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每一个[[英國的構成國|构成国]]在合并为大不列颠王国或联合王国之前就形成了各自的地方管理制度和行政区划体系,并且在合并之后保留了各自的体系。历史上,英格兰(以及威尔士)和苏格兰在中世纪早期就被划分为郡({{lang-en|County}}),而郡制直到近代社会早期才推行到爱尔兰岛。虽然英国的历史行政区划多以郡为基础,但是各构成国的管理制度却有差别。直到19世纪,伴随着民选的理事会({{lang-en|Council}})的建立,郡地方行政系统才有一些细微的变化。但是,这个变化并未统一各构成国的管理系统,且此后的数次地方政府改革也是在一个或者几个构成国分别进行,不存在全国性的改革。因此,联合王国没有统一的行政区划体系<ref name="UN">{{Cite web |title=Ninth UN Conference on the standardization of Geographical Names |url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/9th-UNCSGN-Docs/E-CONF-98-48-Add1.pdf |accessdate=2008-10-21 |author=United Nations Economic and Social Council |date=August 2007-08 |publisher=UN Statistics Division |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5lhCIacyi?url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/9th-UNCSGN-Docs/E-CONF-98-48-Add1.pdf |archivedate=2009-12-01 |deadurl=yes }}</ref>且即使在未来,管理系统统一的可能性也较小。
 
但在某些场合,联合王国也被分为12个“大区”({{lang-en|Region}}),在这种情况下,威尔士、苏格兰及北爱尔兰各自作为一个大区,而英格兰则被分为9个大区。在[[英國脫歐|英国脱欧]]之前,大区也作为英国的[[欧洲议会]][[英國歐洲議會選區|选区]]划分依据。
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=== 综述 ===
英国作为一个重要的[[贸易]]实体、經濟大國以及[[金融]]中心,是世界第五大[[经济体系]],也是全球最富裕、經濟最發達和生活水準最高的國家之一<ref name="Global city GDP rankings 2008-2025">{{cite web |url=http://www.ukmediacentre.pwc.com/Media-Library/Global-city-GDP-rankings-2008-2025-61a.aspx |title=Global city GDP rankings 2008–2025 |publisher=PricewaterhouseCoopers |access-date=2010-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428032945/http://www.ukmediacentre.pwc.com/Media-Library/Global-city-GDP-rankings-2008-2025-61a.aspx |archive-date=2011-04-28 |dead-url=no }}</ref>。在过去的三十年间,[[英国政府|政府]]大量减少国有资产,并减缓[[社会福利]]计划的发展<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/better-regulation/docs/p/11-795-principles-for-economic-regulation |title=Principles for Economic Regulation |date=April 2011-04 |publisher=Department for Business, Innovation & Skills |access-date=2011-05-01 |archive-date=2012-05-27 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/67yHECwTW?url=http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/better-regulation/docs/p/11-795-principles-for-economic-regulation |dead-url=no }}</ref>。十八世紀時英國本地產[[小麥]]開始不敵北美廉價小麥,放棄大量種植小麥,大量從美洲進口糧產,逐漸轉以乳畜业为主,较为集中,高度[[农业机械化|机械化]],效益十分高:1%的劳动人口能够满足大约60%的食品需要<ref>{{cite web |title=Agriculture in the United Kingdom |url=http://archive.defra.gov.uk/evidence/statistics/foodfarm/general/auk/documents/AUK-2009.pdf |publisher=Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |access-date=2015-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105174314/http://archive.defra.gov.uk/evidence/statistics/foodfarm/general/auk/documents/AUK-2009.pdf |archive-date=2012-01-05 |dead-url=yes }}</ref>。
 
