Outline of the United Kingdom

Flag of the United Kingdom

Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom

The location of the United Kingdom

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; a sovereign state in Europe, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK), or Britain.^[1][2][3] Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, it includes the island of Great Britain—a term also applied loosely to refer to the whole country—the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands

    See also Category:United Kingdom and Template:United Kingdom topics

General reference

• The United Kingdom is...
  • both a country and a country made up of countries
  • both a nation state and a state made up of nations
  • an island country
  • a Commonwealth realm (1931-)
  • a member state of the European Union (1973-)

• Pronunciation: ⁱ/juːˌnaɪ.tɪd ˈkɪŋ.dəm/
• Abbreviations: UK
• Common English country names: The United Kingdom, The UK, or Britain
• Official English country name: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Common endonyms: United Kingdom, UK, Britain
• Official endonyms: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Adjectivals: British, United Kingdom
• Demonyms: Briton, British, Brit
• Etymology: Name of Britain, Name of the United Kingdom
  • Name of England
  • Name of Northern Ireland
  • Name of Scotland
  • Name of Wales
• International rankings of the United Kingdom
• Terminology of the British Isles
• United Kingdom-related topics
  • England-related topics
  • Scotland-related topics
  • Wales-related topics
  • Northern Ireland-related topics
• ISO country codes: GB, GBR, 826
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:GB
• Internet country code top-level domain: .uk, .gb (not used)

Countries of the United Kingdom, Dependencies, Territories and Commonwealth

Political map featuring the United Kingdom

Map of the British Crown Dependencies

British Overseas Territories

Countries of the UK and their subdivisions

• England
  • Subdivisions of England
    • Regions of England
      • Counties of England (see also Metropolitan county and Shire county)
      • Unitary authorities of England
      • Districts of England (see also Metropolitan district and Shire district)
      • Civil parishes
    • Greater London
      • London boroughs
    • Greater Manchester
• Northern Ireland
  • Subdivisions of Northern Ireland
    • Regions of Northern Ireland
      • Districts of Northern Ireland
• Scotland
  • Subdivisions of Scotland
• Wales
  • Subdivisions of Wales

Crown dependencies

• Isle of Man
• Channel Islands
  • Jersey
  • Guernsey
  • Alderney
  • Sark

British Overseas Territories

• Anguilla
• Bermuda
• British Antarctic Territory
• British Indian Ocean Territory
• British Virgin Islands
• Cayman Islands
• Falkland Islands
• Gibraltar
• Montserrat
• Pitcairn Islands
• Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
• Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus
• Turks and Caicos Islands

Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations

Commonwealth of Nations

The United Kingdom is a member state of the Commonwealth of Nations

• Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations
  • Commonwealth realm
• Commonwealth citizen
  • Head of the Commonwealth
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission (1917-)
• Commonwealth Games (1930-)

Geography, resources and demography

An enlargeable topographic map of the United Kingdom

See also: Geography of England, Geography of Northern Ireland, Geography of Scotland and Geography of Wales

• Location:
  • Northern Hemisphere, on the Prime meridian
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Eurasia (but not on the mainland)
    • Europe
      • Northern Europe and Western Europe
        • British Isles
          • Great Britain (entire island and adjacent isles)
          • Ireland (northeastern sixth of the island)
  • Time zone: Greenwich Mean Time = Western European Time (UTC+00), British Summer Time = Western European Summer Time (UTC+01)
• Area of the United Kingdom: 244,820 km² (94,530 sq mi) - 79th most extensive country
  • Area of the countries of the United Kingdom

• Extreme points of the United Kingdom:
  • North: Out Stack, Shetland Islands 60°51′N 0°52′W / 60.850°N 0.867°W
  • South: Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly 49°51′N 6°24′W / 49.850°N 6.400°W
  • East: Lowestoft Ness, Suffolk 52°28.87′N 1°45.77′E / 52.48117°N 1.76283°E
  • West: Rockall¹ 57°35′N 13°41′W / 57.583°N 13.683°W
  • High: Ben Nevis, Lochaber at 1,343 metres (4,406 ft) 56°47′49.150″N 5°0′17.22″W / 56.79698611°N 5.0047833°W
    • Low: The Fens at −4 metres (−13 ft) 52°29′18″N 0°13′52″W / 52.48838°N 0.23118°W
  • Land boundaries:  Republic of Ireland 360 km
  • Land boundary:  France undersea in Channel Tunnel
  • Coastline: 12,429 km
• Atlas of the United Kingdom
  • Atlas of England
  • Atlas of Northern Ireland
  • Atlas of Scotland
  • Atlas of Wales
  • Economic geography of the United Kingdom

