places of interest

Question 1

no. of national parks in England Wales and Scotland

Answer 1

15

Question 2

natinoal trust

Answer 2

charities working to preserve important buildings, coastline and countryside

founded in 1895 by three volunteers
- now over 61k volunteers

Question 3

eden project

Answer 3

cornwall

biomes house plants all over the world

charity that runs environmental/social projects

Question 4

the castle

Answer 4

edinburgh

looked after by historic scotland

Question 5

the giant’s causeway

Answer 5

northern ireland

land formation of columns made from volcanic lava

formed 50M years ago

legends about the causeway and how it was formed

Question 6

loch lomond and the trossachs national park

Answer 6

720 square miles in the west of scotland

largest expanse of fresh water in mainland britain and probably the best known part of the park

Question 7

snowdonia

Answer 7

national park in northern wales

838 square miles

most well-known landmark is snowdon, highest mountain in wales

Question 8

tower of london

Answer 8

first built by william the conqueror after he became king in 1066

tours given by yeoman warders, also known as beefeaters

crown jewels

Question 9

the lake district

Answer 9

largest national park

885 square miles

biggest stretch of water is windermere

in 2007, TV viewers voted Wastwater as Britain’s favourite view