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Великобритания

Великобрита́ния , или Соединённое Короле́вство , полная официальная форма — Соединённое Короле́вство Великобрита́нии и Се́верной Ирла́ндии , — островное государство на северо-западе от континентальной Европы. Единое Королевство Великобритания образовалось в 1707 году вследствие политического объединения королевств Шотландии и Англии; но ещё ранее, в 1603 году, король Шотландии Яков VI унаследовал престолы Англии и Ирландии в порядке личной унии . В 1800 году Королевство Великобритания и Королевство Ирландия объединились, образовав Соединённое Королевство Великобритании и Ирландии, которое после отделения от него в 1922 году Ирландского Свободного государства стало именоваться Соединённым Королевством Великобритании и Северной Ирландии. Великобритания — одно из крупнейших государств Европы, ядерная держава с 1952 года , постоянный член Совета Безопасности ООН, бывшая метрополия Британской империи; британский монарх также является главой 15 иных независимых государств и главой Содружества. Бывший центр мировой империи, Великобритания и сейчас играет важную роль в международных делах. Английский язык стал вторым языком во многих странах мира; он преобладает в интернете и других международных средствах связи. Экономика Великобритании — девятая в мире по уровню развития; военный бюджет страны — один из самых высоких в мире. Форма правления — парламентарная монархия. Форма государственного устройства — квази-унитарное государство, где с конца XX века три из четырёх составляющих стран обладают правами ограниченной автономии. Столица — город Лондон, один из крупнейших городов Европы и финансово-экономических центров мира. Официальные языки: по всей стране — английский; также официально признаны валлийский в Уэльсе; гэльский и скотс в Шотландии; корнский в Корнуолле ; ирландский в Северной Ирландии.

The Crypt School

Глостер

The Crypt School is a grammar school with academy status for boys and girls located in the city of Gloucester. This school has become the only coeducational selective school in Gloucester. This school has been an all boys school for almost 500 years but in 2018, it became coeducational. The sixth form has been coeducational for about 30 years and soon the crypt school will be fully coeducational. In 2018 the school allowed about 1/3 year seven girls, and 2/3 year seven boys, allowing 150 new students into the school. The school was founded in 1539 by Joan Cooke with money inherited from her husband John.

Fusilier Museum

Бери

The Fusilier Museum is a museum in Bury, Greater Manchester, England. Its collection includes the uniforms, medal and artefacts of the Lancashire Fusiliers.

James Cook University Hospital

Мидлсбро

The James Cook University Hospital is a 1,024 bed major tertiary referral hospital, district general hospital and major trauma centre in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, located on the A172 . It forms part of the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, along with the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton. It caters for most specialties.

Innerpeffray Library

Гилмертон

Innerpeffray Library was the first lending library in Scotland. It is located in the hamlet of Innerpeffray, by the River Earn in Perth and Kinross, 4 miles southeast of Crieff. The library building is Category A listed.

Norfolk Nelson Museum

Грейт-Ярмут

The Nelson Museum was a small museum housed in a Grade II listed Georgian Merchant's house on South Quay in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. It was formed from the collection of local agriculturalist Ben Burgess, who was a lifelong collector of Nelson related artefacts. Opened by the Duke of Edinburgh in 2002, the museum celebrated the life and times of Admiral Horatio Nelson. There were galleries, a new temporary exhibition every two years, and interactive exhibits and games for children.The museum was forced to close in October 2019 due to declining visitor numbers and the withdrawal of funding by Great Yarmouth Borough Council. The collection, comprising over 2,000 items including an oil portrait of Nelson and original letters written by him, was put into storage.

The Novium

Чичестер

The Novium is a museum in Chichester, West Sussex, southern England. The name comes from the Roman name for the city, Noviomagus Reginorum.The museum, designed by the architect Keith Williams following an architectural design competition managed by RIBA Competitions, has an area of 1,300 sq m which is approximately 2.4 times the size of the previous museum in Little London. The building is divided into three floors each of which will contain a gallery for exhibition. It contains a research and learning room as well as a collection store for the social history collection. The museum is built directly over the top of the Chichester's Roman Bath House complex which are displayed in the ground floor gallery.The museum has over 350,000 objects of geological, archaeological and social historic interest. The social history and geological collections is made up of some 50,000 objects which are housed within the new building, whilst the archaeological collection is contained in a purpose built store within the Discovery Centre located at Fishbourne Roman Palace.The museum was opened on 8 July 2012.

Wyvern Barracks

Эксетер

Wyvern Barracks is a military installation on Topsham Road in Exeter.

Royal Berkshire Hospital

Рединг (Англия)

The Royal Berkshire Hospital is a National Health Service hospital in the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. It provides acute hospital services to the residents of the western and central portions of Berkshire, and is managed by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital provides approximately 813 inpatient beds , together with 204-day beds and spaces. In doing so, it employs over 5,000 staff and has an annual budget of £228 million.

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum

Эдинбург

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards is a cavalry regiment of the British Army, and the senior Scottish regiment. The regiment, through the Royal Scots Greys, is the oldest surviving Cavalry Regiment of the Line in the British Army. The regiment is currently based at Leuchars Station, as part of the Scottish 51st Infantry Brigade.