2. Wat kun je verwachten?
Een bliksemsnelle kennismaking met de top 15
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3. Kew Gardens
A treetop walk, acres of gardens,
greenhouses.
It might come across you that you have
stepped into a new world.
4. Tower Bridge
Built in 1886.. More than 40,000
people cross the suspension bridge
across the Thames.
5. Tower of London
See the Crown Jewels and
famous ravens. But don’t be
fooled.. history tells us a dark
story.
6. Blackpool Tower
The amusement park
and resort boasts more
than 145 rides,
including one of the
fastest roller coasters in
Europe, the Big One.
7. Loch Ness
Visitors flock to this
freshwater loch in
the Scottish
Highlands hoping to
see the monster.
8. Angel of the North
The 20m high structure
is seen as an icon of the
north-east and has
150,000 visitors a year.
10. Hadrian’s Wall
Once stretching 73 miles,
it is the most popular
tourist attraction in the
north of England and was
named after the Roman
emperor Hadrian.
12. The Jurrasic Coast
A fossil hunter’s paradise, the 185 million year old coastal
stretch of Devon and Dorset became a UNESCO World
Heritage Site in 2001.
13. Stonehenge
Believed to be 5,000
years old and listed as a
World Heritage Site, many
druids celebrate the
summer solstice there
14. Tintagel
This village and castle
on the north coast of
Cornwall are closely
associated with the
legends of King Arthur
and the Knights of the
Round Table.
15. Edinburgh Castle
The castle is built on a 700 million-
year-old extinct volcano called Castle
Rock and has been used as a Royal
residence through the ages.
16. Roman Bath
Visitors today can also
bathe in the natural
thermal waters
discovered more than
2,000 years ago.
17. Hampton Court Palace
Built for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey in 1514, King
Henry VIII soon took it over and now
attractions include a maze and historic tennis
court.
