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

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

3 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

4 The biggest cities

5 Population of the cities

6 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

7 Transport in London Double-deckers Black taxis Underground Planes

8 London underground Founded in 1870 One of the biggest in the world

9 London sights Westminster Abbey Windsor Castle Tower Bridge

10 Arms of London

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

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

13 Leeds 75 nationalities 731 Bedes History of English Church and People Centre of wool & sewing factory

14 Glasgow Compaq Scotlands largest city Fishing Harbour city

15 Aberdeen Oil Capital of Europe jobs The world's first holographic 3D camera Its a coastal city

16 Manchester 10% of workers Significant financial sector The highest weekly earnings-£ Manchester United

17 Birmingham Second largest city Aston Hall The first steam engine was invented Warwick Castle

18 Shakespeare Stratford Upon Avon W. Shakespeare (

19 Liverpool Capital of culture The Beatles Sunday talents Festival city

20 Newcastle Many earthquakes Harbour Coal mining

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