List of topics related to the United Kingdom
This is a list of topics related to the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom contains a more comprehensive selection of UK articles.
Geography and the environment
- British Isles
- United Kingdom
- England
- Scotland
- Wales
- Northern Ireland
- Isle of Man (Crown Dependency)
- Channel Islands (Crown Dependencies)
- Jersey
- Guernsey
- Alderney
- Sark
Geography of the United Kingdom
Main article: Geography of the United Kingdom (see also: Geography of Ireland)
- British Coastal Areas (see also Shipping Forecast)
- Cities of the United Kingdom
- Economic geography of the United Kingdom
- County name etymologies
- Extreme points of the United Kingdom
- Conurbations in the United Kingdom
- National Parks, England and Wales
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest
- Subdivisions of the United Kingdom
- Towns of the United Kingdom
- Lists of United Kingdom locations by name
England
- Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England
- Ceremonial counties of England
- Regions of England
- Subdivisions of England
- Historic counties of England
- List of towns in England
Scotland
- Lieutenancy areas of Scotland
- List of burghs in Scotland
- Subdivisions of Scotland
- Traditional counties of Scotland
- National Parks, Scotland
Wales
- Ceremonial counties of Wales
- List of towns in Wales
- Subdivisions of Wales
- Historic counties of Wales
United Kingdom main page
- Demographics of the United Kingdom
- Population of England - historical estimates
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)
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland the modern state nominally known as the United Kingdom
United Kingdom overseas territories
Main article: 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 Island
- Tristan da Cunha
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus
- Turks and Caicos Islands
Natural environment
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- Climate of the United Kingdom
- United Kingdom Climate Change Programme
- Conservation in the United Kingdom
- Environmentally Sensitive Area
- Green belts
- Notable trees in Great Britain
- National Nature Reserves
- National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
- Rivers of the United Kingdom
- Special Protection Area
- Site of Special Scientific Interest
- List of waterfalls of the United Kingdom
- List of natural disasters in the United Kingdom
- List of British mammals
- List of British reptiles
- List of British birds
- List of British amphibians
- List of British fish
- Lists of insects recorded in Britain
- Trees of Britain and Ireland
- List of the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland
Built environment
- Abbeys and priories in England
- Abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland
- Abbeys and priories in Scotland
- Abbeys and priories in Wales
- Bridges
- Crossing the Thames, including tunnels
- Council house
- Historic houses in England
- Housing association
- Housing Corporation
- National House Building Council
- New towns
- Piers
- Reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom
- Town and Country Planning in the United Kingdom
- Energy efficiency in British housing
Transport in the United Kingdom
Main article: Transport in the United Kingdom
- Railway system
- History
- List of railway viaducts in the United Kingdom
- Stations A-Z
- Trams and Light Rail Trams and light rail systems
- British car number plates
- British Road Numbering Scheme
- List of British car manufacturers
- List of motorways in the United Kingdom
- Vehicle Excise Duty (car tax)
- Waterways in the United Kingdom
- British Waterways
- History of the British canal system
- Tunnels in the United Kingdom
- Cycleways in the United Kingdom
- Common Travel Area
History
Main article: History of Britain and history of articles in other sections on this page.
- History of the United Kingdom
- History of England
- History of London
- England: Absolutism and Constitutionalism
- History of Scotland
- History of Wales
- History of Ireland
- British Empire and the Commonwealth
- Ancient Britain
- Roman Britain
- Sub-Roman Britain
Commerce and industry
Money, economics and business
- Bank of England
- Bank of Scotland
- Royal Bank of Scotland
- British coinage
- British banknotes
- Pound Sterling
- FTSE 100 Index
- Private Finance Initiative
- Economy of the United Kingdom
- Tourism in England
- Tourism in Scotland
- Tourism in Wales
- Tourism in Northern Ireland
- The Industrial Revolution
- The Great Depression in the United Kingdom
- Energy use and conservation in the United Kingdom
- Energy policy of the United Kingdom
- List of British companies
- British Professional Bodies Government Sites
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)
Politics, monarchy and military
Politics of the United Kingdom
- Parliament of the United Kingdom
- List of Parliaments of the United Kingdom
- List of Parliaments of Great Britain
- House of Commons
- House of Lords
- Government of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Cabinet of the United Kingdom
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- Intelligence Services
- Local Government in the United Kingdom
- Local government in England
- Public bodies and task forces of the UK government
- Constitution of the United Kingdom
- Constitutional status of Cornwall
- Elections in the United Kingdom
- Referendums in the United Kingdom
- UK referendum on EU constitution
- List of political parties in the United Kingdom
- List of British politicians by wealth at death