英国拥有大量的[[煤]]、[[天然气]]和[[石油]]储备;英国的主要能源生产大约占总[[国民生产总值|GDP]]的10%,在工业国家是算非常高的<ref>Survey, British. [http://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/mines/coal/home.html "Coal | Mines & quarries | MineralsUK"] {{Wayback|url=http://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/mines/coal/home.html |date=20210511045403 }}. ''http://www.bgs.ac.uk'' {{Wayback|url=http://www.bgs.ac.uk/ |date=20090426141109 }}. Retrieved 7 July 2015.</ref>。[[服务业]],特别是[[银行业]]、[[金融業]]、[[航運業]]、保险业以及[[商业]]、[[服务业]]占GDP的比重最大,而且處於世界領導地位<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/economicoutputandproductivity/output/bulletins/indexofservices/october2017|title=UK index of services: October 2017|publisher=Office for National Statistics|date=2017-12-22|access-date=2018-01-15|archive-date=2021-05-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511045410/https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/economicoutputandproductivity/output/bulletins/indexofservices/october2017|dead-url=no}}</ref>,首都[[倫敦]]更是世界數一數二的金融、航運和服務中心<ref name="GFCI 27 Rank - Long Finance">{{Cite web|title=GFCI 27 Rank - Long Finance|url=https://www.longfinance.net/programmes/financial-centre-futures/global-financial-centres-index/gfci-27-explore-data/gfci-27-rank/|access-date=2020-08-29|website=www.longfinance.net|archive-date=2020-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402001210/https://www.longfinance.net/programmes/financial-centre-futures/global-financial-centres-index/gfci-27-explore-data/gfci-27-rank/|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Global city GDP rankings 2008-2025" />。英國的名牌國際工業包括[[勞斯萊斯]]汽車和引擎,名牌國際服務業包括[[马莎百货|馬莎百貨公司]]和[[滙豐銀行]]。
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英国人的其他主要工程项目和应用包括由[[理查·特里維西克|理查·特里维西克]]和[[安德鲁·威威恩]]开发的[[蒸汽機車|蒸汽机车]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Remarkable engineers: from Riquet to Shannon|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2010|location=Cambridge [und 9 weitere]|isbn=978-0-521-73165-2|first=Ioan M.|last=James}}</ref>;[[麥可·法拉第|迈克·法拉第]]的电动机;[[查尔斯·巴贝奇]]设计的第一台计算机<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1948-12-22 |title=General principles of the design of all-purpose computing machines |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1948.0129 |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences |volume=195 |issue=1042 |doi=10.1098/rspa.1948.0129 |issn=0080-4630}}</ref>;[[愛達·勒芙蕾絲|埃达·洛夫莱斯]]的第一个程序代码<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ma |first=Rui |last2=Liu |first2=Junxian |date=2023-03-13 |title=The First Off-Grid Solar Power Plant in Iraq |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/214077-ms |journal=Day 1 Mon, March 13, 2023 |publisher=SPE |doi=10.2118/214077-ms}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ibadat |first=Samrah |date=2023-03-13 |title=Leadership Development for High Potential Employees |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/213999-ms |journal=Day 1 Mon, March 13, 2023 |publisher=SPE |doi=10.2118/213999-ms}}</ref>, [[威廉·庫克]]和[[查爾斯·惠斯通|查尔斯·惠更斯]]的第一个商业电报<ref>{{Cite journal |last=MARLAND |first=E |date=1966-01 |title=Cooke and Wheatstone and the invention of the electric telegraph By Geoffrey Hubbard. Pp. ix + 158. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London. 1965. 21s. net |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0160-9327(66)90066-4 |journal=Endeavour |volume=25 |issue=94 |doi=10.1016/0160-9327(66)90066-4 |issn=0160-9327}}</ref>, [[约瑟夫·斯万]]的白炽灯泡<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Story of Light|last=Ben|first=Bova|publisher=Sourcebooks|year=2002|isbn=978-1-402200-09-0|location=Naperville|pages=238}}</ref>;和由[[亚历山大·格拉汉姆·贝尔|亚历山大·贝尔]]申请专利的第一个实用电话<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1947-03 |title=Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922) |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/159297a0 |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=159 |issue=4035 |doi=10.1038/159297a0 |issn=0028-0836}}</ref>。在20世纪,[[约翰·罗杰·贝尔德]]和其他人发明了世界上第一个运作的[[电视系统]]<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2018-02-06 |title=Baird, John Logie (1888–1946) |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/odnb/9780192683120.013.30540 |journal=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref>;[[弗兰克·惠特尔]]发明的[[喷气发动机]];[[艾伦·图灵]]提出的现代计算机的理论基础;[[费兰蒂马克]]——第一台[[商业通用数字计算机]];[[杰弗里·达默]]提出的[[集成电路]]概念<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Nunez Davila |first=Andres Felipe |date=2023-03-13 |title=Innovative Performance Models for Integrated Projects in Offshore Deepwater Operations |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/214064-ms |journal=Day 1 Mon, March 13, 2023 |publisher=SPE |doi=10.2118/214064-ms}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=2007-12-01 |title=Easton, Mark Richard Erskine, (born 12 March 1959), Home Editor, BBC News, since 2004 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u45304 |journal=Who's Who |publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref>;[[万维网联盟|W3C]]领导者[[蒂姆·伯纳斯-李]]提出的[[万维网]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ethnic groups of Europe: an encyclopedia|series=Ethnic groups of the world|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2011|location=Santa Barbara, Calf|isbn=978-1-59884-302-6|first=Jeffrey|last=Cole}}</ref>,以及[[乔纳森·艾维|乔纳森·埃维]]提出的[[蘋果公司|苹果公司]]产品概念。
 
