Saturday 28 May 2011

The weather in United Kingdom.

by Angela.

The United Kingdom has got warm and oceanic weather with abundant rain all year. The temperature changes with the seasons, but rarely under -10°C or over 35°C. The wind comes from of southeast and that's why this weather is wet and warm. The Atlantic’s currents do that the winters are not too hard. The summers are warmer in the England’s southeast and cooler as well as you go to the north. It sometimes snows during winter and spring. The hours of sun are about 5000.

LIVERPOOL

by Noelia

Liverpool is a city in northeast England, on the north side of the River Mersey. It is the second export port of UK. The city originally stood is in Lancashire. The Mersey River divides the city into two parts connected by a ferry which is accessed from the place called Pier Head. These places are dominated by two buildings of the early century and were the first buildings important that were made of reinforced concrete, they are known by the name of Liver Building. These buildings are formed of two birds, the liver birds that became the emblem of Liverpool in 1207, date on which the king John authorized the creation of the city. In the city centre there are the gardens of Saint John, closed in the east by the great St. George’s Hall. This building is in the shape of a Greek temple and was built in 1838-1854,it became one of the most beautiful classic style buildings of the country.



Liverpool is internationally famous for having been the birthplace of The Beatles and of the world famous football club Liverpool FC. In 2008 it became European Capital of Culture and in 2004, several areas along the downtown were declared Patrimony of the Humanity by the UNESCO.


Friday 20 May 2011

The Lake District

Raquel

The Lake District is a rural area of northeastern England. It is a popular tourist destination, famous for its lakes and mountains and its association with lake poets, who adopted the place as a residence and source of inspiration in the early nineteenth century. It is also known for being the birthplace of the namesake dog breed, the Lakeland Terrier.
The most famous and visited National Park is the Lake District, located in the county of Cumbria, and it is the largest national park in the United Kingdom and one of the few mountain regions of the English soil. Within its boundaries is the Wast Water and Scafell Pike, respectively, the deepest lake and highest mountain in England (978 m).
It is considered an area of ​​outstanding natural beauty, its breathtaking scenery, unique in England. Farms, hills and settlements will add aesthetic value to the natural landscape and ecology modified by human influence for millennia and includes important wildlife habitats.

El Disricto de los Lagos.

Raquel
El Distrito de los Lagos es una zona rural del noreste de Inglaterra. Constituye un popular destino turístico, famoso por sus lagos y montañas y por su asociación con lake poets. quienes adoptaron el lugar como residencia y fuente de inspiración a principios del siglo XIX. Es conocido también por ser el lugar de origen de la raza de perro homónima, el Lakeland Terrier.
La zona más famosa y visitada es el Parque Nacional del Distrito de los Lagos, ubicado en el condado de Cumbria, y que constituye el más grande de los parques nacionales del Reino Unido y una de las pocas regiones montañosas del suelo inglés. Dentro de sus límites se encuentra el Wast Water y el Scafell Pike, respectivamente el lago más profundo y la montaña más alta de Inglaterra (con 978 msnm)
Es considerado un área de excepcional belleza natural, por su impresionante paisaje, único en Inglaterra. Las granjas, las colinas y los asentamientos le añaden valor estético al paisaje natural con una ecología modificada por la influencia humana durante milenios y que incluye importantes hábitats de vida silvestre.