The many British overseas territories use a varied assortment of currencies, including the euro, pound, US dollar, NZ dollar, or their own currencies, which may be pegged to one of these.

The many British overseas territories use a varied assortment of currencies, including the euro, pound, US dollar, NZ dollar, or their own currencies, which may be pegged to one of these.

Pound sterling

Falkland Islands pound (parity with pound sterling)
Pound sterling (widely circulated and accepted universally)
Euro (accepted unofficially in most establishments)
United States dollar (accepted unofficially in most establishments)

Gibraltar pound (parity with pound sterling)
Pound sterling (widely circulated and accepted universally)
Euro (accepted unofficially in most establishments)

Saint Helenian pound (parity with pound sterling)
United States dollar (accepted unofficially on Ascension Island)

United States dollar
Bahamian dollar (accepted unofficially in the Turks and Caicos Islands)

Eastern Caribbean dollar (pegged to US dollar at 2.7ECD=1USD)

Bermudian dollar (parity with US dollar)
United States dollar (widely circulated and accepted universally)

Cayman Islands dollar (pegged to US dollar at 1KYD=1.2USD)

New Zealand dollar
United States dollar (accepted unofficially)^[72]
Pound sterling is also accepted.^[73]
Pitcairn Islands dollar (parity with New Zealand dollar; commemorative issue only)

United States dollar (de facto)^[74][75]
Pound sterling (de jure)^[76][77]

¹ Part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

Blue Ensign design, with the Union Flag in the canton, and the territory's coat of arms in the fly. Exceptions to this are Bermuda which uses a Red Ensign; British Antarctic Territory which uses a White Ensign, but without the overall cross of St. George; British Indian Ocean Territory which uses a Blue Ensign with wavy lines to symbolise the sea; and Gibraltar which uses a banner of its coat of arms (the flag of the city of Gibraltar).

Akrotiri and Dhekelia and Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha are the only British overseas territories without their own flag, though Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha have their own individual flags. The Union Flag is used in these territories.

Sports

Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands are the only British Overseas Territories with recognised National Olymp

Akrotiri and Dhekelia and Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha are the only British overseas territories without their own flag, though Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha have their own individual flags. The Union Flag is used in these territories.

Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands are the only British Overseas Territories with recognised National Olympic Committees (NOCs); the British Olympic Association is recognised as the appropriate NOC for athletes from the other territories, and thus athletes who hold a British passport are eligible to represent Great Britain at the Olympic Games.^[78]

Shara Proctor from Anguilla, Delano Williams from the Turks and Caicos Isla

Shara Proctor from Anguilla, Delano Williams from the Turks and Caicos Islands, Jenaya Wade-Fray from Bermuda^[79] and Georgina Cassar from Gibraltar strived to represent Team GB at the London 2012 Olympics. Proctor, Wade-Fray and Cassar qualified for Team GB, with Williams missing the cut, however wishing to represent the UK in 2016.^[80][81]

The Gibraltar national football team was accepted into UEFA in 2013 in time for the 2016 European Championships. It has been accepted by FIFA and went into the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying, where they achieved 0 points.

The British Overseas Territories have more biodiversity than the entire UK mainland.^[82] There are at least 180 endemic plant species in the overseas territories as opposed to only 12 on the UK mainland. Responsibility for protection of biodiversity and meeting obligations under international environmental conventions is shared between the UK Government and the local governments of the territories.^[83]

Two areas, Henderson Island in the Pitcairn Islands as well as the Gough and Inaccessible Islands of Tristan Da Cunha are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and two other territories, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and Saint Helena are on the United Kingdom's tentative list for future UNESCO World Heritage Sites.^[84][85] Gibraltar's Gorham's Cave Complex is also found on the UK's tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site list.^[86]

The three regions of biodiversity hotspots situated in the British Overseas Territories are the Caribbean Islands, the Mediterranean Basin and the Oceania ecozone in the Pacific.^[83]

The UK created the largest continuous marine protected areas in the world, the Chagos Marine Protected Area, and announced in 2015 funding to establish a new, larger, reserve around the Pitcairn Islands.^[87][88][89]

In January 2016, the UK government announced the intention to create a marine protected area around Ascension Island. The protected area would

Two areas, Henderson Island in the Pitcairn Islands as well as the Gough and Inaccessible Islands of Tristan Da Cunha are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and two other territories, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and Saint Helena are on the United Kingdom's tentative list for future UNESCO World Heritage Sites.^[84][85] Gibraltar's Gorham's Cave Complex is also found on the UK's tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site list.^[86]

The three regions of biodiversity hotspots situated in the British Overseas Territories are the Caribbean Islands, the Mediterranean Basin and the Oceania ecozone in the Pacific.^[83]

The UK created the largest continuous marine protected areas in the world, the Chagos Marine Protected Area, and announced in 2015 funding to establish a new, larger, reserve around the Pitcairn Islands.^[87][88][89]