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UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN 
Geography
- Capital - London. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland a national state in Northwest Europe on the British islands. Consists of four historical national areas: England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Total Area - 244,820 sq.km.
Great Britain
- This is a country with a rich history and centuries of traditions. Locks with ghosts, ancient universities famous English Pubs, royal family, which is a subject of pride and biased attention of the Englishmen - all this becomes an integral part of England. Also England is known by many exhibitions and festivals: a holiday of colors, royal regatta, musical festivals, Liverpool festival " The Beatles ", holiday Robin Hood. One of the wide-spread (distributed) hobbies and passions in England is small plot gardening. Everywhere there are numerous examples with such manicured gardens, parks and lawns. The inhabitants of the large cities with the large pleasure will carry out (spend) time within the city. Among traditional employment (occupations) are hunting, fishery, and many unique sports. The name of many sports games is not casual and has an English origin. Till now in Great Britain there are a lot of adherents of football (soccer, tennis, basketball, and even hockey on a grass field. With special popularity today many English people still try their hand at golf, horse riding, sports car driving, horse polo and hunting for the foxes.
Educational and cultural trips for language study rate highly during a vacation spent on the southern coast and for university cities, various sports competitions or the slow navigation on channels by a boat with a cabin are only a small part of travels, which are possible in Great Britain.
Most Popular Cities
- London, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Bristol, Manchester, Glasgow, Belfast, York, Oxford, Birmingham, Wellington, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Shakespeare's Birthplace, Foster Frames, Old Bank, King Edward VI Grammar School, Tyne Bridge, Sea Life Aquarium, Exhibition Park, St Nicholas Cathedral, Discovery Museum and many more ...
UK Sights and Attractions
- Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Tower Bridge Exhibition, Madame Tussaud's, Tate Britain, Hancock Museum, British Museum, Washington Waterfowl Park, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Teddy Bear Museum, Shakespeare Centre, Avon Boating,
Political system
- The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a hereditary constitutional monarchy. The legislative authority belongs to parliament, which consists of the bottom chamber (a Chamber of Communities known as The House of Commons) and top chamber (Chamber of Lords). The executive authority is in hands of government, which is supervised by the Prime
Minister. Comprising 40-60 branch ministers, he selects approximately half forming a study, which under his management
decides (solves) the most important tasks. The Monarch, not having legislative authority, carries out representation functions of State and Protocol.
Currency
- In Great Britain the money system of money is comprised of the following: One pound is principal currency used and is subdivided into 100 pence. 50 pence and 1 pound take a predominant place in coin circulation. Other coins include 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 pence. Also banknotes are most common in 5, 10, 20, 50 Pounds banknotes.
THE USEFUL INFORMATION
Operating time of establishments
- Opening business hours of banks, as a rule, are Monday - Friday from 9.30 AM. On ferries and at the airports the exchangers of currency exchange are open also in days off. In Great Britain you must use Greenwich Mean Time (from middle of March up to the end of October - average European time). The designation of time from 0 up to 12 is used as a.m., from 12 till 24 hours is designated "p.m." The shops usually work in everyday lives from 9 or 10 o'clock in the morning up until 5 or 6 p.m. Many supermarkets are open much later.
The airports
- London is served by three airports - Heathrow, Gatwick and Stanstead.
Heathrow is the main airport of London. It is within about 24 km to the northwest from London's city centre. It first opened in 1946. Together with the services it is in itself a whole city. There are banks and buffets open all-round the day,
there are movements of machines, a large fire-fighting team, their own newspaper and local churches - they never stop. Heathrow serves two thirds of all passengers arriving into Great Britain. The information tourist service of the airport works from 7:00 a.m. until 10:00 pm. Several fine restaurants are at the terminal. At the airport
there are also hotels and paid parking. Underground trains and tourist busses pick up passengers at the airport and whisk them into downtown London at a pittance of the price of a taxi.
The second airport Gatwick is within 45 km to the South of London. It opened in 1936. The airport is connected to city by a direct railway line up to station of Victoria. It serves USA and Latin American continent.
The third airport Stanstead is a regional commuter and smaller aircraft airport.
Travel into cities
- Now in London it is possible to reach from the airport by bus, taxi and underground. From all Heathrow air terminals is sent (Heathrow - the downtown Station of Victoria). First bus is sent at 5:40 a.m. mornings, then every 15-20 minutes until 4:15 p.m. Later busses run for everyone 30 minutes up to last bus at 8:15 p.m. From all terminals is sent the airport bus А2 (Heathrow - Kings Cross). The first bus returns to the airport at 5:30 a.m., then follows for every 15-20 minutes
until 5:00 p.m.. Busses continue repeatedly every 30 minutes up to last bus at 9:30 p.m.
From the air terminal is sent a special Airbus direct from Heathrow to Central London hotels. First airbus leaves at 5:45 a.m., then additional busses repeat the journey every 15 minutes up to last
bus at 2 p.m. This system of special Airbus serves 150 London central hotels ( over 29 routes).
Payment for urban transport
- The ticket for the adult costs
F6 and for the child - F4, for the adult there and back - F10, for the child - F6. Tickets can be bought in the bus from the driver, at the airport, in many hotels and in transport information centers.
Taxi - The parking areas to pick up a taxi are found about each terminal. A payment for travel up to the centre of London (Picadilly) approximately F40 - F60.
