Outline of the United Kingdom

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; a sovereign state in Europe, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK), or Britain.^[1][2][3] Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, it includes the island of Great Britain—a term also applied loosely to refer to the whole country—the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands

    See also Category:United Kingdom and Template:United Kingdom topics

General reference

Countries of the United Kingdom, Dependencies, Territories and Commonwealth

Countries of the UK and their subdivisions

• England
  • Subdivisions of England
    • Regions of England
      • Counties of England (see also Metropolitan county and Shire county)
      • Unitary authorities of England
      • Districts of England (see also Metropolitan district and Shire district)
      • Civil parishes
    • Greater London
      • London boroughs
    • Greater Manchester
• Northern Ireland
  • Subdivisions of Northern Ireland
    • Regions of Northern Ireland
      • Districts of Northern Ireland
• Scotland
  • Subdivisions of Scotland
• Wales
  • Subdivisions of Wales

Crown dependencies

• Isle of Man
• Channel Islands
  • Jersey
  • Guernsey
  • Alderney
  • Sark

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, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
• Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus
• Turks and Caicos Islands

Commonwealth of Nations

The United Kingdom is a member state of the Commonwealth of Nations

• Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations
  • Commonwealth realm
• Commonwealth citizen
  • Head of the Commonwealth
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission (1917-)
• Commonwealth Games (1930-)

Geography, resources and demography

See also: Geography of England, Geography of Northern Ireland, Geography of Scotland and Geography of Wales

• Location:
  • Northern Hemisphere, on the Prime meridian
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Eurasia (but not on the mainland)
    • Europe
      • Northern Europe and Western Europe
        • British Isles
          • Great Britain (entire island and adjacent isles)
          • Ireland (northeastern sixth of the island)
  • Time zone: Greenwich Mean Time = Western European Time (UTC+00), British Summer Time = Western European Summer Time (UTC+01)
• Area of the United Kingdom: 244,820 km² (94,530 sq mi) - 79th most extensive country
  • Area of the countries of the United Kingdom

• Extreme points of the United Kingdom:
  • North: Out Stack, Shetland Islands 60°51′N 0°52′W / 60.850°N 0.867°W / 60.850; -0.867
  • South: Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly 49°51′N 6°24′W / 49.850°N 6.400°W / 49.850; -6.400
  • East: Lowestoft Ness, Suffolk 52°28.87′N 1°45.77′E / 52.48117°N 1.76283°E / 52.48117; 1.76283
  • West: Rockall¹ 57°35′N 13°41′W / 57.583°N 13.683°W / 57.583; -13.683
  • High: Ben Nevis, Lochaber at 1,343 metres (4,406 ft) 56°47′49.150″N 5°0′17.22″W / 56.79698611°N 5.0047833°W / 56.79698611; -5.0047833
    • Low: The Fens at −4 metres (−13 ft) 52°29′18″N 0°13′52″W / 52.48838°N 0.23118°W / 52.48838; -0.23118
  • Land boundaries:  Republic of Ireland 360 km
  • Land boundary:  France undersea in Channel Tunnel
  • Coastline: 12,429 km
• Atlas of the United Kingdom
  • Atlas of England
  • Atlas of Northern Ireland
  • Atlas of Scotland
  • Atlas of Wales
  • Economic geography of the United Kingdom

Ecoregions

Environment

• Climate of the United Kingdom
• Environmental issues in the United Kingdom
• Conservation in the United Kingdom
• Energy in the United Kingdom
• Green building in the United Kingdom
• Ecoregions in the United Kingdom
• Renewable energy in the United Kingdom
  • Green electricity in the United Kingdom
    • Hydroelectricity in the United Kingdom
    • Wind power in the United Kingdom
    • Solar power in the United Kingdom
• Geology of the United Kingdom
  • Earthquakes in the United Kingdom
• National parks of the United Kingdom
  • National parks of England and Wales
  • National parks of Northern Ireland
  • National parks of Scotland
• Protected areas of the United Kingdom
  • Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA)
  • Heritage Coast (England and Wales)
  • Scenic areas
    • Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) - England, Wales, Northern Ireland
    • National Scenic Area - Scotland
  • Scheduled Ancient Monument
  • Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)
  • Special Area of Conservation (SAC) (European Union)
  • Special Protection Area (SPA) (European Union)
  • Wetlands designated under the Ramsar Convention (International)
• Wildlife of the United Kingdom
  • Flora of the United Kingdom
    • Trees of Britain and Ireland
    • List of the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland
  • Fauna of the United Kingdom
    • List of mammals of the United Kingdom
    • Birds of the United Kingdom
      • List of birds of Great Britain
      • List of birds of Wales
    • List of reptiles of Great Britain
    • List of amphibians of Great Britain
    • List of fish of Great Britain
    • Lists of insects of Great Britain
• Climate of the United Kingdom
  • United Kingdom Climate Change Programme
  • List of UK extreme rainfall amounts
• Conservation in the United Kingdom
• Environmentally Sensitive Area
  • Green belts
  • Notable trees in Great Britain
  • National nature reserve
  • 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 British Isles
  • The Great Storm of 1987

