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is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

; a

sovereign country A sovereign state or sovereign country, is a political entity represented by one central government that has supreme legitimate authority over territory. International law defines sovereign states as having a permanent population, defined terri ...

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK), or Britain. Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, it includes the island of

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is ...

—a term also applied loosely to refer to the whole country—the north-eastern part of the island of

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

and many smaller islands.

General reference

* The United Kingdom is... ** both a

country A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. It may be a sovereign state or make up one part of a larger state. For example, the country of Japan is an independent, sovereign state, while the ...

and a country made up of countries ** both a

nation state A nation state is a political unit where the state and nation are congruent. It is a more precise concept than "country", since a country does not need to have a predominant ethnic group. A nation, in the sense of a common ethnicity, may inc ...

and a state made up of

nation A nation is a community of people formed on the basis of a combination of shared features such as language, history, ethnicity, culture and/or society. A nation is thus the collective identity of a group of people understood as defined by those ...

s ** an island country ** a

Commonwealth realm A Commonwealth realm is a sovereign state in the Commonwealth of Nations whose monarch and head of state is shared among the other realms. Each realm functions as an independent state, equal with the other realms and nations of the Commonwealt ...

(1931–) * Pronunciation: * 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

endonym An endonym (from Greek: , 'inner' + , 'name'; also known as autonym) is a common, ''native'' name for a geographical place, group of people, individual person, language or dialect, meaning that it is used inside that particular place, group, ...

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

, UK, Britain * Official endonyms: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland * Adjectivals: British, United Kingdom * Demonyms: Briton, British, Brit *

Etymology Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the Phonological chan ...

Name of Britain The name Britain originates from the Common Brittonic term ''*Pritanī'' and is one of the oldest known names for Great Britain, an island off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The terms Briton and British, similarly derived, refer ...

Name of the United Kingdom The terminology of the British Isles refers to the words and phrases that are used to describe the (sometimes overlapping) geographical and political areas of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland and the smaller islands which surround them. Th ...

Name of England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by t ...

** Name of Northern Ireland ** Name of Scotland ** Name of Wales *

International rankings of the United Kingdom These are the international rankings of the United Kingdom. Indexes grouped by topic : Geographical rankings See also References {{Reflist * United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as ...

Terminology of the British Isles The terminology of the British Isles refers to the words and phrases that are used to describe the (sometimes overlapping) geographical and political areas of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland and the smaller islands which surround them. Th ...

* 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 The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...

country code top-level domain A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code. All ASCII ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all t ...

.uk .uk is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the United Kingdom. It was first registered in July 1985, seven months after the original generic top-level domains such as .com and the first country code after .us. , it is the fift ...

.gb .gb is a reserved Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the United Kingdom. The domain was introduced with RFC 920 in October 1984 that set out the creation of ccTLD generally using country codes derived from the corresponding two ...

(not used)

Countries of the United Kingdom, Dependencies, Territories and Commonwealth

Countries of the UK and their subdivisions

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

** Subdivisions of England ***

Regions of England The regions, formerly known as the government office regions, are the highest tier of sub-national division in England, established in 1994. Between 1994 and 2011, nine regions had officially devolved functions within government. While they no ...

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Counties of England The counties of England are areas used for different purposes, which include administrative, geographical, cultural and political demarcation. The term "county" is defined in several ways and can apply to similar or the same areas used by each ...

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Metropolitan county The metropolitan counties are a type of county-level administrative division of England. There are six metropolitan counties, which each cover large urban areas, with populations between 1 and 3 million. They were created in 1974 and are each di ...

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Unitary authorities of England The unitary authorities of England are those local authorities which are responsible for the provision of all local government services within a district. They are constituted under the Local Government Act 1992, which amended the Local Governm ...

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Districts of England The districts of England (also known as local authority districts or local government districts to distinguish from unofficial city districts) are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. As the st ...

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Metropolitan district A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts within metropolitan ...

and

Shire district Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties (colloquially ''shire counties'') in a two-tier arrangement. Non-m ...

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Greater London Greater may refer to: *Greatness, the state of being great *Greater than, in inequality (mathematics), inequality *Greater (film), ''Greater'' (film), a 2016 American film *Greater (flamingo), the oldest flamingo on record *Greater (song), "Greate ...

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London borough The London boroughs are the 32 local authority districts that together with the City of London make up the administrative area of Greater London; each is governed by a London borough council. The present London boroughs were all created at ...

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West Midlands West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some ...

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

** Counties of Northern Ireland ** Local government in Northern Ireland ***

Districts of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is divided into 11 districts for local government purposes. In Northern Ireland, local councils do not carry out the same range of functions as those in the rest of the United Kingdom; for example they have no responsibility f ...

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

Subdivisions of Scotland For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as "council areas" ( gd, comhairlean), which are all governed by single-tier authorities designated as "councils". They have the option under the Local Government (Ga ...

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

Subdivisions of Wales Since 1 April 1996, Wales has been divided into 22 single-tier principal areas ( cy, Awdurdodau unedol), styled as counties or county boroughs ( or ) for local government purposes. The elected councils of these areas are responsible for the pr ...

Crown Dependencies

Crown Dependencies *

Isle of Man ) , anthem = "O Land of Our Birth" , image = Isle of Man by Sentinel-2.jpg , image_map = Europe-Isle_of_Man.svg , mapsize = , map_alt = Location of the Isle of Man in Europe , map_caption = Location of the Isle of Man (green) in Europe ...

Channel Islands The Channel Islands ( nrf, Îles d'la Manche; french: îles Anglo-Normandes or ''îles de la Manche'') are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, ...

Jersey Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependencies, Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west F ...

Guernsey Guernsey (; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; french: Guernesey) is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency. It is the second largest of the Channel Islands ...

Alderney Alderney (; french: Aurigny ; Auregnais: ) is the northernmost of the inhabited Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency. It is long and wide. The island's area is , making it the third-largest ...

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British Overseas Territories

British Overseas Territories The British Overseas Territories (BOTs), also known as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs), are fourteen dependent territory, territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom. They are the last remna ...

Anguilla Anguilla ( ) is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin. The territo ...

Bermuda ) , anthem = "God Save the King" , song_type = National song , song = " Hail to Bermuda" , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , mapsize2 = , map_caption2 = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = , e ...

* British Antarctic Territory *

British Indian Ocean Territory The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 ...

British Virgin Islands ) , anthem = "God Save the King" , song_type = Territorial song , song = "Oh, Beautiful Virgin Islands" , image_map = File:British Virgin Islands on the globe (Americas centered).svg , map_caption = , mapsize = 290px , image_map2 = Brit ...

Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands () is a self-governing British Overseas Territory—the largest by population in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are located to the ...

Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands (; es, Islas Malvinas, link=no ) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about from Cape Dubouzet ...

Gibraltar ) , anthem = " God Save the King" , song = " Gibraltar Anthem" , image_map = Gibraltar location in Europe.svg , map_alt = Location of Gibraltar in Europe , map_caption = United Kingdom shown in pale green , mapsize = , image_map2 = Gib ...

Montserrat Montserrat ( ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, with r ...

Pitcairn Islands The Pitcairn Islands (; Pitkern: '), officially the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, is a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the sole British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean. The four isl ...

* Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha *

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ) , anthem = "God Save the King" , song_type = , song = , image_map = South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in United Kingdom.svg , map_caption = Location of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in the southern Atlantic Oce ...

* Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus *

Turks and Caicos Islands The Turks and Caicos Islands (abbreviated TCI; and ) are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and n ...

Commonwealth of Nations

The United Kingdom is a member state of the

Commonwealth of Nations The Commonwealth of Nations, simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is a political association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire. The chief institutions of the organisation are the Co ...

Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of 56 sovereign states. Most of them were British colonies or dependencies of those colonies. No one government in the Commonwealth exercises power over the others, as is the case in a po ...

* Commonwealth citizen ** Head of the Commonwealth *

Commonwealth War Graves Commission The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations mil ...

(1917-) *

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

(1930-)

Geography, resources and demography

Geography of the United Kingdom * Location: **

Northern Hemisphere The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator. For other planets in the Solar System, north is defined as being in the same celestial hemisphere relative to the invariable plane of the solar system as Earth's Nort ...

