STATISTICS
United Kingdom in Numbers We know that long columns written with fancy words are sometimes boring. So, let’s travel to the heart of UK with short facts:
38.000
320
There are more than 38,000 schools in the UK. In public schools there is an average of 20 students per teachers.
With 23 escalator steps, the Waterloo station is the station with the most escalators.
Hampstead Station is the station with the most escalator handrails.
1871
1911
1485
Considered the national dish of UK, the first fish and chips establishment was opened in 1871 by a Jewish immigrant.
10
23
The first escalator on the London Underground was built in 1911 at Earl’s Court Station.
Killed in 1485 on the battlefield King Richard III’s skeleton were found buried in 2013 in a park in Leicester.
