NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Towns of the United Kingdom

In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, a town is any settlement which has received a charter of incorporation, more commonly known as a town charter, approved by the monarch. In Scotland, the equivalent is known as a burgh, pronounced burra. There are two types of burgh: royal burghs and burghs of barony.

In more modern times it is considered that a town becomes a city (or a village becomes a town) as soon as it reaches a certain population. The charter system is still the official way of recognising town status in the United Kingdom however and it is not an unusal event for towns acros the UK to celebrate their charter in an annual Charter Day (normally a fair or medieval market). The population system of recognising towns has no official standing yet in the United Kingdom.

The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are not part of the United Kingdom, but are included here for convenience.

Contents

1 Lists of towns in the UK

2 Towns of the Isle of Man

3 Towns of the Channel Islands

4 See also

Lists of towns in the UK

List of towns in England

List of burghs in Scotland

List of towns in Wales

List of towns in Northern Ireland

Towns of the Isle of Man

Castletown, Douglas, Peel, Ramsey

Towns of the Channel Islands

St Helier, St Peter Port

United Kingdom - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article (3680 words)
	The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (usually shortened to the United Kingdom or the UK) is a country (or more specifically a constitutional monarchy or unitary state) off the north-western coast of continental Europe, surrounded by the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea, the Irish Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean.
	The United Kingdom is the union of the Kingdom of England (which includes the principality of Wales) with the Kingdom of Scotland and later the Kingdom of Ireland to form a single state.
	Also sometimes associated with the United Kingdom, though not constitutionally part of the United Kingdom itself, are the Crown dependencies (the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey, and the Isle of Man) as self-governing possessions of the Crown, and a number of overseas territories under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom.

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