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England is the largest and, with 55 million inhabitants, by far the most populous of the 's constituent countries. A 'green and pleasant land', England is known for its dramatic scenery of countryside, rolling hills, green fields, ancient woodland, and rugged coastline.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include London and Manchester.

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Noisy, vibrant and truly multicultural, is a megalopolis of people, ideas and frenetic energy. The capital and largest city of the sits on the River Thames in South-East England.

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is a vibrant, post-industrial gem at the heart of . The city that used to be nicknamed 'Cottonopolis' has hung up its clogs and, thanks to successive regeneration projects, is now a major centre for culture and commerce; seen by many as the capital of the north of England, and sometimes regarded as England's second city.

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The original Steel City, is one place most have heard of, but isn't usually on many travellers' bucket lists. If this is you, you're missing out.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as South East England and West Country.

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is one of the most visited regions of the , being situated around the English capital city and located closest to continental Europe.

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The is an unofficial, but popular, name for the South West of England. If you think you know southern England, but haven't ventured beyond the , the will be a revelation.

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Heartland of the Industrial Revolution and home to some of the country's most beautiful landscapes, is a diverse region to the north of the and west of and .

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The is the most easterly region of England and indeed of the whole . It lies broadly to the north of , the Thames estuary and , to the south of the Wash and to the east of the .

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The is the western part of central England in the . This central area borders , the , , the and all three parts of .

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has a strong cultural identity and offers visitors a wonderful variety of thriving urban centres, important historic towns and world renowned countryside.

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The , in its broadest sense, is the eastern part of central England. It is made up of six counties, which share common characteristics which distinguish the region from other parts of the country whilst also having their own distinct identities.

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has outstanding natural beauty. snakes over dale and hill along the crest of a sharp ridge. Along the coast, windswept castles raise defiant stone fists against invaders and the elements.

