Individual #British_Isles Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic
instance of: #island
part of: #Atlantic_Ocean
part: #Great_Britain an island comprising England and Scotland and Wales
part: #England a division of the United Kingdom
part: #Cotswolds__Cotswold_Hills a range of low hills in southwestern England
part: #Lancaster a city in northwestern England
part: #Lake_District__Lakeland a popular tourist area in northwestern England including England's largest lake and highest mountain
part: #London__Greater_London__British_capital__capital_of_the_United_Kingdom the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
part: #Big_Ben clock in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament, London
part: #Old_Bailey the Central Criminal Court in London
part: #Fleet_Street.street__fleetstreet a street in central London where newspaper offices are situated
part: #Harley_Street a street in central London where the consulting rooms of many physicians and surgeons are located
part: #Lombard_Street a street in central London containing many of the major London banks
part: #Greenwich a borough of Greater London on the Thames; zero degrees of longitude runs through Greenwich; time is measured relative to Greenwich Mean Time
part: #Bloomsbury a city district of central London laid out in garden squares
part: #Soho a city district of central London now noted for restaurants and nightclubs
part: #Wembley a southeastern part of Greater London that is the site of the English national soccer stadium
part: #West_End the part of west central London containing the main entertainment and shopping areas
part: #Strand a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels
part: #Westminster__City_of_Westminster a borough of Greater London on the Thames; contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey
part: #Buckingham_Palace the London residence of the British sovereign
part: #Downing_Street.street__downingstreet a street of Westminster in London; "the Prime Minister lives at No. 10 Downing Street"
part: #Houses_of_Parliament the building in which the House of Commons and the House of Lords meet
part: #Westminster_Abbey a famous Gothic church in London on the site of a former Benedictine monastery; "Westminster Abbey is the scene of the coronations of almost all English monarchs"; "Distinguished English subjects are buried in Westminster Abbey"
part: #Pall_Mall a fashionable street in London noted for its many private clubs
part: #Wimbledon a suburb of London and the headquarters of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club where annual international tennis championships are played on grass courts
part: #Manchester a city in northwestern England (30 miles east of Liverpool); heart of the most densely populated area of England
part: #Hull__Kingston-upon_Hull a large fishing port in northeastern England
part: #Humber_Bridge a suspension bridge at Hull England; 4,626 feet long
part: #Liverpool a large city in northwestern England; its port is the country's major outlet for industrial exports
part: #Birmingham a city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center
part: #Oxford.England__oxford a city in southern England northwest of London; site of Oxford University
part: #Oxford_University__Oxford a university in England
part: #Cambridge a city in eastern England on the River Cam; site of Cambridge University
part: #Cambridge_University__Cambridge a university in England
part: #Blackpool a resort town in Lancashire in northwestern England on the Irish Sea; famous for its tower
part: #Brighton a city in East Sussex in southern England that is a popular resort; site of the University of Sussex
part: #Bristol an industrial city and port in southwestern England near the mouth of the River Avon
part: #Leicester an industrial city on the River Soar in Leicestershire in central England; built on the site of a Roman settlement
part: #Newcastle-upon-Tyne__Newcastle a port in northeastern England on the River Tyne; a center for coal exports (giving rise to the expression "carry coals to Newcastle" meaning to do something unnecessary)
part: #Pompey__Portsmouth a port city in southern England on the English Channel; Britain's major naval base
part: #Coventry an industrial city in central England; devastated by air raids during World War II; remembered as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century
part: #Gloucester.England__gloucester a city in southwestern England in Gloucestershire on the Severn
part: #Reading a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England
part: #Worcester.England__worcester a cathedral city in west central England on the River Severn
part: #Avon a county in southwestern England
part: #Berkshire a county in southern England
part: #Eton_College a public school for boys founded in 1440; located in Berkshire
part: #Reading a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England
part: #Cornwall a hilly county in southwestern England
part: #Devonshire__Devon a county in southwestern England
part: #Gloucestershire__gloucestershire a county in southwestern England in the lower Severn valley
part: #Hampshire a county of southern England on the English Channel
part: #Winchester.England__winchester a city in southern England; administrative center of Hampshire
part: #Winchester_College the oldest English public school; located in Winchester
part: #Kent a county in southeastern England; the first to be colonized by the Romans
part: #Canterbury a town in Kent in southeastern England; site of the cathedral where Thomas a Becket was martyred in 1170; seat of the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church
part: #Somerset a county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel
part: #East_Sussex a county in southern England on the English Channel
part: #Hastings a town in East Sussex just south of the place where the Battle of Hastings took place
part: #West_Sussex a county in southern England on the English Channel
part: #Leicestershire__Leicester a largely agricultural county in central England
part: #Bosworth_Field the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (1485); Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor was crowned as Henry VII
part: #Leicester an industrial city on the River Soar in Leicestershire in central England; built on the site of a Roman settlement
part: #Lincolnshire an agricultural county of eastern England on the North Sea
part: #Northumberland the northernmost county of England; has many Roman remains (including Hadrian's Wall)
