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Places of Interest

Learn the places by matching each landmark, park, or organisation to its location and defining feature.

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What to be able to answer

  • Match each landmark to its location and defining feature.
  • Recall the National Trust and national park number facts.
  • Separate Big Ben, Elizabeth Tower, Tower of London, and Parliament-adjacent landmarks.

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National parks, the National Trust and UK landmarks

Topic 12 of 12

There are 15 national parks in England, Wales and Scotland. These are areas of protected countryside that everyone can visit, and where people live, work and look after the landscape.

Many parts of the countryside and places of interest are kept open by the National Trust (in England, Wales and Northern Ireland) and the National Trust for Scotland. Both are charities that work to preserve important buildings, coastline and countryside. The National Trust was founded in 1895 by three volunteers. There are now more than 61,000 volunteers helping to keep the organisation running.

Place, region, fact

Learn each landmark as a location pair first, then attach the one testable detail.

Big Ben
Credit: Tristan Sherfield, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Big Ben

London

Great bell at the Houses of Parliament; the tower is Elizabeth Tower.

Eden Project
Credit: Jürgen Matern, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Eden Project

Cornwall

Biomes with plants from around the world; also an environmental charity.

Edinburgh Castle
Credit: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Edinburgh Castle

Scotland

Dominates the Edinburgh skyline and dates back to the early Middle Ages.

Giant's Causeway
Credit: Sue Adair, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Giant's Causeway

Northern Ireland

North-east coast; volcanic columns formed about 50 million years ago.

Loch Lomond

Loch Lomond

Scotland

Largest expanse of fresh water in mainland Britain.

London Eye
Credit: Khamtran, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

London Eye

London

South bank of the Thames; 443 feet / 135 metres tall.

Snowdonia
Credit: Bencherlite, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Snowdonia

North Wales

National park with Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales.

Tower of London
Credit: Bob Collowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tower of London

London

Built by William the Conqueror; Yeoman Warders and Crown Jewels.

Lake District
Credit: Abbasi1111, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Lake District

England

England's largest national park; Windermere is its largest lake.

Do not mix up

Big Ben is the bell; Elizabeth Tower is the tower
Loch Lomond is largest expanse of fresh water in mainland Britain
Lake District is England's largest national park

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