General+Information+on+England

England:

Country Facts
Dieu et mon droit (God and my right) || Cross of St George ||  [|23 April] ||  54 00 N, 2 00 W || 129,720 sq km 50,085 sq miles || 49,561,800 (2002) || English and British [|Find out more] || GMT/UTC 0 (Greenwich Mean Time ( [|British Summer Time during daylight savings] )) || Temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current [|Find out more] ||  [|London] || Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield || Anthem (Song): ||  [|God Save the Queen Land of Hope and Glory] || <span style="color: #000066; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"> [|English] || <span style="color: #000066; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"> [|Church of England, Catholic, Methodist, Muslim, Jewish, Sikh and Hindu]. || <span style="color: #000066; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"> [|Pound Sterling] (£) || <span style="color: #000066; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"> [|Scafell Pike] 978 m (3210 ft) || <span style="color: #000066; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">The Fens, 4.6 metres (15 feet) below sea level || <span style="color: #000066; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"> [|Thames] (346 km) <span style="color: #000066; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">The [|Severn] is officially Britain's longest river as it flows through both Wales and England. || <span style="color: #000066; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">Windermere (14.7 sq km) || <span style="color: #000066; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">Cauldron Snout (Cumbria) 60 metres (200 feet) high || <span style="color: #000066; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">1 Canada Square, Canary Wharf (London), 245 metres (800 feet) high || <span style="color: #000066; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">London Heathrow, with 53.8 million passengers. || <span style="color: #000066; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"> [|Lion] || <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"> here.
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