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The capital of England is London

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Big-Ben;
TheThames;
Saint Paul’s Cathedral;
Picadilli Circus;
Madame Tussaud’s
Museum
Trafalgar Square;
Tower Bridge;
Buckingham Palace;
Westminster Abbey;
Oxford Street
Greenwich

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The Clock Tower is the world's largest
clock.
It’s a clock in the tower and it is a big
bell.
You can hear it every hour.
People are allowed to get inside the
Tower so that they can see the work of
the clock.
There is no lift and there are three
hundred and forty steps (340).
It weighs 13.5 tons.

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• The present building dates from
the 17th century, The cathedral
is one of London's most visited
sites.

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• Trafalgar Square is a
square in London that
commemorates the Battle
of Trafalgar (1805), a
British naval victory of the
Napoleonic Wars. The
original name was to
have been "King William
the Fourth's Square", but
George Ledwell Taylor
suggested the name
"Trafalgar Square".

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• It is close to the Tower of
London, which gives it its
name.

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• Buckingham Palace is
the official London
residence of the British
monarch. The palace is
a major tourist
attraction.

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It is the traditional place
of coronation and burial
site for English monarchs

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Madame
Tussauds is a
famous wax
museum in
London.

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• Oxford Street is a
major street in
London. With over
300 shops, it is
Europe's busiest
shopping street.

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• Greenwich Meridian (0°
longitude) and Greenwich
Mean Time.
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