List of United Kingdom-related topics

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Table of contents

1 United Kingdom main page 2 Nations and states of the British Isles 3 Historical states of the British Isles 4 United Kingdom overseas territories 5 Communications 6 Charities 7 Culture of the United Kingdom 8 Education 9 Environment 9.1 Built environment 10 Ethnic Groups 11 Food 12 Geography of the United Kingdom 13 Geology of the United Kingdom 14 History of Britain 15 Languages in the United Kingdom 16 Law and Policing 17 Military 18 Monarchy 19 Money, Economics and Business 20 Newspapers 21 Peerage 22 Politics 23 Religions of the United Kingdom 24 Science and Technology 25 Sports and Games 26 Transport in the United Kingdom 27 Youth Organisations 28 Miscellaneous 29 See also

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 Islands

Historical states of the British Isles

• Ancient Britain
• Roman Britain
• Heptarchy
• States in Medieval Britain
• 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

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
• 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)

Charities

• British Heart Foundation (BHF)
• ChildLine
• Comic Relief
• Oxfam
• Macmillan Cancer Relief
• Mercy Corps
• 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
• SOS Children's Villages UK
• The Sue Ryder Foundation
• Terrence Higgins Trust

See also: the Charity Commission

Culture of the United Kingdom

• 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:
    • British humour
    • British sitcom
    • British comedy
    • 100 Greatest Kid's TV shows

• British art
  • English school of painting
  • National Gallery, London
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • Tate gallery
  • Turner Prize

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

• British literature
  • British Library
  • British comics

• 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
  • Bagpipes (Scotland)
  • Baked beans
  • Big Ben chimes
  • Black Cab (hackney cab)
  • Bowler hat
  • Brit Pop
  • Britannia
  • British Lion
  • Bulldog
  • Cool Britannia
  • John Bull
  • Kilt (Scotland)
  • Marmite
  • Red telephone boxes
  • Robin
  • Robin Hood
  • Rain
  • Routemaster bus
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • Swinging Sixties
  • Tea, (cup of)
  • Tommy Atkins (generic name for a British soldier)
  • Brodie helmet (helmet worn by the above)
  • Umbrella
  • Union Jack

• 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
• British bachelor's degree classification
• 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
• Bridges
  • Crossing the Thames, including tunnels
• Council house
• Housing association
• Historic houses in England
• National House Building Council
• New towns
• Piers

Ethnic Groups

• British Afro-Caribbean community
• Travellers
  • Irish Travellers

Food

• British cuisine

Geography of the United Kingdom

• Great Britain
• Subdivisions of the United Kingdom
  • Extreme points of the United Kingdom
  • Cities of the United Kingdom
  • Conurbations in the United Kingdom
  • Towns of the United Kingdom
  • County name etymologies
  • Sites of Special Scientific Interest
  • National Parks, England and Wales
  • 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
    • National Parks, Scotland
  • Wales
    • Ceremonial counties of Wales
    • List of towns in Wales
    • Subdivisions of Wales
    • Traditional counties of Wales

Geology of the United Kingdom

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
  • 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
• Celtic languages
  • Welsh
  • Scots Gaelic
  • Irish
  • Cornish
  • Manx
  • West Country accents
• Scots in Scotland and Ulster
• British Sign Language (BSL)
• Romany
• Hindi

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)
• Scots Law
• Common Law
• European Union Law

Military

• Military of the United Kingdom
• The United Kingdom and weapons of mass destruction
• Ministry of Defence
• British military history
  • British military history of World War II
  • Bletchley Park

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
• 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
• Pound Sterling

• Economy of the United Kingdom
  • Tourism in England
  • Tourism in Scotland
  • Tourism in Wales
• The Industrial revolution
• The Great Depression in the United Kingdom

• List of British companies

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

• 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
      • List of British MPs
    • House of Lords
  • Government of the United Kingdom
    • Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
    • Cabinet of the United Kingdom
    • 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
  • Elections in the United Kingdom
  • Referendums in the United Kingdom
    • UK referendum on EU constitution
  • 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
  • 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

Religions of 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)
• Hinduism
• Islam
• Judaism
• Sikhism
• Buddhism
• Druidism
• See also:
  • Atheism/ Irreligion
  • Jedi (not a religion; despite campaign to enter it as such on 2001 census forms)

Science and Technology

• List of UK government scientific research institutes

Sports and Games

• Cricket
  • Marylebone Cricket Club
  • Middlesex County Cricket Club
• Curling
• Darts
• English billiards
• Eton Wall Game
• Fives (including Eton Fives)
• Football
  • 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
• Hiking
  • Long-distance footpaths in the UK
  • Ramblers' Association
• Rowing
  • Boat Race (Oxford vs Cambridge)
  • Henley Royal Regatta
• Lawn tennis
• Skittles
• Snooker
• Skiing
  • Ski Club of Great Britain

Transport in the United Kingdom

• Railway system
  • History
  • Stations A-Z
• 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

Youth Organisations

• Boys' Brigade
• Girl Guides
• Scouting
• Woodcraft Folk
• Youth Hostels Association

Miscellaneous

• National Health Service
  • NHS Foundation Trust
• British national identity card
• British Professional Bodies
• List of English people
• List of Irish people
• List of Scots
• List of Welsh people
• Women's Institute
• Imperial measurements
• List of London's gentlemans' clubs
• List of UK learned societies
• List of famous British miles

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See also

• Lists of country-related topics - similar lists for other countries