List of United Kingdom–related topics
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This is a list of topics related to the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom category contains a more comprehensive selection of UK articles.
For articles about the individual countries of the United Kingdom, see
- List of England-related topics
- List of Northern Ireland–related topics
- List of Scotland-related topics
- List of Wales-related topics
[edit] United Kingdom, Countries of the United Kingdom, 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Geography of Northern Ireland
- List of towns in Northern Ireland
- List of rivers of Ireland (contains details about Northern Ireland)
[edit] Geography of Scotland
- Lieutenancy areas of Scotland
- List of burghs in Scotland
- List of rivers of Scotland
- National Scenic Areas
- Subdivisions of Scotland
- Traditional counties of Scotland
- National Parks, Scotland
[edit] Geography of Wales
- Ceremonial counties of Wales
- Historic counties of Wales
- List of rivers of Wales
- List of towns in Wales
- National Parks, England and Wales
- Subdivisions of Wales
[edit] Demographics
- Demographics of the United Kingdom
- Population of England - historical estimates
- Population of Scotland
[edit] 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)
[edit] Environment
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] England
- Abbeys and priories in England
- Crossing the Thames, including tunnels
- Historic houses in England
- Housing Corporation
[edit] Scotland
[edit] Wales
[edit] Northern Ireland
[edit] Transport in the United Kingdom
- Bus transport in the United Kingdom
- Coach services 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
[edit] See also
[edit] History of the United Kingdom
and history of articles in other sections on this page.
[edit] Commerce and industry
[edit] 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
- The Industrial Revolution
- The Great Depression in the United Kingdom
- Energy use and conservation in the United Kingdom
- Energy policy of the United Kingdom
- British Professional Bodies Government Sites
[edit] 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)
[edit] Trade Union Federations
[edit] Politics, law, monarchy and military
[edit] Politics of the United Kingdom
- Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Government of the United Kingdom
- 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
- House of Lords Act (1999)
- Constitutional status of Cornwall
- Elections in the United Kingdom
- Referendums in the United Kingdom
- List of political parties in the United Kingdom
- Pressure groups in the United Kingdom
- Foreign relations of the United Kingdom
- Ambassadors from the United Kingdom
- British honours system
- British political scandals
[edit] Politics of England
[edit] Politics of Northern Ireland
[edit] Politics of Scotland
- History of Scottish devolution
- Scottish Parliament
- Members of the Scottish Parliament
- Scottish Parliamentary Election, 1999
- Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2003
- Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2007
- Local government in Scotland
- Pressure Groups in Scotland
[edit] Politics of Wales
[edit] Law of the 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
- Law of the European Union
- Human rights in the United Kingdom
- High treason in the United Kingdom
- Law enforcement in the United Kingdom
- LGBT rights in the United Kingdom
- List of prisons in the United Kingdom
- United Kingdom prison population
[edit] Law of England and Wales
- 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
[edit] Law of Northern Ireland
[edit] Law of Scotland
- Courts of Scotland
- Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
- Faculty of Advocates
- Scottish Police Federation
- Scottish Prison Service
- Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency
[edit] 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
- 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
[edit] Military
- British Armed Forces
- United Kingdom and weapons of mass destruction
- Ministry of Defence
- British military history
[edit] Peerage
- Peerage of England
- Peerage of Great Britain
- Peerage of Ireland
- Peerage of Scotland
- Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Representative peer
[edit] Public inquiries
[edit] Charities and youth organisations
[edit] Charities
- 24 Hour Museum
- ActionAid
- Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy
- 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 (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
- Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB)
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
- Royal Society for Nature Conservation (RSNC)
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
- Samaritans
- Scope
- SOS Children's Villages UK
- The Sue Ryder Foundation
- Sustrans
- Terrence Higgins Trust
- Wellcome Trust
[edit] Charities registered in England and Wales only
[edit] Charities registered in Scotland only
[edit] Charities registered in Northern Ireland only
- The Northern Ireland Assembly passed the legislation for the Northern Ireland Charity Commission in July 2008. Regulator staff are being recruited.
