Planning a family trip to United Kingdom? TripNest turns it into its own app: 10 narrated story podcasts about United Kingdom for the drive, games and a quiz for the kids, an audio phrasebook, and the day-by-day plan and map the whole family shares.
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How England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland fit together
One kingdom, four countries, three extra languages and a whole lot of coastline. We'll work out why a football fan in Cardiff cheers for a different team than one in Glasgow. By the end you'll be able to read the Union Flag like a map.
Stonehenge and the people who built it
Five thousand years ago, people without wheels or metal tools hauled stones the size of a car across the countryside. Then they stood them in a circle that still lines up with the sunrise on the longest day. We'll look at the best guesses about why.
Hadrian's Wall and the soldiers who guarded it
In AD 122 the Romans began building a wall right across northern Britain, 73 miles from coast to coast. Soldiers from as far away as North Africa stood on it in the rain, writing letters home asking for warm socks. Yes, we have the actual letters.
Stone walls, spiral stairs and clever defences
Wales alone has hundreds of castles, and many are free to wander around. We'll find out why spiral staircases turn the way they do, what a portcullis is for, and where the toilet was. (The answer to that last one is a bit surprising.)
Royal traditions you can still watch today
Kings and queens have been crowned in the same abbey in London for nearly a thousand years. The Crown Jewels are kept in a tower guarded by soldiers in red - and by ravens with their own official keeper. We'll meet the birds and the ceremony.
Shakespeare, stages and made-up words
A glove-maker's son from a small market town grew up to write plays performed in every country on Earth. He also invented words we still use, and worked in a round wooden theatre where the cheapest tickets meant standing in the rain. Let's go backstage.
Volcanic rock and a very tall story
Thousands of stone steps march into the sea on the coast of Northern Ireland, each one a neat column. Geologists say cooling lava cracked them into shape. Storytellers say a giant built a road to Scotland - and we'll tell you both versions.
Scotland's wild north and its most famous legend
Deep glens, red deer on the hillsides and a lake so big it could swallow every other lake in England and Wales. People have been hunting for a monster in Loch Ness for decades with boats, cameras and sonar. What have they actually found?
How football got its rules in Britain
Before 1863, every town played football by different rules - some let you catch the ball and run. A meeting in a London pub sorted it out, and the new game travelled the globe. We'll explain why some old English clubs still have such peculiar nicknames.
A tour of British food, one plate at a time
What exactly is a Yorkshire pudding, and why isn't it a pudding? Why do people argue about whether jam or cream goes on a scone first? We'll settle into afternoon tea and work our way through the greatest hits of British food.
Two / Three / Four / Six
Snowdon / Ben Nevis / Scafell Pike / Slieve Donard
Northern Ireland / Cornwall / The Isle of Wight / Kent
The United Kingdom podcast has 10 narrated story episodes for the car or the plane: Four Countries, One Kingdom, The Stones That Waited, Romans on the Edge of the Map, Castles by the Hundred, Crowns, Ravens and Coronations, The Man from Stratford, The Giant's Causeway, Highlands, Lochs and Nessie, The Game the World Borrowed and Chips, Scones and Sunday Roast.
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Every trip starts free: the day-by-day plan, map and contacts. Premium adds the United Kingdom podcasts, kids' games and the audio phrasebook for $24, once per trip - no subscription.
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