Outline of the United Kingdom

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. 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, GB, UKGBNI
• Common English country names: the UK, Britain, Great Britain, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Albion (historical)
• Official English country name: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Common endonyms: United Kingdom, UK, Britain
• Official endonyms: the United Kingdom, the 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

• 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

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

• 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: – 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
• Low: The Fens at
• Land boundaries: 360 km
• Land boundary: undersea in Channel Tunnel
• Coastline: 12,429 km
• 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 <small>inc.</small> 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

• 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
• British Koreans
• 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

• Form of government: parliamentary multi-party representative democratic constitutional monarchy
• Censorship in the United Kingdom
• Elections in the United Kingdom
• (specific elections)
• Gun politics in the United Kingdom
• Political parties in the United Kingdom
• Registration of Political Parties Act 1998
• In the House of Commons
• Labour Party (UK)
• Conservative Party (UK)
• History of the Conservative Party (UK)
• 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), Keir Starmer
• 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:

• 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&ndash;2000)
• McLeish government (2000&ndash;01)
• First McConnell government (2001&ndash;03)
• Second McConnell government (2003&ndash;07)
• First Salmond government (2007&ndash;11)
• Second Salmond government (2011&ndash;14)
• First Sturgeon government (2014&ndash;16)
• Second Sturgeon government (2016&ndash;21)
• Third Sturgeon government (2021&ndash;23)
• First Yousaf government (2023&ndash;24)
• Second Yousaf government (2024)
• Swinney government (2024&ndash;)
• 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
• 1999 Scottish Parliament election
• 2003 Scottish Parliament election
• 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

• New Year Honours
• King's Birthday Honours
• Prime Minister's Resignation Honours
• Chivalric order
• List of honorary British knights and dames
• 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

• 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

• 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
• 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

• 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

• 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

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 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

• 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 (disambiguation)
• 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

References

External links

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