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.
Geography and the environment
- Great Britain
- Britain
- British Isles
- United Kingdom
- England
- Scotland
- Wales
- Ireland, consisting of:
- Northern Ireland
- Republic of Ireland (not part of the United Kingdom)
- Isle of Man (not part of the United Kingdom)
- Channel Islands (not part of United Kingdom)
Geography of the United Kingdom
Main article: Geography of the United Kingdom (see also: Geography of Ireland)
- British Sea Areas
- 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
England
- Administrative counties of England
- Ceremonial counties of England
- Regions of England
- Subdivisions of England
- Traditional counties of England
- List of towns in England
Northern Ireland
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
- Traditional 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
- Roman Britain
- Heptarchy
- States in Medieval Britain
- Kingdom of Ireland
- Commonwealth of England
- 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: Dependent territories of the United Kingdom
- 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
Environment
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- Climate of the United Kingdom
- Conservation in the United Kingdom
- Environmentally Sensitive Area
- Green belts
- Trees in Great Britain
- National Nature Reserves
- National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
- Rivers of the United Kingdom
- Site of Special Scientific Interest
- Waterways in the United Kingdom
- List of natural disasters in the United Kingdom
Built environment
- Abbeys and priories in England
- Abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland
- Abbeys and priories in Scotland
- Abbeys and priories in Wales
- Bridges
- Council house
- Historic houses in England
- Housing association
- Housing Corporation
- National House Building Council
- New towns
- Piers
- Town and Country Planning in the United Kingdom
Transport in the United Kingdom
Main article: Transport in the United Kingdom
- Railway system
- 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
- Tunnels in the United Kingdom
- Cycleways in the United Kingdom
- Common Travel Area
See also
History
Main article: History of Britain and history of articles in other sections on this page.
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
Regulatory bodies
- Advertising Standards Authority
- Housing Corporation
- Office of Communications (Ofcom)
- Office of the Water Regulator (Ofwat)
- Press Complaints Commission
Trade Union Federations
Politics, monarchy and military
Politics of the United Kingdom
- Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Government of the United Kingdom
- Constitution of the United Kingdom
- Elections in the United Kingdom
- Referendums in the United Kingdom
- List of political parties in the United Kingdom
- 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
- National Assembly for Wales
Criminal justice, law, policing and emergency services
- British citizenship, British nationality law
- British Police
- Capital punishment in the United Kingdom
- Crown Prosecution Service
- Serious Fraud Office
- Courts of England and Wales
- Her Majesty's Prison Service
- National Probation Service
- 9-9-9 Emergency telephone number
- English law (also applies to Wales)
- Constitutional Law
- Magna Carta (1215)
- Petition of Right (1628)
- Scots Law
- Common Law
- European Union Law
- Human rights in the United Kingdom
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
Military
- Military of the United Kingdom
- The United Kingdom and weapons of mass destruction
- Ministry of Defence
- British military history
Peerage
- Peerage of England
- Peerage of Scotland
- Peerage of Great Britain
- Peerage of Ireland
- Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Representative peer
Public inquiries
Charities and youth organisations
Charities
- 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
- The Sue Ryder Foundation
- Sustrans
- Terrence Higgins Trust
- Wellcome Trust
See also: the Charity Commission
Youth organisations
Media and communications
Television and radio
- British Broadcasting Corporation
- Independent Television
- Channel 4
- S4C
- five
- List of radio stations in the United Kingdom
- List of television stations in the United Kingdom
- Content:
Newspapers
Communications
- Communications 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
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
- City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO)
- Hallé Orchestra
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Philharmonia
- London Symphony Orchestra
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- The Proms
- British opera
Folk music
Cultural icons
- Bagpipes (Scotland)
- Baked beans
- Big Ben chimes
- Black Cab (hackney cab)
- Bowler hat
- Beefeaters
- Britannia
- British Lion
- British Monarchy
- Brit Pop
- Bulldog
- Cool Britannia
- Cricket
- Fish and chips
- Football
- Haggis (Scotland)
- John Bull
- Kilt (Scotland)
- Last Night of the Proms
- Marmite
- Pub
- Red post boxes
- Red telephone boxes
- Robin
- Robin Hood
- Routemaster red double-decker bus
- Rugby
- Sherlock Holmes
- Swinging Sixties
- Tartan (Scotland)
- Tea (cup of)
- Tommy Atkins (generic name for a British soldier)
- Brodie helmet (helmet worn by the above)
- Umbrella
- Union Jack
- Weather
British theatre
Main article: British theatre
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
Other
- Dance
- Morris dance
- Maypole Dancing
Education
- Education in the United Kingdom
- List of schools in the United Kingdom
- List of British Universities
- British undergraduate degree classification
- Public school (UK)
- School years (United Kingdom)
- Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education
Religion and ethnicity
Religion in the United Kingdom
Main article: Religion in the United Kingdom
- Christianity
- Church of England (the established state church in England)
- Church of Scotland (the established state church in Scotland)
- General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches
- Methodism
- Non-subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland
- Roman Catholic Church
- 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:
Ethnic groups
- English people
- Scottish people
- Welsh people
- Ulster-Scots
- Cornish
- Irish community in Britain
- British Afro-Caribbean community
- British Asian community
- Chinese British
- Travellers
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
The following are the major sports, local groups may well play many others.
Cricket
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
Hiking
Rowing
- Boat Race (Oxford vs Cambridge)
- Henley Royal Regatta
Skiing
Other
- Curling
- Darts
- English billiards
- Eton Wall Game
- Fives (including Eton Fives)
- Lawn tennis
- Skittles
- Snooker
People
- List of English people
- List of Irish people
- List of Scots
- List of Welsh people
- List of Cornish people
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
Miscellaneous
See also
- Lists of country-related topics - similar lists for other countries