Outline of the United Kingdom

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Flag of the United Kingdom
Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom
The location of the United Kingdom

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

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

Countries of the United Kingdom, Dependencies, Territories and Commonwealth[]

Political map featuring the United Kingdom

Countries of the UK and their subdivisions[]

Main articles: 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
      • West Midlands
  • Northern Ireland
    • Counties of Northern Ireland
    • Local government in Northern Ireland
      • Districts of Northern Ireland
  • Scotland
    • Subdivisions of Scotland
  • Wales
    • Subdivisions of Wales

Crown dependencies[]

Map of the British Crown Dependencies

Crown dependencies

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

British Overseas Territories[]

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[]

Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations
Not to 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[]

An enlargeable topographic map of the United Kingdom

Geography of the United Kingdom

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

Ecoregions[]

List of ecoregions in the United Kingdom

An enlargeable satellite image of the United Kingdom

Environment[]

Geographic features[]

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

Regions[]

Thirteen areas are designated as national parks in England and Wales
  • Time zone of the UK

Municipalities[]

  • Cities
    • Capital of the United Kingdom: London
    • Second city of the United Kingdom
    • Cities by population
  • Towns:
  • City status in the United Kingdom
  • Conurbations
  • Green belt

Natural Resources[]

Map of population density in the UK as at the 2011 census.
NASA VIIRS image highlighting UK population centres
Population density (people per km2) by country, 2015.

Demography[]

Demography of the United Kingdom

See also: Demography of England, Demography of Scotland, Demography of Wales, and Demography 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 Non-indigenous White Ethnic Groups
  • 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[]

Boris Johnson is the current UK Prime Minister
Main articles: Her Majesty's Government, Monarchy of the United Kingdom, and Politics of the United Kingdom
  • Form of government: parliamentary multi-party representative democratic constitutional monarchy
  • Censorship in the United Kingdom
  • Elections in the United Kingdom
    • British elections (specific elections)
  • Gun politics in the United Kingdom
  • Political parties in the United Kingdom
  • Political scandals of the United Kingdom
  • Taxation in the United Kingdom

Monarchy[]

See also: Republicanism in the United Kingdom

Branches of the government[]

Executive branch[]

  • Head of state: Monarch of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
    • Coronation of the British monarch
      • Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom
  • Head of government: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (list), Boris Johnson
  • 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

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]

Local government[]

Manchester Town Hall, a centre of local government

Politics of England[]

Politics of England

  • Regional assemblies in England
  • Local government in England

Politics of Northern Ireland[]

Parliament Buildings at Stormont, Belfast, seat of the Northern Ireland Assembly

Politics of Northern Ireland

  • Northern Ireland Assembly
    • First Minister of Northern Ireland, Office vacant
    • Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, Office vacant
  • Local government in Northern Ireland

Politics of Scotland[]

The Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh

Politics of Scotland

  • History of Scottish devolution
  • Local government 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[]

The Senedd building in Cardiff Bay

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[]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom


Military and Defence[]

British troops in Iraq

British Armed Forces

Command[]

  • Commander-in-chief: The Sovereign - Queen Elizabeth II
    • Chief of the Defence Staff: General Sir Nick Carter
      • First Sea Lord: Admiral Tony Radakin
      • Chief of the General Staff: General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith
      • 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 § History

Related topics[]

Law and order[]

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

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[]

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

Law of Northern Ireland[]

Northern Ireland law

  • Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland

Law of Scotland[]

Scots law

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
  • 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
  • Financial services industry of the United Kingdom
    • Banking in the United Kingdom
    • Banks of the United Kingdom
      • Bank of England
      • Bank of Scotland
      • Royal Bank of Scotland
    • London Stock Exchange
      • FTSE 100 Index
    • Private finance initiative
    • Currency of the United Kingdom: pound sterling
      • ISO 4217: GBP
      • British coinage
      • British banknotes
      • Pound sterling
  • Communications in the United Kingdom
    • Internet in the United Kingdom
  • Companies of the United Kingdom
  • Manufacturing in the United Kingdom
    • Automotive industry in the United Kingdom
    • Aerospace industry in the United Kingdom
    • Pharmaceutical industry in the United Kingdom
  • Construction industry of the United Kingdom
  • Mining in the United Kingdom
    • North Sea oil
  • Energy in the United Kingdom
    • Energy use and conservation in the United Kingdom
    • Energy policy of the United Kingdom
      • Energy policy of Scotland
  • Legal services in the United Kingdom
  • Real estate in the United Kingdom
  • Tourism in the United Kingdom
    • Tourism in England
    • Tourism in Scotland
    • Tourism in Wales
    • Tourism in Northern Ireland
  • Transport in the United Kingdom
  • Economy of London
    • City of London

History[]

"A new map of Great Britain according to the newest and most exact observations"
Main articles: History of the United Kingdom and Current events of the United Kingdom
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

Historical states of the British Isles[]

