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Country guide

United Kingdom

A photograph of United Kingdom
Photograph · Colin · CC BY-SA 4.0

The United Kingdom is 244,376 km² holding 69,281,437 people, and it is four countries rather than one: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast as their capitals. Three of the four run parliaments of their own over devolved matters, and the law splits three ways — England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland. A visitor meets that in small practical things rather than at a border. London alone holds about 9.1 million of the total, which is why so many trips never leave it, and why the ones that do feel like arriving somewhere else.

Cities

Every city catalogued in this country so far, ranked by how much there is to see.

Practical information

Not recorded No country-level practical facts — language, currency, emergency number, plug type — are ingested yet. This section will populate once that data source is added.

Planning a visit

  1. January: seasonal closure recorded
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  6. June: seasonal closure recorded
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  8. August: seasonal closure recorded — this month
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  10. October: seasonal closure recorded
  11. November: seasonal closure recorded
  12. December: seasonal closure recorded

Top things to see

Ranked by importance — sitelinks, pageviews and heritage status, not editor preference.

  1. 100 Club
    05 2 hours

    100 Club

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
    • London
  2. 10 14
    06 1 hour

    10 14

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • London
  3. 11 Central
    16 2 hours

    11 Central

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
    • Manchester
  4. 12 Bar Club
    22 2 hours

    12 Bar Club

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
    • London
  5. 1520 Studios
    38 2 hours

    1520 Studios

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
    • Manchester
  6. 155a gallery
    39 1 hour

    155a gallery

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • London
  7. 1797
    48 1 hour

    1797

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • London
  8. 1862
    52 45 min

    1862

    • Notable
    • Historic monument
    • Glasgow
  9. 1920
    55 2 hours

    1920

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
    • Glasgow
  10. 1B
    59 1 hour

    1B

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • London
  11. 212 Lounge
    72 2 hours

    212 Lounge

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
    • London
  12. 21Soho
    74 2 hours

    21Soho

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
    • London
  13. 256
    87 2 hours

    256

    • Notable
    • Nightlife venue
    • Manchester

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, Wikidata ·