Ecoregions

An enlargeable satellite image of the United Kingdom

Environment

• Climate of the United Kingdom
• Environmental issues in the United Kingdom
• Conservation in the United Kingdom
• Energy in the United Kingdom
• Green building in the United Kingdom
• Ecoregions in the United Kingdom
• Renewable energy in the United Kingdom
  • Green electricity in the United Kingdom
    • Hydroelectricity in the United Kingdom
    • Wind power in the United Kingdom
    • Solar power in the United Kingdom
• Geology of the United Kingdom
  • Earthquakes in the United Kingdom
• National parks of the United Kingdom
  • National parks of England and Wales
  • National parks of Northern Ireland
  • National parks of Scotland
• Protected areas of the United Kingdom
  • Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA)
  • Heritage Coast (England and Wales)
  • Scenic areas
    • Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) - England, Wales, Northern Ireland
    • National Scenic Area - Scotland
  • Scheduled Ancient Monument
  • Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)
  • Special Area of Conservation (SAC) (European Union)
  • Special Protection Area (SPA) (European Union)
  • Wetlands designated under the Ramsar Convention (International)
• Wildlife of the United Kingdom
  • Flora of the United Kingdom
    • Trees of Britain and Ireland
    • List of the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland
  • Fauna of the United Kingdom
    • List of mammals of the United Kingdom
    • Birds of the United Kingdom
      • List of birds of Great Britain
      • List of birds of Wales
    • List of reptiles of Great Britain
    • List of amphibians of Great Britain
    • List of fish of Great Britain
    • Lists of insects of Great Britain
• Climate of the United Kingdom
  • United Kingdom Climate Change Programme
  • List of UK extreme rainfall amounts
• Conservation in the United Kingdom
• Environmentally Sensitive Area
  • Green belts
  • Notable trees in Great Britain
  • National nature reserve
  • National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
  • Special Protection Area
    • Site of Special Scientific Interest
• List of waterfalls of the United Kingdom
• List of natural disasters in the British Isles
  • The Great Storm of 1987

Geographic features

• Coastline
• Islands
• Lakes
• Lochs
• Mountains and hills
  • Volcanoes
• Rivers
  • Waterfalls
• World Heritage Sites

Regions

Thirteen areas are designated as national parks in England and Wales

• Time zone of the UK

Municipalities

• Cities
  • Capital of the United Kingdom: London
  • Second city of the United Kingdom
  • Cities by population
• Towns:
  • Towns in England
  • Burghs in Scotland
  • Towns in Wales
  • Towns in Northern Ireland

• City status in the United Kingdom
• Conurbations
• Green belt

Natural Resources

• Energy in the United Kingdom inc. Renewable energy in the United Kingdom
  • Biodiesel in the United Kingdom
  • Coal mining in the United Kingdom
  • Geothermal power in the United Kingdom
  • Hydraulic fracturing in the United Kingdom
  • Hydroelectricity in the United Kingdom
  • Marine energy in the United Kingdom
  • North Sea oil
  • Solar power in the United Kingdom
  • Wind power in the United Kingdom
• Food
  • Agriculture in the United Kingdom
  • Fishing industry in England
  • Fishing in Scotland
  • Hunting and shooting in the United Kingdom
• Materials
  • Forestry in the United Kingdom
  • Mining in the United Kingdom
• List of renewable resources produced and traded by the United Kingdom

Map of population density in the UK as at the 2011 census.

NASA VIIRS image highlighting UK population centres

Population density (people per km²) by country, 2015.

Demography

• Population of the United Kingdom: 64,105,700 (2013 estimate) making it the 22nd most populous country and, with a population density of 259/km² (679/sq.mile), ranking it 51st on the List of sovereign states and dependent territories by population density. This is largely due to the particularly high population density of England which measures 406/km².
  • Population of the countries of the United Kingdom
  • UK birth and deaths since 1960
  • Immigration to the United Kingdom

Ethnicity

• Commission for Racial Equality

• British

• White British
  • English
  • Scottish
  • Welsh
  • Northern Irish
  • Ulster-Scot
  • Cornish

• White Irish

• Other Non-indigenous White Ethnic Groups
  • Western European
  • Eastern European
  • North American
    • Americans in the United Kingdom
    • Canadians in the United Kingdom
    • Australians in the United Kingdom
  • Other
    • British Jews
    • Irish Travellers
    • Roma
    • New age travellers

• British Asian
  • British Indian
  • British Pakistanis

• Oriental British
  • British Chinese
  • Filipinos in the United Kingdom
  • Japanese community in the United Kingdom
  • Koreans in the United Kingdom
  • Malaysians in the United Kingdom
  • Singaporeans in the United Kingdom

