List of records of the United Kingdom

List of records of United Kingdom is an annotated list of British records organised by category.

Geography

Ben Nevis, the tallest mountain in the United Kingdom.

Lough Neagh, the largest body of water in the United Kingdom.

• Tallest mountain: Ben Nevis, 1,345 metres (4,413 ft). ^[1]

• 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

The Shard, the tallest building in the United Kingdom.

• Tallest building: The Shard, 309.6 m (1,016 ft). ^[3]

Sports

Olympics

• 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

Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning British monarch.

Robert Walpole, the longest-serving British prime minister.

Monarchs

• 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

• Longest-serving prime minister: Robert Walpole, 20 years, 315 days. ^[8]
• Shortest-serving prime minister: Liz Truss, 1 month, 19 days. ^{[9] [10]}

See also

• Extreme points of the United Kingdom
• List of tallest buildings in the United Kingdom
• List of tallest structures in the United Kingdom

References

1. "Great Britain's tallest mountain is taller". Ordnance Survey. 2016-03-18. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
2. ISLAND DIRECTORY Archived 8 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine , United Nations Environment Programme. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
3. "The Shard: About" . Retrieved 25 March 2024.
4. "Queen Elizabeth II has died, Buckingham Palace announces". BBC News. 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
5. "Her Majesty the Queen". The Royal Family. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
6. Waites, Rosie (2012-02-06). "The moment a princess became a queen". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
7. Kirsty.Oram (2015-12-31). "George III (r. 1760–1820)". The Royal Family. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
8. "Past Prime Ministers". gov.uk . Government of the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 25 August 2008.
9. "Liz Truss doubles down on disastrous 'growth' plan in farewell speech". The Independent. 2022-10-25. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
10. "British Prime Ministers | University of Oxford". www.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-20.