part: #East_Anglia a region of eastern England that was formerly a kingdom
part: #Lancashire a historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles
part: #Yorkshire a former large county in northern England; in 1974 it was divided into three smaller counties
part: #North_Yorkshire a county in northern England
part: #West_Yorkshire a metropolitan county in northern England
part: #Leeds a city on the River Aire in West Yorkshire in northern England; a center of the clothing industry
part: #South_Yorkshire a metropolitan county in northern England
part: #Sheffield a steel manufacturing city in northern England famous for its cutlery industry
part: #Northumbria an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in northern England until 876
part: #West_Country the southwest of England (including Cornwall and Devon and Somerset)
part: #Sussex a former Anglo-Saxon kingdom in southern England on the English Channel; was captured by Wessex in the 9th century
part: #Wessex a Saxon kingdom in southwestern England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century
part: #Hadrian's_Wall an ancient Roman wall built by the Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century; marked the northern boundary of the Roman Empire in Britain
part: #River_Aire__Aire a river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire
part: #Upper_Avon__Avon a river in central England that flows through Stratford-on-Avon and empties into the Severn
part: #Avon.river__avon a river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn
part: #River_Severn__Severn__Severn_River a river in England and Wales flowing into the Bristol Channel; the longest river in Great Britain
part: #River_Tyne__Tyne a river in northern England that flows east to the North Sea
part: #Scotland one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
part: #Bannockburn a battle in which the Scots under Robert the Bruce defeated the English and assured the independence of Scotland
part: #battle_of_Brunanburh__Brunanburh battle in 937 when Athelstan defeated the Scots; recounted in the Ballad of the Battle of Brunanburh in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
part: #battle_of_Langside__Langside (1568) Catholic forces supporting Mary Queen of Scots were routed by Protestants under her half-brother Lord James Stuart, Earl of Murray
part: #Highlands the Highlands are a mountainous region of northern Scotland famous for its rugged beauty; known for the style of dress (the kilt and tartan) and the clan system (now in disuse)
part: #Galloway.district__galloway a district in southwestern Scotland
part: #Aberdeen.Scotland__aberdeen a city in northeastern Scotland on the North Sea
part: #Lothian_Region a district in southeast central Scotland (south side of the Firth of Forth) and the location of Edinburgh
part: #Edinburgh the capital of Scotland; located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth
part: #Glasgow largest city in Scotland; a port in west central Scotland; one of the great shipbuilding centers of the world
part: #Hebrides__Hebridean_Islands__Hebridean_Isles__Western_Islands__Western_Isles a group of more than 500 islands off the western coast of Scotland
part: #Inner_Hebrides islands between the Outer Hebrides and the western coast of Scotland
part: #Outer_Hebrides a 130-mile long archipelago northwest of Scotland
part: #Orkney_Islands an archipelago of about 70 islands in the North Atlantic and North Sea off the northeastern coast of Scotland
part: #Shetland_Islands__Shetland__Zetland an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland
part: #Firth_of_Forth a large firth on the east coast of Scotland; location of Edinburgh
part: #Loch_Achray a lake in central Scotland
part: #Loch_Ness a lake in the Scottish highlands; the largest body of fresh water in Great Britain
part: #Loch_Ness_monster__Nessie large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland
part: #Wales__Cymru__Cambria one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria
part: #Aberdare a mining town in southern Wales
part: #Bangor.Wales__bangor a university town in northwestern Wales on the Menai Strait
part: #Cardiff the capital and largest city of Wales
part: #Newport.Wales__newport a port city in southeastern Wales
part: #Swansea a port city in southern Wales on an inlet of the Bristol Channel
part: #Anglesey_Island__Anglesey__Anglesea__Anglesea_Island__Mona an island northwest of Wales
part: #Menai_Strait a strait in northern Wales between Anglesey Island and the mainland
part: #River_Severn__Severn__Severn_River a river in England and Wales flowing into the Bristol Channel; the longest river in Great Britain
part: #Solway_Firth a large firth on the west coast of Britain between England and Scotland
part: #Ireland__Hibernia__Emerald_Isle an island comprising the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
part: #battle_of_Boyne__Boyne a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690; William III of England defeated the deposed James II and so ended Stuart Catholicism in England
part: #Drogheda in 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants
part: #Aran_Islands three small islands belonging to Ireland at the entrance to Galway Bay
part: #Northern_Ireland a division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland
part: #Bangor.Northern_Ireland a town in southeastern Northern Ireland
part: #Belfast__capital_of_Northern_Ireland capital and largest city of Northern Ireland; the center of Irish Protestantism
part: #Eire__Ireland__Irish_Free_State__Republic_of_Ireland a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921
part: #Cork a port city in southern Ireland
part: #Galway a port city in western Ireland on Galway Bay
part: #Dublin__Irish_capital__capital_of_Ireland capital and largest city and major port of the Republic of Ireland
part: #Limerick port city in southwestern Ireland
part: #Tara a village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin); seat of Irish kings until 6th century
part: #Waterford a port city in southern Ireland; famous for glass industry
part: #UK__Great_Britain_and_Northern_Ireland__Great_Britain__United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Northern_Ireland__United_Kingdom__Britain a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland
part: #Great_Britain an island comprising England and Scotland and Wales
part: #Northern_Ireland a division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland
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