Traditions and everyday life in United Kingdom

Place

Visit York Minster

Built almost 1,400 years ago, York Minster is one of the must-visit places in the North of England. It is the seat of the Archbishop of York.

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Event

Bonfire Night

A special event which takes place every November 5th. It celebrates and remembers when the Houses of Parliament in London almost got blown up!

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Tradition

Cheese Rolling

The annual tradition of throwing cheese down a steep hill and a bunch of maniacs run after it. Best part of the year, if difficult to get to…

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Activity

Complaining about the weather

The people cannot be pleased. Its more of a compulsion. The weather is ALWAYS too hot or cold or rainy Something we dont all do ; drink tea

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Place

Riverside Park

Riverside is a huge park which follows the River Itchen. I personally think it is one of the bast parks in the area but you can be the judge

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Everyday life

Southend Pier, the world's longest

The longest pier in the world where I grew up. The grounds of the college in Scotland I attended when I moved to the outskirts of Edinburgh.

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Everyday life

The Wood Pigeon

The call of a wood pigeon is a classic sound of the English Countryside. It is very nostalgic and reminds me of my childhood here in England

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Everyday life

Castles of Wales

Castles are a big part of Wales. This is when I visited Raglan castle on a dog walk with my best friends and my two little Pomeranian dogs.

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Place

Leicester Castle Gardens

A small park near the city centre. It’s one of my favourite places in Leicester since you can find cute animals such as squirrels and swans

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Activity

Walks In london

I love walking round London and seeing all the cool street art and graffiti! There are always loads of cool shops and food places as well!

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Tradition

Cheese rolling

You may have seen videos on YouTube of crazy people chasing cheese down a hill. This is a yearly tradition in my home town of Gloucester.

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Place

Industrial heritage meets the sea, Cornwall

Tin mining these days are a thing of the past, but reminders of a time when it was an important industry in Cornwall dot the landscape.

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Activity

The Bagpipes (Scottsh Instrument)

The bagpipes are a Scottish made instrument that you will always hear while walking around Scottish cities like Edinburgh and Glasgow.

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Place

Brighton is amazing

if you ever go to england, brighton is honestly amazing. i can’t wait to live there by the sea, it’s so pretty and the pier is amazing!

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Everyday life

Daisy

Where I live there are daisys growing absolutley everywhere you look, along with many other flowers as we are an agricultural village.

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Tradition

The welsh dragon

To be born Welsh is to be born privileged. Not with a silver spoon in your mouth, But music in your heart and poetry in your soul.

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Everyday life

Local Heritage of Whitby

Whitby is on the coast surrounded by the North Yorkshire Moors. Whitby is amazing and home to the Dracula society and Goth weekends.

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Place

Historic houses

Lots of people in England love visiting historic houses - I'm really lucky to live close to two - Chatsworth House and Haddon Hall

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Place

Iron bridge, Shropshire

The Ironbridge is a world heritage site. Built in 1779 it symbolises the start of the industrial revolution.Built by Abraham Darby

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Place

chatsworth house

Chatsworth house and gardens is a place i have visited ever since childhood. This is what ignited my interest in historic buildings

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Place

Top of the Rock

Every summer my friends and I go to The Top of the Rock which is in midtown. It has the best view of the skyline I have ever seen.

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Event

RAF outing

In England they hold an event called RAF and its the Royal Air force show where they do shows with the helicopters and aeroplanes.

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Place

Glenrriff

This is one of the many beautiful places to see in the North of Ireland. Glenarriff Forest Park only 25 minutes from where I live.

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Activity

Mountain biking

We go back in a Forrest and bike and do tricks and it is fun and bumpy going up down mini hills also we do racing as a club thing

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Place

Visiting Cornwall

I go to Cornwall once a year and visit all my favourite spots like •the cider farm •fisteral beach •boardmasters •saint ives

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Everyday life

Henderson’s relish

Sheffield is known for its Henderson’s relish. It’s very hard to buy this outside the UK and still hard to get in parts of the UK.

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Activity

Visiting English cathedrals

There are lots of cathedrals in England and you have to respect the architecture and craftsmanship even if you are not religious

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Everyday life

Yorkshire dales

I live in a beautiful part of the country. Lots of greenery and close to Peak district and Yorkshire dales. Love the countryside

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Family life

Family time

I love spending time with my family and making memories around where we live even just being at home with them means alot to me.

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Everyday life

Run away from seagulls

We run away from seagulls at school so we don’t get poo on us even though we live no where near the see. It’s very traumatic :)

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