England

Latitude of center
52.8426° or 52° 50′ 33″ north
Longitude of center
-1.1865° or 1° 11′ 12″ west
Population
57,100,000
Elevation
203 feet (62 metres)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 660867243
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
6269131
Wiki­data ID
Q21
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“England” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Англиа”
  • Abkhazian: “Англызтәыла”
  • Achinese: “Inggréh”
  • Adyghe: “Англие”
  • Afrikaans: “Engeland”
  • Akan: “Ngyiresi”
  • Albanian: “Anglia”
  • Amharic: “ኢንግላንድ”
  • Angika: “इंग्लैंड”
  • Arabic: “إنجلترا”
  • Arabic: “إنغلترا”
  • Arabic: “إنقلترا”
  • Arabic: “إنكلترا”
  • Arabic: “إنگلترا”
  • Aragonese: “Anglaterra”
  • Armenian: “Անգլիա”
  • Arpitan: “Anglletèrra”
  • Assamese: “ইংলেণ্ড”
  • Asturian: “Inglaterra”
  • Awadhi: “इंग्लैण्ड”
  • Aymara: “Inlispampa”
  • Azerbaijani: “İngiltərə”
  • Balinese: “Inggris”
  • Bashkir: “Англия”
  • Basque: “Ingalaterra”
  • Batak Mandailing: “Inggris”
  • Batak Toba: “Inggeris”
  • Bavarian: “England”
  • Belarusian: “Ангельшчына”
  • Belarusian: “Англія”
  • Bengali: “ইংল্যান্ড”
  • Betawi: “Èngelan”
  • Betawi: “Inggris”
  • Bhojpuri: “इंगलिस्तान”
  • Bhojpuri: “इंग्लिस्तान”
  • Bhojpuri: “इंग्लैंड”
  • Bhojpuri: “इंग्लैण्ड”
  • Bosnian: “Engleska”
  • Brahui: “Inglistán”
  • Breton: “Bro-Saoz”
  • Bulgarian: “Англия”
  • Burmese: “England”
  • Burmese: “အင်္ဂလန်နိုင်ငံ”
  • Catalan: “Anglaterra”
  • Catalan: “England”
  • Cebuano: “Inglatera”
  • Central Bikol: “Inglatera”
  • Central Kanuri: “England”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئینگلاند”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئینگلتەرا”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئینگلتەڕا”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئینگلستان”
  • Chavacano: “Inglatera”
  • Chechen: “Ингалс”
  • Chinese: “Eng-lân”
  • Chinese: “英倫”
  • Chinese: “英格兰”
  • Chinese: “英格蘭”
  • Chuvash: “Англи”
  • Cornish: “Pow Sows”
  • Corsican: “Inghilterra”
  • Crimean Tatar: “İngiltere”
  • Croatian: “ENG”
  • Croatian: “Engleska”
  • Czech: “Anglie”
  • Dagbani: “England”
  • Danish: “England”
  • Dhivehi: “އިނގިރޭސިވިލާތް”
  • Dimli (individual language): “İngıltere”
  • Dotyali: “इङ्ल्याण्ड”
  • Dutch: “Engeland”
  • Dzongkha: “ཨིང་ལེནཌ།”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “انجلاند”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “انجلترا”
  • Erzya: “Англия Мастор”
  • Esperanto: “Anglio”
  • Esperanto: “Anglujo”
  • Estonian: “Inglismaa”
  • Extremaduran: “Ingalaterra”
  • Faroese: “Ongland”
  • Fiji Hindi: “England”
  • Fijian: “Igiladi”
  • Fijian: “Peretania”
  • Finnish: “Englanti”
  • French: “Ang.”
  • French: “Angleterre”
  • French: “Mère des parlements”
  • Friulian: “Anglie”
  • Friulian: “Ingletiere”
  • Galician: “Inglaterra”
  • Georgian: “ინგლისი”
  • German: “England”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “England”
  • Gilaki: “اينگيليس”
  • Goan Konkani: “Ingland”
  • Goan Konkani: “इंग्लंड”
  • Goan Konkani: “ಇಂಗ್ಲೆಂಡ್”
  • Gorontalo: “Enggeleti”
  • Gothic: “𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳”
  • Greek: “Αγγλία”
  • Guarani: “Inglaterra”
  • Guarani: “Inglatérra”
  • Guarani: “Ingyatérra”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Langlétè”
  • Gujarati: “ઈંગ્લેન્ડ”
  • Haitian: “Angletè”
  • Hakka Chinese: “England”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Yîn-kak-làn”
  • Hausa: “Ingila”
  • Hawaiian: “‘Enelani”
  • Hawaiian: “ʻEnelani”
  • Hebrew: “אנגליה”
  • Hindi: “इंग्लैण्ड”
  • Hungarian: “Anglia”
  • Icelandic: “England”