- Courts of the United Kingdom
- Pressure groups in the United Kingdom
- Foreign relations of the United Kingdom
- Ambassadors from the United Kingdom
- British honours system
- Politics of Scotland
- Scottish Parliament
- Members of the Scottish Parliament
- Scottish Parliamentary Election, 1999
- Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2003
- Local government in Scotland
- National Assembly for Wales
- Welsh Assembly Government
- British political scandals
- Air transport of the Royal Family and executive of the United Kingdom
Criminal justice, law, policing and emergency services
- 9-9-9 Emergency telephone number
- British citizenship, British nationality law
- British Police
- Serious Organised Crime Agency
- Special Branch
- Diplomatic Protection Group
- Capital punishment in the United Kingdom
- Common Law
- Courts of England and Wales
- Crown Prosecution Service
- English law (also applies to Wales)
- European Union Law
- Human rights in the United Kingdom
- High treason in the United Kingdom
- Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements
- National Offender Management Service
- National Probation Service
- Her Majesty's Prison Service
- United Kingdom prison population
- List of United Kingdom prisons
- Uncodified constitution
- Magna Carta (1215)
- Petition of Right (1628)
- Habeas Corpus Act (1679)
- Bill of Rights (1689)
- Great Reform Act (1832)
- Parliament Act (1911)
- House of Lords Act (1999)
- Scots Law
- Serious Fraud Office
Monarchy
- List of British monarchs
- British Royal Family
- Coronation of the British monarch
- List of UK organisations with royal patronage
- List of UK place names with royal patronage
- Line of Succession to the British Throne
- Style of the British Sovereign
- Palaces
- Royal Train
- HMY Britannia (the former Royal Yacht)
Military
- British Armed Forces
- Royal Navy
- British Army
- Royal Air Force
- United Kingdom and weapons of mass destruction
- Ministry of Defence
- British military history
- British military history of World War II
- Bletchley Park
Peerage
- Peerage of England
- Peerage of Great Britain
- Peerage of Ireland
- Peerage of Scotland
- Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Representative peer
Charities and youth organisations
Charities
- ActionAid
- Age Concern
- British Heart Foundation (BHF)
- Cancer Research UK
- ChildLine
- Comic Relief
- Oxfam
- Macmillan Cancer Relief
- Mercy Corps
- National Library for the Blind
- NSPCC National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
- Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB)
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
- Royal Society for Nature Conservation (RSNC)
- Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
- Samaritans
- Scope
- Scottish Refugee Council
- Society of St James
- SOS Children's Villages UK
- St John Ambulance
- The Sue Ryder Foundation
- Sustrans
- Terrence Higgins Trust
- Wellcome Trust
See also: the Charity Commission
Youth organisations
- Boys' Brigade
- Girlguiding UK
- The Scout Association
- St John Ambulance
- Woodcraft Folk
- Youth Hostels Association
- Air Training Corps
- Never Again International
Media and communications
Television and radio
- British Broadcasting Corporation (the BBC)
- Independent Television (ITV)
- Channel 4
- S4C
- Five
- Independent Television News (ITN)
- British Sky Broadcasting
- List of radio stations in the United Kingdom
- List of television stations in the United Kingdom
- Television in the United Kingdom
- Content:
- British humour
- British sitcom
- British comedy
- 100 Greatest Kid's TV shows
Communications
- Telecommunications in the United Kingdom
- Office of Communications (Ofcom)
- Stamps and postal history of the United Kingdom
- List of postal codes in the United Kingdom (British postcodes)
- British telephone area codes (STD codes)
- Ukonline.gov.uk (central portal into various government websites)
- UK telephone numbering plan
Culture of the United Kingdom
Main article: Culture of the United Kingdom
British art
Main article: British art
- Art of the United Kingdom
- English school of painting
- National Gallery, London
- National Portrait Gallery
- Tate gallery
- Turner Prize
Music in the UK
Main article: Music in the UK
- List of music festivals in the United Kingdom
British popular music
- British popular music
- Early British popular music
- British Invasion
- New Wave of British Heavy Metal
- Britpop
- One-hit wonders in the UK
- 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
- Philharmonia
- London Symphony Orchestra
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- The Proms
- British opera
- Ulster Orchestra
Cultural icons
- And did those feet in ancient time
- BBC
- Bagpipes
- Baked beans
- The Beatles
- Big Ben chimes
- Black Cab (hackney cab)
- Bowler hat
- Beefeaters
- Britannia
- British Monarchy
- Britpop
- Bulldog
- Cap of Maintenance
- A Clockwork Orange
- Cool Britannia
- Concorde
- Coronation Street
- Cricket
- Crossroads (soap opera)
- Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom
- Cutty Sark
- Del Boy
- Doctor Who
- England expects that every man will do his duty
- FA Premier League
- Fish and chips
- Football (soccer)
- Frank Spencer
- Full English breakfast
- Gentleman's Relish
- God Save the Queen
- Great Highland Bagpipe
- Hackney carriage
- Haggis
- Hyacinth Bucket
- Jack the Ripper
- Jaffa Cakes
- James Bond
- John Bull
- Kilt
- King Arthur
- Land of Hope and Glory
- Last Night of the Proms
- London Bridge
- London Eye
- Marks & Spencer
- Marmite
- Mini
- Miss Marple
- Mod
- Monty Python
- Morrissey
