London VS. Landmarks London Underground This is the oldest and largest rail network in the world. It first London opened in 1863 with wooden carriages pulled by steam trains. London is the capital city and the largest city in Buckingham Palace There are 250 miles of track, 11 different lines and 287 Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the England. It is also the largest city in Europe. There stations. Despite its name, around half of the tracks actually British monarch. Queen Victoria was the first monarch to are more than 8 million people living in London runs above the ground. Around 5 million people travel on the live in Buckingham palace, before then it was a private Underground each day. and over 300 languages spoken. Over 15 million house built in 1703. The palace has nearly 800 rooms people visit London each year to see some of its including 240 bedrooms and 80 bathrooms as well as a post many attractions including Buckingham Palace office, cinema and a swimming pool. There are 40 acres of (the Queen’s official London residence), Tower gardens including tennis courts, boating lake and a helicopter pad. Bridge and 10 Downing Street (the official residence of the Prime Minister).

Homework The Shard Can you find out the similarities and differences between The shard is a 309.6 metre tall skyscraper. It was designed London in the past and London now? in 2000 and contains office space, shops, restaurants, hotels and residential space. The 95 story building has 10 Write a biography for a famous Londoner. 000 panes of glass, 300 flights of stairs and 40 lifts. Most of the materials used to build The Shard have been recycled. Choose a London landmark and create a fact file/poster/leaflet all about it.

Create your own 3D model of a London landmark.

Please ensure that you take pride in your home learning and make sure that it is able to be displayed when you bring it in. Scotland Famous Buildings Glossary Castle, Palace of Holyrood, Scottish National Gallery, Capital City the city or town that functions as the Population: 482 000 seat of government and administrative centre of a National Museum of Scotland, St Language: English, Scots, Gaelic country or region. Giles Cathedral, , Country: Scotland Bute House and . Culture the ideas, customs, and social behaviour Continent: Europe of a particular people or society. Currency: Great British Pound Human Geography The study of the interrelationships between people, place, and Archaeologists have discovered environment, and how these vary spatially and temporally across and between locations. artefacts and evidence showing that people lived in the area that is now Landmark. The River that runs through London. Edinburgh as long ago as 8500 BC. During the Middle Ages, a fort called Language A system of pipes to take number ones and number twos to the river! Dun Eiden was built by the Gododdin people in an unknown Famous Edinburgers Physical Geography The scientific study of the location. In the seventh century, the natural features of the Earth's surface, especially in Tony Blair, Sean Connery, Gail its current aspects, including land formation, Angle tribe attacked and invaded the Porter, Iain Glen, Alexander Graham climate, currents, and distribution of flora and fort. They took the name ‘Eiden’ and Bell, KT Tunstall, Gordon Strachan, fauna. joined it on to the word ‘Burh’, Kirsty Gallacher and Alexander Population all the inhabitants of a particular place. which was an old English word that Fleming. meant fort. This created the name of Edinburgh.