  • Ido: “Anglia”
  • Igbo: “obodo dị na ugwu ọdịda anyanwụ Europe, akụkụ nke United Kingdom”
  • Iloko: “Inglatera”
  • Inari Sami: “Eŋland”
  • Indonesian: “Inggris”
  • Ingush: “Ингалсехье”
  • Ingush: “Ингалсече”
  • Interlingua: “Anglaterra”
  • Interlingue: “Anglia”
  • Irish: “Sasana”
  • Italian: “ENG”
  • Italian: “Inghilterra”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Ingglan”
  • Japanese: “イングランド”
  • Javanese: “Inggris”
  • Kabiyè: “Aŋgɩlɩtɛɛrɩ”
  • Kabyle: “Legliz”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “England”
  • Kalmyk: “Инглишин Таңһч”
  • Kannada: “ಇಂಗ್ಲೆಂಡ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Angliya”
  • Kashmiri: “اِنگلِستان”
  • Kashubian: “Anielskô”
  • Kazakh: “Англия”
  • Khmer: “អង់គ្លេស”
  • Kikuyu: “Ngeretha”
  • Kinaray-A: “Ingglateranhën”
  • Kinaray-A: “Ingglaterranhën”
  • Kinaray-A: “Ingglatiranhun”
  • Kinaray-A: “Ingglatirranhun”
  • Kirghiz: “Англия”
  • Komering: “Inggris”
  • Kongo: “Ngelezi”
  • Korean: “잉글랜드”
  • Kotava: “Engla”
  • Kurdish: “Îngilistan”
  • Kurdish: “Înglistan”
  • Ladin: “Englatiera”
  • Ladin: “Inghiltera”
  • Ladin: “Nghiltiera”
  • Ladino: “Inglaterra”
  • Lao: “ປະເທດອັງກິດ”
  • Latin: “Anglia”
  • Latvian: “Anglija”
  • Lezghian: “Англия”
  • Ligurian: “Inghiltæra”
  • Limburgan: “Ingeland”
  • Lingala: “Ingɛlandi”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “England”
  • Literary Chinese: “英格蘭”
  • Lithuanian: “Anglija”
  • Lojban: “gligu’e”
  • Lombard: “Inghiltèra”
  • Low German: “Engelaand”
  • Low German: “England”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Engelska”
  • Luxembourgish: “England”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Anglia”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Anglii”
  • Macedonian: “Англија”
  • Maithili: “इङ्ल्यान्ड”
  • Malagasy: “Angletera”
  • Malay: “England”
  • Malay: “ايڠݢلند”
  • Malayalam: “ഇംഗ്ലണ്ട്”
  • Maltese: “Ingilterra”
  • Manipuri: “ꯏꯪꯂꯦꯟ”
  • Manx: “ENG”
  • Manx: “Sostyn”
  • Maori: “Ingarangi”
  • Marathi: “इंग्लंड”
  • Mazanderani: “انگلیس”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Ĭng-gáik-làng”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Eng-kek-lân”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Eng-lân”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Eng-tē”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “England”
  • Minangkabau: “Inggirih”
  • Minangkabau: “Inggris”
  • Mingrelian: “ინგლისი”
  • Mirandese: “Anglaterra”
  • Moksha: “Англия”
  • Mongolian: “Англи”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “النݣليز”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لينڭليز”
  • Mossi: “Angletɛɛrã”
  • N'Ko: “ߊ߲߬ߜ߭ߌ߬ߟߋ߬ߘߎ߰”
  • Narom: “Angliétèrre”
  • Neapolitan: “Ngreterra”
  • Nepali: “इङ्गल्यान्ड”
  • Nepali: “इङ्ल्यान्ड”
  • Nias: “Hagöri”
  • Nias: “Inggris”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ingelun”
  • Northern Sami: “Englánda”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “England”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “England”
  • Norwegian: “England”
  • Novial: “Anglia”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “England”
  • Obolo: “Ingilan”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Anglatèrra”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ængla Land”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ænglaland”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Englaland”
  • Oriya: “ଇଂଲଣ୍ଡ”
  • Oromo: “Ingilaandi”
  • Ossetian: “Англис”
  • Pa'o Karen: “အိန်းကလန်ခမ်းထီ”
  • Pampanga: “Inglaterra”
  • Panjabi: “ਇੰਗਲੈਂਡ”
  • Papiamento: “Inglatera”