- Only Fools And Horses
- Page Three girl
- Pantomime
- Pint glass
- Police box
- Pub
- Punk
- Queen's Guard
- RMS Queen Mary
- Red post boxes
- Red telephone boxes
- Robin
- Robin Hood
- Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
- Routemaster red double-decker bus
- Royal Warrant
- Rule Britannia
- Rugby
- Scots Wha Hae
- The Sex Pistols
- Sherlock Holmes
- Skinhead
- Sten
- Stilton cheese
- Stonehenge
- Supermarine Spitfire
- Swinging Sixties
- Tartan (Scotland)
- Tea (cup of)
- Tea (meal)
- Test Card F
- Thames Television
- Thunderbirds
- Tommy Atkins (generic name for a British soldier)
- Brodie helmet (helmet worn by the above)
- Tower Bridge
- Trews
- Trooping the Colour
- Tube map
- Twiglets
- Umbrella
- Union Flag
- Weather
- Wallace and Gromit
- Wellington boot
- Woolworths Group plc
British theatre
Main article: British theatre
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Royal National Theatre
- Laurence Olivier Awards
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British film
Main article: 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
Museums
- Museums in England
- Museums in Northern Ireland
- Museums in Scotland
- Museums in Wales
- List of British railway museums
Gardens
- List of botanical gardens in the United Kingdom
- Gardens in England
- Gardens in Scotland
- Gardens in Wales
- Gardens in Northern Ireland
Other
- British literature
- British Library
- British comics
- National Library of Wales
- Dance
- Morris dance
- Maypole Dancing
- Festivals in the United Kingdom
- Public house
- The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)
- Pub quiz
Education
- Education in the United Kingdom
- Education in England
- Academy (England)
- Education in Northern Ireland
- Education in Scotland
- Education in Wales
- List of schools in the United Kingdom
- School years (United Kingdom)
- Independent school (United Kingdom)
- Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education
- British university
- List of British Universities
- British undergraduate degree classification
- National Union of Students of the United Kingdom
- Students' Representative Council
Religion and ethnicity
- Immigration to the United Kingdom
- Commission for Racial Equality
Religion in the United Kingdom
Main article: Religion in the United Kingdom
- Christianity
- Church of England (the established church in England)
- Church of Scotland (the national church of Scotland)
- General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches
- Methodism
- Non-subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland
- Roman Catholicism in the United Kingdom
- United Reformed Church
- Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Hinduism
- Hinduism in the United Kingdom
- Islam
- Islam in the United Kingdom
- Judaism
- History of the Jews in England
- Sikhism
- Sikhism in the United Kingdom
- Buddhism
- Druidism
- See also:
- Atheism/ Irreligion
- Jedi
- Status of religious freedom in the United Kingdom
Ethnic groups
Main article: Ethnic groups of the United Kingdom
- English people
- Scottish people
- Welsh people
- Ulster-Scots
- Cornish people
- Irish community in Britain
- British Afro-Caribbean community
- British Asian community
- Chinese British
- Travellers
- Irish Travellers
- Roma
- New age travellers
Languages in the United Kingdom
Main article: Languages in the United Kingdom
- English
- British English including dialects and regional accents
- Oxford English Dictionary
- American and British English differences
- Received Pronunciation
- Estuary English
- Cockney rhyming slang
- Cant
- Polari
- Scottish English
- West Country accents & dialects
- Celtic languages
- Welsh
- Scots Gaelic
- Irish/Irish language in Northern Ireland
- Cornish
- Scots in Scotland and Ulster
- British Sign Language (BSL)
- Romany
- Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi languages
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- Punjabi
- Urdu
- Bengali
Sports and games and pastimes
The following are the major sports; local groups may well play many others.
Angling
- National Federation of Anglers[2]
- National Federation of Sea Anglers[3]
- Salmon and Trout Association[4]
Association football or soccer
- 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 Football League of Ireland)
- Wales
- Football Association of Wales
- Welsh national football team
- League of Wales
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
- *Celtic League
- *Welsh Premier Division
- Scotland
- Scottish Rugby Union
- *Scotland national rugby union team
- *Celtic League
- Northern Ireland
- Irish Rugby Football Union
- *Ireland national rugby union team
- *Celtic League
- Calcutta Cup
- Powergen Cup
- British and Irish Lions
- Rugby league
- England
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Wales
- Great Britain
- Challenge Cup
Other
- London Olympics
- Curling
- Darts
- English billiards
- Eton Wall Game
- Fives (including Eton Fives)
- Lawn tennis
- Skittles
- Snooker
People
- List of English people
- List of Northern Irish people
- List of Scots
- List of Welsh 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 London's gentlemen's clubs
- Pressure groups in the United Kingdom
- Fathers' rights movement in the UK
Welfare state
- National Health Service
- National Insurance
- Social security
- UK pension provision
Miscellaneous
- Imperial measurements
- Metrication
- List of famous British miles
- List of United Kingdom disasters by death toll
- Styles in the United Kingdom
- Taxation in the United Kingdom
See also
- Lists of country-related topics - similar lists for other countries