What are the famous scenic spots in Britain?

The British Museum, also known as the British Museum, is located in Russell Square, north of New Oxford Street. The British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in new york and the Louvre in Paris are among the three largest museums in the world. The British Museum was founded in 1753 and opened to the public in 1759. It is a comprehensive museum with the longest history and the largest scale in the world. British Museum includes Egyptian Museum, Greek and Roman Museum, Western Asia Museum, European Medieval Museum and Oriental Art Museum. Among them, the Egyptian Museum of Cultural Relics, the Greek and Roman Museum of Cultural Relics and the Oriental Art Museum are the most eye-catching, while China's collection attracts many tourists. And its collection of ancient Roman ruins, ancient Greek statues and Egyptian mummies is famous all over the world.

2. London Eye (London)

The London Eye is the full name of The British Airways London Eye, also known as the Millennium Wheel. Located on the Thames River in London, it is the fourth largest Ferris wheel in the world and one of the landmarks in London. The London Eye opened in late 1999, with a total height of 135 meters (443 feet). The London Eye has 32 cabins, all of which are air-conditioned. ? Each cabin can carry about 15 passengers, and the turning speed is about .26 meters per second, that is, one lap takes 3 minutes.

3. Westminster Abbey (London)

Westminster Abbey, located in the southwest of Parliament Square in London, England, was originally ordered to be built in 15 by the religious king "Confessor" Edward I of England and completed in 165. The existing church was rebuilt in Henry III in 1245, and was added in later dynasties until the end of 15th century. The church is in the shape of a Latin cross, with a total length of 156 meters and a width of 22 meters. The dome is 31 meters high and 68.5 meters high. The whole building is magnificent and quiet, and it is considered as a masterpiece of British Gothic architecture. Westminster Abbey is not only the chapel of the Anglican Church, but also the auditorium for the coronation ceremony of kings and the wedding ceremony of royal family members, and it is also a state funeral mausoleum.

4. Tower of London

The Tower of London used to be a fortress, an armory, a treasury, a mint, a palace, an observatory, a refuge and a prison, especially for upper-class prisoners. This last use produces a phrase "sent to the Tower", which means "in prison". Elizabeth I was imprisoned here for some time during the reign of her sister Mary I. The last time the Tower of London was used as a prison was during World War II, when rudolf hess was held. It was listed as a world cultural heritage in 1988.

5. Big Ben (London)

The famous ancient clock in London, England, or Big Ben, is the Westminster Palace clock. It is the bell tower attached to the British Parliament Hall, which was built in 1859. The diameter of the round bell plate around the bell tower is 6.7 meters, which is a traditional landmark of London and a symbol of Britain.

6. Tower Bridge (London)

The Tower of Bridge is the first bridge from the mouth of the Thames in London, England, and is known as the "main entrance of London". The bridge was built in 1886 and opened to the public on June 3, 1894, connecting the north and south parts of London as a whole. From the tower, you can enjoy the ten-mile scenery of the upper and lower reaches of the Thames. If the bridge is locked by mist, the landscape will be even more unique. The fog lock tower bridge is one of the scenic spots in London.

7. Cambridge City (Cambridge)?

Cambridge is a fascinating traditional university town. Cambridge University's achievements in natural science are particularly outstanding, and it has nurtured such scientific masters as Newton and Darwin who started a new era of science. More than 6 Nobel Prize winners have left footprints in Cambridge, and people call Cambridge "the cradle of natural science" with admiration. Although many medieval buildings have been preserved here, as far as the appearance of Cambridge is concerned, it is still bright and modern. There are many theaters, art galleries and other facilities in Cambridge, which makes this university town exude a strong literary atmosphere.

8. Oxford City (Oxford)

Oxford is famous for its status as a world-class university and its historic sites all over the world, which makes it a city that people desperately dream of. Oxford, which has a history of more than 11 years, is the cradle of British royal family and scholars. Many famous people have studied in Oxford, including 4 British kings, 46 Nobel Prize winners, 25 British prime ministers, 3 saints, 86 archbishops and 18 cardinals. Although Oxford is an ancient university town, every corner of the city is still full of youthful vitality.

9. Edinburgh (Edinburgh)

Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, located on the south bank of Firth of Forth on the east coast of Scotland. Edinburgh was listed as a world cultural heritage by UNESCO in 1995. Edinburgh is also the most important tourist city in Scotland, attracting about 13 million tourists every year. Every August, Edinburgh hosts the world-famous Edinburgh International Festival. Edinburgh's famous scenic spots include Edinburgh Castle, Royal Mile Avenue, Holyrood Palace and so on.

1. Stonehenge (Bath)

Located in Salisbury, southern England, the ancient British Stonehenge is quite famous in the world. According to archaeologists' calculations, Stonehenge existed here about 28 BC, with a history of 4, years. Stonehenge is composed of circular rows of stones and circular grooves, and the circular grooves are about 1 meters in diameter, and the stones weighing 5 tons are arranged neatly in concentric gardens, which attracts quite a few tourists every year because of their strangeness.