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Washington UK, and Washington DC – What are the Differences?
Washington is a town in Tyne and Wear in the north-east of England – it was also the ancestral home of the local Washington family, from whom the first president of the US was descended.
But there are now plenty of differences between the two places, as Hamiltons Removals, who can help with removals to Washington, have been finding out.
Washington, UK
Washington in the UK is effectively a series of villages; it was designated a New Town in the 1960s, partly to boost economic growth in the area. The population at the 2001 census was around 67,000.
Historically the area was important for the coal and chemical industries; nowadays electronics, automotive and aerospace industries are major employers (the famous Nissan car assembly plant is in Washington Road, Sunderland), although one of the old pits has been preserved as a museum (pictured).
The town also has its own nature reserve and an arts centre which includes an exhibition gallery, community theatre, artist studios and a recording studio. Washington Old Hall, the family seat, still has a ceremony to celebrate American Independence Day on July 4 every year.
Washington DC, USA
The American capital is a company town – but here the main business is Government. Being the heartland of American politics has also created a number of ancillary industries – notably tourism, entertainment, and financial and health services – on top of those directly employed in the political world. The DC stands for District of Columbia – and Columbia is defined as ‘the female personification if the nation’.
The population of the city is around 700,000, and it has almost 700 parks and green spaces, covering almost 7,500 acres. It also has rather more in the way of iconic buildings than its UK counterpart – the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, the Capitol building, pictured, plus various national museums are all located in the American capital.
And while Washington in the UK doesn’t even have its own railway station any more (it was closed as a result of the Beeching cuts in the 1960s), around 70,000 people use Washington DC’s Union Station every day – not to mention the underground system which opened in 1976.
Removals to Washington with Hamiltons Removals
There is one other similarity between the two places – we can help you move to either of them. We offer removals to all parts of the UK from our base close to the Norfolk/Suffolk border. For more details about our UK moving service, follow this link.
When it comes to international removals to the USA, we offer a dedicated shipping service where you have sole use of your own container, or a groupage service where your belongings are part of a bigger consignment. Smaller or valuable items can be sent via air freight. If you’d like to know more about our overseas moving service to the USA, click here.
In both cases, we offer additional services which can include packing and unpacking, and insurance, a cleaning service, and foreign money exchange. Whichever Washington you want to move to, you can also call us on 01379 855203.
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