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England
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| Short Information | Capital: London
Language: English
Currency: British pound (GBP) | |
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 PRIVATE GUIDES OF England | | Anne Mark - My name is Anne Mark and I founded and run Marksman Tours. After extensive training and examination, I was awarded the coveted BLUE BADGE by the London Tourist Board, covering the London area and places within one day's drive. | | British Tours Ltd - In 1958 two recent University graduates - one from Oxford and one from Cambridge - founded a London tour operator specialising in privately guided tours of England's two ancient University cities, Oxford and Cambridge. In 1965 they bought British Tours Ltd, a company in existence since 1931. | | Grosvenor Guide - The Grosvenor Guide Service was started in 1966, which makes it one of the oldest driver - guiding service in the United Kingdom. Originally it was set up with American visitors to Britain in mind, and a commitment to a high quality of service which has set the standard for driver-guiding. | | Harry Norman - London Tours is led by Harry Norman a true London Cockney. Harry is 58 and has been a tour guide for over 9 years. | | Peter West - Its fun and informative to enjoy private and personalised tours with Peter West or one of his colleagues. You will be transported in luxury from one point of interest to another by a highly qualified Blue Badge guide who will tell you whats really going on today and also deliver an terpretation of the history of Britain as it relates to the sights that you will be seeing. |  See all private and personal guides of England |
| PRIVATE TOURS IN England | | For the First Time Visitor - Kensington Palace, Albert Memorial, Albert Hall, South Kensington Museums. , Knightsbridge, Harrods, Hyde Park Corner, Marble Arch, Mayfair, Piccadilly, Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, Westminster, Whitehall, Strand, Covent Garden, Aldwych, Fleet Street, St. | | The Magic of Wales, Winchester, Salisbury and Stone henge - 5 Days - Medieval Welsh folklore abounds - heroes who leap on bubbles without breaking them - missionary saints who sail the seas on leaves - they are kept alive in a country of remote mountains, sparkling lakes, windswept cliffs and people who still speak Welsh, many regions of Wales have signposts in Welsh only as follows. . | | London for first timers and for repeat visitors - "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life" (Samuel Johnson). London is so varied, there is something to interest everyone, again and again. | | Within about 35 miles from London - Windsor and Eton Still a favourite royal residence, Largest and longest inhabited stronghold in the world. Dating back to 1110 and filled with the cream of the Royal collection, Eton the oldest boy's public school, founded 1440, where the boy's still wear tail coats. | | Up to 125 miles from London - Westwards Prehistoric stone circle at Stonehenge, Roman & Georgian Bath, 18th century classical gardens of Stourhead. Elizabethan mansion of Corsham Court. | | See all private and personal tours in England |
| General details about England |  CAPITAL CITY OF England: London
LANGUAGE OF England: English
CURRENCY OF England: British pound (GBP)
COMMENTS ABOUT England: Cities : London (capital), Birmingham, Bristol, Brighton, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, York
Best Places : Hadrian's Wall, Lake District National Park, New Forest National Park, North York Moors National Park, Oxford and Cambridge, Peak District National Park
South Downs National park, Stonehenge,Yorkshire Dales National Park
Electricity : 230V, 50 Hz (UK plug)
Calling Code : +44
Time Zone : UTC
CLIMATE OF England: temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast
RELIGION OF England: Anglican and Roman Catholic 40 million, Muslim 1.5 million, Presbyterian 800,000, Methodist 760,000, Sikh 500,000, Hindu 500,000, Jewish 350,000
POPULATION OF England: 60,270,708 (July 2004 est.) English 81.5%, Scottish 9.6%, Irish 2.4%, Welsh 1.9%, Ulster 1.8%, West Indian, Indian, Pakistani, and other 2.8%
HISTORY OF England: Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the earth's surface. The first half of the 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars. The second half witnessed the dismantling of the Empire and the UK rebuilding itself into a modern and prosperous European nation. As one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council, a founding member of NATO, and of the Commonwealth, the UK pursues a global approach to foreign policy; it currently is weighing the degree of its integration with continental Europe. A member of the EU, it chose to remain outside the Economic and Monetary Union for the time being. Constitutional reform is also a significant issue in the UK. The Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly were established in 1999, but the latter is suspended due to bickering over the peace process.
ECONOMY OVERVIEW OF England: The UK, a leading trading power and financial center, is one of the quartet of trillion dollar economies of Western Europe. Over the past two decades the government has greatly reduced public ownership and contained the growth of social welfare programs. Agriculture is intensive, highly mechanized, and efficient by European standards, producing about 60% of food needs with only 1% of the labor force. The UK has large coal, natural gas, and oil reserves; primary energy production accounts for 10% of GDP, one of the highest shares of any industrial nation. Services, particularly banking, insurance, and business services, account by far for the largest proportion of GDP while industry continues to decline in importance. GDP growth slipped in 2001-03 as the global downturn, the high value of the pound, and the bursting of the "new economy" bubble hurt manufacturing and exports. Still, the economy is one of the strongest in Europe; inflation, interest rates, and unemployment remain low. The relatively good economic performance has complicated the BLAIR government's efforts to make a case for Britain to join the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Critics point out, however, that the economy is doing well outside of EMU, and they point to public opinion polls that continue to show a majority of Britons opposed to the euro. Meantime, the government has been speeding up the improvement of education, transport, and health services, at a cost in higher taxes. The war in March-April 2003 between a US-led coalition and Iraq, together with the subsequent problems of restoring the economy and the polity, involve a heavy commitment of British military forces.
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