Geographic features

• Coastline
• Islands
• Lakes
• Lochs
• Mountains and hills
  • Volcanoes
• Rivers
  • Waterfalls
• World Heritage Sites

Regions

• Time zone of the UK

Municipalities

• Cities
  • Capital of the United Kingdom: London
  • Second city of the United Kingdom
  • Cities by population
• Towns:
  • Towns in England
  • Burghs in Scotland
  • Towns in Wales
  • Towns in Northern Ireland

• City status in the United Kingdom
• Conurbations
• Green belt

Natural Resources

Demography

• Population of the United Kingdom: 64,105,700 (2013 estimate) making it the 22nd most populous country and, with a population density of 259/km² (679/sq.mile), ranking it 51st on the List of sovereign states and dependent territories by population density. This is largely due to the particularly high population density of England which measures 406/km².
  • Population of the countries of the United Kingdom
  • UK birth and deaths since 1960
  • Immigration to the United Kingdom

Ethnicity

Government, monarchy, politics and honours

Main articles: Her Majesty's Government, Monarchy of the United Kingdom, and Politics of the United Kingdom

• Form of government: parliamentary multi-party representative democratic constitutional monarchy

• Censorship in the United Kingdom
• Elections in the United Kingdom
  • British elections (specific elections)
• Gun politics in the United Kingdom
• Political parties in the United Kingdom
• Political scandals of the United Kingdom
• Taxation in the United Kingdom

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

Branches of the government

Executive branch

• Head of state: Monarch of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
  • Coronation of the British monarch
    • Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom
• Head of government: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (list), David Cameron
• Cabinet of the United Kingdom
• Departments of the United Kingdom Government

Legislative branch

• Parliament of the United Kingdom (bicameral)
  • List of Parliaments of the United Kingdom
  • List of Parliaments of Great Britain
  • Upper house: House of Lords
  • Lower house: House of Commons of the United Kingdom
    • List of British MPs

Judicial branch

• Courts of England and Wales
• Courts of Northern Ireland
• Courts of Scotland
• Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

Foreign relations

• Timeline of British diplomatic history
• United Kingdom and the United Nations
• Special Relationship

International organisation membership

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a member of:^[1]

African Development Bank (AfDB) (nonregional member) African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) Arctic Council (observer) Asian Development Bank (ADB) (nonregional member) Australia Group Bank for International Settlements (BIS) British-Irish Council (BIC) Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) (nonregional member) Commonwealth of Nations Council of Europe (CE) Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) European Investment Bank (EIB) European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) European Space Agency (ESA) European Union (EU) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) Group of Five (G5) Group of Eight (G8) Group of Ten (G10) Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (G20) Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) International Criminal Court (ICCt) International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL International Development Association (IDA) International Energy Agency (IEA) International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS) International Finance Corporation (IFC) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) International Labour Organization (ILO) International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) International Monetary Fund (IMF) International Olympic Committee (IOC) International Organization for Migration (IOM) International Organization for Standardization (ISO) International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM) International Telecommunication Union (ITU) International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) International Whaling Commission (IWO)

Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) (guest) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Organization of American States (OAS) (observer) Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) (partner) Paris Club Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI) (observer) United Nations (UN) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) (associate) United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) United Nations Security Council (UNSC) (permanent member) United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) United Nations University (UNU) Universal Postal Union (UPU) Western European Union (WEU) World Confederation of Labour (WCL) World Customs Organization (WCO) World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) World Health Organization (WHO) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) World Meteorological Organization (WMO) World Organization of the Scout Movement World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) World Trade Organization (WTO) World Veterans Federation Zangger Committee (ZC)

Local government

• List of local governments in the United Kingdom

Politics of England

• Regional assemblies in England
• Local government in England
  • History of local government in England
  • Mayors in England

