Places (UK) (2)

England

* Giới thiệu về England thông qua các icons: icons.org.uk/theicons
1. http://www.uk.filo.pl/england_the_heart.htm The heart of England (the West Middles region of England ?!) Shrewsbury
2.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ The-One-Minute-Guide-To--Darwin-s-Shrewsbury
3. http://www.ruralways.org.uk/countrybreaks/browse/hampshire/ Rural ways
4. http://ukbestguide.com/tag/windsor-castle/ Windsor Castle (tourism)
5. http://www.fromoldbooks.org/ Windsor Castle (some introduce) & a very nice painting of this castle (pencil coloured)
6.http://www.royaloakday.org.uk/ Royal oak day (Wiltshire)
7. www.britainexpress.com/index.htm
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* The British Isles:
- (woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk) The British Isles is a geographically term which includes two large islands, Great Britain and Ireland, and 5,000 small islands, most notably the Isle of Man which has its own parliament and laws.

Royal Holloway, University of London

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* Pontefract Castle, England:
- Pontefract Castle is a castle in the town of Pontefract, in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It was the site of the demise ('die') of Richard II of England, and later the place of a series of famous sieges  (bao vây) during the English Civil War (1642-1651).
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* Wakefield, Yorkshire, England:
- Wakefield is the main settlement and administrative centre of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district of West Yorkshire, England.
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* Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England:

Population density

- Tewkesbury is a town in Gloucestershire (South West region of England), England. It stands at the confluence of the River Severn and the River Avon, and also minor tributaries the Swilgate and Carrant Brook. It gives its name to the Borough of Tewkesbury, of which the town is the second largest settlement.
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* The Tower of London:
- Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England.
- It was founded towards the end of 1066 as part of the Norman Conquest of England. The White Tower, which gives the entire castle its name, was built by William the Conqueror in 1078. The Tower of London has played a prominent role in English history. It was besieged several times and controlling it has been important to controlling the country.
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* Warwick, England:
- Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England. The town lies upon the River Avon, 18 km south of Coventry.
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* Barnet, North London, England:

Gwynedd, North/West of Wales

- High Barnet or Chipping Barnet is a place in the London Borough of Barnet, North London, England. It is a suburban development built around a twelfth-century settlement and is located 10 miles (16 km) north north-west of Charing Cross. Its name is often abbreviated to Barnet, which is also the name of the London borough of which it forms a part.
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* Battle of Bosworth Field:
- The Battle of Bosworth Field (or the Battle of Bosworth) was the penultimate battle of the Wars of the Roses. Fought on 22 August 1485, the battle was won by the Lancastrians. Their leader Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, became the first English monarch of the Tudor dynasty by his victory and subsequent marriage to a Yorkist princess. His opponent Richard III, the last king of the House of York, was killed in the battle. Historians consider Bosworth Field to mark the end of the Plantagenet dynasty.
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* Folkestone, Kent, England:

The Tower with the River Thames
and Tower Bridge to the south.
The outer curtain walls were
erected in the 13th century.

- Folkestone is the principal town in the Shepway District of Kent, England. Its original site was in a valley in the sea cliffs and it developed through fishing and its closeness to the Continent as a landing place and trading port. The coming of the railways, the building of a ferry port, and its growing importance as a seaside resort all contributed to its growth. Currently Folkestone has the only sandy beach and coastal park within an hour of north London.
- Folkestone là quê hương của nhà vật lý học William Harvey.
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* Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England:
- Hardwick Hall, in Derbyshire, is one of the most significant Elizabethan country houses in England. In common with its architect Robert Smythson's other works at both Longleat House and Wollaton Hall, Hardwick Hall is one of the earliest examples of the English interpretation of the Renaissance style of architecture, which came into fashion when it was no longer thought necessary to fortify one's home.