DESTINATION ENGLAND
The culture of the United Kingdom is rich and varied, and has been influential on culture on a worldwide scale. It is a European country, and has many cultural links with its former colonies.
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DESTINATION LONDON
With the rise of England to first European, then global prominence, the city became a great centre of government, industry and culture. London's long association with the theatre, for example, can be traced back to the English Renaissance when great playwrights, like Shakespeare, made London their home ...
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Traditionally, the South West of England has been well known for Cheddar cheese, which originated in the Somerset village of Cheddar, Devon cream teas, and cider. It is now probably equally well known as the home of the Eden Project, the Glastonbury festival, Cornwall's seafood restaurants and surfing beaches...
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South East England is one of the nine official regions of England, designated in 1994 and adopted for statistics in 1999. Its boundaries include Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex ...
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SOUTHEAST ENGLAND:
BERKSHIRE,
HAMPSHIRE,
KENT,
OXFORDSHIRE,
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The East Midlands is known historically for its food - Red Leicester, Lincolnshire sausages, Melton Mowbray pork pies, Stilton cheese, Bakewell tarts, and Bramley apples. D. H. Lawrence is the region's best known author, although only gained full recognition in the late twentieth century. Also from Nottingham, William Booth who founded The Salvation Army in 1865
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EAST MIDLANDS:
DERBYSHIRE,
LEICESTERSHIRE,
LINCOLNSHIRE,
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE,
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE,
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Northern England, the North, the North of England, or (less commonly) the North Country refers to the parts of England north of an ill-defined line. The North is considered by many to be a cultural region with an identity separate from that of the rest of England ...
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NORTH COUNTRY OF ENGLAND:
CHESHIRE,
CUMBRIA,
COUNTY DURHAM,
MERSEYSIDE,
NORTH YORKSHIRE,
TYNE AND WEAR,
WEST YORKSHIRE,
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WEST MIDLANDS
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Shropshire,
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THE NORTH COUNTRY
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Cheshire,
Cumbria,
County Durham,
Merseyside,
North Yorkshire,
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SOUTHEAST ENGLAND
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Berkshire,
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Kent,
Oxfordshire,
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SOUTHWEST ENGLAND
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