, on the

Prime meridian A prime meridian is an arbitrary meridian (a line of longitude) in a geographic coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be 0°. Together, a prime meridian and its anti-meridian (the 180th meridian in a 360°-system) form a great c ...

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

Eurasia Eurasia (, ) is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. Primarily in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres, it spans from the British Isles and the Iberian Peninsula in the west to the Japanese archipelago a ...

(but not on the mainland) ***

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Northern Europe The northern region of Europe has several definitions. A restrictive definition may describe Northern Europe as being roughly north of the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, which is about 54th parallel north, 54°N, or may be based on other g ...

and

Western Europe Western Europe is the western region of Europe. The region's countries and territories vary depending on context. The concept of "the West" appeared in Europe in juxtaposition to "the East" and originally applied to the ancient Mediterranean ...

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British Isles The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles, ...

****** Great Britain (entire island and adjacent isles) ******

(northeastern sixth of the island) **

Time zone A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, Commerce, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between Country, countries and their Administrative division, subdivisions instead of ...

Greenwich Mean Time Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the Local mean time, mean solar time at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, counted from midnight. At different times in the past, it has been calculated in different ways, i ...

Western European Time Western European Time (WET, UTC±00:00) is a time zone covering parts of western Europe and consists of countries using UTC±00:00 (also known as Greenwich Mean Time, shortly called GMT). It is one of the three standard time zones in the Europea ...

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UTC+00 UTC+00:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +00:00. In ISO 8601, an example of the associated time would be written as 2019-02-07T23:28:34+00:00. It is also known by the following geographical or historical names: *Greenwich Mean ...

British Summer Time During British Summer Time (BST), civil time in the United Kingdom is advanced one hour forward of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), in effect changing the time zone from UTC±00:00 to UTC+01:00, so that mornings have one hour less daylight, and ev ...

Western European Summer Time Western European Summer Time (WEST, UTC+01:00) is a summer daylight saving time scheme, 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and Coordinated Universal Time. It is used in: * the Canary Islands * Portugal (including Madeira but not the Azores) * t ...

( UTC+01) * Area of the United Kingdom: – 79th most extensive country ** Area of the countries of the United Kingdom *

Extreme points of the United Kingdom This is a list of the extreme points of the United Kingdom: the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. Traditionally the extent of the island of Great Britain has stretched "from Land's End to John o' Groats" ( ...

: ** North: Out Stack,

Shetland Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the no ...

Islands ** South: Western Rocks,

Isles of Scilly The Isles of Scilly (; kw, Syllan, ', or ) is an archipelago off the southwestern tip of Cornwall, England. One of the islands, St Agnes, is the most southerly point in Britain, being over further south than the most southerly point of the ...

** East:

Lowestoft Ness Ness Point, also known as Lowestoft Ness, is the most easterly point of England, Great Britain, the United Kingdom and the British Isles. It is located in Lowestoft in the East Suffolk district of the county of Suffolk. The site is located to ...

Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...

** West:

Rockall Rockall () is an uninhabitable granite islet situated in the North Atlantic Ocean. The United Kingdom claims that Rockall lies within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and is part of its territory, but this claim is not recognised by Ireland. ...

¹ ** High: Ben Nevis,

Lochaber Lochaber ( ; gd, Loch Abar) is a name applied to a part of the Scottish Highlands. Historically, it was a provincial lordship consisting of the parishes of Kilmallie and Kilmonivaig, as they were before being reduced in extent by the creation ...

at *** Low:

The Fens The Fens, also known as the , in eastern England are a naturally marshy region supporting a rich ecology and numerous species. Most of the fens were drained centuries ago, resulting in a flat, dry, low-lying agricultural region supported by a ...

at ** Land boundaries: 360 km ** Land boundary: 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 The economic geography of the United Kingdom reflects its high position in the current economic league tables, as well as reflecting its long history as a trading nation and as an imperial power Imperialism is the state policy, practice, or ...

Ecoregions

List of ecoregions in the United Kingdom Satellite image of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in April 2002

Environment

Climate of the United Kingdom The United Kingdom straddles the higher mid-latitudes between 49° and 61°N on the western seaboard of Europe. Since the UK is always in or close to the path of the polar front jet stream, frequent changes in pressure and unsettled weather are ...

Environmental issues in the United Kingdom This page lists the issues that the United Kingdom currently has that are related to the environment, such as pollution and contamination. In 2015, it was reported that for the past decade, the state of the environment in the UK had significant ...

* Conservation in the United Kingdom * Energy in the United Kingdom *

Green building in the United Kingdom Both the public and private sectors in the United Kingdom promote green building. Presently, there are already regulatory mechanisms in place that establish Britain's commitment to this kind of building construction. The government, for instance, s ...

* Ecoregions in the United Kingdom * Renewable energy in the United Kingdom **

Green electricity in the United Kingdom The availability and uptake of green electricity in the United Kingdom has increased in the 21st century. There are a number of suppliers offering green electricity in the United Kingdom. In theory these types of tariffs help to lower carbon dioxi ...

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Hydroelectricity in the United Kingdom , hydroelectric power stations in the United Kingdom accounted for 1.87GW of installed electrical generating capacity, being 2.2% of the UK's total generating capacity and 4.2% of UK's renewable energy generating capacity. This includes four co ...

*** Wind power in the United Kingdom *** Solar power in the United Kingdom * Geology of the United Kingdom ** Earthquakes in the British Isles *

National parks of the United Kingdom National parks of the United Kingdom ( cy, parciau cenedlaethol; gd, pàircean nàiseanta) are areas of relatively undeveloped and scenic landscape across the country. Despite their name, they are quite different from national parks in many ot ...

** National parks of England and Wales **

National parks of Northern Ireland National parks of the United Kingdom ( cy, parciau cenedlaethol; gd, pàircean nàiseanta) are areas of relatively undeveloped and scenic landscape across the country. Despite their name, they are quite different from national parks in many ot ...

** National parks of Scotland *

Protected areas of the United Kingdom Protected areas of the United Kingdom are areas in the United Kingdom which need and /or receive protection because of their environmental, historical or cultural value to the nation. Methods and aims of protection vary depending on the nature and ...

** Environmentally sensitive area (ESA) ** Heritage coast ** Scenic areas *** Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) – England, Wales, Northern Ireland *** National scenic area – Scotland **

Scheduled monument In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change. The various pieces of legislation that legally protect heritage assets from damage and d ...

Site of Special Scientific Interest A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of ...

(SSSI) ** Special Area of Conservation (SAC) (European Union) ** Special Protection Area (SPA) (European Union) ** Wetlands designated under the

Ramsar Convention The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of Ramsar sites (wetlands). It is also known as the Convention on Wetlands. It i ...

(International) *

Wildlife of the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

** Flora of the United Kingdom ***

Trees of Britain and Ireland Many lists of trees of Great Britain and Ireland have been written. There are a number of issues surrounding the inclusion of a species in such a list. As can be seen from the outline of debate below, there is no 'correct' list of trees of Britain ...

*** List of the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland **

Fauna of the United Kingdom The island of Great Britain, along with the rest of the archipelago known as the British Isles, has a largely temperate climate. It contains a relatively small fraction of the world's wildlife. The biota was severely diminished in the last ice ...

*** List of mammals of the United Kingdom *** Birds of the United Kingdom **** List of birds of Great Britain ****

List of birds of Wales This list of birds of Wales includes every species of bird that has been recorded in a wild state in Wales. Compared to the avifauna of Britain as a whole, Wales has fewer breeding species, but these include a number of moorland species such as ...

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List of reptiles of Great Britain The reptiles of Great Britain include three native snakes and three native lizards. A number of sea turtles visit Great Britain's shores. There are also at least seven introduced reptile species. Snakes * Common European adder, ''Vipera be ...

*** List of amphibians of Great Britain *** List of fish of Great Britain ***

Lists of insects of Great Britain The following are lists of insects of Great Britain. There are more than 20,000 insects of Great Britain, this page provides lists by order. Dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) * List of Odonata species of Great Britain Grasshoppers & crickets ...

** United Kingdom Climate Change Programme ** List of UK extreme rainfall amounts * Conservation in the United Kingdom * Environmentally sensitive area **

Green belt A green belt is a policy and land-use zone designation used in land-use planning to retain areas of largely undeveloped, wild, or agricultural land surrounding or neighboring urban areas. Similar concepts are greenways or green wedges, which hav ...

s ** Notable trees in Great Britain ** National nature reserve **

National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty The National Trust, formally the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, is a charity and membership organisation for heritage conservation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In Scotland, there is a separate and ...