• British Arabs
  • Yemenis in the United Kingdom
  • British Iraqis
  • Iranians in the United Kingdom
  • British Turks

• Black British
  • British African-Caribbean community
    • British Jamaican
  • African migration to Britain
    • Ghanaians in the United Kingdom
    • Kenyan migration to the United Kingdom
    • British Nigerian
    • South Africans in the United Kingdom
    • Ugandan migration to the United Kingdom
    • Tanzanians in the United Kingdom
    • Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom
• Latin American migration to the United Kingdom
  • Argentines in the United Kingdom
  • Brazilians in the United Kingdom
  • Colombians in the United Kingdom
  • Ecuadorians in the United Kingdom

Government, monarchy, politics and honours

Elizabeth II, the current British monarch

David Cameron, the current British Prime Minister

Main articles: Her Majesty's Government, Monarchy of the United Kingdom, and Politics of the United Kingdom

• Form of government: parliamentary multi-party representative democratic constitutional monarchy

• Censorship in the United Kingdom
• Elections in the United Kingdom
  • British elections (specific elections)
• Gun politics in the United Kingdom
• Political parties in the United Kingdom
• Political scandals of the United Kingdom
• Taxation in the United Kingdom

Monarchy

• Air transport of the Royal Family and government of the United Kingdom
• British Royal Family
• British monarchs' family tree
• Monarchy of the United Kingdom
• Coronation of the British monarch
• HMY Britannia
• Line of succession to the British throne
• List of British Royal Residences
• List of British monarchs
• List of Royal Yachts of the United Kingdom
• List of UK place names with royal patronage
• List of organisations in the United Kingdom with a royal charter
• Royal Assent
• Royal Charter
• Royal Christmas Message
• Royal Collection Management Committee
• Royal Collection Trust
• Royal Collection
• Royal Household
• Royal Librarian
• Royal Library, Windsor
• Royal Peculiar
• Royal Philatelic Collection
• Royal Prerogative
• Royal Standard
• Royal Style and Titles Act
• Royal Train
• Royal Warrant
• Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom
• Royal forest
• Style of the British Sovereign
• Succession to the British Throne

Branches of the government

Executive branch

• Head of state: Monarch of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
  • Coronation of the British monarch
    • Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom
• Head of government: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (list), David Cameron
• Cabinet of the United Kingdom
• Departments of the United Kingdom Government

Legislative branch

• Parliament of the United Kingdom (bicameral)
  • List of Parliaments of the United Kingdom
  • List of Parliaments of Great Britain
  • Upper house: House of Lords
  • Lower house: House of Commons of the United Kingdom
    • List of British MPs

Judicial branch

• Courts of England and Wales
• Courts of Northern Ireland
• Courts of Scotland
• Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

Foreign relations

• Timeline of British diplomatic history
• United Kingdom and the United Nations
• Special Relationship

International organisation membership

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a member of:^[1]

African Development Bank (AfDB) (nonregional member) African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) Arctic Council (observer) Asian Development Bank (ADB) (nonregional member) Australia Group Bank for International Settlements (BIS) British-Irish Council (BIC) Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) (nonregional member) Commonwealth of Nations Council of Europe (CE) Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) European Investment Bank (EIB) European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) European Space Agency (ESA) European Union (EU) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) Group of Five (G5) Group of Eight (G8) Group of Ten (G10) Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (G20) Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) International Criminal Court (ICCt) International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL International Development Association (IDA) International Energy Agency (IEA) International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS) International Finance Corporation (IFC) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) International Labour Organization (ILO) International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) International Monetary Fund (IMF) International Olympic Committee (IOC) International Organization for Migration (IOM) International Organization for Standardization (ISO) International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM) International Telecommunication Union (ITU) International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) International Whaling Commission (IWO)

Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) (guest) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Organization of American States (OAS) (observer) Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) (partner) Paris Club Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI) (observer) United Nations (UN) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) (associate) United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) United Nations Security Council (UNSC) (permanent member) United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) United Nations University (UNU) Universal Postal Union (UPU) Western European Union (WEU) World Confederation of Labour (WCL) World Customs Organization (WCO) World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) World Health Organization (WHO) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) World Meteorological Organization (WMO) World Organization of the Scout Movement World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) World Trade Organization (WTO) World Veterans Federation Zangger Committee (ZC)

Local government

Manchester Town Hall, a centre of local government

• List of local governments in the United Kingdom

Politics of England

• Regional assemblies in England
• Local government in England
  • History of local government in England
  • Mayors in England

Politics of Northern Ireland

• Local government in Northern Ireland
  • History of local government in Northern Ireland
  • Mayors in Northern Ireland

