Outline of the United Kingdom explained

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the United Kingdom:

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

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is made up of four countries – England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, with Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales each having their own devolved government and national parliament.

General reference

• The United Kingdom is...
  • both a country and a country made up of countries
  • both a nation state and a state made up of nations
  • an island country
  • a Commonwealth realm (1931–)
  • a member state of NATO (1949–)
• 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 endonyms: United Kingdom, UK, Britain
• Official endonyms: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Adjectivals: British, United Kingdom
• Demonyms: Briton, British, Brit
• Etymology: Name of Britain, Name of the United Kingdom
  • Name of England
  • Name of Northern Ireland
  • Name of Scotland
  • Name of Wales
• International rankings of the United Kingdom
• Official languages : English
• Terminology of the British Isles
• United Kingdom-related topics
  • England-related topics
  • Scotland-related topics
  • Wales-related topics
  • Northern Ireland-related topics
• ISO country codes: GB, GBR, 826
• ISO region codes: See
• Internet country code top-level domain: .uk, .gb (not used)

Countries of the United Kingdom, Dependencies, Territories and Commonwealth

Countries of the UK and their subdivisions

See main article: Countries of the United Kingdom and Subdivisions of the United Kingdom.

• England
  • Subdivisions of England
    • Regions of England
      • Counties of England (see also Metropolitan county and Shire county)
      • Unitary authorities of England
      • Districts of England (see also Metropolitan district and Shire district)
      • Civil parishes
    • Greater London
      • London boroughs
• Northern Ireland
  • Counties of Northern Ireland
  • Local government in Northern Ireland
    • Districts of Northern Ireland
• Scotland
  • Subdivisions of Scotland
    • Shires of Scotland, 33 historical, geographical or cultural regions that have no administrative function, but remain historical legacies and the means of cultural identification
• Wales
  • Subdivisions of Wales
    • Historic counties of Wales, 13 historical, geographical or cultural regions that have no administrative function, but remain historical legacies and the means of cultural identification

Crown Dependencies

Crown Dependencies

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

British Overseas Territories

British Overseas Territories

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

Commonwealth of Nations

Outline of the United Kingdom should not be confused with Commonwealth of England.

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

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

Geography, resources and demography

Geography of the United Kingdom

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

• Location:
  • Northern Hemisphere, on the prime meridian
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Eurasia (but not on the mainland)
    • Europe
      • Northern Europe and Western Europe
        • British Isles
          • Great Britain (entire island and adjacent isles)
          • Ireland (northeastern sixth of the island)
  • Time zone: Greenwich Mean Time = Western European Time (UTC+00), British Summer Time = Western European Summer Time (UTC+01)
• Area of the United Kingdom: 244820km2 – 79th most extensive country
  • Area of the countries of the United Kingdom
• Extreme points of the United Kingdom:
  • North: Out Stack, Shetland Islands
    • • • • South: Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly East: Lowestoft Ness, Suffolk West: Rockall¹
  • High: Ben Nevis, Lochaber at 1343m (4,406feet)
    • Low: The Fens at -4m (-13feet)
  • Land boundaries: 360 km
  • Land boundary: France undersea in Channel Tunnel
  • Coastline: 12,429 km
• Atlas of the United Kingdom
  • Atlas of England
  • Atlas of Northern Ireland
  • Atlas of Scotland
  • Atlas of Wales
  • Economic geography of the United Kingdom

Ecoregions

List of ecoregions in the United Kingdom

Environment

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

Geographic features

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

Regions

• Time zone of the UK

Municipalities

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

Natural Resources

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

Demography

Demographics of the United Kingdom

See also: Demographics of England, Demographics of Scotland, Demographics of Wales and Demographics of Northern Ireland.

