Welcome to London

• There are always a lot of people and pigeons on the square.
• Every winter there is a big Christmas tree which is a gift from Norway in the middle of the square.
• On New Year’s Eve people gather around the tree.
• In the middle of the square there is Admiral Nelson’s Column.

• This is the Queen’s home.
• It was built in 1703.
• There is a great collection of paintings.

• The Queen of Great Britain is Elizabeth II. Her husband is Duke of Edinburgh.
• They have got 4 grown-up children: Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward.

• This is a holy place.
• All English kings have been crowned and buried in the church since 1308.

• It was built between 1895 and 1903.
• This is the seat of the Cardinal Archbishop and the leading Roman Catholic Church in England.
• Its bell tower is 84 metres high.

• This big palace is the most famous building in the world – the British Parliament.
• The building is 280 metres long.
• There are more than 1000 rooms.

• Big Ben, the big clock tower, is the symbol of London. It strikes hours.

• The Tower of London has been a fortress, a palace, an arsenal, a mint, a prison, an observatory, a zoo, the home of the Crown Jewels and a tourist attraction.

• The Tower’s greatest treasure is the Imperial State Crown.
• There are 2 800 diamonds on it.

• The quards of the Tower are called Beefeaters.
• The legend says that if the ravens leave, the Tower and the country will fall.

• The most famous

bridge in London

is a Tower bridge.

• Tower Bridge is a bascule-bridge.
• The bascules will open to let ships pass through.

• St.Paul’s Cathedral is a famous building too.
• Prince Charles and Princess Diana married here in 1981.

• Here you can see famous people, good and bad, made of wax.
• This is Queen Elizabeth I.

• There are big red buses called double-deckers in London.
• People sit upstairs and downstairs on these buses.
• Tourists like them very much.

• Taxis in London are old-fashioned black cars.

From here you can call your friends.

• Thames flows through London.
• The River Thames is 338 km long.
• It is 245 m wide here.
• Even big seaships can visit London.