Politics of Scotland

The Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh

• History of Scottish devolution
• Local government in Scotland
  • History of local government in Scotland
  • Provosts in Scotland
• Pressure Groups in Scotland
• Scottish Parliament
  • Members of the Scottish Parliament
  • Scottish Parliamentary Election, 1999
  • Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2003
  • Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2007

Politics of Wales

The Senedd in Cardiff

• Local government in Wales
  • History of local government in Wales
  • Mayors in Wales
• National Assembly for Wales
• Welsh Assembly Government

Honours

• New Year Honours
• Queen's Birthday Honours
• Prime Minister's Resignation Honours

• Chivalric order
  • Chivalric order#Modern orders
• List of honorary British knights and dames
• Category:British honours system
• Declining a British honour

Military and Defence

British troops in Iraq

Command

• Commander-in-chief: The Sovereign - Queen Elizabeth II
  • Chief of the Defence Staff: General Sir Nick Houghton
    • Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
      • Defence Council of the United Kingdom
• Naval Service
  • First Sea Lord: Admiral Sir George Zambellas
  • Chief of the General Staff: General Sir Peter Wall
  • Chief of the Air Staff: Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford

Forces

• British Armed Forces
  • British Army
  • Royal Navy
  • Royal Marines
  • Royal Air Force

History

    See: Outline of the United Kingdom#History

Related topics

• United Kingdom and weapons of mass destruction
  • Nuclear weapons and the United Kingdom

Law and order

The Middlesex Guildhall is home to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

• 9-9-9 emergency telephone number
• British citizenship, British nationality law
• Capital punishment in the United Kingdom
• Common law
• Constitution of the United Kingdom
  • History of the Constitution of the United Kingdom
  • Magna Carta (1215)
  • Petition of Right (1628)
  • Habeas Corpus Act (1679)
  • Bill of Rights (1689)
  • Great Reform Act (1832)
  • Parliament Act (1911)
  • Scotland Act 1998
  • Northern Ireland Act 1998
  • Government of Wales Act 1998
  • House of Lords Act (1999)
• Courts of the United Kingdom
• Crime in the United Kingdom
• Law of the European Union
• Human rights in the United Kingdom
  • Civil liberties in the United Kingdom
  • LGBT rights in the United Kingdom
  • Freedom of religion in the United Kingdom
• High treason in the United Kingdom
• Law enforcement in the United Kingdom
  • Diplomatic Protection Group
  • National Crime Agency
  • Special Branch
• List of prisons in the United Kingdom
• United Kingdom prison population

Law of England and Wales

• Courts of England and Wales
• Crown Prosecution Service
• Her Majesty's Prison Service
• Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements
• National Offender Management Service
• National Probation Service
• Police Federation of England and Wales
• Prison population of England and Wales
• Serious Fraud Office

Law of Northern Ireland

• Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland

Law of Scotland

• Courts of Scotland
• Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
• Faculty of Advocates
• Scottish Police Federation
• Scottish Prison Service
• Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency

Infrastructure

• Water supply and sanitation in the United Kingdom

Regulatory bodies

• Advertising Standards Authority
• Financial Services Authority or FSA
• Housing Corporation
• Office of Communications (Ofcom)
• Office of the Water Regulator (Ofwat)
• Press Complaints Commission
• Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC)

Trade Union Federations

• Irish Congress of Trades Unions
• Trades Union Congress
• Scottish Trades Union Congress

Transport

• Airports in the United Kingdom
• Bus transport in the United Kingdom
• Coach transport in the United Kingdom
• Railway system
  • History of rail transport
  • List of railway viaducts in the United Kingdom
  • Stations A-Z
• Trams and Light Rail Trams and light rail systems
• Roads in the United Kingdom
  • British car number plates
  • Great Britain road numbering scheme
  • List of British car manufacturers
  • List of motorways in the United Kingdom
  • Motoring taxation in the United Kingdom
• Waterways in the United Kingdom
  • British Waterways
  • History of the British canal system
• Tunnels in the United Kingdom
• Cycleways in the United Kingdom
• Common Travel Area
• Transport Scotland
• Metrication of British Transport