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

Ethnicity

Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom

• Commission for Racial Equality
• British
• White British
  • English
  • Scottish
  • Welsh
  • Northern Irish
  • Ulster-Scot
  • Cornish
• White Irish
• Other White Ethnic Groups
  • Western European
    • French migration to the United Kingdom
    • Dutch people in the United Kingdom
    • Italians in the United Kingdom
    • Germans in the United Kingdom
    • Spaniards in the United Kingdom
    • Portuguese in the United Kingdom
    • Scandinavian migration to Britain
  • Eastern European
    • Poles in the United Kingdom
    • Baltic people in the United Kingdom
    • Lithuanians in the United Kingdom
    • Czechs in the United Kingdom
    • Hungarians in the United Kingdom
    • Greeks in the United Kingdom
    • Serbs in the United Kingdom
    • Romanians in the United Kingdom
    • Bulgarians in the United Kingdom
    • British Cypriots
  • North American
    • Americans in the United Kingdom
    • Canadians in the United Kingdom
    • Australians in the United Kingdom
  • Other
    • British Jews
    • Irish Travellers
    • Roma
    • New age travellers
• British Asian
  • British Indian
  • British Pakistanis
  • British Bangladeshi
  • British Sri Lankans
• Oriental British
  • British Chinese
  • Filipinos in the United Kingdom
  • Japanese in the United Kingdom
  • Koreans in the United Kingdom
  • Thais in the United Kingdom
  • Malaysians in the United Kingdom
  • Singaporeans in the United Kingdom
• British Arabs
  • Yemenis in the United Kingdom
  • British Iraqis
  • Armenians in the United Kingdom
  • Iranians in the United Kingdom
  • British Turks
• Black British
  • British African-Caribbean community
    • Barbadian British
    • British Jamaican
  • African migration to Britain
    • Ghanaians in the United Kingdom
    • Kenyan migration to the United Kingdom
    • British Nigerian
    • South Africans in the United Kingdom
    • Ugandan migration to the United Kingdom
    • Tanzanians in the United Kingdom
    • Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom
• Latin American migration to the United Kingdom
  • Argentines in the United Kingdom
  • Brazilians in the United Kingdom
  • Colombians in the United Kingdom
  • Ecuadorians in the United Kingdom

Government, monarchy, politics and honours

See main article: Monarchy of the United Kingdom and Politics of the United Kingdom.

• Form of government: parliamentary multi-party representative democratic constitutional monarchy
• Censorship in the United Kingdom
• Elections in the United Kingdom
  • British elections (specific elections)
• Gun politics in the United Kingdom
• Political parties in the United Kingdom
• Political scandals of the United Kingdom
• Taxation in the United Kingdom

Monarchy

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

Branches of the government

Executive branch

• Head of state: Monarch of the United Kingdom, King Charles III
  • Coronation of the British monarch
    • Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom
• Head of government: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (list), Rishi Sunak
• Cabinet of the United Kingdom
• Departments of the United Kingdom Government

Legislative branch

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

Judicial branch

Courts of the United Kingdom

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

Foreign relations

Foreign relations of the United Kingdom

• History
• Timeline of British diplomatic history
• United Kingdom and the United Nations
• Special Relationship
• Diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom
• Diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom

International organisation membership

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

• African Development Bank (AfDB) (nonregional member)
• African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID)
• Arctic Council (observer)
• Asian Development Bank (ADB) (nonregional member)
• AUKUS
• Australia Group
• Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
• British-Irish Council (BIC)
• Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) (nonregional member)
• Commonwealth of Nations
• Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
• Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI)
• Council of Europe (CE)
• Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)
• Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC)
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
• European Investment Bank (EIB)
• European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
• European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
• European Space Agency (ESA)
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM)
• Group of Seven (G7)
• Group of Ten (G10)
• Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (G20)
• Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
• International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
• International Court of Justice (ICJ)
• International Criminal Court (ICCt)
• International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL
• International Development Association (IDA)
• International Energy Agency (IEA)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
• International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• International Maritime Organization (IMO)
• International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• International Olympic Committee (IOC)
• International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
• International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
• International Whaling Commission (IWO)

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

Local government

• List of local governments in the United Kingdom

Politics of England

Politics of England

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

Politics of Northern Ireland

Politics of Northern Ireland

• Northern Ireland Assembly
  • First Minister of Northern Ireland, Michelle O'Neill
  • Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, Emma Little-Pengelly
• Local government in Northern Ireland
  • History of local government in Northern Ireland
  • Mayors in Northern Ireland

Politics of Scotland

Politics of Scotland

• Scottish Government
  • First Minister of Scotland, and Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland, John Swinney
  • Deputy First Minister of Scotland, Kate Forbes
  • International relations of Scotland
  • Scottish Cabinet
    • Dewar government (1999 - 2000)
    • McLeish government (2000 - 01)
    • First McConnell government (2001 - 03)
    • Second McConnell government (2003 - 07)
    • First Salmond government (2007 - 11)
    • Second Salmond government (2011 - 14)
    • First Sturgeon government (2014 - 16)
    • Second Sturgeon government (2016 - 21)
    • Third Sturgeon government (2021 - 23)
    • Yousaf government (2023 - 24)
    • Swinney government (2024 -)
• History of Scottish devolution
• Local government in Scotland
  • History of local government in Scotland
  • Provosts in Scotland
• Pressure Groups in Scotland
• Scottish Parliament
  • Members of the Scottish Parliament
  • 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
    • Eluned Morgan government
    • First Minister of Wales, Eluned Morgan

Honours

See main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom.