直至今日,科學研究與開發在英國仍有重要地位,許多大學都建立了科學園區,以促進生產和與工業界的合作<ref>Castells, M.; Hall, P.; Hall, P.G. (2004). ''Technopoles of the World: the Making of Twenty-First-Century Industrial Complexes''. London: Routledge. pp. 98–100. {{ISBN|0-415-10015-1}}.</ref>。2022年,英国发表了世界6.3%的科学研究论文,并拥有10.5%的科学引用份额,位居世界第三(两者均如此)。英国的领域加权引文影响力排名世界第一<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1078073/international-comparison-uk-research-base-2022-accompanying-note.pdf |title=International comparison of the UK research base, 2022 |access-date=2023-03-11 March 2023 |archive-date=11 March 2023-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305235208/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1078073/international-comparison-uk-research-base-2022-accompanying-note.pdf}},在英國發行的知名科學期刊包括《[[皇家学会]]》《[[自然 (期刊)|自然]]》、《[[英國醫學期刊]]》和《[[柳葉刀 (雜誌)|柳葉刀]]》{{Cite journal |last=McCook, Alison |title=Is peer review broken? |journal=The Scientist |volume=20 |issue=2 |page=26 |year=2006 |url=http://gaia.pge.utexas.edu/Good/Materials/scientist_02_28_2006.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816230933/http://gaia.pge.utexas.edu/Good/Materials/scientist_02_28_2006.htm |archive-date=2011-08-16 |access-date=2011-06-22 |dead-url=yes }}</ref>。伦敦在[[欧洲数字社会创新指数]]中总体排名第一,该指数根据6个主题的32个标准对城市进行排名,伦敦在技术主题方面也排名第一<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nesta.org.uk/data-visualisation-and-interactive/european-digital-social-innovation-index/ |title=The European Digital Social Innovation Index |access-date=2023-03-11 March 2023 |archive-date=11 March 2023-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311112253/https://www.nesta.org.uk/data-visualisation-and-interactive/european-digital-social-innovation-index/}}到2022年,英国继续保持欧洲科技第一的位置,总市值达到1万亿美元,位居世界第三。剑桥因培养成功的技术创始人而被评为世界第一大学。同样在2022年,伦敦是美国以外的顶级科技生态系统,英国对快速发展的科技公司的投资是任何其他欧洲国家的两倍多。{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-tech-sector-retains-1-spot-in-europe-and-3-in-world-as-sector-resilience-brings-continued-growth|access-date=24 March 2023-03-24|title=UK tech sector retains #1 spot in Europe and #3 in world as sector resilience brings continued growth|archive-date=24 March 2023-03-24 |publisher=UK Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324084604/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-tech-sector-retains-1-spot-in-europe-and-3-in-world-as-sector-resilience-brings-continued-growth}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.startupblink.com |title=Best Cities for Startups |access-date=2023-03-11 March 2023 |archive-date=11 March 2023-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311130419/https://www.startupblink.com/ }} (last checked 11 March 2023)</ref> 。英国在2020年、2021年和2022年[[全球創新指數|全球创新指数]]中排名第四,该指数基于约80项指标,包括政治环境、教育、基础设施和知识创造的衡量标准。在相关报告中发现,剑桥是世界上“科技产业”最密集的集群。
 
