I live here and can't stand too much rain. But it is rare for the grass to turn brown through lack of water or through too long under snow. The grass is green all year round. If you like green grass Ireland really is emerald green.
If you love castles, old monasteries and old buildings there are thousands of them for you to see. You would need to visit for several months. You would also be made most welcome. Most visitors think they have seen the UK if they visit London so they miss out on our culture and rich history. We protect our historical buildings and our environment. Even our cities have nice green areas to relax in. Nothing smells better than fresh cut grass. Enjoy your learning journey.
Green is life. When i come back to Britain from Spain & the plane is flying into Britain & i seen the green fields, it lights my soul. Especially after the dusty environment of Spain.
Same! I’ve spent weeks in the Mediterranean, and the heat is nice, but after a while it gets too much, and I soon feel depressed by the lack of greenery. Coming into land over our beautiful English countryside with its farmhouses, uniquely styled hedgerows and rolling green fields as far as the eye can see makes me so proud, especially when there are tourists on board who have never laid eyes on it. I love that all but one of the London airports is out in the countryside, as it’s an epic introduction to our country. I’ve flown in more times than I can count, and on every occasion when the aeroplane emerges beneath the clouds, all the passengers go quiet, and you can tell they’re in awe of the view.
I retired to Spain, I lived in the sierra Nevada and it is green in the mountains. I am on the coast now, and yes dry and dusty. I will forgo the green for a bit of sunshine.
The North East is very beautiful. Most tourists go to London and the south of the UK. They miss out big time. Bamburgh is stunning no other word for it. We spent the Christmas before last at Staithes. I absolutely loved it.
Speaking as a southerner, from Dorset, I have to say that I always enjoy a trip 'up north' 😊 I like Harrogate and York for city breaks., We in the UK , are blessed with beauty everywhere. 💖🙋♀️🤗
Loved seeing how interested in the history you were, and also how you appreciate just how beautiful these villages / towns / cities are with all their green. Most places in England, and the UK, are like this. Of course once you get deep into the major cities like Manchester / Birmingham / London etc. you're going to see more built up areas and less green. But one major thing is that our cities are all surrounded by what we call 'Green belts'. Where there is protection by law on the amount of open land can't be built on and is to be kept for the public. Driving from one place to another here is guaranteed beautiful scenery. Then when you stumble across a random Castle, or ruins of one, it just makes it more magical. The UK is a beautiful and almost fantasy land for those who don't know much before coming here. Keep up the great work mate, loved this video. EDIT: also, check that smoke alarm brother ;)
Imagine a country the size of Oregon with 30,000 churches and 4,000 castles in many staetes of ruin from pristine to ruins Huge National park areas, all across the country. North south east and west! I sincerely hope you get to travel here and enjoy the spectacular sights of this green and pleasant land!🤞
I live in whitby, tourism is so popular and there is so much things to see if you love boats and fish&chips. You can go visit, most of these gorgeous little villages via a bus ride and the countryside is beautiful
The narrator pronounced Keswick wrongly, it is pronounced "Kesik". Likewise he should have said "Bambur" for Bamburgh. I wouldn't go by the narrator's pronunciation of Scarborough either! Sadly he failed to mention Hadrian's Wall, built by the Romans, it's worth finding a video about it. The scenery around it is spectacular and the wall is in very good condition considering it's been there for the best part of 2000 years. The reason the monasteries shown are in ruins is because Henry VIII demanded that they should be destroyed. A lot of castles are in ruins because Oliver Cromwell, during the English Civil Wars*, had many of them demolished or wrecked. (*Some people say "the English Civil War" but in fact it is more correct to refer to it as the English Civil Wars.) It's worth looking at something similar about Wales, Scotland and the Isle of Man. We always say Northern England and Southern England, or the North or South of England, not North England or South England.
I’m always dubious of people who make such fundamental errors. Have they actually visited these places? Keswick is the best example of that, anyone who has been there would never mispronounce it so.
