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Capital

London

Cities

Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Manchester

Bordering countries

Ireland

Bodies of water

Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, English Channel, Thames River

Land features

Ben Nevis, Pennines, Great Britain Island, Ireland (island), British Isles, Isle of Man

Languages

English (de facto official), Welsh, Irish, Scottish Gaelic

Religions

Christianity

Tourist destinations

Stonehenge, Big Ben, Tower of London, Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace, British Museum, Giant's Causeway, Loch Ness, Lake District, Trafalgar Square, Palace of Westminster, English Riviera

Currency

British Pound

Cities

Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham, Southampton

Bodies of water

Irish Sea, Severn River, Strait of Dover, Lough Neagh, Celtic Sea, North Channel, St. George's Channel, Bristol Channel, Bristol Bay, Mersey River, Lagan River

Land features

Grampian Mountains, Lewis and Harris, Inner Hebrides, Outer Hebrides, Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands, Skye, Land's End, Cornwall

Tourist destinations

Bath, Edinburgh Castle, Hyde Park, Kensington Palace, Tate Modern, Hadrian's Wall, Royal Botanical Gardens, Peak District, Windsor Castle, Greenwich, Westminster Abbey, Snowdonia

Cities

Aberdeen, Leicester, Portsmouth, Sheffield, Plymouth, Dundee, Inverness, Londonderry, Lerwick

Bodies of water

Firth of Forth, Firth of Clyde, Tyne River, Trent River, Lough Erne, Loch Ness, Sea of the Hebrides, Menai Strait, Pentland Firth, Cardigan Bay, Tay River, Foyle River, Strangford Lough, The Minch, Little Minch, Sound of Harris

Land features

The Fens, Mourne Mountains, South Wales Valleys, Isle of Wight, Mull, Jura, Arran, Anglesey, Islay, Scafell Pike, Snaefell, Penwith Peninsula, Mainland (Orkney), Mainland (Shetland)

Tourist destinations

Yorkshire Dales National Park, Piccadilly Circus, Loch Lomond, Cairngorms, National Gallery, Gwynedd, Durham, Ironbridge Gorge, St Kilda, Covent Garden