This is a list of topics related to the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom category contains a more comprehensive selection of UK articles.
United Kingdom, Constituent Countries, Dependencies and Territories
- United Kingdom
- Crown dependency
- 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
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus
- Turks and Caicos Islands
Geography of the United Kingdom
- Geography of the United Kingdom
- 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
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest
- Subdivisions of the United Kingdom
- Lists of United Kingdom locations by name
England
- Geography of England
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (also covers Wales and Northern Ireland)
- Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England
- Ceremonial counties of England
- Regions of England
- Subdivisions of England
- Historic counties of England
- List of rivers of England
- List of towns in England
- National Parks, England and Wales
Northern Ireland
- Geography of Northern Ireland
- List of towns in Northern Ireland
- List of rivers of Ireland (contains details about Northern Ireland)
Scotland
Wales
Demographics
- Demographics of the United Kingdom
- Population of England - historical estimates
- Population of Scotland
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 Cornwall
- 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)
Environment
Natural environment
- Climate of the United Kingdom
- 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
- 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
- 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
England
- Abbeys and priories in England
- Crossing the Thames, including tunnels
- Historic houses in England
- Housing Corporation
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
Transport in the United Kingdom
Main article: Transport in the United Kingdom
- Railway system
- Trams and Light Rail Trams and light rail systems
- Roads in the United Kingdom
- Waterways in the United Kingdom
- Tunnels in the United Kingdom
- Cycleways in the United Kingdom
- Common Travel Area
- Transport Scotland
See also
History of the United Kingdom
Main article: History of the United Kingdom and history of articles in other sections on this page.
History of England
History of Scotland
History of Wales
History of Northern Ireland
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)
Trade Union Federations
Politics, law, monarchy and military
Politics of the United Kingdom
- Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Government of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Cabinet of the United Kingdom
- Databases in the United Kingdom
- Intelligence Services
- Public bodies and task forces of the UK government
- Constitution of the United Kingdom
- Elections in the United Kingdom
- Referendums in the United Kingdom
- List of political parties in the United Kingdom
- List of British politicians by wealth at death
- Pressure groups in the United Kingdom
- Foreign relations of the United Kingdom
- Ambassadors from the United Kingdom
- British honours system
- Politics of England
- Demography and politics of Northern Ireland
- Politics of Scotland
- Politics of Wales
- British political scandals
Criminal justice, law, policing and emergency services
- United Kingdom
- 9-9-9 Emergency telephone number
- British citizenship, British nationality law
- Capital punishment in the United Kingdom
- Common Law
- Courts of the United Kingdom
- European Union Law
- Human rights in the United Kingdom
- High treason in the United Kingdom
- Law enforcement in the United Kingdom
- List of United Kingdom prisons
- United Kingdom prison population
- England and Wales
- Scotland
- Uncodified constitution
- 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
- House of Lords Act (1999)
Monarchy
- Air transport of the Royal Family and executive of the United Kingdom
- British Royal Family
- British monarchs' family tree
- British monarchy
- Coronation of the British monarch
- HMY Britannia
- 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
- Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom
- Royal forest
- Style of the British Sovereign
- Succession to the British Throne
Military
- British Armed Forces
- United Kingdom and weapons of mass destruction
- Ministry of Defence
- British military history
Peerage
- Peerage of England
- Peerage of Great Britain
- Peerage of Ireland
- Peerage of Scotland
- Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Representative peer
Public inquiries
Charities and youth organisations
Charities
- ActionAid
- Age Concern
- British Heart Foundation (BHF)
- Cancer Research UK
- ChildLine
- Children 1st (Scotland)
- Comic Relief
- Oxfam
- Macmillan Cancer Relief
- Mercy Corps
- National Library for the Blind
- NSPCC National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (England and Wales)
- 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) (England and Wales)
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
- Samaritans
- Scope
- Scottish Refugee Council
- Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- Society of St James
- SOS Children's Villages UK
- St Andrew's Ambulance Association (Scotland)
- St John Ambulance (England and Wales)
- The Sue Ryder Foundation
- Sustrans
- Terrence Higgins Trust
- Wellcome Trust
See also:
- the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