Bamburgh to rhyme with Edinburgh. Scarborough also largely rhymes. This is a consequence of differences in speech and spelling between English, Scottish English and Scotts. PS narrator’s pronunciation of Bamburgh seems okay to me.
Where I live in South Shields, north- east of England, we have a restaurant called the Marsden Grotto and it is in the cliffs, you sit down for a meal and there is rock all around you. You have to get the lift down to it but there are stairs down the edge of the cliff but they kill me. ❤️🇬🇧
Waving from N Shields😊, last time I was at the grotto I did those stairs the lift is too small I'm claustrophobic, I needed oxygen when I got to the top 😂😂
@@lottielou3167 oh you poor thing I hope you got over that. I love the Northside you are lucky you have 31 the Quays my favourite place on Earth. Don’t know how you did the stairs though, I have not done them since I was a teenager, so that would be about 300 years ago. Hope you are all better now. Blessings 😊😀
I live near Northumberland it's got so much history more castles than enny other county in England and the roman Wall cheers from Newcastle England 🏴
It was a real pleasure to watch the expression on your face as you started to fall in love with Northern England. Whitby is a favourite of mine and the abbey on the hill is a dramatic place what ever the weather. So many visitors to the UK want to go to London and although London does have tremendous history and sights to offer so do other parts of the UK too. I hope you will enjoy many more videos and learn more about us.
Hello sweetie. I was born in England but have lived in Wales and Scotland (been here for 30 years now), the scenery is unbeatable and the majority of the people are very friendly. If your mind is open and you are willing to learn about stuff without hating on anything then you will be made very, very welcome xxx If you ever manage to afford a ticket try looking up house sitting and or pet sitting for cheap/free accommodation. xxx
Remember it rains a lot in the United Kingdom that is the reason for so much green all over. You'll also find that our cities and towns have parks with a lot of green all over. We have Churches, Cathedrals, Castles and other historical buildings dated over thousands of years in Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England. You would love the Cotswold. We are a small island but there is so so much to see and do in the UK when you visit. I am now a subscriber.
Great reaction. You've made think about how lucky I am to live here. I work in Durham and can get to Northumberland and the Lake District fairly easily. Im subscribing. I love history too. Check out other areas. Scotland, Wales and the rest of England are equally as beautiful.
Newcastle lad here, but I lived in York for 7 years and I agree, he didn't do York any justice at all. The City of York is beautiful and epic, historic and atmospheric. Regardless of the weather or season, from warm days to chilly frosts there is a special feeling about York that stays with me.
20:11 I have been to York, Durham, Scarborough, the Lake District and Whitby. I love Whitby and have been several times, I take a small boat out into the North Sea it costs about £3 the views are great. We have lots of rain, so all of England is green, even the cities have greenery. Our buildings are a mix of time periods, some from around 1066 to modern builds like The Shard in London. There are many Georgian and Victorian buildings with some Elizabethan. I am from Liverpool which is a port in the North West, we have a mix of old buildings too. In fact, Hollywood make films here. Don't forget Wales it is lovely too.
If you love history then you definitely need to visit us, I was at Durham Cathedral last week, I only live a couple of miles away. Fantastic video showing how beautiful the North of England is, thank you for loving it, I hope you get to visit one day.🥰
Northern England is where you'll find the friendly but very sarcastic folk lol. We have a very dry sense of humour. We have alot of national parks. More so than the south of England. But we are pretty empty, so there is lots of greenery and open spaces to get lost in.
Thank you for your wonderful remarks. We have lovely nature & history in abundance. I live in Northumberland we have many Castles as we are on the border to Scotland with battles in the past. Alnwick Castle but my favourite is Chillingham Castle surrounding by beautiful countryside. Hexham & Hadrian’s Wall which is a world heritage site. A coastal path & the Northumberland national part to explore.
Most of our castles were built between 1066 and 1500. We also have much older buildings, such as Roman forts dating back to the first century AD and tombs that are thousands of years old.