Politics of Northern Ireland

• Local government in Northern Ireland
  • History of local government in Northern Ireland
  • Mayors in Northern Ireland

Politics of Scotland

• History of Scottish devolution
• Local government in Scotland
  • History of local government in Scotland
  • Provosts in Scotland
• Pressure Groups in Scotland
• Scottish Parliament
  • Members of the Scottish Parliament
  • Scottish Parliamentary Election, 1999
  • Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2003
  • Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2007

Politics of Wales

• Local government in Wales
  • History of local government in Wales
  • Mayors in Wales
• National Assembly for Wales
• Welsh Assembly Government

Honours

• New Year Honours
• Queen's Birthday Honours
• Prime Minister's Resignation Honours

• Chivalric order
  • Chivalric order#Modern orders
• List of honorary British knights and dames
• Category:British honours system
• Declining a British honour

Honours Lists New Year Honours 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902† 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940† 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 †Not issued because of birthday honours of new king (1902) and WWII (1940) Birthday Honours 1885 1886 1887† 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897† 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911† 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937† 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 †Not issued because of Jubilee Honours (1887, 1897) and Coronation Honours (1911, 1937) Prime Minister's Resignation Honours 1945 1951 1955 1957 1963 1964 1970 1976 1979 1990 1997 Coronation Honours 1902 1911 1937 1953 Dissolution Honours 1900 1906 1910 (January) 1910 (December) 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 1974 (February) 1974 (October) 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 Special Honours 2013 2014 2015 2016 Additional Honours 1887 (Golden Jubilee) 1897 (Diamond Jubilee) 1923 Prime Minister 1935 (Silver Jubilee) 1977 (Silver Jubilee) 1990 (Queen Mother's 90th Birthday) 2002 (Death of Queen Mother and Princess Margaret) 2002 (Golden Jubilee) 2012 (Diamond Jubilee) Honours by nation Australia Canada Ceylon India New Zealand

Military and Defence

Command

• Commander-in-chief: The Sovereign - Queen Elizabeth II
  • Chief of the Defence Staff: General Sir Nick Houghton
    • Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
      • Defence Council of the United Kingdom
• Naval Service
  • First Sea Lord: Admiral Sir George Zambellas
  • Chief of the General Staff: General Sir Peter Wall
  • Chief of the Air Staff: Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford

Forces

• British Armed Forces
  • British Army
  • Royal Navy
  • Royal Marines
  • Royal Air Force

History

    See: Outline of the United Kingdom#History

Related topics

• United Kingdom and weapons of mass destruction
  • Nuclear weapons and the United Kingdom

Law and order

Law of England and Wales

Law of Northern Ireland

• Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland

Law of Scotland

Infrastructure

Economy

Economy of the United Kingdom Companies Co-operatives Employee-owned companies FTSE 100 Index FTSE 250 Index FTSE Fledgling Index FTSE SmallCap Index Government-owned companies Currency governance regulation Bank of England Governor of the Bank of England Budget Company law Competition Commission Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Financial Conduct Authority Gilts HM Revenue and Customs HM Treasury Chancellor of the Exchequer Debt Management Office Monetary Policy Committee Office for Budget Responsibility Office of Fair Trading Pound sterling Banknotes Coinage Taxation UK Statistics Authority UK Trade & Investment History Chronological 1659–1849 Navigation Acts Industrial Revolution Agricultural Revolution Panic of 1796–97 1815–46 Corn Laws New Imperialism 1830s–1945 1873–79 Long Depression 1926 general strike 1929–39 Great Depression Second Industrial Revolution 1860s–1914 1948–52 Marshall Plan 1974 Three-Day Week 1979 Winter of Discontent 1986 Big Bang 1992 Black Wednesday Late-2000s recession 2008 bank rescue package 2009 bank rescue package Recurrent Economic geography Free trade Gold standard Recessions and recoveries National champions policy Economic liberalism Privatization Nationalisation Nations, regions, cities England Atlantic Gateway Birmingham Big City Plan Bristol Cornwall Croydon Croydon Vision 2020 Devon Expansion plans for Milton Keynes Fishing Leeds List of counties by GVA Liverpool London East London Tech City London Plan M4 corridor M11 Corridor Manchester Reading Sheffield Silicon Fen Thames Gateway Tourism Transport N. Ireland Belfast Transport Scotland Aberdeen Agriculture Edinburgh Industrialisation Fishing Oil and gas Renewable energy Silicon Glen Tourism Transport Whisky Wales Cardiff (Cardiff Bay) Swansea Tourism Transport People and labour Billionaires Businesspeople Demography Income Poverty Labour law Equal opportunities Minimum wage Working Time Directive Pensions Trade unions Trades Union Congress Unemployment Sectors Resource & production Energy/Renewable energy Biodiesel Coal Geothermal Hydraulic frac. Hydroelectricity Marine North Sea oil Solar Wind Food Agriculture Cider Wine Beer Fishing English Scottish Materials Forestry Mining Financial services Baltic Exchange Banking List of banks List of UK building societies Canary Wharf The City Euronext.liffe Glasgow International Financial Services District Insurance Lloyd's of London LCH.Clearnet London Interbank Offered Rate London Metal Exchange London Platinum and Palladium Market London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market Other Education Entertainment & Media Cinema Gambling Newspapers Radio Television Theatre Healthcare Legal services Manufacturing Aerospace Automotive Pharmaceuticals Exports Property Architecture Construction Housing Real estate Science and technology Internet Telecommunications Supermarkets Tourism Transport Aviation Rail Inter-city High-speed Trade and business organisations Business and employer associations British Bankers' Association British Chambers of Commerce Confederation of British Industry Co-operatives UK EEF Federation of Small Businesses Industry trade groups Institute of Directors UK Payments Administration (UKPA) Category Commons

