It lies on both sides of the River Clyde which leads into the Atlantic Ocean near Glasgow, and the city serves as a port for oceangoing vessels. • Glasgow is a center of engineering activities. Its manufactured goods include computers and other electronic products. • Major Scotch whisky firms have their headquarters in the city.
Leeds[li:dz] • Leeds is the center of the clothing industry of West Yorkshire in England. It is also an important producer of wool textiles. • The important Yorkshire coal field lies to the south and south east of Leeds. The field provides coal for several power stations in the region. • In addition, Leeds has developed important computer, defense, electronic, engineering, and vehicle industries. • The city is a major cultural and business center and the home of the University of Leeds.
York['jo:k] • York became one of the most fashionable venues for the new popular sport of horse racing during the 18th century. • Left out of the economic boom that was making cities such as Leeds and Bradford into wealthy places, York was rescued from economic stagnation by the arrival of the railways in the 1830s, and the city is still a major rail junction and centre of the railway industry in Britain. • Always a popular tourist destination, world attention was focused on York in 1978 as the former Craven's sweet factory was torn down for redevelopment
Stratford-Upon-Avon • Stratford-Upon-Avon is Shakespeare' birthplace town. Traditional and innovative, for the whole family or for the theatre specialist, outdoors or indoors, people from Stratford-Upon-Avon offer an array of opportunities to get to know their celebrated son. • Shakespearience is a virtual reality show that uses special effects and the latest technology to take the visitor to a journey through the writer's life. • Shakespeare's birthplace house. It is a must see place for all Shakespeare lovers. The house keeps the furniture of the period and visitors can walk around and indulge in someof Shakespeare manuscripts displayed in the house. • Shakespeare Central Library houses the complete collection of Shakespeare plays and other texts of English drama as well as specialized studies on drama and theatre.
Cambridge ['keimbriʤ] • In the city that inspired great minds from Charles Darwin to Stephen Hawking, you'll find one of the world's oldest universities. During the 20th century Cambridge University continued to gain prestige and wealth, educating the finest minds in the world, at the same time that the surrounding area began to prosper on its own as more than “just a college town.” • Cambridge is also home to ADC Theatre, the oldest university playhouse in England. Evenings are perfect for taking in the mix of traditional pubs and contemporary restaurants.
Edinburgh ['edinb(ə)rə] • By the 18th century, Edinburgh was bustling and overcrowded. • The 19th and 20th centuries brought a number of important changes for the city. Blossoming into a modern metropolis, Edinburgh is now counted as Europe’s 5th most important financial center. • Edinburgh is also home to the National Galleries of Scotland , five art museums in the city’s center. Each gallery has a slightly different focus: The National Gallery, for instance, has a broad collection of European paintings and sculptures from the Renaissance to Post-Impressionism, while the National Gallery of Modern Art, as one would expect, primarily shows more contemporaryworks.
