Capital: London Time: GMT Area: 244,820 sq km Population: 58,970,119 (July 1998 estimated) Currency: British Pound Form of government: constitutional monarchy; constitution: unwritten, partly statutes, partly common law and practice; bicameral Parliament consists of House of Lords (1,200 seats; four-fifths of the members are hereditary peers) and House of Commons (659 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms); the Queen is a hereditary monarch, Prime Minister is the leader of the majority party in the House of Commons and must have the consent of the monarch Languages: English, Welsh, Scottish Religion: the Uk does not include a question on religion in its census; Anglican Church (48%), Roman Catholic (6%), Muslim, Presbyterian, Methodist, Jewish.... National holiday: Celebration of the Birthday of the Queen (second Saturday in June)

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General Information About United Kingdom

• USA: British Information Service in New York - contains consular and visa information, radio reports, and a searchable database, of fact sheets on
  things British.
  USA: Embassy of Britain in Washington D.C.
  Houses of Parliament
• Parliamentary Monitoring and Information Service - covers UK Parliamentary information. Run by Association of County Councils. Service specifically for local government.
• House of Commons
• House of Commons Library Research Papers - gives access to the text of research papers which are compiled for the benefit of British Members of Parliament by the staff of the House of Commons Library.
• House of Lords
• The Bank of England
  Money money money money!
• The British Library
  Repository of great works of British Literature reopening soon in a huge new building near King's Cross.
• Buckingham Palace
  The official web site for Her Majesty The Queen's London Residence.
• The City of London
  Fascinating information about London's financial centre - especially interesting to the business-minded tourist.
• The Globe Theatre
  The recently re-opened theatre which once employed William Shakespeare himself.
• The Royal Parks
  Information on Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, Green Park, St. James Park and Regent's Park.
• St. Paul's Cathedral
  The famous London landmark and one of the largest cathedrals in Europe.
• Southwark Cathedral
  Not as famous as St. Paul's or Westminster Abbey, it's still a nice place to visit and very convenient to London Bridge station. (And it's pronounced "suth-ick" by the way).
• Tower Bridge
  A millionaire in Arizona thought he was buying -this- bridge when he paid for the "London Bridge" to be moved to the Colorado River.
• The Tower of London
  Castle, Palace, Prison, Fortress, Place of Execution and possibly the oldest building in London.
• Visiting Parliament
  All about visiting Parliament - the official web site.
• Westminster Abbey
  Burial place of the Kings and Queens of England since the 11th Century.
• English Heritage (Official)

Newspapers

• Scottish and Universal Newspapers - Inside Scotland presents daily local news and sport from the regions of Scotland, an Ex-pats Club, and more.
• This is London News
• Courier On-line, The
• Coventry Evening Telegraph - local news and sport updated daily from Coventry and Warwickshire.
• Daily Record and Sunday Mail
• East Lancashire Newspapers - home of the Burnley Express, Padiham Express, Nelson Leader, Pendle Express, Colne Times, Barnoldswick & Earby Times, and Clitheroe Advertiser and Times.
• Evening Telegraph, The - daily newspaper in the city of Dundee on Scotland's East coast.
• Herald, The
• Independent, The
• Irish News, The - and Belfast Morning News.
• Irish Post - weekly newspaper for the Irish in Britain.
• Isle of Wight County Press - weekly newspaper with news, features and various local information.
• Journal, The - online daily for the North of England.
• London Daily - online newspaper which covers the Great London area and includes news from every community.
• London Student Newspaper - Europe's largest student newspaper. It is read by 30,000 students across the capital, and is produced fortnightly by a team of student volunteers.
• Sunday Herald - Scotland's independent Sunday newspaper.
• Sunday People - online edition containing news, sport, showbiz gossip and competitions.
• Sunday Post, The - Scottish Sunday newspaper.
• Telegraph Online - originally the Disability Telegraph BBS, founded in 1987 for downloading information to Braille machines and speech synthesisers.
• This is London - the online version of the London Evening Standard.

Radio on The Web

• BBC Radio 1 (London)
• BBC World Service (London) - Live Feed
• Capital FM - 95.8 FM (London) - Live Feed
• Capital Gold - 1548 AM (London) - Live Feed
• Classic FM - 100.9 FM (London) - Live Feed: RealAudio/ Media Player
• KISS FM - 100 FM (London) - Live Feed
• LBC - 1152 AM (London) - Live Feed
• Mercury FM - 102.7 FM (Crawley) - Live Feed
• News Direct 97.3 - 97.3 FM (London) - Live Feed
• Premier Radio - 1305/1332/1413 AM (London) - Live Feed: RealAudio
• UK Rumbal - Internet Only (London) - Live Feed
• University Radio Nottingham - 97.5 FM/1602 AM (Nottingham) - Live Feed: RealAudio
• WWFM - Internet Only (London) - Live Feed
• XFM - 104.9 FM (London) - Live Feed
• BBC Radio Scotland - Archived News
• Scottish Internet Radio - Archived

Travel

• David's London Page - devoted to people in London and Benson.
• Knowhere Guide  - compiled from travellers' experiences.
• Resort Guides UK - South Coast
• South East England Tourist Board Internet - official tourist information for South East England, serving the counties of Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
• English Tourist Board - find tourist information centres and plan your visit.
• English Tourist Board - find tourist information centres and plan your visit.
• My Trip to England - photo's and a description of a walk along the Grand Union Canal running from Paddington, London to Birmingham New Street.