page_title: Outline of the United Kingdom
section_title: Cultural icons
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of the United Kingdom / Culture / Cultural icons
caption_attribution_description: English: Basalt stones at Giant's Causeway
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; a sovereign state in Europe, commonly known as the United Kingdom, or Britain. Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, it includes the island of Great Britain—a term also applied loosely to refer to the whole country—the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands
caption: Giant's Causeway stones
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