My grandma ran the Cod & Lobster pub in Staithes for 20yrs, I practically grew up there. I'm also 18 miles from Whitby and never tire of going there. 45 mins from York as well. I live in a coastal village North of Whitby
I have a lot of connections with Whitby 7:10 . My older sisters were born there, and my uncle owned the Black Horse pub for a long time. It used to be a proper fishing town, but is now more geared towards tourism as the fishing industry fell. Robin Hood's bay is similar but be prepared, it's on a really steep hill. The north east coast is pretty wild in terms of weather in winter though.
The reason we have so much green is because we have so much rain and rivers and lakes and as quite a small island of small islands, we are surrounded by water
Our beautiful island of Great Britain has 3 countries (England, Scotland and Wales) and each has its own slightly different culture (languages too although most speak English) and type of landscapes from the next. The island is approximately 600 miles from north to south and has a population of nearly 67 million. On average, in England, you will come across a small town (population of say 30,000) every 15 to 20 miles or so and most towns will have had a castle or church at some point in the last 1000 years and many still do. Smaller villages are between the towns too. We are highly populated but still have huge areas of green fields and mountains and valleys. Our roads are narrow but we have motorways (freeways) that connect much of the island. Our history stretches back thousands of years….the Romans, the Saxons, the Vikings, the Normans. It rains a fair amount and that’s why it’s so green (but it can get very dry and hot at times). Nowhere is far from the sea. We invented/discovered a huge amount of the things we see and use in everyday life….telephones, t.v., penicillin, trains, the list goes on and on!
two comments, i will do one here and your snacks in a second comment, I live in durham, but have lived all over the country, oxford, isle of whight, poole, bournemouth, london, sunderland in the north and now durham. Our history as someone mentioned goes alot further back the 1066, which is quite right in its own way, be we go back to 3000bc, with stone henge, but before 1066, were invaded, by the romans, the saxons and the vikings, hence alot of our place names come from who invaded us, things that end in cester is romans, end in by, like grimsby, probably vikings and so on. as mentioned, 1066 is a big date in our history, alot of people spoke french till the 1300's, also the magna carta was signed during this time, which is the blue print and has morphed over the centuries, to become the blue print for decomracy around the world, from 1066 onwards right or wrong, we set out to explore the world, invading and colonised 60 percent of the world, today 65 countries celebrate there independance from the british empire, the largest empire in human history Im giving you this info, because us from the UK love our country, if you continue your UK road on your channel, your channel will go from strength to strength as well as learning along the way, we fought in 2 world wars and won, with a little help, we had no segregation, blacks and whites, look at the battle of bamber bridge, where we supported black troops, it was the UK that ended slavery back in 1813 when they started. we just finished paying for that in 2015, the cost to end slavery The UK to me, i served in the army also, as a medic, while we not perfect, still the best country in the world, for many reasons
@@USACULTURESHOCK My grandad was an overseer in the one of the Lancashire cotton mills..It was the one that the workers went on strike, to support the Black American cotton pickers..He was a Company Man..He couldn't be bought off to get the workers to return..
Unless you go to a city. All of England is very green (although city's often have some good big green spaces and there are trees around. And we have a thing called a green belt where citys cant build and expand outwards. So most citys are surounded by green)
You need to find some decent videos of Exmoor National Park. The coastline there is the highest in England and Wales. The scenery is just out of this world. Some of the valleys are so green and steep, they are like nowhere else in England.
New subscriber! It's great to see your reaction. I live just outside of Leeds, Yorkshire which is near (within an hour) of Bolton Abbey, the Moors, Hebden Bridge, Scar House and within a couple of hours drive to Durham, Bamburgh and Northumberland. My boys love Hardcastle Craggs. It's a great place to live - the locals call it Gods Own Country. You'd be welcome anytime!
