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100 Terms Every Visitor to the UK Should Know

May 26, 2026

100 Terms Every Visitor to the UK Should Know

No. Item Definition
1. 111 non-emergency medical phone number
2. 999 emergency phone number
3. A&E emergency department
4. accessible suitable for disabled people
5. ale traditional beer style
6. allergic having an allergy
7. ambulance emergency medical vehicle
8. antiseptic germ-killing treatment
9. bin trash container
10. black cab traditional London taxi
11. bonnet car hood
12. boot car trunk
13. brilliant very good
14. bus stop place where buses stop
15. car park parking lot
16. carriage train passenger compartment
17. cheers thanks, goodbye, or drinking toast
18. city centre downtown area of a city
19. coach long-distance bus
20. congestion charge fee for driving in central London
21. delay late arrival or departure
22. diesel diesel fuel
23. diversion detour
24. dual carriageway divided main road
25. eat in consume food on premises
26. en suite private bathroom attached
27. excuse me polite way to get attention
28. fare travel price
29. fish and chips fried fish with chips
30. fiver five-pound note
31. flat apartment
32. fries thin fried potatoes
33. fry-up cooked fried breakfast
34. full English traditional cooked breakfast
35. give way yield to traffic
36. gluten-free containing no gluten
37. GP family doctor
38. half pint half-size beer serving
39. high street main shopping street
40. hire car rental car
41. holiday let short-term vacation rental
42. hostel budget shared accommodation
43. indicator turn signal
44. jacket potato baked potato
45. lager light beer style
46. lay-by roadside stopping area
47. left luggage paid luggage storage
48. lift elevator
49. loo toilet
50. lost property place for found belongings
51. mate friendly form of address
52. meal deal discounted food-and-drink combination
53. mind the gap warning about platform gaps
54. minicab prebooked private taxi
55. motorway major high-speed road
56. nappy diaper
57. National Rail Britain’s main train network
58. notes paper money
59. off-licence shop selling alcohol to take away
60. off-peak outside busiest travel times
61. Overground London suburban rail network
62. Oyster card London transport payment card
63. parking meter machine for paid parking
64. pavement sidewalk
65. pay and display pay, then show parking ticket
66. pelican crossing signal-controlled pedestrian crossing
67. petrol gasoline
68. please polite request word
69. postcode letters and numbers identifying an address
70. queue line of people
71. quid one pound
72. railcard discount card for train travel
73. receipt proof of purchase
74. replacement bus bus replacing a train
75. return round-trip ticket
76. roundabout circular road junction
77. rubbish trash or something bad
78. sick ill or nauseated
79. single one-way ticket
80. sorry polite apology or interruption
81. step-free accessible without steps
82. still water water without bubbles
83. surgery doctor’s office
84. ta informal thanks
85. taxi rank designated taxi waiting place
86. timetable schedule of services
87. town centre central area of a town
88. Travelcard pass for London public transport
89. Tube London Underground
90. ULEZ London low-emission driving zone
91. Underground London subway system
92. unwell not feeling healthy
93. validator machine that checks travel cards
94. VAT value-added tax
95. vegan using no animal products
96. vegetarian eating no meat
97. windscreen windshield
98. Yorkshire pudding baked savoury batter dish
99. you alright? casual greeting
100. zebra crossing striped pedestrian crossing
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