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The biggest cities of Great Britain

The biggest cities of Great Britain. Andres Veidenberg, Argo Mikk C.R.Jakobson Gymn. 11c Supervisors: Tiia Pukk, Marje Maasen Viljandi 2002. Introduction. We are going to talk about the biggest cities of Great Britain There are 10 biggest cities in Great Britain

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The biggest cities of Great Britain

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  1. The biggest cities of Great Britain Andres Veidenberg, Argo Mikk C.R.Jakobson Gymn. 11c Supervisors: Tiia Pukk, Marje Maasen Viljandi 2002

  2. Introduction • We are going to talk about the biggest cities of Great Britain • There are 10 biggest cities in Great Britain • All this cities have important part of Britain economy and culture

  3. The biggest cities

  4. Population of the cities

  5. London • The capital of England • Is situated in south-eastern England along the Thames River • Founded by Romans in A.D. 43 • One of the three main financial centres in the world • Parliament • The river Thames runs thorough the city

  6. Transport in London • Double-deckers • Black taxis • Underground • Planes

  7. London underground • Founded in 1870 • One of the biggest in the world

  8. London sights Westminster Abbey Windsor Castle Tower Bridge

  9. Arms of London

  10. Edinburgh • Capital of Scotland • Famous Edinburghers: Bell, Stevenson, Scott, Connery. • Coastal city

  11. Bristol • The largest city in the South West • It has a great harbour • Home of Rolls Royce • The Concorde factory

  12. Leeds • 75 nationalities • 731 Bede’s “History of English Church and People” • Centre of wool & sewing factory

  13. Glasgow • Compaq • Scotland’s largest city • Fishing • Harbour city

  14. Aberdeen • OilCapital of Europe + 40.000 jobs • The world's first holographic3D camera • It’s a coastal city

  15. Manchester • 10% of workers • Significant financial sector • The highest weekly earnings-£420.40 • Manchester United

  16. Birmingham • Second largest city • Aston Hall • The first steam engine was invented Warwick Castle

  17. Shakespeare Stratford Upon Avon W. Shakespeare (

  18. Liverpool • Capital of culture • The Beatles • Sunday talents • Festival city

  19. Newcastle • Many earthquakes • Harbour • Coal mining

  20. Summary • There are 10 biggest cities in GB. • Only London & Birmingham have more than 1,000,000 citizens • Many interesting sights

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