Roman Britain in 410
  • Ancient Britain
  • Avalon
  • Roman Britain
  • Caledonia
  • Hibernia
  • Kingdom of the Picts
  • Kingdom of the Scots
  • Heptarchy
  • States in Medieval Britain
  • Commonwealth of England
  • Kingdom of England
  • Kingdom of Ireland
  • Kingdom of Scotland (when Picts and Scots merged in 843)
  • Kingdom of Great Britain (when England & Scotland merged in 1707);
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (when Great Britain and Ireland merged in 1801)

By subject[]

  • Economic history of the United Kingdom
    • Economic history of Scotland
  • Maritime history of the United Kingdom
    • Maritime history of England
    • Maritime history of Scotland
  • Military history of the United Kingdom
    • Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II
    • Bletchley Park
  • History of agriculture in Scotland
  • History of Bangladeshis in the United Kingdom
  • History of Christianity in Scotland
  • History of company law in the United Kingdom
  • History of education in England
  • History of education in Scotland
  • History of electroconvulsive therapy in the United Kingdom
  • History of fire brigades in the United Kingdom
  • History of fire safety legislation in the United Kingdom
  • History of football in England
  • History of football in Scotland
  • History of labour law in the United Kingdom
  • History of law enforcement in the United Kingdom
  • History of lidos in the United Kingdom
  • History of local government in the United Kingdom
  • History of 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 Marranos in England
  • History of rail transport in Great Britain
  • History of rail transport in Ireland
  • History of the Reformation in Scotland
  • History of the socialist movement in the United Kingdom
  • History of the trust movement in Scotland
  • History of trial by jury in England
  • History of violence against LGBT people in the United Kingdom

Culture[]

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

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[]

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

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)
  • Reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom
  • Town and Country Planning in the United Kingdom

Architecture of England[]

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

Architecture of Scotland[]

  • Abbeys and priories in Scotland

Architecture of Wales[]

  • Abbeys and priories in Wales

Architecture of Northern Ireland[]

  • Abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland

Gardens[]

The arts[]

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

Museums[]

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

Music[]

Led Zeppelin performing in 1975
The Proms in 2004
  • Music of the United Kingdom
    • List of music festivals in the United Kingdom

Popular music[]

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[]

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

Film[]

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[]

Union Flag
Row of phone boxes in Covent Garden
AEC Routemaster bus
Black cab
Mini Cooper S
A cup of tea
Giant's Causeway stones
A thistle
Edinburgh Castle
A daffodil, a national symbol of Wales
Land Rover Defender
Stonehenge

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 Queen
  • 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
  • Monty Python
  • Morrissey
  • Page Three girl
  • Pantomime
  • Pint glass
  • Police box
  • Pub
  • Punk
  • Queen's Guard
  • RMS Queen Mary
  • 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[]

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 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/Irish language in Northern Ireland
    • 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[]

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 Cornish people
  • List of people commemorated by blue plaques

Interest groups and societies[]

Religion[]

Westminster Abbey is used for the coronation of British monarchs

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
    • Russian Orthodox Church in Great 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
  • 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 Kingdom The following are the major sports; local groups may well play many others.

Angling[]

Chess[]

  • English Chess Federation
  • Scottish Chess Championship

Cricket[]

The first England team to tour Southern Australia
The media centre at Lord's Cricket Ground
  • 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[]

Association football[]

Wembley Stadium exterior
The Old Firm derby
Main articles: Football in the United Kingdom and Association football
  • British Home Championship
  • England
    • The Football Association
    • English national football team
    • FA Premier League
    • The Football League
    • FA Cup
    • English football league system
    • National League System
  • Scotland
    • Scottish Football Association
    • Scottish national football team
    • List of Scottish Football Clubs
    • Scottish Football League
    • Scottish Premier League
    • Highland Football League
    • East of Scotland Football League
    • South of Scotland Football League
    • Scottish Junior Football Association
    • North Caledonian Football League
    • Scottish Cup
  • Northern Ireland
    • Irish Football Association (not to be confused with the Football Association of Ireland)
    • Northern Ireland national football team
    • Irish Football League (not to be confused with the League of Ireland)
  • Wales
    • Football Association of Wales
    • Welsh national football team
    • League of Wales

Polo[]

  • Hurlingham Polo Association

Rugby[]

England playing Wales in the Six Nations
  • Rugby union
    • England
      • Rugby Football Union
        • England national rugby union team
        • Guinness Premiership
        • National Division One
    • Wales
    • 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[]

Olympic Stadium in June 2011
  • 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
      • Independent school (UK)
      • List of schools in the United Kingdom
      • School years
    • Universities in the United Kingdom
      • British undergraduate degree classification
      • List of universities in the United Kingdom
      • National Union of Students of the United Kingdom

Education in England[]

  • Education in England

Education in Northern Ireland[]

  • Education in Northern Ireland
  • List of schools in Northern Ireland
  • Northern Ireland Curriculum

Education in Scotland[]

  • Education in Scotland
  • List of independent schools in Scotland

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

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "United Kingdom". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
  2. ^ "Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved 25 September 2007. Island country located off the north-western coast of mainland Europe
  3. ^ "Countries within a country". www.number-10.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 9 September 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2007. Countries within a country

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