== 运输 ==
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英国拥有较高的医疗水平,从1981年起,英国人的预期寿命逐年提高,2017年至2019年,预期寿命为男性79.4岁,女性83.1岁<ref>{{Cite web|title=National life tables – life expectancy in the UK - Office for National Statistics|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/bulletins/nationallifetablesunitedkingdom/2017to2019|access-date=2023-06-27|website=www.ons.gov.uk}}</ref>。
 
英国的医疗保健也遵循权力下放体系,每个构成国都有私人和公共的医疗保健系统。公共医保向所有英国[[永久居留權|永久居民]]提供,并且在绝大部分时候是免费的,这部分医疗经费的来源为常规税收。不过,在公立医疗制度里,病人非紧急下必须先看家庭医生<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-16|title=英國 NHS 註冊及看病流程|url=https://vitomag.com/health/gqil8d|access-date=2023-06-27|website=VITO雜誌|language=zh-Hant}}</ref>,医生作出专业决定认为有需要才可去看专科医生,以让资源合理使用,而有紧急情况的病人通常先去急症专科急症室。目前公立医疗专科医生最长轮候时间达一个月,被认为等待时间过长。2000年,[[世界卫生组织]]将英国的医疗保健提供情况评为欧洲第15位、世界第18位<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/worldhealthrepor00worl |title=The world health report 2000&nbsp;– Health systems: improving performance |publisher=World Health Organization |year=2000 |isbn=978-92-4-156198-3 |editor-last=Haden |editor-first=Angela |location=Geneva |access-date=5 July 2011-07-05 |editor-last2=Campanini |editor-first2=Barbara}}; {{Cite web |last=World Health Organization |author-link=World Health Organization |title=Measuring overall health system performance for 191 countries |url=http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~wgreene/Statistics/WHO-COMP-Study-30.pdf |access-date=5 July 2011-07-05 |publisher=New York University}}</ref>。
 
二战后在[[马歇尔计划]]的援助下,欧洲各国纷纷开始建设[[福利國家|福利国家]]。英国自1979经济复苏以来,医疗保健支出大幅增加<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Fisher |first=Peter |title=The NHS from Thatcher to Blair |url=http://www.healthp.org/node/71 |journal=NHS Consultants Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120124807/http://www.healthp.org/node/71 |archive-date=2018-11-20 November 2018 |access-date=19 December 2018-12-19 |quote=The Budget&nbsp;... was even more generous to the NHS than had been expected amounting to an annual rise of 7.4 per cent above the rate of inflation for the next five years. This would take us to 9.4 per cent of GDP spent on health ie around EU average.}}</ref>。根据2018年[[经济合作与发展组织|经合组织]]的数据,英国人均医疗保健支出为3,121英镑<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 September 2019-09-24 |title=Swindells: They aren't 'your' patients |publisher=Health Service Journal |url=https://www.hsj.co.uk/policy-and-regulation/swindells-they-arent-your-patients/7025988.article? |access-date=19 November 2019-11-19}}</ref>。
 
医疗监管机构在全国范围内都有设立,如[[醫學總會|医学总会]]、[[护理和助产士委员会|护理与助产委员会]]等,还有如[[皇家学会|皇家学院]]等非政府机构。医疗保健的政策和运营责任分别由四个构成国的行政部门负责。每个构成国的卫生服务机构都相应有不同的政策和优先事项<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-08-28 August 2008 |title='Huge contrasts' in devolved NHS |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7586147.stm}}; {{Cite news |last=Triggle |first=Nick |date=2 January 2008-01-02 |title=NHS now four different systems |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7149423.stm}}</ref>。
 