History

Main article: History of the United Kingdom and Current events of the United Kingdom

• History of the United Kingdom
  • Timeline of British history

• History of England
  • Social history of England
  • Timeline of English history
• History of Scotland
  • Timeline of Scottish history
• History of Wales
• History of Northern Ireland
  • Plantation of Ulster

• History of the formation of the United Kingdom
  • Treaty of Union
  • Acts of Union 1707
  • Act of Union 1800
• British Empire and the Commonwealth
• UK underground

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 Great Britain (when England & Scotland merged in 1707);
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (when Great Britain and Ireland merged in 1801)

By subject

Culture

Architecture

The arts

Museums

Music

• Music of the United Kingdom
  • List of music festivals in the United Kingdom

Popular music

Classical music

Folk music

Theatre

Film

Cultural icons

United Kingdom icons

English icons

Northern Irish icons

Scottish icons

Welsh icons

Languages

People

Interest groups and societies

Religion

Sports, games, and pastimes

The following are the major sports; local groups may well play many others.

Angling

• National Federation of Anglers
• National Federation of Sea Anglers
• Salmon and Trout Association

Chess

• English Chess Federation
• Scottish Chess Championship

Cricket

• Cricket in England
  • 2005 English cricket season
  • England cricket team
  • Marylebone Cricket Club
  • Middlesex County Cricket Club
• Cricket in Scotland
  • Scotland national cricket team
• Cricket in Wales
• Cricket in Ireland
  • Ireland cricket team

Hiking

• Long-distance footpaths in the UK
• Ramblers' Association

Association football

• British Home Championship

Polo

• Hurlingham Polo Association

Rugby

Sport rowing

• Boat Race (Oxford vs Cambridge)
• Henley Royal Regatta

Skiing

• Ski Club of Great Britain

Other sports, games, and pastimes

Education

• Education in the United Kingdom
  • Schools in the United Kingdom
    • Preparatory school
    • Grammar schools in the United Kingdom
    • Independent school (UK)
    • List of schools in the United Kingdom
    • School years
  • Universities in the United Kingdom
    • British undergraduate degree classification
    • List of universities in the United Kingdom
    • National Union of Students of the United Kingdom

Education in England

• Education in England

• Academy (England)
• General Teaching Council for England
• List of schools in England
• List of universities in England
• National Curriculum (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)

Education in Northern Ireland

• Education in Northern Ireland

• List of schools in Northern Ireland

Education in Scotland

• Education in Scotland

• Educational Institute of Scotland
• General Teaching Council for Scotland
• Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education
• List of schools in Scotland

• List of independent schools in Scotland

• List of universities in Scotland
• Students' Representative Council
• Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association
• Scottish Qualifications Authority

Education in Wales

• Education in Wales

• List of schools in Wales

See also

• List of international rankings
• Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations
• Member state of the European Union
• Member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Member states of the United Nations
• Outline of Europe
• Outline of geography

References

External links

• Wikimedia Atlas of the United Kingdom
• United Kingdom travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Official website of the British Monarchy
• Official website of the United Kingdom Government
• Official website of the national tourism agency (VisitBritain)

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