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World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom
Name the UNESCO Heritage Site
- Mountainous region and national park which includes Scafell Pike.
- British city which became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.
- Country house in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, the seat of the Dukes of Marlborough.
- Southern England coastline stretching from Exmouth to Studland Bay in Dorset.
- Victorian model village built between 1851 and 1871 to give workers a better life away from the Bradford slums.
- Turf fortification built by the Romans across what is now the Central Belt of Scotland.
- Large, well preserved, ruined Cistercian monastery located 3 miles south-west of Ripon in North Yorkshire.
- Some say the mythical giant Fionn MacCumhail built this to fight a Scottish rival giant.
- London borough with UNESCO World Heritage Site status as home of the Prime Meridian.
- 25 miles southeast of Glasgow, described as an exceptional example of a purpose-built 18th century mill village.
- Built between 1795 and 1808 by Thomas Telford to carry the Llangollen Canal across the River Dee.
- A magnificent cantilever bridge connecting Fife and Edinburgh since 1890.
- An isolated archipelago situated 40 miles west-northwest of North Uist. A UNESCO World Heritage Site for its natural features.
- Cathedral designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986 which contains the Venerable Bede's remains.
Answers
- The Lake District
- Bath
- Blenheim Palace
- The Jurassic Coast
- Saltaire
- Antonine Wall
- Fountains Abbey
- The Giant’s Causeway (in Northern Ireland)
- The Royal Borough of Greenwich
- New Lanark
- The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
- The Forth Bridge
- St Kilda
- Durham Cathedral