yes these towns and villages are all over the UK, the reason being, we have strict laws on planning and building, and many places are protected, that aside, before cars and trucks, farmwrs would take there live stock, cows and sheep to market, which was in the towns and villages to sell them, it was the only way to get from farms to market, because there is alot of farm land and things have not really changed, we have many very small narrow tight roads, as these were built before motorised transport, horse and cart so to speak
Great video, good you want to learn about the UK, there is masses of history to the countries that make up mainland UK - England, Wales and Scotland - Northern Ireland is also great with much history to explore too. Scarborogh is just along the coast from Whitby (pronounced Wit bee) about 30-40 min drive. Many of those old looking buildings would have been factories, mainly from the time of the industrial revolution, so c 1700s to late 1800s, many are near a water source as they were driven by steam and/or used water wheels. They are largely a northern thing, the midlands also had plenty of canals and factories. That's a simplification but google UK or English industrial revolution and you should find loads there - good luck with your searching and exploring the beautiful UK, a 'green and pleasant land'. From Northern UK
Whitby is a great place. So full of character. It has everything you'd expect from a seaside town and is popular with the Goth community thanks to Bram Stoker. York is full of history. A good idea is to walk around the city walls, visit the Minster and wander down the shambles. You really get a sense of what the Medieval streets would have been like. There is a strong Scandinavian influence courtesy of dark age Vikings who settled in this region and established the Danelaw, dividing the north from the Anglo Saxon south; this at a time when King Alfred the Great ruled from Winchester. I love the north Northumberland coast. It was a favourite holiday destination for my grandparents. You can walk for miles along those beaches. Castle, coast and hills within easy reach. What's not to love? Ok, the weather can be fickle at times, but this does not detract from what a great place this is. Not that I'm biased.
apart from the castles, the building you see at 14.33 would be the 1800's, it would a mill of some sorts, due the industrial revolution, that came from britain, water power wheels, the steam power, and just before you saw that, you would have seen the long boats, these are narrow boats on canals, which are all over the uk, for pleaure now, but back in the 1800's, they were the life blood of industry, getting products around the country, like are wagons and trains do today, taking raw materials, textiles, coal for the steam powered engines around the country, these were the highways back in the day
some little fact my friend, about the UK, we are very unique, made up of 4 countries, england, scotland, wales and norther ireland. we are a friendly polite people, we have free health care paid by taxes, im 60 years old and have never paid a penny, strict gun laws since 1996, when within a year guns were banned, since dunblain school shooting, we have never had another school shooting since, our normal police 90% do not carry a gun, we do have armed response if needed, jay walking is legal, drinking is 18, and in some places you can drink at 16 and 17 with a meal and adult, to drink in the home its 5 years old, we have a pub culture, that has tried to be replicated, but no country has suceeded, because its not the pub, but the people the UK is smaller than texas, texas has 19k bar, the UK has 48k pubs. these are things you can look into and react to, plent stuff out there, from americans that have moved here, let me know happy to point you towards there channels so you can react
😂 . You only have about another million more RU-vid videos that people will suggest that you watch and react to about the UK. The Cotswolds, York, Bath, Castle videos, Cathedral videos,Yorkshire Dales, the Lake District the list goes on and on. There's certainly no shortage of history here in the UK. Literally everything around you is hundreds of years old. Even the small church in the small village I lived in as a child dates back to 1069ad. It is a grade 1 listed building which means it has the highest level of protection and conservation yet it still holds church services for the people who live in the village. You walk through the entrance which has an arch almost 1000 years old.
My aunt and uncle live in Whitby, and my Son and his wife go for the Gothic weekends...hills are getting a bit much for me now though. Brilliant place to visit and the fish and chips are spectacular.
England is so green because we have so much rain. Each county offers something different but all have lots of Green parks. Yorkshire is the largest county in England and offers lakes and hills with many castle ruins and mansion houses some of which you can pay a fee and go around. Having lived in Yorkshire for 60 years, I can recommend it.
England has many fine historic houses all over the country however like every country we have very run down derelict places you would not like to visit .
