Amazing Britain

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n. This park is the largest one. It is one of the most popular places of Londoners during the hot summer days. The park is famous for its Speakers Corner. (Hyde Park. )
2. It is a wonderful building. The Queen Victoria Memorial is situated in front of it. It takes you ten minutes to get from this building to Trafalgar Square, which is the centre of London. The Queen of Great Britain lives here. (Buckingham Palace. )
3. It is one of the greatest English churches. It is not far from the Tower of London. The famous English architect Sir Christopher Wren built it in the 17th century after the Great Fire. It is a fine building with many columns and towers. In one of the towers there is one of the largest bells in the world. (St. Pauls Cathedral. )
4. It is more than nine hundred years old. There are many monuments and statues there, many English kings and queens are buried there. It is famous for the Poets Corner. It is one of the most famous and beautiful churches in London. This church has two tall towers. (Westminster Abbey. )
5. It was a fortress, a palace, a prison and the Kings Zoo. Now it is a museum. You can see a lot of interesting things in the halls of this building. William the Conqueror built it in the eleventh century. Twelve black ravens live in it. People believe that London will be rich while the ravens live there. (The Tower. )
6. It is a long grey building with towers. The large clock in one of the towers is known as "Big Ben". You can hear the sound of "Big Ben" every hour in London. The clock and the bell got their names after Sir Benjamin Hall. The members of the British Parliament work in this building. (The Houses of Parliament. )














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