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=== 哲学思想 ===
[[File:John Locke.jpg|thumb|upright|由[[戈弗雷·内勒]] (Godfrey Kneller) 于1697年创作的[[约翰·洛克]]肖像]]
英国以传统的“[[经验主义|英国经验主义]]”和“苏格兰哲学”(有时被称为“[[苏格兰常识学派]]”)而闻名,“英国经验主义”是哲学知识的一个分支,认为只有经过实践验证的知识才是有效的<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.rrbltd.co.uk/bibliographies/scottish_v5_bibliog.pdf |title=A bibliography of Scottish common sense philosophy: Sources and origins |publisher=Thoemmes Press |year=2000 |editor-last=Fieser, James |location=Bristol |access-date=17 December 2010-12-17}}</ref>。英国经验主义最著名的哲学家有[[约翰·洛克]]、[[乔治·贝克莱]]和[[大卫·休谟]];[[杜格尔德·斯图尔特]]、[[托马斯·里德]]和[[威廉·汉密尔顿 (外交官)|威廉·汉密尔顿]]是苏格兰“常识”学派的主要代表。两位英国人:[[杰里米·边沁]](Jeremy Bentham)和[[约翰·斯图尔特·密尔]](John Stuart Mill)也因[[功利主義|功利主义]]伦理理论([[伦理学]]的一个分支)而闻名。这个理论首先由边沁提出,后来由密尔在自己的短篇著作[[效益主義 (書)|《效益主义》]]中使用。
 
==== 思想家 ====
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[[File:Bbc broadcasting house front.jpg|thumb|180px|right|位於倫敦的[[BBC廣播大樓]](Broadcasting House),是英國廣播公司總部]]
 
[[英国广播公司]](BBC)成立于1922年,是英国的一家公共广播、电视和互联网广播公司,也是世界上历史最悠久、规模最大的广播公司<ref name="MediaNewsline">{{Cite web |title=BBC: World's largest broadcaster & Most trusted media brand |url=http://www.medianewsline.com/news/151/ARTICLE/4930/2009-08-13.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005004930/http://www.medianewsline.com/news/151/ARTICLE/4930/2009-08-13.html |archive-date=5 October 2010-10-05 |access-date=23 September 2010-09-23 |publisher=Media Newsline}}</ref><ref name="ProspectMag">{{Cite web |title=Digital license |url=http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/?p=64654 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107024637/http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2009/07/digitallicense |archive-date=7 November 2011-11-07 |access-date=9 March 2015-03-09 |publisher=Prospect}}</ref><ref name="AboutBBC">{{Cite news |title=About the BBC&nbsp;– What is the BBC |work=BBC Online |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/info/purpose/what.shtml |access-date=9 March 2015-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116202334/http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/purpose/what.shtml |archive-date=16 January 2010-01-16}}</ref>。它在英国国内外运营着众多电视台和广播电台,其国内服务的主要收入来源是[[電視授權|电视授权]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Newswire7 |date=13 August 2009-08-13 |title=BBC: World's largest broadcaster & Most trusted media brand |url=http://www.medianewsline.com/news/151/ARTICLE/4930/2009-08-13.html |journal=Media Newsline |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510090842/http://www.medianewsline.com/news/151/ARTICLE/4930/2009-08-13.html |archive-date=2011-05-10 May 2011 |access-date=19 June 2011-06-19}}; {{Cite web |date=April 2010-04 |title=TV Licence Fee: facts & figures |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/keyfacts/stories/licencefee.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427080539/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/keyfacts/stories/licencefee.shtml |archive-date=27 April 2011-04-27 |publisher=BBC Press Office}}</ref>。[[英國廣播公司國際頻道|英国广播公司国际频道]]是一家BBC下属之世界上最大的国际广播公司<ref>{{Cite web |title=Microsoft Word – The Work of the BBC World Service 2008–09 HC 334 FINAL.doc |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmfaff/334/334.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021001645/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmfaff/334/334.pdf |archive-date=2020-10-21 October 2020 |access-date=16 February 2011-02-16}}</ref>。它以超过40种语言播报新闻、演讲和讨论<ref>{{Cite web |title=News in your language – BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/ws/languages |website=Bbc.co.uk}}; {{Cite web |title=BBC World Service |url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Media-News-Company/bbcworldservice/about |website=Facebook.com}}</ref>。
 