  • Pedi: “Engêlanê”
  • Pennsylvania German: “England”
  • Persian: “انگلستان”
  • Picard: “Ingueltière”
  • Piemontese: “Anghiltèra”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Ingland”
  • Polish: “Anglia”
  • Portuguese: “ENG”
  • Portuguese: “Engl”
  • Portuguese: “England”
  • Portuguese: “Inglaterra”
  • Pushto: “انګلستان”
  • Pushto: “انګلېنډ”
  • Quechua: “inlatira”
  • Quechua: “inlatirra”
  • Quechua: “Inlishpampa”
  • Quechua: “Inlispampa”
  • Romanian: “Ang.”
  • Romanian: “Anglia”
  • Romansh: “Engalterra”
  • Russia Buriat: “Англи”
  • Russian: “Англия”
  • Rusyn: “Анґлія”
  • Samoan: “‘Egelani”
  • Samoan: “’Egelani”
  • Samogitian: “England”
  • Samogitian: “Onglėjė”
  • Sanskrit: “इङ्ग्लेण्डदेशः”
  • Sanskrit: “इङ्ग्लेण्ड्”
  • Santali: “ᱤᱝᱞᱮᱱᱰ”
  • Sardinian: “Inghilterra”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Änglound”
  • Scots: “England”
  • Scots: “Ingland”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Sasainn”
  • Serbian: “ЕНГ”
  • Serbian: “Енглеска”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Engleska”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Енглеска”
  • Shan: “မိူင်းဢိင်ႇၵလႅၼ်ႇ”
  • Sicilian: “Inghilterra”
  • Sicilian: “Nglaterra”
  • Sicilian: “Ngraterra”
  • Silesian: “Yngland”
  • Sindhi: “انگلينڊ”
  • Sinhala: “tho huttha”
  • Sinhala: “එංගලන්තය”
  • Skolt Sami: “Eŋgglõsjânnam”
  • Slovak: “Anglicko”
  • Slovenian: “Anglija”
  • Somali: “Ingiriiska”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اینگیلیس”
  • Southern Sami: “Eenglaante”
  • Southern Sotho: “Engelane”
  • Spanish: “Inglaterra”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵉⵏⴳ”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵉⵏⴳⵍⴰⵜⵉⵔⴰ”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵉⵏⴳⵍⵉⵣ”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵏⵏⴳⵍⵉⵣ”
  • Sundanese: “Inggris”
  • Swahili: “Uingereza”
  • Swati: “Ngilandi”
  • Swedish: “England”
  • Swiss German: “England”
  • Sylheti: “ꠁꠋꠟꠦꠘ꠆ꠒ”
  • Tagalog: “Inglatera”
  • Tajik: “Англия”
  • Tajik: “Ингилистон”
  • Tajik: “Инглистон”
  • Talysh: “Ingiltərə”
  • Talysh: “İnqiltərə”
  • Tamil: “இங்கிலாந்து”
  • Tatar: “Англия”
  • Telugu: “ఇంగ్లాండు”
  • Telugu: “ఇంగ్లాండ్”
  • Tetum: “Inglaterra”
  • Thai: “แคว้นอังกฤษ”
  • Thai: “ประเทศอังกฤษ”
  • Thai: “อังกฤษ”
  • Thai: “อิงแลนด์”
  • Tok Pisin: “Inglan”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “ʻIngilani”
  • Tosk Albanian: “England”
  • Tsonga: “England”
  • Turkish: “İngiltere”
  • Turkmen: “Angliýa”
  • Tuvinian: “Англия”
  • Twi: “Ngyiresi”
  • Tyap: “Nggi̱lan”
  • Udmurt: “Англия”
  • Uighur: “ئەنگلىيە”
  • Ukrainian: “Англія”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Jendźelska”
  • Urdu: “انگلستان”
  • Uzbek: “Angliya”
  • Venetian: “Inghiltera”
  • Veps: “Anglii”
  • Vietnamese: “Anh Cách Lan”
  • Vietnamese: “Anh-cách-lan”
  • Vietnamese: “Anh”
  • Vietnamese: “England”
  • Vlaams: “Iengeland”
  • Vlax Romani: “England”
  • Volapük: “Linglän”
  • Võro: “Inglüsmaa”
  • Walloon: “Inglutere”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Inglaterra”
  • Welsh: “Lloegr”
  • Western Armenian: “Անգլիա”
  • Western Frisian: “Ingelân”
  • Western Panjabi: “انگلستان”
  • Wu Chinese: “英格兰”
  • Xhosa: “ENgilani”
  • Xhosa: “INgesi”
  • Yakut: “Ааҥылыйа”
  • Yiddish: “ענגלאנד”
  • Yoruba: “Ilẹ̀gẹ̀ẹ́sì”
  • Yue Chinese: “英倫”
  • Yue Chinese: “英吉利”
  • Yue Chinese: “英格蘭”
  • Zeeuws: “Iengeland”
  • Zulu: “INgilandi”
  • “Anglia”
  • “Britania Raya”
  • “Inghiltèra”
  • “Inglatlālpan”
  • “Inglüsmaa”
  • “ma Inli”
  • “Onglėjė”
  • “इंग्लैंड”

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