• New Year Honours
• King's Birthday Honours
• Prime Minister's Resignation Honours
• Chivalric order
  • • List of honorary British knights and dames
• Category:British honours system
• Declining a British honour

Military and defence

British Armed Forces

Command

• Commander-in-chief: The Sovereign – King Charles III
  • Chief of the Defence Staff: Admiral Sir Tony Radakin
    • First Sea Lord: Admiral Sir Ben Key
    • Chief of the General Staff: General Sir Patrick Sanders
    • Chief of the Air Staff: Air Chief Marshal Sir 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

Military history

Military history of the United Kingdom

Related topics

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

Law and order

Law of the United Kingdom

• 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 (1679)
  • Bill of Rights (1689)
  • Great Reform Act (1832)
  • Parliament Act (1911)
  • Scotland Act 1998
  • Northern Ireland Act 1998
  • Government of Wales Act 1998
  • House of Lords Act 1999
• Courts of the United Kingdom
• Crime in the United Kingdom
• Law of the European Union
• Human rights in the United Kingdom
  • Civil liberties in the United Kingdom
  • LGBT rights in the United Kingdom
  • Freedom of religion in the United Kingdom
• High treason in the United Kingdom
• Law enforcement in the United Kingdom
  • Diplomatic Protection Group
  • National Crime Agency
  • Special Branch
• List of prisons in the United Kingdom
• United Kingdom prison population

Law of England and Wales

See main article: English law and Welsh law.

• 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

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

Trade Union Federations

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

Transport

Transport in the United Kingdom

• British Rail
• 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
• Railway system
  • History of rail transport
  • List of railway viaducts in the United Kingdom
  • Stations A-Z
  • London Underground
• 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
• Tunnels in the United Kingdom
• Cycleways in the United Kingdom
• Common Travel Area
• Transport Scotland

Economy

Economy of the United Kingdom

See also: Economy of England, Economy of Scotland, Economy of Wales and Economy of Northern Ireland.

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

History

See also: History of England, History of Scotland, History of Wales and History of Northern Ireland.

• History of the United Kingdom
  • Timeline of British history
• History of England
  • Social history of England
  • Timeline of English history
• History of Scotland
  • Timeline of Scottish history
• History of Wales
• History of Northern Ireland
  • Plantation of Ulster
• History of the formation of the United Kingdom
  • Treaty of Union
  • Acts of Union 1707
  • Act of Union 1800
• British Empire and the Commonwealth
• UK underground

History by period

• Georgian era
• Victorian era
• Edwardian era
• First World War
• Interwar
• Second World War
  • civilian
  • military
• Postwar
  • political
  • social
• Since 1979
  • • • political social

Historical states of the British Isles

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

By subject

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

Culture

Culture of the United Kingdom

See also: Culture of England, Culture of Northern Ireland, Culture of Scotland and Culture of Wales.

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

Architecture

Architecture of the United Kingdom

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

Architecture of England

• List of monastic houses in England
• Crossing the Thames, including tunnels
• List of country houses in the United Kingdom
• Housing Corporation

Architecture of Scotland

• List of monastic houses in Scotland

Architecture of Wales

• List of monastic houses in Wales

Architecture of Northern Ireland

• List of monastic houses in 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
• British opera
• Ulster Orchestra

Folk music

• Music of England
• 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 Northern Ireland
• Theatres in Scotland
• 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

