List of records of the United Kingdom
List of records of United Kingdom is an annotated list of British records organised by category.
Geography
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Ben Nevis, the tallest mountain in the United Kingdom.
Lough Neagh, the largest body of water in the United Kingdom.
- Largest body of water: Lough Neagh, 1,760 sq mi (4,550 km2).
- Longest river: River Severn, 354 km (220 mi).
- Largest island: Great Britain, 209,331 km2(80,823 sq mi).[2]
- Largest uninhabited island: Taransay, 1,475 ha (5+3⁄4 sq mi).
Buildings
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Sports
[edit]Olympics
[edit]- Most medals won by Great Britain in a single Summer Olympics game: 1908 Summer Olympics, 146 medals (56 gold, 51 silver, 39 bronze).
- Most Olympic medals won by a British Olympian: Jason Kenny, 9 medals (7 gold, 2 silver, 0 bronze).
Leaders
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Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning British monarch.
Robert Walpole, the longest-serving British prime minister.
Monarchs
[edit]- Longest-reigning monarch: Elizabeth II, 70 years, 214 days.[4][5][6]
- Longest-reigning king: George III, 59 years, 96 days.[7]
- Shortest-reigning monarch: Edward VIII, 10 months, 22 days.
Prime ministers
[edit]- Longest-serving prime minister: Robert Walpole, 20 years, 315 days.[8]
See also
[edit]- Extreme points of the United Kingdom
- List of tallest buildings in the United Kingdom
- List of tallest structures in the United Kingdom
References
[edit]- ^ "Great Britain's tallest mountain is taller". Ordnance Survey. 2016-03-18. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ ISLAND DIRECTORY Archived 8 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine, United Nations Environment Programme. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ "The Shard: About". Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ "Queen Elizabeth II has died, Buckingham Palace announces". BBC News. 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ^ "Her Majesty the Queen". The Royal Family. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
- ^ Waites, Rosie (2012-02-06). "The moment a princess became a queen". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
- ^ Kirsty.Oram (2015-12-31). "George III (r. 1760–1820)". The Royal Family. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ^ "Past Prime Ministers". gov.uk. Government of the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 25 August 2008.
- ^ "Liz Truss doubles down on disastrous 'growth' plan in farewell speech". The Independent. 2022-10-25. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ "British Prime Ministers | University of Oxford". www.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-20.