** Special Protection Area ***

List of waterfalls of the United Kingdom This is a links page to the named waterfalls found in the UK and includes a list of the highest waterfalls. Highest waterfalls in the UK The list of highest waterfalls is often controversial, due to the ambiguity of whether to measure the sin ...

List of natural disasters in the British Isles This is a list of natural disasters in the British Isles. See also *List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland by death toll *Climate of the United Kingdom *Geology of Great Britain *Geology of Ireland *Tsunamis affecting the British Is ...

** The Great Storm of 1987

Geographic features

Coastline The coast, also known as the coastline or seashore, is defined as the area where land meets the ocean, or as a line that forms the boundary between the land and the coastline. The Earth has around of coastline. Coasts are important zones in n ...

* Islands *

Lakes A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

Lochs ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelling ...

* Mountains and hills **

Volcanoes A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates are ...

Rivers A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

** Waterfalls * World Heritage Sites

Regions

* Time zone of the UK

Municipalities

* Cities ** Capital of the United Kingdom: London **

Second city of the United Kingdom The second city of the United Kingdom is an unofficial claim made at various times by several cities since the establishment of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 (the United Kingdom was formed in January 1801). Commonly a country's "second c ...

** Cities by population * Towns: ** Towns in England ** Burghs in Scotland **

Towns in Wales In Wales, as in England and Northern Ireland, a town is any settlement which has received a charter of incorporation, more commonly known as a town charter, approved by the monarch. Fifty-five boroughs in Wales were given parliamentary representat ...

Towns in Northern Ireland This is an alphabetical list of towns and villages in Northern Ireland. For a list sorted by population, see the list of settlements in Northern Ireland by population. The towns of Armagh, Lisburn and Newry are also classed as cities (see city stat ...

City status in the United Kingdom City status in the United Kingdom is granted by the monarch of the United Kingdom to a select group of communities. , there are 76 cities in the United Kingdom—55 in England, seven in Wales, eight in Scotland, and six in Northern Ireland. ...

* Conurbations *

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 The potential for exploiting geothermal energy in the United Kingdom on a commercial basis was initially examined by the Department of Energy in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis. Several regions of the country were identified, but interest in dev ...

Hydraulic fracturing in the United Kingdom Fracking in the United Kingdom started in the late 1970s with fracturing of the conventional oil and gas fields near the North Sea. It was used in about 200 British onshore oil and gas wells from the early 1980s. The technique attracted ...

** Marine energy in the United Kingdom **

North Sea oil North Sea oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons, comprising liquid petroleum and natural gas, produced from petroleum reservoirs beneath the North Sea. In the petroleum industry, the term "North Sea" often includes areas such as the Norwegian Sea and ...

** Solar power in the United Kingdom ** Wind power in the United Kingdom *

Food Food is any substance consumed by an organism for nutritional support. Food is usually of plant, animal, or fungal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. The substance is inge ...

Agriculture in the United Kingdom Agriculture in the United Kingdom uses 71% of the country's land area, employs 1% of its workforce (467,000 people) and contributes 0.5% of its gross value added ( £11.2 billion). The UK currently produces about 60% of its domestic food consum ...

** Fishing industry in England **

Fishing in Scotland The fishing industry in Scotland comprises a significant proportion of the United Kingdom fishing industry. A recent inquiry by the Royal Society of Edinburgh found fishing to be of much greater social, economic and cultural importance to Scot ...

** Hunting and shooting in the United Kingdom * Materials **

Forestry in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom,The United Kingdom (sometimes abbreviated to UK) is a political unit (specifically a country), the British Isles is a geographical unit (the archipelago lying off the northwest coast of Europe), and Great Britain is the name of ...

** Mining in the United Kingdom *

List of renewable resources produced and traded by the United Kingdom This list of renewable resources produced and traded by the United Kingdom presents various renewable resources such as crops for food or fuel, livestock and wood with accompanying information being given on its production and trade by the Unite ...

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Demography

Demography of the United Kingdom *

Population of the United Kingdom The population of the United Kingdom was estimated at over 67.0 million in 2020. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, 21st most populated country in the world and has a population density of 270 people per square kil ...

: 64,105,700 (2013

estimate Estimation (or estimating) is the process of finding an estimate or approximation, which is a value that is usable for some purpose even if input data may be incomplete, uncertain, or unstable. The value is nonetheless usable because it is der ...

) 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

Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom * Commission for Racial Equality * British *

White British White British is an ethnicity classification used for the native white population identifying as English, Scottish, Welsh, Cornish, Northern Irish, or British in the United Kingdom Census. In the 2011 census, the White British population wa ...

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...

Northern Irish Northern Irish people is a demonym for all people born in Northern Ireland or people who are entitled to reside in Northern Ireland without any restriction on their period of residence. Most Northern Irish people either identify as Northern ...

Ulster-Scot The Ulster Scots (Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ''Ulstèr-Scotch''; ga, Albanaigh Ultach), also called Ulster Scots people (''Ulstèr-Scotch fowk'') or (in North America) Scotch-Irish Americans, Scotch-Irish (''Scotch-Airisch''), are a ...

** Cornish * White Irish * Other White Ethnic Groups **

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French migration to the United Kingdom French migration to the United Kingdom is a phenomenon that has occurred at various points in history. The Norman Conquest of England by William the Conqueror in 1066 resulted in the arrival of Normans, while in the 16th and 17th centuries Protes ...

*** Dutch people in the United Kingdom ***

Italians in the United Kingdom Italians in the United Kingdom, also known as British Italians or colloquially Britalians, are citizens or residents of the United Kingdom of Italian heritage. The phrase may refer to someone born in the United Kingdom of Italian descent, some ...

*** Germans in the United Kingdom ***

Spaniards in the United Kingdom Spaniards in the United Kingdom are people of Spanish descent resident in Britain. They may be British citizens or non-citizen immigrants. Historical migration of royalty Spanish and English royalty intermarried on numerous occasions, a notable ...

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Portuguese in the United Kingdom Portuguese in the United Kingdom are citizens or residents of the UK who are connected to the country of Portugal by birth, descent or citizenship. Background History and settlement The New Christians, who had converted from Judaism to Roman C ...

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Scandinavian migration to Britain Scandinavian migration to Britain is a phenomenon that has occurred at different periods over the past 1,200 years. Over the last couple of centuries, there has been regular migration from Scandinavia to Great Britain, from families looking to set ...

Eastern Europe Eastern Europe is a subregion of the Europe, European continent. As a largely ambiguous term, it has a wide range of geopolitical, geographical, ethnic, cultural, and socio-economic connotations. The vast majority of the region is covered by Russ ...

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Poles in the United Kingdom British Poles, alternatively known as Polish British people or Polish Britons, are ethnic Poles who are citizens of the United Kingdom. The term includes people born in the UK who are of Polish descent and Polish-born people who reside in the UK ...

*** Baltic people in the United Kingdom *** Lithuanians in the United Kingdom ***

Czechs in the United Kingdom Czechs in the United Kingdom refers to the phenomenon of Czech people migrating to the United Kingdom from the Czech Republic or from the political entities that preceded it, such as Czechoslovakia. There are some people in the UK who were eithe ...

*** Hungarians in the United Kingdom ***

Greeks in the United Kingdom Greeks in the United Kingdom are British residents and citizens of full or partial Greek heritage, or Greeks who emigrated to and reside in the United Kingdom. History Early Greek contact Mycenaean Greeks The Mycenaean civilization was a ...

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Serbs in the United Kingdom British Serbs or Serbs in the United Kingdom are Serbs and people of Serbian ancestry in the United Kingdom. Culture Religion There are a number of Serbian Orthodox churches in the UK, including London, Birmingham, Bradford, Halifax, Corby, Der ...

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Romanians in the United Kingdom Romanians in the United Kingdom refers to the phenomenon of Romanian people moving to the United Kingdom as citizens or non-citizen immigrants, along with British citizens of Romanian ancestry. The number of Romanian-born people resident in the ...

