United Kingdom

The London eye is the world's largest sightseeing wheel.

Harrods store opened in 1849 and had the world's first escalator fitted in 1878,it now has 27 restaurants on its 7 floors.

England's capital has 500,000 surveillance cameras, the average tourist is caught on camera 300 times a day.

Tower of London is over 900 years old and is where Henry VIII had two of his wives executed.

Buckingham Palace has over 600 rooms.

The world 's first traffic lights were erected in London in 1868 to control horse buggies.

KIRKWALL boasts the worlds most Northern Whisky distillery.

STONEHENGE (near Southampton) was built around 3000BC and is older than the great pyramids of Giza.

DOVER CASTLE was built in the 12th Century, in the second world war it was a major command post, with secret tunnels, these can now be visited.

BELFAST (Northern Ireland) is where the Titanic was built, its last port of call was in COBH (Southern Ireland) it now boasts a Titanic museum.

LIVERPOOL was the home of the Beatles. It will be the European Capital of Culture in 2008.

WINCHESTER (Near Southampton) was the capital of England until the 12th Century.

EDINBURGH is built on an extinct volcano.