HOUSES IN BRITAIN

The 90 % of the population live in towns. There are lots of different kinds of houses.

Sixty per cent of the population live in tearraced or semi-detached houses. Terraced houses are joined together in a long row.

Some detached houses are very large, but some are quite small. In big towns and cities, many people live in flats.

A cottage is a small house in the country. Traditional cottages have got thatched roofs.

Some cottages are hundreds of years old.

There are many regional variatons in British houses.