How the UK is Divided: Countries, Cities, Counties, Councils, Wards

Its called the United Kingdom, but its divided up into four countries Ill be focusing on England in particular, and showing how the country where I live is divided up into cities and towns, villages and countryside. Ill be talking about counties, councils, and wards, and giving a few examples of place names. If youre planning on moving to the UK, this is essential knowledge. To learn how to pronounce UK place names, watch these lessons: How to say the names of British cities, by engvidJade : How to pronounce UK place names, by engvidBenjamin : And for more about Scotland, see my interview with a Scottish poet here: In this video: 00:00 How the UK is divided 00:16 Countries: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland 02:04 Big Cities: London, Birmingham, 03:22 Suburbs 04:06 Countryside 05:22 Counties: Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Somerset, Kent, Devon, Cornwall, Essex, Suffolk, 05:43 How to pronounce shire names 08:14 Councils 09:09 Wards