Buy a plane ticket, fly into Manchester Airport, book a hire car, and go and look for yourself. Most of these places are less than 2 hours' drive from Manchester airport. It's about a 7-hour flight to Manchester from New York, so theoretically, you could be in Whitby in 10 hour's (I've no idea where you actually live in America, but you know how long it'll take you to get to JFK) One more thing. The cost of living in the North of England is about half what it is in America, so it's cheap when you get here. London is much much more expensive.
@USACULTURESHOCK If you live near Orlando, you could probably get a charter flight direct to Manchester for a reduced price, because planes fly from Manchester full of tourists going to Disney and the like but fly back with spare seats. It's probably not possible to fly from anywhere in America direct to Manchester, but Manchester is an international airport, so there's probably more choice than you might think. An alternative is to fly to Dublin, which is even cheaper, then fly to Manchester via Ryanair. OR get the ferry from Dublin, that way, you'll see Ireland, Wales and England PLUS you save on airfares. DON'T bring tons of luggage with you. You can get anything you might need for less here. We've got all the same shit you've got! Unless you want to Travel to London specifically, avoid Heathrow and Gatwick, you'll find immigration much easier and quicker if you avoid those two airports.
The whole country is green.Every town and village has parks and countryside around.All our cities a have large green parks and streets are often tree lined.We are noted for our love of plants and gardening.All the castles are over 1000 years old or much older,and we take them for granted.
For longer lengths 10 feet is close to 3 metres. 1 mile is close to 1500 metres or 1.5km. These are good enough to envisage what someone is talking about in a video
If you like this you should see KENT it is called the garden of England. Also, Devon in the south of UK. Our cities are also green in the UK we cannot cut trees down without getting planning permission.
If you're interested in the history of these industrial places I suggest you watch Fred Dibnah, start with his Laddering A Chimney. If you want lots more let me know.
You could do a reaction to each of these by themselves, a tip, avoid any by Wolters World and also Lost in the Pond, there are plenty of full reviews for these, you will be doing yourself a favour by looking into these places in a little more depth.
The whole nation is green. South is just as beautiful (in it's best parts), but not as hilly. I grew up in a southern county named Hampshire right on the South coast in the New Forest where ponies roam freely and there are cattle grids to stop them coming into the villages. As with any nation, there are less desirable places and built up places, but with Britain being small, it's easy to access all of it. There are far more beautiful towns and villages in Britain. The wall surrounding York City is 1,000 years old, which is in good condition and one can walk on top around the city. Visit Yorkshire, Whitby and Staithes a lot. Video does not show the wonderful steps in Whitby to the Abbey ruins with spectacular views. Also, some of York's streets resemble Harry Potter (The Shambles). Staithes in the winter has log burners with smoke coming from chimneys.
Mate he tells you loads of answers to your questions!! Lol The castle in no.9 is 12th century. (1100's) so 900 years old. Vid 10, Ironage boundaries he talks about are pre roman so from about 800 B.C. to 46 A.D. so over 2000 years old. The north is a former industrial area so if you google former industrial citys in say Lancashire you'll be a able to find info on Manchester, Liveerpool, Preston, Bolton,Blackburn, Rochdale,Bury, Burnley, Oldham, Stockport, etc etc. You may find that the north has its issues too along with fantastic ancient history and historic buildings and great people. Theres Yorkshire too but the least said about that the better 😅 its a local joke btw 😊
Btw there are lots of ruined abbeys in England thanks to Henry VIII who ordered their demolition. Obviously, they didn’t all inspire Dracula, but they are just as beautiful as Whitby’s.
We would love you to visit but I believe you get no vacation time in the USA. The UK gets 28 days paid vacation by law and you have to take the time off. It's a work/ live balance thing.
I suggest that you choose a place of interest on a video like this but watch a video lasting 30 minutes just dealing with that one place. I have lived near to most of the places in the UK. I have easily and frequently visited nearly all of the places of beauty and historical interest.
The video tells you how old everything is and then you keep asking.Scarborough castle was Built in the 12th century he said it we heard it which bit didn’t you understand?? The USA was founded in the 16th century.
