{"id":213481,"date":"2017-12-06T15:42:05","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T15:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/qatar\/gsi_study_guides\/30-facts-about-uk-you-might-not-know\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T15:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T15:06:12","slug":"30-facts-about-uk-you-might-not-know","status":"publish","type":"gsi_study_guides","link":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/qatar\/study-in-uk\/study-guides\/30-facts-about-uk-you-might-not-know\/","title":{"rendered":"30 facts about the UK you might not know"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UK has a rich and colourful history, and almost every part of the British Isles has a unique story to tell. That is why studying in the UK is about much more than its\u00a0world class universities<\/a>\u00a0and its\u00a0huge variety of courses<\/a>. It is about learning about the people and places which make this tiny island in Europe one of the most popular study destinations in the world.<\/p>\n

Learn 30 unique facts about the UK below, and\u00a0arrange a free consultation<\/a>\u00a0in Qatar to get your application started!<\/p>\n

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30 facts about the UK<\/h2>\n
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  1. London has four UNESCO world heritage sites:Tower of London, Maritime Greenwich, Westminster Palace which includes Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret\u2019s Church as well as Kew\u2019s\u00a0Royal Botanic Gardens.<\/li>\n
  2. London has over 170 museums with 11 national museums including the British Museum.<\/li>\n
  3. A third of all the UK\u2019s archives are in London, including the National Archives which dates back to the 11th century and preserves William the Conqueror\u2019s Domesday survey.<\/li>\n
  4. In the UK you are never more than 70 miles (113km) from the sea.<\/li>\n
  5. It is considered an act of treason to put a postage stamp with the queen\u2019s head upside down on an envelope.<\/li>\n
  6. The UK is the only country not required to name itself on its postage stamps.<\/li>\n
  7. London was over the past called Londonium, Ludenwic, and Ludenburg.<\/li>\n
  8. In 1647, Christmas was abolished by the English Parliament.<\/li>\n
  9. England was part of the shortest war in history, they fought Zanzibar in 1896 who surrendered after 38 minutes.<\/li>\n
  10. There are over 30,000 people with the name John Smith in England.<\/li>\n
  11. The Great Fire of London destroyed large parts of the city, but the casualty rate was just eight.<\/li>\n
  12. Buckingham Palace has its own police station.<\/li>\n
  13. Windsor Castle is the largest royal home in the world.<\/li>\n
  14. Placing a stamp bearing the King or Queen\u2019s image upside-down is considered as treason.<\/li>\n
  15. Macbeth is the most produced play ever written. On average, a performance is staged every 4 hours somewhere in the world.<\/li>\n
  16. The first fish and chip restaurant was opened in 1860 by a Jewish immigrant.<\/li>\n
  17. 25% of the people living in London today are born in another country.<\/li>\n
  18. The London 2012 Olympics was the first time that every country had at least one female athlete.<\/li>\n
  19. The English invented the world\u2019s earliest railways.<\/li>\n
  20. William the Conqueror ordered everyone to be in their beds by 8pm.<\/li>\n
  21. The\u00a0Queen of the UK\u00a0are the legal owner of\u00a0one-sixth of the Earth\u2019s\u00a0land surface.<\/li>\n
  22. A beer wave of 388,000 gallons (or 1.4ml) flooded London in 1814 after a huge vat ruptured.<\/li>\n
  23. In the UK, accents change noticeably every 25 miles (45 km).<\/li>\n
  24. In the UK all horses, donkeys and ponies must have a horse passport.<\/li>\n
  25. Nigeria has more English speakers than the UK.<\/li>\n
  26. In the 16th century, a London\u00a0law forbade wife beating after 9:00pm, but only because the noise disturbed people\u2019s sleep.<\/li>\n
  27. The\u00a0UK\u00a0and\u00a0Portugal\u00a0hold the longest standing alliance\u00a0in the world. It was ratified in 1386 and is still in force.<\/li>\n
  28. The British Empire\u00a0at its height was\u00a0larger than Africa\u00a0and was even comparable in size to the Moon.<\/li>\n
  29. The\u00a0King of Norway\u00a0is 73rd in line\u00a0to the British throne.<\/li>\n
  30. Edward VIII, King of the UK in 1936, was a\u00a0Nazi sympathiser\u00a0and later argued that\u00a0bombing England\u00a0could bring peace by ending WW2.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"study-guide-destinations":[127],"study-guide-canada-categories":[],"study-guide-australia-categories":[],"study-guide-usa-categories":[],"study-guide-uk-categories":[1533],"study-guide-nz-categories":[],"study-guide-ireland-categories":[],"class_list":["post-213481","gsi_study_guides","type-gsi_study_guides","status-publish","hentry","study-guide-destinations-study-in-uk","study-guide-uk-categories-study-in-the-uk"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/qatar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsi_study_guides\/213481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/qatar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsi_study_guides"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/qatar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gsi_study_guides"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/qatar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/qatar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"study-guide-destinations","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/qatar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-destinations?post=213481"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-canada-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/qatar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-canada-categories?post=213481"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-australia-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/qatar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-australia-categories?post=213481"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-usa-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/qatar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-usa-categories?post=213481"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-uk-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/qatar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-uk-categories?post=213481"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-nz-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/qatar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-nz-categories?post=213481"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-ireland-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/qatar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-ireland-categories?post=213481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}