United Kingdom icons

• AEC Routemaster red double-decker bus
• Baked beans
• Basil Fawlty
• The Beano
• The Beatles
• Big Ben chimes
• Black Cab (hackney cab)
• Boudica
• Bowler hat
• Britannia
• British Monarchy
• Britpop
• British Rail
• British Bulldog
• Cap of Maintenance
• A Clockwork Orange
• Cool Britannia
• Concorde
• Coronation Street
• Crossroads
• Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom
• Cutty Sark
• 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, "..so much owed by so many to so few"
• Fish and chips
• Football (soccer)
• Frank Spencer
• Full breakfast: Full English, Ulster fry, Scottish, Welsh
• Gentleman's Relish
• God Save the King
• The Great Escape
• Hackney carriage
• Harry Potter
• HP sauce
• Hyacinth Bucket
• InterCity 125
• 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
• Monty Python
• Morrissey
• Page Three girl
• Pantomime
• Pint glass
• Police box
• Pub
• Punk
• King's Guard
  • Red Arrows
• Red post boxes
• Red telephone boxes
• Robin
• Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
• Royal Warrant
• Rule Britannia
• Rugby
• The Sex Pistols
• Sherlock Holmes
• Skinhead
• Special Air Service (SAS)
• Sten
• Suffragettes
• Supermarine Spitfire
• Swinging Sixties
• Tea (cup of)
• Tea (meal)
• Test Card F
• Thunderbirds
• Tommy Atkins (generic name for a British soldier)
• Brodie helmet (helmet worn by the above)
• Trooping the Colour
• Twiglets
• Umbrella
• Union Flag
• Weather
• We shall never surrender, ..fight them on the beaches speech
• Wallace and Gromit
• Wellington boot
• Winston Churchill
• Woolworths Group plc

English icons

• 1966 World cup squad
• And did those feet in ancient time
• Angel of the North
• Bangers and mash
• The Boat Race
• Clapham Junction
• Cricket
• Del Boy
• Dixon of Dock Green
• EastEnders
• 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
• Spaghetti Junction
• 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
• Common riding
• Dundee cake
• Edinburgh Castle
• Eilean Donan Castle
• Flower of Scotland
• Forth Bridge
• Full Scottish breakfast
• Great Highland bagpipe
• Hackle
• Haggis (with neeps and tatties)
• Highland games
• Kilt
• Loch Lomond
• Loch Ness
• Old Firm
• Oatcake
• Porridge
• Robert the Bruce
• Robert Burns
• St Andrew's Cross
• Scotch whisky
• Scotland the Brave
• Scottish Premier League
• Scots Wha Hae
• Sgian-dubh
• Shinty
• Shortbread
• Stirling Castle
• 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 Valley
• Rugby union in Wales
• Tom Jones (singer)
• Welsh Dragon
• Welsh rarebit
• Welsh hat

Languages

Languages of the United Kingdom

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

People

Demographics 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 Cornish people
• List of people commemorated by blue plaques

Interest groups and societies

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

Religion

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
• Druidism
• Other
  • Atheism/ Irreligion
  • Jedi
  • Scientology in the United Kingdom
  • Status of religious freedom in the United Kingdom

Sports, games, and pastimes

Sport in the United KingdomThe 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

See main article: Football in the United Kingdom and Association football.

• British Home Championship

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

Polo

• Hurlingham Polo Association

Rugby

• Rugby union
  • England
    • Rugby Football Union
      • England national rugby union team
      • Guinness Premiership
      • National Division One
  • Wales
    • Welsh Rugby Union
      • Wales national rugby union team
      • Pro14
      • Welsh Premier Division
  • Scotland
    • Scottish Rugby Union
      • Scotland national rugby union team
      • Pro14
  • Northern Ireland
    • Irish Rugby Football Union
      • Ireland national rugby union team
      • Pro14
  • Calcutta Cup
  • Powergen Cup
  • British and Irish Lions
• Rugby league
  • England
    • Rugby Football League
  • Northern Ireland
    • Rugby League Ireland
  • Scotland
    • Scotland Rugby League
  • Wales
  • Great Britain
  • Challenge Cup

Sport rowing

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

Skiing

• Ski Club of Great Britain

Other sports, games, and pastimes

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

Education

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

Education in England

• Education in England

• Academy (England)

• General Teaching Council for England

• List of schools in England

• List of universities in England

• National Curriculum 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 private 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

• National Curriculum for Wales

See also

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

External links

• • • of the British Monarchy
• of the United Kingdom Government
• of the national tourism agency (VisitBritain)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2 July 2009. United Kingdom. The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. 23 July 2009.
2. Web site: Encyclopædia Britannica. Island country located off the north-western coast of mainland Europe. 2007-09-25.
3. Web site: Countries within a country. number-10.gov.uk. 2007-06-13. Countries within a country. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080909013512/http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page823. 9 September 2008. dead.