Major Cintrubutions

As the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science.



The largest cities in England are much debated but according to the urban area populations (continuous built up areas) these would be the fifteen largest conurbations. (Population figures taken from 2001 census)


London is the largest city in England, the United Kingdom, and the European Union.[17]
Greater London Urban Area - 8,278,251
West Midlands conurbation - 2,284,093
Greater Manchester Urban Area - 2,240,230
West Yorkshire Urban Area - 1,499,465
Tyneside - 879,996
Liverpool Urban Area - 816,216
Nottingham City Area - 666,358
Sheffield Urban Area - 640,720
Greater Bristol - 551,066
Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton - 461,181
Portsmouth Urban Area - 442,252
Leicester Urban Area - 441,213
Bournemouth Urban Area - 383,713
Reading/Wokingham Urban Area - 369,804
Teesside - 365,323

Geography

England comprises the central and southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain, plus offshore islands of which the largest is the Isle of Wight.
Most of England consists of rolling hills, but it is more mountainous in the north with a chain of low mountains, the Pennines, dividing east and west. \There is also an area of flat, low-lying marshland in the east, the Fens, much of which has been drained for agricultural use

THEY DONT HAVE A NATIONAL HOLIDAY?

the UK does not celebrate one particular national holiday

About 85% of the people in England live in cities or towns

The population of England is 59,247,000.