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Southampton, United Kingdom
The UK is a country of contrasts that suits all
tastes. Whatever your cup of tea - and you'd better get used to
that in England - it won't disappoint. It has an intricate past,
an engrossing present and a fascinating future.
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In Southampton we offer a residential junior summer course for learners aged
12 to 17 years. Students come here from all over the world to improve
their English language skills and enjoy an exciting social and activity
programme with others of the same age. As a location for students
to relax and learn, Southampton has plenty to offer. Located on
England’s south coast, with easy access to London and international
airports, it is a historic city with a fascinating maritime heritage;
it was home to the Titanic and still welcomes cruise liners, luxury
yachts and numerous sail boats to its busting waterfront today.
It also offers a large variety of entertainment and leisure facilities,
from bowling, cinema and theatre to shopping and a wide variety
of sport.
City sights
The town is focused on the small harbour and marina, separated
by limestone cliffs sprouting white high-rise hotels and apartment
blocks from Torquay's main beach, Abbey Sands. Good for chucking
a frisbee about but too busy for serious relaxation, it takes its
name from Torre Abbey, sited in ornamental gardens behind the beachside
road. The Norman church that once stood here was razed by Henry
VIII, though a gatehouse, tithe barn, chapter house and tower escaped
demolition. The present Abbey Mansion (Easter-Oct daily 9.30am-6pm;
£3) is a seventeenth- and eighteenth-century construction, now containing
the mayor's office, a suite of period rooms with collections of
paintings, silver, glass and one devoted to Agatha Christie. There's
more material relating to the Mistress of Murder at the Torquay
Museum , above the harbour at 529 Babbacombe Rd (Easter-Oct Mon-Sat
10am-5pm, Sun 1.30-5pm; Nov-Easter Mon-Fri 10am-5pm; £3), but most
of the space is given over to the local history and natural history
collections.
Walking north round the promontory from the harbour, you'll reach
some good sand beaches, nearest of which Meadfoot Beach , lies at
the end of a pretty half-mile coastal walk that takes you through
Daddyhole Plain, a large chasm in the cliff caused by a landslide
locally attributed to the devil ("Daddy"). If you're searching for
something a little more low-key, continue round the point to where
a series of beaches extends along the coast as far as the cliff-backed
coves of Watcombe and Maidencombe.
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