The United Kingdom includes England.
Great Britain . Most of England , Scotland , and Wales are on the island . The Greater Manchester Built-up Area is an area of land defined by the Office for National Statistics ( ONS ) , consisting of the large conurbation that encompasses the urban element of the city of Manchester and the continuous metropolitan area that spreads outwards from it , forming much of Greater Manchester in North West England . The Liverpool Urban Area is a term used by the Office for National Statistics ( ONS ) to denote the urban area around Liverpool in England , to the east of the River Mersey . United Kingdom . Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland , the United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain , the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands . The West Midlands conurbation is the large conurbation that includes the cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton and the large towns of Sutton Coldfield , Dudley , Walsall , West Bromwich , Solihull , Stourbridge and Halesowen in the English West Midlands .