Economy

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2008): 6th (sixth)
• Economic history of the United Kingdom
  • The Industrial Revolution
  • The Great Depression in the United Kingdom
• Financial services industry of the United Kingdom
  • Banking in the United Kingdom
  • Banks of the United Kingdom
    • Bank of England
    • Bank of Scotland
    • Royal Bank of Scotland
  • London Stock Exchange
    • FTSE 100 Index
  • Private finance initiative
  • Currency of the United Kingdom: pound sterling
    • ISO 4217: GBP
    • British coinage
    • British banknotes
    • Pound sterling
• Communications in the United Kingdom
  • Internet in the United Kingdom
• Companies of the United Kingdom
• Manufacturing in the United Kingdom
  • Automotive industry in the United Kingdom
  • Aerospace industry in the United Kingdom
  • Pharmaceutical industry in the United Kingdom
• Construction industry of the United Kingdom
• Mining in the United Kingdom
  • North Sea oil
• Energy in the United Kingdom
  • Energy use and conservation in the United Kingdom
  • Energy policy of the United Kingdom
    • Energy policy of Scotland
• Legal services in the United Kingdom
• Real estate in the United Kingdom
• Tourism in the United Kingdom
  • Tourism in England
  • Tourism in Scotland
  • Tourism in Wales
  • Tourism in Northern Ireland
• Transport in the United Kingdom
• Economy of London
  • City of London

History

"A new map of Great Britain according to the newest and most exact observations"

Main article: History of the United Kingdom and Current events of the United Kingdom

• History of the United Kingdom
  • Timeline of British history

• History of England
  • Social history of England
  • Timeline of English history
• History of Scotland
  • Timeline of Scottish history
• History of Wales
• History of Northern Ireland
  • Plantation of Ulster

• History of the formation of the United Kingdom
  • Treaty of Union
  • Acts of Union 1707
  • Act of Union 1800
• British Empire and the Commonwealth
• UK underground

Historical states of the British Isles

Roman Britain in 410

• Ancient Britain
• Avalon
• Roman Britain
• Caledonia
• Hibernia
• Kingdom of the Picts
• Kingdom of the Scots
• Heptarchy
• States in Medieval Britain
• Commonwealth of England
• Kingdom of England
• Kingdom of Ireland
• Kingdom of Scotland (when Picts and Scots merged in 843)
• Kingdom of Great Britain (when England & Scotland merged in 1707);
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (when Great Britain and Ireland merged in 1801)

By subject

• Economic history of the United Kingdom
  • Economic history of Scotland
• Maritime history of the United Kingdom
  • Maritime history of England
  • Maritime history of Scotland
• Military history of the United Kingdom
  • Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II
  • Bletchley Park
• History of agriculture in Scotland
• History of Bangladeshis in the United Kingdom
• History of Christianity in Scotland
• History of company law in the United Kingdom
• History of education in England
• History of education in Scotland
• History of electroconvulsive therapy in the United Kingdom
• History of fire brigades in the United Kingdom
• History of fire safety legislation in the United Kingdom
• History of football in England
• History of football in Scotland
• History of labour law in the United Kingdom
• History of law enforcement in the United Kingdom
• History of lidos in the United Kingdom
• History of local government in the United Kingdom
  • History of local government in England
  • History of local government in Scotland
  • History of local government in Wales
• History of medical regulation in the United Kingdom
• History of Megabus routes in the United Kingdom
• History of metrication in the United Kingdom
• History of psychosurgery in the United Kingdom
• History of rail transport in the United Kingdom
• History of rugby union in Scotland
• History of taxation in the United Kingdom
• History of the Church of England
• History of the Constitution of the United Kingdom
• History of the formation of the United Kingdom
• History of the Green Party of England and Wales
• History of the Jews in the United Kingdom
  • History of the Jews in England
    • History of the Jews in England (1066–1290)
  • History of the Jews in Northern Ireland
  • History of the Jews in Scotland
  • History of the Jews in Wales
• History of the Marranos in England
• History of rail transport in Great Britain
• History of rail transport in Ireland
• History of the Reformation in Scotland
• History of the socialist movement in the United Kingdom
• History of the trust movement in Scotland
• History of trial by jury in England
• History of violence against LGBT people in the United Kingdom

Culture

Sunday roast consisting of roast beef, roast potatoes, vegetables and Yorkshire pudding

• British cuisine
  • English cuisine
  • Northern Irish cuisine
  • Irish cuisine
  • Scottish cuisine
  • Welsh cuisine
• Festivals in the United Kingdom
• Gambling in the United Kingdom
• British humour
• Marriage in the United Kingdom
  • Marriage in England and Wales
  • Marriage in Northern Ireland
  • Marriage in Scotland
  • Civil partnership in the United Kingdom
• Media of the United Kingdom
• Symbols of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man
  • Coat of arms of the United Kingdom
  • Flag of the United Kingdom
    • Union Jack
  • National anthem of the United Kingdom
• Prostitution in the United Kingdom
• Public holidays in the United Kingdom
• Religion in the United Kingdom
  • Buddhism in the United Kingdom
  • Christianity in the United Kingdom
  • Hinduism in the United Kingdom
  • Islam in the United Kingdom
  • Judaism in the United Kingdom
  • Sikhism in the United Kingdom
• World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom

Architecture

Belfast City Hall is a municipal building in the Edwardian Baroque style.