[edit] 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
[edit] Media and communications
[edit] Television and radio
- British Broadcasting Corporation (the BBC)
- Independent Television (ITV)
- Channel 4
- S4C
- Five
- Independent Television News (ITN)
- British Sky Broadcasting
- Virgin Media
- Tiscali
- 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
[edit] Newspapers
[edit] 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
[edit] Culture
[edit] Music in the UK
[edit] British popular music
[edit] 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
[edit] Folk music
[edit] Cultural icons
[edit] United Kingdom icons
- Baked beans
- 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
- 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
- Land of Hope and Glory
- Last Night of the Proms
- Lonsdale Belt
- The Lord of the Rings
- Marks & Spencer
- Marmite
- Mini
- Miniskirt
- 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
- Twiglets
- Umbrella
- Union Flag
- Weather
- Wallace and Gromit
- Wellington boot
- Woolworths Group plc
[edit] English icons
- And did those feet in ancient time
- Bangers and mash
- Beefeaters
- Cricket
- FA Premier League
- Full English breakfast
- King Arthur
- London Bridge
- London Eye
- Robin Hood
- Stilton cheese
- Stonehenge
- Tower Bridge
- Tube map
[edit] Scottish icons
- Bagpipes
- Braveheart
- Edinburgh Castle
- Flower of Scotland
- Forth Bridge
- Full Scottish breakfast
- Great Highland Bagpipes
- Haggis
- Kilt
- Old Firm
- Rab C. Nesbitt
- Scottish Premier League
- Scots Wha Hae
- Sgian dubh
- Stirling Castle
- Tartan
- Trews
[edit] British theatre
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Royal National Theatre
- Laurence Olivier Awards
- Theatres in England
- Theatres in Northern Ireland
- Theatres in Scotland
- Theatres in Wales
[edit] British film
- British Film Institute
- National Film and Television Archive
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- British Independent Film Awards
- Carry On films
[edit] Museums
- Museums in England
- Museums in Northern Ireland
- Museums in Scotland
- Museums in Wales
- List of British railway museums
[edit] Gardens
- List of botanical gardens in the United Kingdom
- Gardens in England
- Gardens in Scotland
- Gardens in Wales
- Gardens in Northern Ireland
[edit] Gambling
[edit] Other
- Dance
- Morris dance
- Maypole Dancing
- Public house
- The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)
- Pub quiz
[edit] Education
[edit] Education in England
[edit] Education in Northern Ireland
[edit] Education in Scotland
[edit] Education in Wales
[edit] Religion
Religion in the United Kingdom
- 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 in the United Kingdom
- Islam in the United Kingdom
- Judaism
- Sikhism in the United Kingdom
- Buddhism
- Druidism
- See also:
[edit] Immigration and Ethnicity
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), New Zealanders under Oceanics, Thais under Orientals, Chileans under Latin American and Bahamians under Caribbean would be listed).
[edit] Languages in the United Kingdom
- English
- Celtic languages
- Scots in Scotland and Ulster
- British Sign Language (BSL)
- Romany
- Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi languages
[edit] Food
[edit] Science and technology
[edit] Sports and games and pastimes
The following are the major sports; local groups may well play many others.
[edit] Angling
- National Federation of Anglers[1]
- National Federation of Sea Anglers[2]
- Salmon and Trout Association[3]
[edit] Cricket
[edit] Chess
[edit] Association football
- 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
[edit] Rugby
- Rugby union
- Rugby league
[edit] Hiking
[edit] Rowing
- Boat Race (Oxford vs Cambridge)
- Henley Royal Regatta
[edit] Skiing
[edit] Other
- London Olympics
- Curling
- Darts
- English billiards
- Eton Wall Game
- Fives (including Eton Fives)
- British Gliding Association
- Lawn tennis
- Skittles
- Snooker
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] See also
[edit] Welfare state
- National Health Service (for England)
- NHS Scotland
- National Insurance
- Social security
- UK pension provision
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Imperial measurements
- Metrication
- List of United Kingdom disasters by death toll
- Forms of address in the United Kingdom
- Taxation in the United Kingdom
[edit] 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
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