A guide within the guide
London, the complete guide
Westminster and the Tower, the great free museums, neighbourhoods from Soho to Shoreditch, parks and markets, pubs, theatres, transport, where to stay, itineraries and day trips.
London guide →A guide within the guide
Edinburgh, the complete guide
The castle and the Royal Mile, the Georgian New Town, Arthur's Seat, the August Festival, whisky, pubs, transport, where to stay and Highland trips.
Edinburgh guide →Neighbourhoods
NeighbourhoodsPractical info
Practical infoThe special
Brexit: ten years on
The 2016 referendum, the divorce, the effects on the economy, trade, migration and Northern Ireland, and what it means today for travellers, students and workers.
Brexit special →Explore the guide
Geography, institutions, economy
- Introduction
- Facts and figures
- England
- Scotland
- Wales
- Northern Ireland
- Climate
- The monarchy
- Parliament and government
- Prime ministers
- English legal system
- Scottish legal system
- Administrative divisions of England
- Administrative divisions of Scotland
- Administrative divisions of Wales
- Economy
- Population
- Languages
- The flag
- The pound
History, culture, traditions
- History of the UK
- The Romans in Scotland
- In Arthur's footsteps
- Henry VIII
- Catherine of Aragon
- Anne of Cleves
- Jane Seymour
- Thomas Wolsey
- Thomas Cromwell
- Industrial Revolution
- British Empire
- The Irish question
- History of Northern Ireland
- History of Scotland
- History of Wales
- Welsh traditions
- History of the English language
- The Anglican Church
- History of the Anglican Church
- The Presbyterian Church
- Isaac Newton
- Inigo Jones
- Travellers of the past
- Woolf's travel diaries
Cities and places in the UK
- British cities
- Edinburgh guide
- Manchester
- Birmingham
- Liverpool
- Glasgow
- Leeds
- Newcastle
- Cardiff
- Belfast
- Bristol
- Sheffield
- Nottingham
- Leicester
- Coventry
- Bradford
- Hull
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Wolverhampton
- Derby
- Swansea
- Aberdeen
- Dundee
- Portsmouth
- Reading
- Northampton
- Luton
- Milton Keynes
- Sunderland
- Norwich
- Bournemouth
- Southend-on-Sea
- Swindon
- Middlesbrough
- Peterborough
- Huddersfield
- Ipswich
- Gloucester
- Blackpool
- Bolton
- Preston
- Slough
- Newport
- Wakefield
- Warrington
- Stockport
- Poole
- Doncaster
- Telford
- Chelmsford
- Crawley
- Basildon
- Derry
- Lincoln
- Worcester
- Inverness
- Stirling
- Oxford
- Cambridge
- York
- Bath
- Brighton
- Canterbury
- Exeter
- Plymouth
- Southampton
- Colchester
- Salisbury
- Windsor
- St Ives
- Tintagel
- Glastonbury
- Dunster
- Bridgwater
- Aldeburgh
- Alnmouth
- Stonehenge
- UNESCO sites in the UK