Car for rent - The automobile for rent can be taken at the airport. Avis and Hertz and other rental agencies are easily located in each terminal.
Transport:
Buses
- The famous two-storied red buses serve all routes inside
cities, and also tourist routes. The red one-storied buses serve short
routes, mainly, stations. The buses of green color serve city and its
suburbs in radius of 30 miles. The London buses have stops under
their ultimate "requirement" (it is necessary beforehand to press the button of a bell). If you are at a stop, you need to lift a hand that your driver can see, because if you do differently the bus may only proceed past. The driver strictly observes a limit of the transported
passengers: on the second floor it is possible only to sit, on first the man is authorized no more to than five standing.
The majority of bus routes work from 6 a.m. - 6.:30 a.m. up to 11:30 p.m.-midnight. On some routes the night buses work. Character of a route is specified by a special mark "N" by the bus and stop. The payment for travel in it is higher at night, than day. This is especially true after 10:00 p.m. In them, as well as in all other buses, there is no discount for children. The time-table of these buses can be learned in Travel Information Center Pass Agents and at the
main stations of the underground. It is round-the-clock possible to receive the information on buses on the phone 0171-222-1234, in working hours - on the phone 0181-879-2688 or at the address 74 Chiswick High Road, London.
Kinds of payment:
1. Travel card
Carrying a travel card allows one to avoid constant exchanges of money and is necessity to buy the ticket on each type of transport. It is necessary only to buy Travel card for all zones, on which you should proceed (from it's cost of a card) depends also, and to use it at the appointed time. To get a card it is possible at all stations of the underground and in any newspaper or tobacco booth.
2. One Day Travel Card
One-day Travel cards can be used after 9.30 mornings from Monday till Friday, at any time in target and public holidays. It is void on Airbus
Night Buses and other special buses. On this card the photo is even necessary for children 14 and 15 years.
3. Weekly Travel Card
It is used at any time of day and night, by(with) seven days per
one week. It is void on Airbus and other special buses. The card
without a photo is void both for the adult, and for children.
4. LT Card
It use once per day at any time by buses, underground and
Docklands Light Railway. It is void on Airbus, Night Buses and other
special buses. On this card the photo is necessary even for children 14 and 15 years.
The underground
- The London underground totals more than 500 stations
(11 lines), distributed (allocated) on six zones. The greatest loading
on meters rush hours: 8:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.. The ticket for travel
can be bought in automatic cash department or in usual cash department
with the cashier in the underground. The payment for travel depends on
numbers of zones, through which you follow. The ticket can be bought in
one way (single) or both there and back (return). The penalty for stowaway travel is over F10!!!! The ticket should be kept up to the end, as at some stations it should be showed(presented) at an output(exit). If any help or information in the underground is necessary to you, ask for location of " Help Points ", where the employees necessarily ( out of duty) will provide help to you.
Taxi
- You offer the services of a taxi of various updatings, but most
reliable - old London black machines. If on a roof of a taxi the yellow
bulb burns, the machine is free. Usually parking of a taxi are at
stations of the underground, at stations, at the airports and ports, at
hotels, but it is possible to call a taxi and on the phone.
Computer Cabs 0171 286 0286;
Radio Taxis 0171 272 0272;
Ladycabs (drivers only woman) 0171 254 3501;
My Fare Lady (drivers only woman) 0181 458 9200.
Exchange
- All airports and seaports, and also the stations have items
of exchange. The London committee on tourism - London Tourist Information Service, Victoria Station Forecourt, SW1; tel: 0171 730 3488; is open Monday - Friday from 9:00 a.m..
The central bureaus of exchange are :
American Express, 6 Haymarket, SW1; tel. 0171 930 4411
Chequepoint, 13-15 Davies St, W1; tel. 0171 409 1122
Exchange, International Victoria Station, SW1; tel. 0171 630 1107
Thomas Cook, 45 Berkeley Street; tel. 0171 408 4179
And also, in any item exchanges, which in England simply refer to them as on the French process of Buro de change.
Hotels
- Kensington and Westminster - These are two areas with the greatest concentration of hotels. The most prestigious hotel, in which the leaders of the states, monarchs stay are - "Claridges" on Brook Street. Among the clients another fashionable of hotel is the "Ritz" on Picadilly - it host members of royal family. In "Savoy" always stopped Charlie Chaplin. The hotels are described on a category on convenience and quality of service. In London there are hotels Grand Luxe - **** and *****, De Luxe ***, Moderate ** and Inexpensive * or without stars.
Restaurants
- Are for appetites of everyone, even small hotels, there are restaurants. In London in restaurants all kinds of cuisines are available. If you want to try the English kitchen, it is possible to go to famous restaurants:
Alfred, 245 Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2
The English House, 3 Milner St, SW3
The Greenhouse, 27 a Hay's Mews, W1.
The prices for dinner depend on a type of restaurant:
F 75 and are higher - road
F 25-75 - average
F 25 and are lower - inexpensive
Pubs
- Pub - This is a wonderful but typically English phenomenon. This is their traditional small beer institution and tavern where families come together and business is done loudly. Pubs work at the strictly established hours of the clock. Most open at
11 a.m. and are closed at 3 p.m.. In the evening open at 15:30 p.m. and work till 11:00 p.m. Only hotels with private bars and clubs stay open later than 11:00 p.m.!
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