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With one of the richest traditions of theatre and literature in the world, incredibly diverse countryside, exciting cities and picture postcard towns and villages, isn't it time you explored England?

Occupying an area of 129,720 square kilometres, England is home to more than 48 million people. Stretching from the Lake District in the north to the Channel Islands off the south coast and from the rolling hills and green hedgerows in the east to the wild magic of Cornwall in the extreme southwest, England offers a huge diversity of landscapes. During the 18th century, England developed a huge empire that stretched from America to India and encompassed Australia and Canada. The country was also one of the key players in the Industrial Revolution when steam power, steam trains, coalmines and water power suddenly changed the means of transport and production. The world's first industrial cities appeared in the British Midlands.