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Bulgarians in the United Kingdom Bulgarians in the United Kingdom include citizens of the United Kingdom who trace their Bulgarian ancestry. The number of Bulgarian-born people resident in the UK has risen from 5,351 at the time of the 2001 Census to an estimated 103,000 in 201 ...

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British Cypriots The British Cypriot community in the United Kingdom consists of British people born on, or with ancestors from, the Eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus. British Cypriot people may be of Greek-, Turkish-, Lebanese- Maronite-, or Armenian-Cyp ...

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

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Americans in the United Kingdom Americans in the United Kingdom or American Britons, includes emigrants from the United States who gain British citizenship, people from the United States who are or have become residents or citizens of the United Kingdom. Population The 2001 ...

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Canadians in the United Kingdom Canadians in the United Kingdom, or Canadian Britons, are people from Canada living in the United Kingdom and their descendants. In 2001 some 72,518 people born in Canada were living in the UK according to the UK census. Of the ten census tracts ...

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Australians in the United Kingdom Australians in the United Kingdom, or Australian Britons, include Australians who have become residents or citizens of the United Kingdom. The largest segment of Australia's diaspora of 1 million resides in the United Kingdom. The 2001 UK Cens ...

** Other ***

British Jews British Jews (often referred to collectively as British Jewry or Anglo-Jewry) are British citizens who identify as Jewish. The number of people who identified as Jews in the United Kingdom rose by just under 4% between 2001 and 2021. History ...

*** Irish Travellers ***

Roma Roma or ROMA may refer to: Places Australia * Roma, Queensland, a town ** Roma Airport ** Roma Courthouse ** Electoral district of Roma, defunct ** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council *Roma Street, Brisbane, a ...

*** New age travellers * British Asian **

British Indian British Indians are citizens of the United Kingdom (UK) whose ancestral roots are from India. This includes people born in the UK who are of Indian origin as well as Indians who have migrated to the UK. Today, Indians comprise about 1.4 mil ...

** British Pakistanis ** British Bangladeshi ** British Sri Lankans * Oriental British ** British Chinese **

Filipinos in the United Kingdom Filipinos in the United Kingdom are British citizens or immigrants who are of Filipino ancestry. Demographics Population The 2001 UK Census recorded 40,118 people born in the Philippines. The 2011 census recorded 117,457 people born in the Ph ...

Japanese in the United Kingdom The include British citizens or permanent residents of Japanese birth, ancestry or citizenship as well as expatriate business professionals and their dependents on limited-term employment visas, students, trainees and young people participating ...

** Koreans in the United Kingdom **

Thais in the United Kingdom Thais in the United Kingdom (also known as Thai Britons) are British citizens who trace their Thai ancestry from migrants who have migrated from Thailand or Thais residing in the United Kingdom for work or educational purposes. Population The ...

Malaysians in the United Kingdom Malaysians in the United Kingdom are British citizens who have full or partial Malaysian origin or descent and Malaysian citizens residing in the United Kingdom. The 2001 UK Census recorded 49,886 Malaysian-born people. The 2011 census recorded ...

** Singaporeans in the United Kingdom *

British Arabs British Arabs ( ar, عرب بريطانيا) are British citizens of Arab descent. They share a common Arab ethnicity, culture, language and identity from different Arab countries. Arabs also come from non-Arab countries as ethnic minorities. The ...

Yemenis in the United Kingdom Yemenis in the United Kingdom include citizens and non-citizen immigrants in the United Kingdom of Yemeni ancestry, as well as their descendants. Yemenis have been present in the UK since the 1860s, and are probably the longest-established Muslim ...

** British Iraqis **

Armenians in the United Kingdom The Armenian community of the United Kingdom consists mainly of British citizens who are fully or partially of Armenian descent. There has been sporadic emigration from Armenia to the UK since the 18th century, with the biggest influx coming afte ...

Iranians in the United Kingdom Iranians in the United Kingdom consist of people of Iranian nationality law, Iranian nationality who have settled in the United Kingdom, as well as British residents and citizens of Iranian Iranian diaspora, heritage. Iranians in the United Kingd ...

British Turks British Turks ( tr, ) or Turks in the United Kingdom ( tr, ) are Turkish people who have immigrated to the United Kingdom. However, the term may also refer to British-born persons who have Turkish parents or who have a Turkish ancestral backgro ...

Black British Black British people are a multi-ethnic group of British citizens of either African or Afro-Caribbean descent.Gadsby, Meredith (2006), ''Sucking Salt: Caribbean Women Writers, Migration, and Survival'', University of Missouri Press, pp. 76–7 ...

British African-Caribbean community British African-Caribbean people are an ethnic group in the United Kingdom. They are British citizens whose ancestry originates from the Caribbean or they are nationals of the Caribbean who reside in the UK. There are some self-identified Afro ...

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Barbadian British Barbadian British people, Bajan Brits or British Barbadians, are citizens or residents of the United Kingdom whose ethnic origins lie fully or partially in the Caribbean island of Barbados. The UK is home to the second largest Barbadian-born mig ...

*** British Jamaican ** African migration to Britain *** Ghanaians in the United Kingdom *** Kenyan migration to the United Kingdom ***

British Nigerian British Nigerians are British people of Nigerian descent or Nigerians of British descent. This article is about residents and citizens of Nigerian descent living in Britain. Many Nigerians and their British-born descendants in Britain live in So ...

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South Africans in the United Kingdom South Africans in the United Kingdom include citizens and residents of the United Kingdom with origins in South Africa. Demographics The 2001 UK census recorded 140,201 South African-born people living in the UK. According to the 2011 UK census ...

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Ugandan migration to the United Kingdom Ugandan migration to the United Kingdom refers to the movement of people from Uganda. Today, a small proportion of people in the United Kingdom were either born in Uganda, or have Ugandan ancestry. In 1972, almost 60,000 Ugandan Asians were exp ...

*** Tanzanians in the United Kingdom ***

Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom Zimbabweans Britons are British people who were born in Zimbabwe or can trace their ancestry to immigrants from Zimbabwe who emigrated to the United Kingdom. While the first natives of the then-Southern Rhodesia arrived in Britain in notable n ...

Latin American migration to the United Kingdom Latin American migration to the United Kingdom dates back to the early 19th century. However, up until the 1970s, when political and civil unrest became rife in many Latin American countries, the United Kingdom's Latin American community was no ...

** Argentines in the United Kingdom **

Brazilians in the United Kingdom Brazilians in the United Kingdom ( pt, Brasileiros no Reino Unido) including Brazilian-born immigrants to the UK and their British-born descendants form the single largest Latin American group in the country. History Early settlement Brazilia ...

** Colombians in the United Kingdom **

Ecuadorians in the United Kingdom Ecuadorians in the United Kingdom ( es, Ecuatorianos en el Reino Unido) include people of Ecuadorian ancestry living in the United Kingdom, who have been born or raised in the UK. They can be either British citizens or non-citizen immigrants. Demo ...

Government, monarchy, politics and honours

* Form of government:

parliamentary A parliamentary system, or parliamentarian democracy, is a system of democracy, democratic government, governance of a sovereign state, state (or subordinate entity) where the Executive (government), executive derives its democratic legitimacy ...

multi-party

representative democratic Representative democracy, also known as indirect democracy, is a type of democracy where elected people represent a group of people, in contrast to direct democracy. Nearly all modern Western-style democracies function as some type of represe ...

constitutional monarchy A constitutional monarchy, parliamentary monarchy, or democratic monarchy is a form of monarchy in which the monarch exercises their authority in accordance with a constitution and is not alone in decision making. Constitutional monarchies dif ...

* Censorship in the United Kingdom *

Elections in the United Kingdom There are five types of elections in the United Kingdom: elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (commonly called 'general elections' when all seats are contested), elections to devolved parliaments and assemblies, local electi ...

British elections There are five types of elections in the United Kingdom: elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (commonly called 'general elections' when all seats are contested), elections to devolved parliaments and assemblies, local electio ...

(specific elections) *

Gun politics in the United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, access by the general public to firearms is subject to some of the strictest control measures in the world. However, fulfilment of the criteria and requirements as laid out by the laws results in the vast majority of fir ...

Political parties in the United Kingdom The Electoral Commission's Register of Political Parties lists the details of political parties registered to fight elections in the United Kingdom, including their registered name. Under current electoral law, including the Registration o ...