英国其他主要媒体包括[[獨立電視公司|独立电视公司]](ITV plc),该公司运营着组成[[独立电视网]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications & Policies: The History of ITV |url=http://www.itv.com/aboutitv/publications-policies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411224117/http://www.itv.com/aboutitv/publications-policies |archive-date=11 April 2011-04-11 |website=ITV.com}}</ref>和[[英國天空|英国天空]]<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Direct Broadcast Satellite Television |url=http://www.newscorp.com/operations/dbst.html |journal=News Corporation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604095622/http://www.newscorp.com/operations/dbst.html |archive-date=4 June 2011-06-04}}</ref>15家地区电视广播公司中的11个。 在英国印刷的报刊包括[[每日郵報|《每日邮报》]]、[[衛報|《卫报》]]、[[太陽報 (英國)|《太阳报》]]、[[每日电讯报|《每日电讯报》]]、[[泰晤士报|《泰晤士报》]]、[[每日快報|《每日快报》]]和[[金融時報 (英國)|《金融时报》]]等<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-10-10|title=ABCs: National daily newspaper circulation September 2008|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/table/2008/oct/10/abcs-pressandpublishing|access-date=2023-06-27|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>。在英国出版并在全球范围内发行的杂志和期刊还包括[[旁觀者|《旁观者》]]、[[经济学人|《经济学人》]]、[[新科學人|《新科学人》]]、[[新政治家|《新政治家》]]、[[前景|《展望》]]、[[新音乐快递|《新音乐快递》]]和[[广播时报|《广播时报》]]。
 
尽管[[曼彻斯特]]的[[英國媒體城|英国媒体城]]也是一个重要的全国性媒体中心,伦敦依然在英国[[媒體業|媒体业]]中占据主导地位:全国性报纸、电视和广播的总部基本上都设在首都。[[爱丁堡]]、[[格拉斯哥]]以及[[加的夫]]分别是苏格兰和威尔士重要的报刊和广播发行中心<ref>{{Cite book|title=Uk Cities: A Look at Life and Major Cities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=7yg45P35KDMC&redir_esc=y|publisher=New Africa Press|date=2010-10|isbn=978-9987-16-021-1|language=en|first=David|last=William}}</ref>。英国[[出版業|出版业]],包括书籍、名录和资料库、期刊、杂志和商业媒体、报纸和新闻机构,总营业额约为200亿英镑,雇员人数167,000人<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-05-05|title=Department for Culture Media and Sport - publishing|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505104322/http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/creative_industries/3280.aspx|access-date=2023-06-27|website=web.archive.org}}</ref>。2015年,英国每一百万居民出版2,710本书,这比任何其他国家都多,其中大部分出口到其他[[英语国家和地区列表|英语国家]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=<!--Not stated--> |date=2016 |title=Annual Report 2015-2016 |url=https://www.internationalpublishers.org/images/reports/Annual_Report_2016/IPA_Annual_Report_2015-2016_interactive.pdf |access-date=14 January 2021-01-14 |website=www.internationalpublishers.org |publisher=International Publishers Association |page=16}}</ref>。
 
2010年,英国82.5%的人口是[[網路用戶|互联网用户]],此比例是当年用户总数最多的20个国家中最高的<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-06-10|title=Internet Users - Top 20 Countries - Internet Usage|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610104435/http://www.internetworldstats.com/top20.htm|access-date=2023-06-27|website=web.archive.org}}</ref>。英国拥有欧洲最大的[[视频游戏]]产业,是继日本和美国之后的世界第三大视频游戏生产国<ref>{{Cite web|title=About UK Video Games Industry|url=https://tiga.org/about-tiga-and-our-industry/about-uk-video-games-industry|access-date=2023-06-27|website=TIGA|language=en-GB}}</ref>。