The London Eye has become an iconic symbol of Britain since opening in 2000. It is an engineering achievement that allows passengers in its observation capsules to admire views up to 40 miles in all directions. Popular tourist destinations in the UK include Big Ben, the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, and Stonehenge. Britain has a variety of festivities including Ascot horse races where attendees wear fancy hats, Christmas which is celebrated on December 25th, and Halloween on October 31st.

2. HISTORY : Since its inauguration in March 2000,the London Eye has become an iconic symbol of modern Britain. The London Eye is an achievement of design and engineering. The passenger in the capsule noria observation can admire the view up to 40 miles in all direction . The London Eye is the result of the vision of David Marks and Julia Barfield. The design of the treadmill was used as a metaphor for the transition to the new century. The London Eye is now operated by the London Eye Campany limited a Merlin Entertainments Group Company.

3. The river become the Severn Estuary after the Second Severn Crossing between Severn Beach, South Gloucentershire and Sudbrook,Monmoutshire. The Severn’s drainage basin area is 11,420 square kilometres (4,409 sq mi) excluding the River Wye and Bristol Avon which flow into the Bristol Channel.

4. PLACES TO VISIT : The United Kingdom is one of the world’s most popular tourists destination. The most important places to visit are : Big Ben in London, the Tower of London is an old cell, Westminster Abbey is a church and Sthonenge.

5. FESTIVITIES : - Ascot Racecourse is famous because everybody wears white top hats and elegant sun hats. - Christmas is annual holiday celebrated on December 25 th . People decorate their houses and Christmas trees with light and ornaments. - Halloween is celebrated on October 31 st . Many people wear costumes and the children ask “trick or treat”, house to house.

6. WEATHER : Weather in the UK is strong by the sea which surrounds the British Isles.The temperatures are cooler as you move further north or near to the coast, it gets very hot(over 30º) During winter, people will often wear seven different layer of loathing.Most buildings use central hearting during the winter season

7. FOOD : Popular take –away food and chips.It consists of deep-friend,in latter or bredcrumbs with deep-fried chopped potatoes. APPLE PIE: An apple pie is a fruit pie in which the principal filling ingredient is apple. A CREAM TEA : Tea Take with a combination of scones, clotted cream, clotted and jam.

8. TRANSPORT : The government department overseeing transport is the Departament of Transport. There are around 7,100 km (4,400 mi) of navigable waterways in England, of which roughly half is owned by british waterways. An estimated 165 million journeys are made by people on Britain’s waterways annually.

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