* Political scandals of the United Kingdom *

Taxation in the United Kingdom Taxation in the United Kingdom may involve payments to at least three different levels of government: central government (HM Revenue & Customs), devolved governments and local government. Central government revenues come primarily from income ...

Monarchy

Air transport of the Royal Family and government of the United Kingdom Air transport of the British royal family and government is provided, depending on the circumstances and availability, by a variety of military and civilian operators. This includes an Airbus Voyager of the Royal Air Force, No. 10 Squadron and ...

* British Royal Family *

British monarchs' family tree This is the family tree of the British royal family, from James I (who united the crowns of England and Scotland) to the present monarch, Charles III. Before James VI and I :''See Family tree of English monarchs, Family tree of Scottish monarch ...

Monarchy of the United Kingdom The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional form of government by which a hereditary sovereign reigns as the head of state of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies (the Bailiwi ...

Coronation of the British monarch The coronation of the monarch of the United Kingdom is a ceremony (specifically, initiation rite) in which they are formally invested with regalia and crowned at Westminster Abbey. It corresponds to the coronations that formerly took place in ot ...

* Household Cavalry *

Household Division Household Division is a term used principally in the Commonwealth of Nations to describe a country's most elite or historically senior military units, or those military units that provide ceremonial or protective functions associated directly with ...

* 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 There have been 83 royal yachts of the monarchy of the United Kingdom since the restoration of the monarchy in 1660. Charles II had 25 royal yachts, while five were simultaneously in service in 1831. Merchantmen or warships have occasionally b ...

List of UK place names with royal patronage A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

List of organisations in the United Kingdom with a royal charter List of organisations in the United Kingdom with a royal charter is an incomplete list of organisations based in the United Kingdom that have received a royal charter from an English, Scottish, or British monarch. There are over 900 bodies ...

* King's Guard and King's Life Guard *

Royal Assent Royal assent is the method by which a monarch formally approves an act of the legislature, either directly or through an official acting on the monarch's behalf. In some jurisdictions, royal assent is equivalent to promulgation, while in other ...

Royal Charter A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent. Historically, they have been used to promulgate public laws, the most famous example being the English Magna Carta (great charter) of 1215, bu ...

* Royal Christmas Message *

Royal Collection Management Committee The Royal Collection Management Committee has control of the administration of the Royal Collection of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, and is a part of the Royal Collection Department of the Royal Household. Current (July 2005) members are ...

Royal Collection Trust The Royal Collection of the British royal family is the largest private art collection in the world. Spread among 13 occupied and historic royal residences in the United Kingdom, the collection is owned by King Charles III and overseen by the ...

Royal Collection The Royal Collection of the British royal family is the largest private art collection in the world. Spread among 13 occupied and historic royal residences in the United Kingdom, the collection is owned by King Charles III and overseen by the ...

* Royal Household *

Royal Librarian The office of Royal Librarian, in the Royal Collection Department of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, is responsible for the care and maintenance of the books and manuscripts in the Royal Library, a collection spread acr ...

* Royal Library, Windsor *

Royal Peculiar A royal peculiar is a Church of England parish or church exempt from the jurisdiction of the diocese and the province in which it lies, and subject to the direct jurisdiction of the monarch, or in Cornwall by the duke. Definition The church par ...

Royal Philatelic Collection The Royal Philatelic Collection is the postage stamp collection of the British royal family. It is the most comprehensive collection of items related to the philately of the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth, with many unique pieces. ...

Royal Prerogative The royal prerogative is a body of customary authority, privilege and immunity, recognized in common law and, sometimes, in civil law jurisdictions possessing a monarchy, as belonging to the sovereign and which have become widely vested in th ...

Royal Standard In heraldry and vexillology, a heraldic flag is a flag containing coats of arms, heraldic badges, or other devices used for personal identification. Heraldic flags include banners, standards, pennons and their variants, gonfalons, guidons, an ...

Royal Style and Titles Act In the Commonwealth realms, a Royal Style and Titles Act or a Royal Titles Act is an Act of Parliament passed in the relevant jurisdiction which defines the sovereign's formal title in that jurisdiction. The most significant of these acts is the Ro ...

Royal Train A royal train is a set of railway carriages dedicated for the use of the monarch or other members of a royal family. Most monarchies with a railway system employ a set of royal carriages. Australia The various government railway operators of A ...

* Royal Warrant of Appointment (United Kingdom) *

Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom The royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom, or the royal arms for short, is the arms of dominion of the British monarch, currently King Charles III. These arms are used by the King in his official capacity as monarch of the United Kingdom. Varian ...

* Royal forest *

Style of the British sovereign The precise style of British sovereigns has varied over the years. style is officially proclaimed in two languages:UK ParliamentRoyal Titles Act 1953(1 & 2 Eliz. 2 c. 9) Proclamation of 28 May 1953 made in accordance with the Royal Titles Act 195 ...

Succession to the British Throne Succession to the British throne is determined by descent, gender, legitimacy and religion. Under common law, the Crown is inherited by a sovereign's children or by a childless sovereign's nearest collateral line. The Bill of Rights 1689 an ...

Branches of the government

Executive branch

* Head of state:

Sovereign of the United Kingdom The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional form of government by which a hereditary sovereign reigns as the head of state of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies (the Bailiwi ...

, King Charles III **

*** Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom *

Head of government The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, a gro ...

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet and selects its ministers. As modern pr ...

( list),

Rishi Sunak Rishi Sunak (; born 12 May 1980) is a British politician who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party since October 2022. He previously held two Cabinet of ...

Cabinet of the United Kingdom The Cabinet of the United Kingdom is the senior decision-making body of His Majesty's Government. A committee of the Privy Council, it is chaired by the prime minister and its members include secretaries of state and other senior ministers. T ...

Departments of the United Kingdom Government The Government of the United Kingdom is divided up into departments. These, according to the government, are responsible for putting government policy into practice. There are currently 23 ministerial departments, 20 non-ministerial departments ...

Legislative branch

Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprema ...

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bicameral Bicameralism is a type of legislature, one divided into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses, known as a bicameral legislature. Bicameralism is distinguished from unicameralism, in which all members deliberate and vote as a single grou ...

) ** List of parliaments of the United Kingdom ** List of parliaments of Great Britain **

Upper house An upper house is one of two Debate chamber, chambers of a bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house.''Bicameralism'' (1997) by George Tsebelis The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smalle ...

House of Lords The House of Lords, also known as the House of Peers, is the Bicameralism, upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Membership is by Life peer, appointment, Hereditary peer, heredity or Lords Spiritual, official function. Like the ...

Lower house A lower house is one of two Debate chamber, chambers of a Bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house. Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has co ...

House of Commons of the United Kingdom The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 me ...

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List of British MPs Following is a (currently incomplete) list of past United Kingdom MPs in alphabetical order. __NOTOC__ A ''See List of United Kingdom MPs: A'' B ''See List of United Kingdom MPs: B'' C ''See List of United Kingdom MPs: C'' D ''See Lis ...

Judicial branch

Courts of the United Kingdom * Courts of England and Wales *

Courts of Northern Ireland The courts of Northern Ireland are the civil and criminal courts responsible for the administration of justice in Northern Ireland: they are constituted and governed by the law of Northern Ireland. Prior to the partition of Ireland, Northern I ...

* Courts of Scotland *

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (initialism: UKSC or the acronym: SCOTUK) is the final court of appeal in the United Kingdom for all civil cases, and for criminal cases originating in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. As the Unite ...

Foreign relations

Foreign relations of the United Kingdom *

History History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

Timeline of British diplomatic history This timeline covers the main points of British (and English) foreign policy from 1485 to the early 21st century. 16th century * Henry VII becomes king (1485–1509), founding the Tudor dynasty and ending the long civil war called "Wars of th ...

United Kingdom and the United Nations The United Kingdom is a founding member of the United Nations and one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council. As the fifth largest provider of financial contributions to the United Nations, the UK provided 5 percent of the UN bud ...

Special Relationship The Special Relationship is a term that is often used to describe the politics, political, social, diplomacy, diplomatic, culture, cultural, economics, economic, law, legal, Biophysical environment, environmental, religion, religious, military ...

Diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom This is a list of diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom. At present, the capital city of London hosts 166 embassies and high commissions. Several other countries have ambassadors accredited to the United Kingdom, with most being resident in ...

* Diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom

International organisation membership

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a member of: *

African Development Bank The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) or (BAD) is a multilateral development finance institution headquartered in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, since September 2014. The AfDB is a financial provider to African governments and private companies i ...

(AfDB) (nonregional member) * African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) *

Arctic Council The Arctic Council is a high-level intergovernmental forum that addresses issues faced by the Arctic governments and the indigenous people of the Arctic. At present, eight countries exercise sovereignty over the lands within the Arctic Circle, ...

(observer) *

Asian Development Bank The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 19 December 1966, which is headquartered in the Ortigas Center located in the city of Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. The bank also maintains 31 field office ...

(ADB) (nonregional member) * Australia Group *

Bank for International Settlements The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an international financial institution owned by central banks that "fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks". The BIS carries out its work thr ...

(BIS) * British-Irish Council (BIC) * Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) (nonregional member) *

Confederation of European Paper Industries The Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) is the pan-European association representing the forest fibre and paper industry. Through its 18 national associations, CEPI gathers 495 companies operating more than 900 pulp and paper mills a ...

(CEPI) *

Council of Europe The Council of Europe (CoE; french: Conseil de l'Europe, ) is an international organisation founded in the wake of World War II to uphold European Convention on Human Rights, human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. ...

(CE) * Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) * Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) *

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is an international financial institution founded in 1991. As a multilateral developmental investment bank, the EBRD uses investment as a tool to build market economies. Initially focus ...

(EBRD) *

European Investment Bank The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the European Union's investment bank and is owned by the EU Member States. It is one of the largest supranational lenders in the world. The EIB finances and invests both through equity and debt solutions ...

(EIB) * European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites ( EUMETSAT) * European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) *

European Space Agency , owners = , headquarters = Paris, Île-de-France, France , coordinates = , spaceport = Guiana Space Centre , seal = File:ESA emblem seal.png , seal_size = 130px , image = Views in the Main Control Room (1205 ...

(ESA) *

Food and Agriculture Organization The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)french: link=no, Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; it, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura is an intern ...

(FAO) *

General Conference on Weights and Measures The General Conference on Weights and Measures (GCWM; french: Conférence générale des poids et mesures, CGPM) is the supreme authority of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), the intergovernmental organization established i ...

(CGPM) * Group of Five (G5) * Group of Eight (G8) * Group of Ten (G10) *

Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors The G20 or Group of Twenty is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union (EU). It works to address major issues related to the global economy, such as international financial stability, climate change mitigation ...

(G20) *

Inter-American Development Bank The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB or IADB) is an international financial institution headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States of America, and serving as the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribb ...

(IADB) *

International Atomic Energy Agency The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. It was established in 1957 ...

(IAEA) *

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is an international financial institution, established in 1944 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, that is the lending arm of World Bank Group. The IBRD offers l ...

(IBRD) * International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) *

International Civil Aviation Organization The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO, ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international sc ...

(ICAO) * International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) *

International Criminal Court The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands. It is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals ...

(ICCt) * International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL *

International Development Association The International Development Association (IDA) (french: link=no, Association internationale de développement) is an international financial institution which offers concessional loans and grants to the world's poorest developing countries. Th ...

(IDA) *

International Energy Agency The International Energy Agency (IEA) is a Paris-based autonomous intergovernmental organisation, established in 1974, that provides policy recommendations, analysis and data on the entire global energy sector, with a recent focus on curbing carb ...

(IEA) *

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is a worldwide humanitarian aid organization that reaches 160 million people each year through its 192-member National Societies. It acts before, during and after disas ...

(IFRCS) * International Finance Corporation (IFC) *

International Fund for Agricultural Development The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD; french: link=no, Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA)) is an international financial institution and a specialised agency of the United Nations that works to address ...

(IFAD) *

International Hydrographic Organization The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) is an intergovernmental organisation representing hydrography. , the IHO comprised 98 Member States. A principal aim of the IHO is to ensure that the world's seas, oceans and navigable waters a ...

(IHO) *

International Labour Organization The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is the first and o ...

(ILO) *

International Maritime Organization The International Maritime Organization (IMO, French: ''Organisation maritime internationale'') is a specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating shipping. The IMO was established following agreement at a UN conference ...

(IMO) *

International Mobile Satellite Organization The International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) is the intergovernmental organization that oversees certain public satellite safety and security communication services provided via the Inmarsat satellites. Some of these services concern: ...

(IMSO) *

International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster globa ...

(IMF) *

International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...

(IOC) *

International Organization for Migration The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is a United Nations agency that provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, including internally displaced persons, refugees, and migrant workers. The IOM was ...

(IOM) *

International Organization for Standardization The International Organization for Standardization (ISO ) is an international standard development organization composed of representatives from the national standards organizations of member countries. Membership requirements are given in Ar ...

(ISO) *

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, an ...

(ICRM) *

International Telecommunication Union The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies. It was established on 17 May 1865 as the International Telegraph Unio ...

(ITU) *

International Telecommunications Satellite Organization The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) is an intergovernmental organization charged with overseeing the public service obligations of Intelsat, which was privatized in 2001. It incorporates the principle set forth i ...

(ITSO) * International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) * International Whaling Commission (IWO) *

Inter-Parliamentary Union The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU; french: Union Interparlementaire, UIP) is an inter-parliamentary institution, international organization of national parliaments. Its primary purpose is to promote democratic governance, accountability, and coop ...

(IPU) * Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) *

Non-Aligned Movement The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a forum of 120 countries that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. After the United Nations, it is the largest grouping of states worldwide. The movement originated in the aftermath o ...

(NAM) (guest) * North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) * Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) * Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) *

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; french: Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, ''OCDE'') is an intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries ...

(OECD) *

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is an intergovernmental organisation and the implementing body for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which entered into force on 29 April 1997. The OPCW, with its 193 member ...

(OPCW) * Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) *

Organization of American States The Organization of American States (OAS; es, Organización de los Estados Americanos, pt, Organização dos Estados Americanos, french: Organisation des États américains; ''OEA'') is an international organization that was founded on 30 April ...

(OAS) (observer) *

Pacific Islands Forum The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) is an inter-governmental organization that aims to enhance cooperation between countries and territories of Oceania, including formation of a trade bloc and regional peacekeeping operations. It was founded in 197 ...

(PIF) (partner) *

Paris Club The Paris Club (french: Club de Paris) is a group of officials from major creditor countries whose role is to find co-ordinated and sustainable solutions to the payment difficulties experienced by debtor countries. As debtor countries undertake ...

Permanent Court of Arbitration The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) is a non-UN intergovernmental organization located in The Hague, Netherlands. Unlike a judicial court in the traditional sense, the PCA provides services of arbitral tribunal to resolve disputes that arise ...

(PCA) * Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) *

Southeast European Cooperative Initiative The Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI) is a multilateral regional initiative that has been initiated by the European Union, the United States of America and the countries of Southeast Europe within the framework of the Organization ...

(SECI) (observer) *

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

(UN) *

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is an intergovernmental organization within the United Nations Secretariat that promotes the interests of developing countries in world trade. It was established in 1964 by the ...

(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 The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE or UNECE) is one of the five regional commissions under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. It was established in order to promote economic cooperation and i ...

(UNECE) *

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, known as ECLAC, UNECLAC or in Spanish and Portuguese CEPAL, is a United Nations regional commission to encourage economic cooperation. ECLAC includes 46 member States (2 ...

(UNECLAC) * United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) *

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integrati ...

(UNHCR) *

United Nations Industrial Development Organization The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) (French: Organisation des Nations unies pour le développement industriel; French/Spanish acronym: ONUDI) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that assists countries in e ...

(UNIDO) *

United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) is the officially mandated mission of the United Nations in Kosovo. The UNMIK describes its mandate as being to "help the United Nations Security Council achieve an overall ...

(UNMIK) *

United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two fi ...

(UNIKOM) *

United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina The United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) was an international organization formed under the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1035 on 21 December 1995. It completed its mandate on 31 December 2002, when it was succeed ...

(UNMIBH) *

United Nations Mission in Liberia The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) was a peacekeeping operation established in September 2003 to monitor a ceasefire agreement in Liberia following the resignation of President Charles Taylor and the conclusion of the Second Liberia ...

