The United Kingdom is a country in northwestern Europe. 
The UK consists of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The UK is located mainly on two large islands in the Atlantic Ocean: the islands of Great Britain and Ireland
No location in the UK is further away from the sea than 125 km/ 77 miles!
The only land border to a non-UK country is in Northern Ireland the border with Ireland.
The United Kingdom is slightly smaller than the state of Oregon/USA and slightly bigger than Ghana.
The UK lies on the prime meridian which marks the Greenwich meridian timezone (GMT).
The landscape is dominated by rolling plains and rugged hillsides.
The UK has 13 British overseas territories, among them are Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean, Gibraltar on the Iberian Peninsula and Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.