- the Charity Commission (for England and Wales)
Youth organisations
- The Scout Association
- Girlguiding UK
- Boys' Brigade
- Girls' Brigade
- St John Ambulance (England and Wales)
- St Andrew's Ambulance Association (Scotland)
- Woodcraft Folk
- Youth Hostels Association
- Sea Cadet Corps
- Army Cadet Force
- Air Training Corps
- Never Again International
- Young Farmers
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
- Digital radio in the United Kingdom
- Content:
- Scottish Broadcasting Commission
Newspapers
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
Music in the UK
British 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
- Philharmonia
- London Symphony Orchestra
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- The Proms
- British opera
- Ulster Orchestra
Folk music
Cultural icons
United Kingdom icons
- Baked beans
- Bangers and mash
- Basil Fawlty
- The Beatles
- Big Ben chimes
- Black Cab (hackney cab)
- Bowler hat
- Britannia
- British Monarchy
- Britpop
- Bulldog
- Cap of Maintenance
- A Clockwork Orange
- Cool Britannia
- Concorde
- Coronation Street
- Cricket
- Crossroads
- Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom
- Cutty Sark
- Del Boy
- Doctor Who
- Eastenders
- England expects that every man will do his duty
- Fawlty Towers
- Fish and chips
- Football (soccer)
- Frank Spencer
- Gentleman's Relish
- God Save the Queen
- The Great Escape
- Hackney carriage
- Harry Potter
- Hyacinth Bucket
- The Italian Job
- Jack the Ripper
- Jaffa Cakes
- James Bond
- John Bull
- King Arthur
- Land of Hope and Glory
- Last Night of the Proms
- London Eye
- Lonsdale Belt
- Lord of the Rings
- 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
- Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
- Routemaster red double-decker bus
- Royal Warrant
- Rule Britannia
- Rugby
- The Sex Pistols
- Sherlock Holmes
- Skinhead
- Special Air Service (SAS)
- Status Quo
- Sten
- Supermarine Spitfire
- Swinging Sixties
- 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)
- Trooping the Colour
- Tube map
- Twiglets
- Umbrella
- Union Flag
- Weather
- Wallace and Gromit
- Wellington boot
- Woolworths Group plc
English icons
- And did those feet in ancient time
- Beefeaters
- FA Premier League
- Full English breakfast
- London Bridge
- Robin Hood
- Stilton cheese
- Stonehenge
- Tower Bridge
Scottish icons
- Bagpipes
- Flower of Scotland
- Forth Bridge
- Great Highland Bagpipes
- Haggis
- Kilt
- Scots Wha Hae
- Tartan
- Trews
British theatre
Main article: British theatre
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Royal National Theatre
- Laurence Olivier Awards
- Theatres in the United Kingdom
British film
Main article: Cinema of the United Kingdom
- British Film Institute
- 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
Gambling
Other
- British humour
- British soap opera
- British literature
- Dance
- Morris dance
- Maypole Dancing
- Festivals in the United Kingdom
- Public house
- The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)
- Pub quiz
- Stiff upper lip
- 100 Greatest Cartoons
Education
Education in England
Education in Northern Ireland
Education in Scotland
Education in Wales
Religion
Religion in the United Kingdom
- Religion in Scotland
- Christianity
- Assemblies of God in the United Kingdom
- 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 Catholic Church in England and Wales
- Roman Catholic Church in Scotland
- United Reformed Church
- Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Hinduism
- Islam
- Judaism
- Sikhism
- Buddhism
- Druidism
- See also:
Immigration and Ethnicity
Main article: Ethnic groups of the United Kingdom The list below is incomplete, and only includes British Ethnic Groups with articles on Wikipedia (for example significant and/ or large ethnic groups such as: Indians under Asians (which number over 1 million) Canadians would be listed under North Americans, New Zealanders under Oceanics, Thais under Orientals, Argentines under Latin American and Bahamians under Caribbean would be listed).
- Immigration to the United Kingdom
- Commission for Racial Equality
- White British
- White Irish
- Other Non-indigenous White Ethnic Groups
- South Asian
- Black
- Oriental
- Arab
- Latin American
Languages in the United Kingdom
Main article: Languages in the United Kingdom
- English
- Celtic languages
- Scots in Scotland and Ulster
- British Sign Language (BSL)
- Romany
- Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi languages
Food
Science and technology
Sports and games and pastimes
The following are the major sports; local groups may well play many others.
Angling
- National Federation of Anglers[1]
- National Federation of Sea Anglers[2]
- Salmon and Trout Association[3]
Cricket
Chess
Association football or soccer
- British Home Championship
- England
- 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
Rugby
- Rugby union
- Rugby league
Hiking
Rowing
- Boat Race (Oxford vs Cambridge)
- Henley Royal Regatta
Skiing
Other
- London Olympics
- Curling
- Darts
- English billiards
- Eton Wall Game
- Fives (including Eton Fives)
- British Gliding Association
- 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
See also
Welfare state
- National Health Service (for England)
- NHS Scotland
- 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
- List of England-related topics
- List of Scotland-related topics
- List of Wales-related topics
- Lists of country-related topics - similar lists for other countries