(UNMIL) * United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) *

United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or MONUSCO, an acronym based on its French name , is a United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) which was estab ...

(MONUC) *

United Nations Mission in the Sudan The United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) was established by the UN Security Council under Resolution 1590 of 24 March 2005, in response to the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the government of the Sudan and the Sudan ...

(UNMIS) *

United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia The United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) was established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 858 in August 1993 to verify compliance with a 27 July 1993 ceasefire agreement between the Republic of Georgia and forces in Abk ...

(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 The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the Organs of the United Nations, six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international security, international peace and security, recommending the admi ...

(UNSC) (permanent member) *

United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), ( pt, Administração Transitória das Nações Unidas em Timor Leste), was a United Nations mission in East Timor that aimed to solve the decades long East Timorese cri ...

(UNTAET) *

United Nations University The (UNU) is the think tank and academic arm of the United Nations. Headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, with diplomatic status as a UN institution, its mission is to help resolve global issues related to human development and welfare thro ...

(UNU) *

Universal Postal Union The Universal Postal Union (UPU, french: link=no, Union postale universelle), established by the Treaty of Bern of 1874, is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to t ...

(UPU) * Western European Union (WEU) * World Confederation of Labour (WCL) * World Customs Organization (WCO) *

World Federation of Trade Unions The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) is an international federation of trade unions established in 1945. Founded in the immediate aftermath of World War Two, the organization built on the pre-war legacy of the International Federation of ...

(WFTU) *

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of h ...

(WHO) *

World Intellectual Property Organization The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO; french: link=no, Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI)) is one of the list of specialized agencies of the United Nations, 15 specialized agencies of the United Nation ...

(WIPO) *

World Meteorological Organization The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology and geophysics. The WMO originated from the Internati ...

(WMO) *

World Organization of the Scout Movement The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM ) is the largest international Scouting organization. WOSM has 173 members. These members are recognized national Scout organizations, which collectively have around 43 million participants. WOS ...

World Tourism Organization The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is the United Nations specialized agency entrusted with the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism. Its headquarters are in Madrid, Spain. UNWTO is the leading internati ...

(UNWTO) *

World Trade Organization The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that regulates and facilitates international trade. With effective cooperation in the United Nations System, governments use the organization to establish, revise, and e ...

(WTO) *

World Veterans Federation The World Veterans Federation (WVF) is the world's largest international veteran organisation. The federation consists of 172 veterans organizations from 121 countries representing some 60 million veterans worldwide. It is a humanitarian organisa ...

Zangger Committee The Zangger Committee, also known as the Nuclear Exporters Committee, sprang from Article III.2 of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) which entered into force on March 5, 1970. Under the terms of Article III.2 International ...

(ZC)

Local government

List of local governments in the United Kingdom This is a list of articles relating to present and past types of local government in the United Kingdom. By country By sub-division Related concepts * Area committee * Combined authority * County * County council * Local enterprise p ...

Politics of England

Politics of England Politics of England forms the major part of the wider politics of the United Kingdom, with England being more populous than all the other countries of the United Kingdom put together. As England is also by far the largest in terms of area and G ...

* Regional assemblies in England *

Local government in England Local government in England broadly consists of three layers: regional authorities, local authorities and parish councils. Legislation concerning English local government is passed by Parliament, as England does not have a devolved parliament. Th ...

History of local government in England The history of local government in England is one of gradual change and evolution since the Middle Ages. England has never possessed a formal written constitution, with the result that modern administration (and the judicial system) is based on ...

** Mayors in England

Politics of Northern Ireland

Politics of Northern Ireland Since 1998, Northern Ireland has devolved government within the United Kingdom. The government and Parliament of the United Kingdom are responsible for reserved and excepted matters. Reserved matters are a list of policy areas (such as civil av ...

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** First Minister of Northern Ireland, Office

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** Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, Office

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

Politics of Scotland

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Politics of Scotland * History of Scottish devolution * Local government in Scotland ** History of local government in Scotland ** Provosts in Scotland * Pressure Groups in Scotland * Scottish Parliament ** First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon ** Members of the Scottish Parliament ** 2007 Scottish Parliament election ** 2011 Scottish Parliament election ** 2016 Scottish Parliament election ** 2021 Scottish Parliament election

Politics of Wales

Politics of Wales * Local government in Wales ** History of local government in Wales ** Mayors in Wales * Senedd (Welsh Parliament) ** Members of the Senedd ** Members of the 6th Senedd ** 2007 National Assembly for Wales election ** 2011 National Assembly for Wales election ** 2016 National Assembly for Wales election ** 2021 Senedd election ** Welsh Government *** Second Drakeford government *** First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford

Honours

*New Year Honours *King's Birthday Honours *Prime Minister's Resignation Honours *Chivalric order **Chivalric order#Modern orders *List of honorary British knights and dames *:en:British honours system, British honours system *Declining a British honour

Military and Defence

British Armed Forces

Command

* Commander-in-chief: Monarchy of the United Kingdom, The Sovereign – King Charles III ** Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom), Chief of the Defence Staff: General Nick Carter (British Army officer), Sir Nick Carter *** First Sea Lord: Admiral Tony Radakin *** Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom), Chief of the General Staff: General Mark Carleton-Smith, Sir Mark Carleton-Smith *** Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom), Chief of the Air Staff: Air Chief Marshal Michael Wigston * Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) ** Defence Council of the United Kingdom

Forces

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

History

See

Law and order

Law of the United Kingdom * 999 (emergency telephone number), 9-9-9 emergency telephone number * British citizenship, British nationality law * Cannabis in the United Kingdom * 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 of 1679, Habeas Corpus Act (1679) ** Bill of Rights 1689, Bill of Rights (1689) ** Reform Act 1832, Great Reform Act (1832) ** Parliament Act 1911, 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 (Metropolitan Police), 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 * His 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 (United Kingdom), Serious Fraud Office

Law of Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland law * Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland

Law of Scotland

Scots law * 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 (United Kingdom), Advertising Standards Authority * Financial Services Authority or FSA * Housing Corporation * Ofcom, Office of Communications (Ofcom) * Water Services Regulation Authority, Office of the Water Regulator (Ofwat) * Press Complaints Commission * Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner, Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC)

Trade Union Federations

* Irish Congress of Trades Unions * Trades Union Congress * Scottish Trades Union Congress

Transport

Transport in the United Kingdom * British Rail * List of airports in the United Kingdom, Airports in the United Kingdom * Bus transport in the United Kingdom * Coach transport in the United Kingdom * List of long-distance footpaths in the United Kingdom * Rail transport in the United Kingdom, Railway system ** History of rail transport in Great Britain, History of rail transport ** List of railway viaducts in the United Kingdom ** UK railway stations - A, Stations A-Z ** London Underground * Transport in the United Kingdom#Trams and light rail, 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 car manufacturers of the United Kingdom ** List of motorways in the United Kingdom ** Motoring taxation in the United Kingdom * Waterways in the United Kingdom ** British Waterways ** Waterways Ireland ** History of the British canal system * List of tunnels in the United Kingdom, Tunnels in the United Kingdom * List of cycleways#United Kingdom, Cycleways in the United Kingdom * Common Travel Area * Transport Scotland

Economy

Economy of the United Kingdom * List of countries by GDP (nominal), 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, 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, 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 **

* 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 ** List of tourist attractions in Ireland, Tourism in Northern Ireland * Transport in the United Kingdom * Economy of London ** City of London

History

* 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 of Nations, Commonwealth * Underground (British subculture), UK underground

History by period

* Georgian era * Victorian era * Edwardian era * History of the United Kingdom during the First World War, First World War * Interwar Britain, Interwar * Second World War **United Kingdom home front during World War II, civilian **Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II, military * Postwar **Postwar Britain (1945–1979), political **Social history of Postwar Britain (1945–1979), social * Since 1979 **Political history of the United Kingdom (1979–present), political **Social history of the United Kingdom (1979–present), social

Historical states of the British Isles

* Ancient Britain * Avalon * Roman Britain * Caledonia * Hibernia * Kingdom of the Picts * Kingdom of the Scots * Heptarchy * England in the Middle Ages, 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 Scotland ** History of local government in Wales * History of medical regulation in the United Kingdom * History of Megabus routes in the United Kingdom * Metrication 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