• List of cathedrals in England and Wales
• Council Houses
• Energy efficiency in British housing
• Housing associations
• List of bridges in the United Kingdom
• National House Building Council
• New towns
• Piers (England and Wales)
• Reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom
• Town and Country Planning in the United Kingdom

Architecture of England

• Abbeys and priories in England
• Crossing the Thames, including tunnels
• Historic houses in England
• Housing Corporation

Architecture of Scotland

• Abbeys and priories in Scotland

Architecture of Wales

• Abbeys and priories in Wales

Architecture of Northern Ireland

• Abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland

Gardens

• List of botanical gardens in the United Kingdom
• Gardens in England
• Gardens in Scotland
• Gardens in Wales
• Gardens in Northern Ireland

The arts

The Angel of the North near Gateshead by Antony Gormley, 1998

• Art of the United Kingdom
  • Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom
  • Pornography in the United Kingdom
• British comedy
• Cinema of the United Kingdom
• Literature of the United Kingdom
  • List of English writers
• Music of the United Kingdom
• Television in the United Kingdom
• Theatre of the United Kingdom
  • List of British playwrights
  • List of theatres in the United Kingdom

Museums

• Museums in England
• Museums in Northern Ireland
• Museums in Scotland
• Museums in Wales
• List of British railway museums

Music

Led Zeppelin performing in 1975

The Proms in 2004

• Music of the United Kingdom
  • List of music festivals in the United Kingdom

Popular music

• British pop music
• British popular music
• Early British popular music
• British Invasion
• New Wave of British Heavy Metal
• Britpop
• One-hit wonders in the UK
• United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Music Hall

Classical music

• BBC Symphony Orchestra
• BBC National Orchestra of Wales
• BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
• BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
• City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO)
• Hallé Orchestra
• Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Philharmonia
• London Symphony Orchestra
• London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
• The Proms
• British opera
• Ulster Orchestra

Folk music

• Music of England
• Music of Northern Ireland
• Music of Scotland
• Music of Wales

Theatre

Shakespeare's Globe

• Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
• Royal National Theatre
• Laurence Olivier Awards
• Theatres in England
• Theatres in Northern Ireland
• Theatres in Scotland
• Theatres in Wales

Film

• British Film Institute
  • BFI Top 100 British films
• National Film and Television Archive
• British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
• British Independent Film Awards
• Carry On films

Cultural icons

Union Flag

Row of phone boxes in Covent Garden

Routemaster bus

A dish of baked beans over scrambled eggs on toast

A Mini

A cup of tea

Giant's Causeway stones

A thistle

Edinburgh Castle

A daffodil, a national symbol of Wales

United Kingdom icons

• Baked beans
• Basil Fawlty
• The Beatles
• Big Ben chimes
• Black Cab (hackney cab)
• Boudica
• Bowler hat
• Britannia
• British Monarchy
• Britpop
• British Rail
• British Bulldog
• Cap of Maintenance
• A Clockwork Orange
• Cool Britannia
• Concorde
• Coronation Street
• Crossroads
• Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom
• Cutty Sark
• Doctor Who
• Dig for Victory
• England expects that every man will do his duty
• Excalibur
• Excalibur (comics)
• Fawlty Towers
• The Few, "..so much owed by so many to so few"
• Fish and chips
• Football (soccer)
• Frank Spencer
• Full breakfast: Full English, Ulster fry, Scottish, Welsh
• Gentleman's Relish
• God Save the Queen
• The Great Escape
• Hackney carriage
• Harry Potter
• Hyacinth Bucket
• The Italian Job
• Jaffa Cakes
• James Bond
• John Bull
• King Arthur
• Land of Hope and Glory
• Last Night of the Proms
• The Lion and the Unicorn
• Lonsdale Belt
• The Lord of the Rings
• Marks & Spencer
• Marmite
• Mini
• Miniskirt
• Miss Marple
• Mod
• Monty Python
• Morrissey
• Page Three girl
• Pantomime
• Pint glass
• Police box
• Pub
• Punk
• Queen's Guard
• RMS Queen Mary
• Red post boxes
• Red telephone boxes
• Robin
• Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
• Routemaster red double-decker bus
• Royal warrant
• Rule Britannia
• Rugby
• The Sex Pistols
• Sherlock Holmes
• Skinhead
• Special Air Service (SAS)
• Sten
• Suffragettes
• Supermarine Spitfire
• Swinging Sixties
• Tea (cup of)
• Tea (meal)
• Test Card F
• The Beano
• Thunderbirds
• Tommy Atkins (generic name for a British soldier)
• Brodie helmet (helmet worn by the above)
• Trooping the Colour
• Twiglets
• Umbrella
• Union Flag
• Weather
• We shall never surrender, ..fight them on the beaches speech
• Wallace and Gromit
• Wellington boot
• Winston Churchill
• Woolworths Group plc

