What is the capital of United Kingdom?
The capital of United Kingdom is London.
- Official name
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Capital
- London
- Region
- Europe
- Subregion
- Northern Europe
- Currency
- British pound
- Languages
- English
- Land neighbours
- Ireland
- Area
- 242,900 km²
- Landlocked
- No
- Calling code
- +44
- Internet domain
- .uk
Quick answers about United Kingdom
What currency is used in United Kingdom?
United Kingdom uses British pound.
Where is United Kingdom?
United Kingdom is in Northern Europe, within Europe.
What languages are spoken in United Kingdom?
The reference languages listed for United Kingdom are English.
Which countries border United Kingdom?
United Kingdom shares listed land borders with Ireland.
Is United Kingdom landlocked?
No. United Kingdom is not landlocked.
States and provinces in United Kingdom
- Aberdeen
- Aberdeenshire
- Anglesey
- Angus
- Antrim
- Ards
- Argyll and Bute
- Armagh
- Ballymena
- Ballymoney
- Banbridge
- Barking and Dagenham
- Barnet
- Barnsley
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Bedford
- Belfast
- Bexley
- Birmingham
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Blackpool
- Blaenau Gwent
- Bolton
- Bournemouth
- Bracknell Forest
- Bradford
- Brent
- Bridgend
- Brighton and Hove
- Bristol
- Bromley
- Buckinghamshire
- Bury
- Caerphilly
- Calderdale
- Cambridgeshire
- Camden
- Cardiff
- Carmarthenshire
- Carrickfergus
- Castlereagh
- Central Bedfordshire
- Ceredigion
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West and Chester
- City
- Clackmannanshire
- Coleraine
- Conwy
- Cornwall
- Coventry
- Craigavon
- Croydon
- Cumbria
- Darlington
- Denbighshire
- Derby
- Derbyshire
- Derry
- Devon
- Doncaster
- Dorset
- Down
- Dudley
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Dundee
- Dungannon
- Durham
- Ealing
- East Ayrshire
- East Dunbartonshire
- East Lothian
- East Renfrewshire
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- East Sussex
- Edinburgh
- Eilean Siar
- Enfield
- Essex
- Falkirk
- Fermanagh
- Fife
- Flintshire
- Gateshead
- Glasgow
- Gloucestershire
- Greenwich
- Gwynedd
- Hackney
- Halton
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Hampshire
- Haringey
- Harrow
- Hartlepool
- Havering
- Herefordshire
- Hertfordshire
- Highland
- Hillingdon
- Hounslow
- Inverclyde
- Isle of Wight
- Isles of Scilly
- Islington
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Kent
- Kingston upon Hull
- Kingston upon Thames
- Kirklees
- Knowsley
- Lambeth
- Lancashire
- Larne
- Leeds
- Leicester
- Leicestershire
- Lewisham
- Limavady
- Lincolnshire
- Lisburn
- Liverpool
- Luton
- Magherafelt
- Manchester
- Medway
- Merseyside
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Merton
- Mid Ulster
- Middlesbrough
- Midlothian
- Milton Keynes
- Monmouthshire
- Moray
- Moyle
- Neath Port Talbot
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Newham
- Newport
- Newry and Mourne
- Newtownabbey
- Norfolk
- North Ayshire
- North Down
- North East Lincolnshire
- North Lanarkshire
- North Lincolnshire
- North Somerset
- North Tyneside
- North Yorkshire
- Northamptonshire
- Northumberland
- Nottingham
- Nottinghamshire
- Oldham
- Omagh
- Orkney
- Oxfordshire
- Pembrokeshire
- Perthshire and Kinross
- Peterborough
- Plymouth
- Poole
- Portsmouth
- Powys
- Reading
- Redbridge
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Renfrewshire
- Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
- Richmond upon Thames
- Rochdale
- Rotherham
- Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
- Rutland
- Salford
- Sandwell
- Scottish Borders
- Sefton
- Sheffield
- Shetland Islands
- Shropshire
- Slough
- Solihull
- Somerset
- South Ayrshire
- South Gloucestershire
- South Lanarkshire
- South Tyneside
- Southampton
- Southend-on-Sea
- Southwark
- Staffordshire
- Stirling
- Stockport
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Strabane
- Suffolk
- Sunderland
- Surrey
- Sutton
- Swansea
- Swindon
- Tameside
- Telford and Wrekin
- Thurrock
- Torbay
- Torfaen
- Tower Hamlets
- Trafford
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Wakefield
- Walsall
- Waltham Forest
- Wandsworth
- Warrington
- Warwickshire
- West Berkshire
- West Dunbartonshire
- West Lothian
- West Sussex
- Westminster
- Wigan
- Wiltshire
- Wokingham
- Wolverhampton
- Worcestershire
- Wrexham
- York
Sources and review
Facts were last reviewed on 13 September 2026. Boundaries and state/province names use Natural Earth. Country reference fields use the Countries dataset. India boundary presentation follows the project’s stated Survey of India reference.