Culture of the United Kingdom * British cuisine ** English cuisine ** Northern Irish cuisine ** Irish cuisine ** Scottish cuisine ** Welsh cuisine * List of festivals in the United Kingdom, 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 * List of World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom, World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom

Architecture

Architecture of the United Kingdom * 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) * List of reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom, Reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom * Town and Country Planning in the United Kingdom

Architecture of England

* Abbeys and priories in England * List of crossings of the River Thames, 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

* 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

* 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 * List of one-hit wonders on the UK Singles Chart * 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 * Royal Scottish National Orchestra * Philharmonia * London Symphony Orchestra * London Philharmonic Orchestra * Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra * Scottish Chamber Orchestra * The Proms * Opera in English, British opera * Ulster Orchestra

Folk music

* Folk music of England, Music of England * Music of Ireland, Music of Northern Ireland * Music of Scotland * Music of Wales

Theatre

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

Film

Cinema of the United Kingdom * 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

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United Kingdom icons

* AEC Routemaster red double-decker bus * Baked beans * Basil Fawlty * ''The Beano'' * The Beatles * Clock Tower, Palace of Westminster, Big Ben chimes * Hackney carriage, Black Cab (hackney cab) * Boudica * Bowler hat * Britannia * Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British Monarchy * Britpop * British Rail * Bulldog, British Bulldog * Cap of Maintenance * ''A Clockwork Orange (film), A Clockwork Orange'' * Cool Britannia * Concorde * ''Coronation Street'' * ''Crossroads (soap opera), Crossroads'' * Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom * Cutty Sark * ''Dad's Army'' * ''Doctor Who'' * Dig for Victory * ''EastEnders'' * England expects that every man will do his duty * Excalibur * ''Excalibur (comics)'' * ''Fawlty Towers'' * The Few, "Never was so much owed by so many to so few, ..so much owed by so many to so few" * Fish and chips * Football (soccer) * Frank Spencer (Michael Crawford), Frank Spencer * Full breakfast: Full English breakfast, Full English, Full breakfast#Ulster fry, Ulster fry, Full breakfast#Scotland, Scottish, Full breakfast#Wales, Welsh * ''Gentleman's Relish'' * God Save the Queen * Stalag Luft III#The "Great Escape" (1944), The Great Escape * Hackney carriage * Harry Potter * HP sauce * Hyacinth Bucket * ''The Italian Job'' * Jaffa Cakes * James Bond * John Bull * King Arthur * Land of Hope and Glory * Land Rover Defender * 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 (subculture), Mod * Monty Python * Morrissey * Page Three girl * Pantomime * Pint glass * Police box * Public house, Pub * Punk subculture, Punk * King's Guard * * Red Arrows * Red post boxes * Red telephone boxes * European robin, Robin * Rolls-Royce Motor Cars * Royal Warrant of Appointment (United Kingdom), Royal Warrant * Rule Britannia * Rugby football, 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 * ''Thunderbirds (TV series), Thunderbirds'' * Tommy Atkins (generic name for a British soldier) * Tommy helmet, Brodie helmet (helmet worn by the above) * Trooping the Colour * Twiglets * Umbrella * Union Flag * Climate of the United Kingdom, Weather * We shall never surrender, ..fight them on the beaches speech * ''Wallace and Gromit'' * Wellington boot * Winston Churchill * Woolworths Group plc

English icons

* 1966 FIFA World Cup squads#.C2.A0England, 1966 World cup squad * And did those feet in ancient time * ''Angel of the North'' * Bangers and mash * The Boat Race * Clapham Junction railway station, Clapham Junction * Cricket * Del Boy * ''Dixon of Dock Green'' * ''EastEnders'' * English rose (epithet), English rose * Full English breakfast * Jack the Ripper * King Arthur * London Bridge * London Eye * M25 motorway * Morris dance * ''Only Fools and Horses'' * Oxbridge * Premier League * Robin Hood * Saint George's Cross * Soho * Gravelly Hill Interchange, Spaghetti Junction * Status Quo (band), Status Quo * Stilton cheese * Stonehenge * There'll Always Be an England * Three Lions * Tower Bridge * Tube map * Tudor rose * Yeoman * Yeomen Warders * 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 Connolly * Dundee cake * Edinburgh Castle * Eilean Donan Castle * Flower of Scotland * Forth Bridge * Full Scottish breakfast * Great Highland bagpipe * Hackle * Haggis (with Rutabaga, neeps and Potato, tatties) * Highland games * Kilt * Loch Lomond * Loch Ness * Old Firm * Oatcake * Porridge * Robert the Bruce * Robert Burns * Saltire, St Andrew's Cross * Scotch whisky * Scotland the Brave * Scottish Premier League * Scots Wha Hae * Sgian-dubh * Shinty * Shortbread * Stirling Castle * Tam o' shanter (cap), Tam o' shanter * Tartan * Thistle * Trews * Tweed (cloth) * 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, Rhondda Valley * Rugby union in Wales * Tom Jones (singer) * Welsh Dragon * Welsh rarebit * Welsh hat

Languages

Languages of the United Kingdom * English Language ** List of dialects of the 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 language, Welsh ** Scots Gaelic ** Irish language in Northern Ireland *** Ulster Irish ** Cornish language, Cornish ** Manx language, Manx * Scots language, Scots in Scotland and Ulster Scots language, Ulster * British Sign Language (BSL) * Romani language, Romany * Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi languages ** Gujarati language, Gujarati ** Telugu language, Telugu ** Tamil language, Tamil ** Hindi language, Hindi ** Punjabi language, Punjabi ** Urdu ** Bengali language, Bengali

People

Demography of the United Kingdom * 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 people from Cornwall, List of Cornish people * List of blue plaques, List of people commemorated by blue plaques

Interest groups and societies

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Religion in the United Kingdom * 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 ** Coptic Orthodox Church in Britain and Ireland ** 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 * Druidry, Druidism * Other ** Atheism/ Irreligion ** Jedi census phenomenon, Jedi ** Scientology in the United Kingdom ** Status of religious freedom in the United Kingdom

Sports, games, and pastimes

Sport in the United Kingdom 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

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

Hiking

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

Association football

* British Home Championship * Football in England, England ** The Football Association ** English national football team ** FA Premier League ** The Football League ** FA Cup ** English football league system ** National League System * Football in Scotland, Scotland ** Scottish Football Association ** Scotland national football team, 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 * Association football in Northern Ireland, 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) * Football in Wales, Wales ** Football Association of Wales ** Wales National Football Team, Welsh national team ** League of Wales

Polo

* Hurlingham Polo Association

Rugby

* Rugby union ** Rugby union in England, England *** Rugby Football Union **** England national rugby union team **** Guinness Premiership **** National Division One ** Rugby union in Wales, Wales *** Welsh Rugby Union **** Wales national rugby union team **** Pro14 **** Welsh Premier Division ** Rugby union in Scotland, Scotland *** Scottish Rugby Union **** Scotland national rugby union team **** Pro14 ** Rugby union in Ireland, Northern Ireland *** Irish Rugby Football Union **** Ireland national rugby union team **** Pro14 ** Calcutta Cup ** Powergen Cup ** British and Irish Lions * Rugby league ** Rugby league in England, England *** Rugby Football League ** Rugby league in Ireland, Northern Ireland *** Rugby League Ireland ** Rugby league in Scotland, Scotland *** Scotland Rugby League ** Rugby league in Wales, Wales ** Great Britain national rugby league team, 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 Park, London, 14 June 2011 (2) cropped

* London Olympics * Bowls * Curling * Darts * English billiards * Eton Wall Game * Fives (including Eton Fives) * British Gliding Association * Horse racing in Great Britain * Tennis, Lawn tennis * Shinty * Skittles (sport), Skittles * Snooker * Motorsport in the United Kingdom, Motorsport

Education

* Education in the United Kingdom ** Schools in the United Kingdom *** Preparatory school (UK), 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 (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 for England

Education in Northern Ireland

* Education in Northern Ireland :* List of schools in Northern Ireland :* Northern Ireland Curriculum

Education in Scotland

* Education in Scotland :* Curriculum for Excellence :* 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 :* Curriculum for Wales (2022 to present), National Curriculum for Wales

References

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