English icons

• 1966 World cup squad
• And did those feet in ancient time
• Angel of the North
• Bangers and mash
• Clapham Junction
• Cricket
• Del Boy
• Dixon of Dock Green
• EastEnders
• English rose (personal description)
• FA Premier League
• Full English breakfast
• Jack the Ripper
• King Arthur
• London Bridge
• London Eye
• M25 motorway
• Morris Dance
• Only Fools And Horses
• Oxbridge
• Robin Hood
• Soho
• Spaghetti Junction
• St George's Cross
• Status Quo
• Stilton cheese
• Stonehenge
• The Boat Race
• Three Lions
• Tower Bridge
• Tube map
• Tudor rose
• Yeoman Warders/Yeomen
• White Cliffs of Dover

Northern Irish icons

• Carrickfergus Castle
• Free Derry
• George Best
• Giant's Causeway
• Glens of Antrim
• H-Blocks
• Harland and Wolff
• Hurling, administered by Ulster GAA
• Mourne Mountains
• Saint Patrick's Day

Scottish icons

• Alex Ferguson
• Auld Lang Syne
• Bagpipes
• Ben Nevis
• Billy Connelly
• Edinburgh Castle
• Flower of Scotland
• Forth Bridge
• Full Scottish breakfast
• Hackle
• Great Highland Bagpipes
• Haggis
• Highland games
• Kilt
• Loch Ness
• Old Firm
• Robert the Bruce
• Robbie Burns
• Scotch whisky
• Scotland the Brave
• Scottish Premier League
• Scots Wha Hae
• Sgian dubh
• Shinty
• Stirling Castle
• Tartan
• Thistle
• Trews
• Unicorn
• Up Helly Aa

Welsh icons

• Bryn Terfel
• Cymraeg (Welsh language)
• Daffodil
• Eisteddfod inc. National Eisteddfod of Wales
• Land of my Fathers
• Laver bread
• Leek
• Rhondda Valley
• Rugby union in Wales
• Tom Jones (singer)
• Welsh Dragon
• Welsh rarebit
• Welsh hat

Languages

• English Language
  • English dialects
    • British English
    • Regional accents of English speakers
    • English language in England
    • Scottish English
    • Welsh English
    • Ulster English
    • Hiberno-English
  • Comparison of American and British English
  • Oxford English Dictionary
• Celtic languages
  • Welsh
  • Scots Gaelic
  • Irish/Irish language in Northern Ireland
    • Ulster Irish
  • Cornish
  • Manx
• Scots in Scotland and Ulster
• British Sign Language (BSL)
• Romany
• Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi languages
  • Gujarati
  • Telugu
  • Tamil
  • Hindi
  • Punjabi
  • Urdu
  • Bengali

People

• British people
  • Lists of Britons

• English people
  • List of English people
• People of Northern Ireland
• Scottish people
  • List of Scots
• Welsh people
  • List of Welsh people
• Cornish people
  • List of Cornish people
• List of people commemorated by blue plaques

Interest groups and societies

• British Professional Bodies
• Women's Institute
• List of UK learned societies
• List of London's gentlemen's clubs
• Pressure groups in the United Kingdom
  • Fathers' rights movement in the UK

Religion

Westminster Abbey is used for the coronation of British monarchs

• Religion in England
• Religion in Northern Ireland
• Religion in Scotland
• Religion in Wales

• Christianity
  • Assemblies of God in Great Britain
  • Church of England (the established church in England)
  • Church of Scotland (the national church of Scotland)
  • Church of Ireland
  • Church in Wales
  • Episcopal Church of Scotland
  • Free Church of Scotland (post 1900)
  • Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)
  • Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster
  • Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland
  • Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland
  • Presbyterian Church of Ireland
  • Presbyterian Church of Wales
  • General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches
  • Methodism
  • Open Brethren
  • Non-subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland
  • Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales
  • Roman Catholic Church in Scotland
  • United Reformed Church
  • Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Hinduism in the United Kingdom
  • Hinduism in England
  • Hinduism in Northern Ireland
  • Hinduism in Scotland
  • Hinduism in Wales
• Islam in the United Kingdom
  • Islam in England
  • Islam in Northern Ireland
  • Islam in Scotland
  • Islam in Wales
• Judaism
  • History of the Jews in England
  • History of the Jews in Scotland
• Sikhism in the United Kingdom
  • Sikhism in England
  • Sikhism in Scotland
• Buddhism in the United Kingdom
  • Buddhism in England
  • Buddhism in Scotland
• Druidism
• Other
  • Atheism/ Irreligion
  • Jedi
  • Scientology in the United Kingdom
  • Status of religious freedom in the United Kingdom

Sports, games, and pastimes

The following are the major sports; local groups may well play many others.

