The Eden Project is in the south-west of England, in Cornwall. Its biomes are like huge greenhouses, full of plants from every part of the world. As well as being a place to visit, it is a charity that runs environmental and social projects in many countries.
The Lake District is England's largest national park, covering 885 square miles (2,292 square kilometres) of lakes and mountains. Climbers, walkers and sailors love it. Its biggest lake is Windermere. In 2007, television viewers voted Wastwater "Britain's favourite view".
Edinburgh Castle towers over the city's skyline, and its history goes back to the early Middle Ages. Today the castle is in the care of Historic Scotland, an agency of the Scottish Government.
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park is in the west of Scotland and covers 720 square miles (1,865 square kilometres). Loch Lomond itself is the biggest stretch of fresh water on the British mainland, and probably the park's best-known feature.
Wales: Snowdonia
Snowdonia is a national park in North Wales, covering 838 square miles (2,170 square kilometres). Its best-known feature is Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales.
Northern Ireland: the Giant's Causeway
The Giant's Causeway is on the north-east coast of Northern Ireland. It is a mass of stone columns made by volcanic lava about 50 million years ago, and many legends have grown up around it.
The best-known legend is a lively one. The Irish giant Finn McCool laid this stone road across the sea to go and fight a Scottish giant, but when he saw how much bigger his rival was, he ran home and got his wife to dress him up as a baby. The Scottish giant took one look at the huge "baby", decided the father must be terrifying, and fled back to Scotland, smashing the road as he went. Geologists say the lava simply shrank and cracked as it cooled, forming the columns.
The basalt columns of the Giant's Causeway. Many of them are neat six-sided shapes.
Photo: code poet, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Quiz
Where would you find the Giant's Causeway?
The Giant's Causeway is on the north-east coast of Northern Ireland: columns of volcanic lava formed about 50 million years ago. Cornwall has the Eden Project, North Wales has Snowdonia National Park, and the west of Scotland has Loch Lomond.
Quiz
Which TWO of these statements are correct?
The London Eye is on the south bank of the Thames, not the north. Snowdon is the highest mountain in Wales, not Scotland.
