United Kingdom/Basic Topics

United Kingdom main page

• Demographics of the United Kingdom
  • Population of England - historical estimates

Nations and states of the British Isles

• England
• Scotland
• Wales
• Northern Ireland
• Republic of Ireland
• Isle of Man
• Channel Isles

Historical states of the British Isles

• Kingdom of Ireland
• 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
• Heptarchy
• States in Medieval Britain

United Kingdom 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

Communications

• Communications in the United Kingdom
• Stamps and postal history of the United Kingdom
• British postcodes
• British telephone area codes (STD codes)

Charities

• British Heart Foundation (BHF)
• Comic Relief
• Oxfam
• Macmillan Cancer Relief
• NSPCC National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
• Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB)
• Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
• Royal Sociery for Nature Conservation (RSNC)
• Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
• The Sue Ryder Foundation
• Terrence Higgins Trust
• Mercy Corps

See also: the Charity Commission

Culture of the United Kingdom

• Television and Radio
  • British Broadcasting Corporation
  • Independent Television
  • Channel 4
  • S4C
  • five
  • Content:
  • British sitcom
  • British comedy
  • List of United Kingdom radio stations

• British art
  • English school of painting
  • Tate gallery
  • Turner Prize

• British film
  • The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
  • British Independent Film Awards

• British literature
  • British Library

• Music in the UK
  • 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)
    • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    • Philharmonia
    • London Symphony Orchestra
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra
    • The Proms

• Cultural icons
  • Red telephone boxes
  • Black Cab (hackney cab)
  • Routemaster bus
  • Bowler hat
  • Umbrella
  • Kilt (Scotland)
  • Bagpipes (Scotland)

• British theatre
  • Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
  • Royal National Theatre
  • Laurence Olivier Awards

• Dance
  • Morris dance
  • Maypole Dancing

• Festivals in the United Kingdom

• 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

• Public house
  • CAMRA
  • Pub quiz

Education

• Education in the United Kingdom
• List of schools in the United Kingdom
• List of British Universities
• Public school (UK)
• School years (United Kingdom)
• Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education

Environment

• Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
• Environmentally Sensitive Area
• Climate of the United Kingdom
• Conservation in the United Kingdom
• National Nature Reserves
• National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
• Site of Special Scientific Interest
• Rivers of the United Kingdom
• Waterways in the United Kingdom
  • British Waterways
  • History of the British canal system
  • Reservoirs and dams in the United Kingdom

Built environment

• Abbeys and priories in England
• Council house
• Housing association
• Historic houses in England
• New towns
• Piers

Ethnic Groups

• British Afro-Caribbean community
• Travellers

Food

• British cuisine

Geography of the United Kingdom

• Subdivisions of the United Kingdom
  • Cities of the United Kingdom
  • Towns of the United Kingdom
  • England
    • Administrative counties of England
    • Ceremonial counties of England
    • Regions of England
    • Subdivisions of England
    • List of towns in England
    • Traditional counties of England
  • Northern Ireland
    • List of towns in Northern Ireland
  • Scotland
    • Lieutenancy areas of Scotland
    • List of burghs in Scotland
    • Subdivisions of Scotland
    • Traditional counties of Scotland
  • Wales
    • Ceremonial counties of Wales
    • List of towns in Wales
    • Subdivisions of Wales
    • Traditional counties of Wales

History of Britain

• History of the United Kingdom
  • History of England
    • History of London
  • History of Scotland
  • History of Wales
  • History of Ireland
  • British Empire and the Commonwealth
  • Roman Britain

Languages in the United Kingdom

• English language
  • Oxford English Dictionary
  • American and British English differences
  • Cockney rhyming slang
  • Cant
• Welsh language
• Scots language
• Scots Gaelic language
• Irish language
• Cornish language
• British Sign Language (BSL)
• Polari

Law and Policing

• British Police
  • Serious Organised Crime Agency
• Capital punishment in the United Kingdom
• Crown Prosecution Service
• Courts of England and Wales

• English Law (also applies to Wales)
  • Constitutional Law
  • Magna Carta (1215)
  • Petition of Right (1628)
• Scottish Law
• Common Law
• European Union Law

Military

• Military of the United Kingdom
• Ministry of Defence
• British military history
  • British military history of World War II
  • Bletchley Park

Monarchy

• List of British monarchs
• British Royal Family
• Coronation (United Kingdom)
• List of UK organisations with royal patronage
• List of UK place names with royal patronage
• List of Succession to the British Throne
• Palaces

Money, Economics and Business

• Bank of England
• Bank of Scotland
• Royal Bank of Scotland
• British coinage
• British banknotes
• Economy of the United Kingdom
  • Tourism in England
  • Tourism in Scotland
  • Tourism in Wales
• List of British companies
• Pound Sterling

Newspapers

• History of British newspapers
• List of newspapers in the United Kingdom

Peerage

• Peerage of England
• Peerage of Scotland
• Peerage of Great Britain
• Peerage of Ireland
• Peerage of the United Kingdom
• Representative peer

Politics

• 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
  • Intelligence Services