Angling

• National Federation of Anglers
• National Federation of Sea Anglers
• Salmon and Trout Association

Chess

• English Chess Federation
• Scottish Chess Championship

Cricket

The first England team to tour Southern Australia

• Cricket in England
  • 2005 English cricket season
  • England cricket team
  • Marylebone Cricket Club
  • Middlesex County Cricket Club
• Cricket in Scotland
  • Scotland national cricket team
• Cricket in Wales
• Cricket in Ireland
  • Ireland cricket team

Hiking

• Long-distance footpaths in the UK
• Ramblers' Association

Association football

Wembley Stadium exterior

The Old Firm derby

• British Home Championship

• England
  • The Football Association
  • English national football team
  • FA Premier League
  • The Football League
  • FA Cup
  • English football league system
  • National League System
• Scotland
  • Scottish Football Association
  • Scottish national football team
  • List of Scottish Football Clubs
  • Scottish Football League
  • Scottish Premier League
  • Highland Football League
  • East of Scotland Football League
  • South of Scotland Football League
  • Scottish Junior Football Association
  • North Caledonian Football League
  • Scottish Cup
• Northern Ireland
  • Irish Football Association (not to be confused with the Football Association of Ireland)
  • Northern Ireland national football team
  • Irish Football League (not to be confused with the League of Ireland)
• Wales
  • Football Association of Wales
  • Welsh national football team
  • League of Wales

Polo

• Hurlingham Polo Association

Rugby

England playing Wales in the Six Nations

• Rugby union
  • England
    • Rugby Football Union
      • England national rugby union team
      • Guinness Premiership
      • National Division One
  • Wales
    • Welsh Rugby Union
      • Wales national rugby union team
      • Celtic League
      • Welsh Premier Division
  • Scotland
    • Scottish Rugby Union
      • Scotland national rugby union team
      • Celtic League
  • Northern Ireland
    • Irish Rugby Football Union
      • Ireland national rugby union team
      • Celtic League
  • Calcutta Cup
  • Powergen Cup
  • British and Irish Lions
• Rugby league
  • England
    • Rugby Football League
  • Northern Ireland
    • Rugby League Ireland
  • Scotland
    • Scotland Rugby League
  • Wales
  • Great Britain
  • Challenge Cup

Sport rowing

• Boat Race (Oxford vs Cambridge)
• Henley Royal Regatta

Skiing

• Ski Club of Great Britain

Other sports, games, and pastimes

Olympic Stadium in June 2011

• London Olympics
• Curling
• Darts
• English billiards
• Eton Wall Game
• Fives (including Eton Fives)
• British Gliding Association
• Horseracing in Great Britain
• Lawn tennis
• Skittles
• Snooker
• Motorsport

Education

• Education in the United Kingdom
  • Schools in the United Kingdom
    • Preparatory school
    • Grammar schools in the United Kingdom
    • Independent school (UK)
    • List of schools in the United Kingdom
    • School years
  • Universities in the United Kingdom
    • British undergraduate degree classification
    • List of universities in the United Kingdom
    • National Union of Students of the United Kingdom

Education in England

• Education in England

• Academy (England)
• General Teaching Council for England
• List of schools in England
• List of universities in England
• National Curriculum (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)

Education in Northern Ireland

• Education in Northern Ireland

• List of schools in Northern Ireland

Education in Scotland

• Education in Scotland

• Educational Institute of Scotland
• General Teaching Council for Scotland
• Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education
• List of schools in Scotland

• List of independent schools in Scotland

• List of universities in Scotland
• Students' Representative Council
• Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association
• Scottish Qualifications Authority

Education in Wales

• Education in Wales

• List of schools in Wales

See also

• List of international rankings
• Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations
• Member state of the European Union
• Member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Member states of the United Nations
• Outline of Europe
• Outline of geography

References

1. "United Kingdom". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
2. "Encyclopaedia Britannica". Retrieved 2007-09-25. Island country located off the north-western coast of mainland Europe
3. "Countries within a country". www.number-10.gov.uk. Retrieved 2007-06-13. Countries within a country

External links

• Wikimedia Atlas of the United Kingdom
• United Kingdom travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Official website of the British Monarchy
• Official website of the United Kingdom Government
• Official website of the national tourism agency (VisitBritain)