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Travel Plug Adaptor for United Kingdom

You are in luck! United Kingdom uses the same type G socket as found in the UK so you shouldn\t need any adaptors as long as your appliances have standard UK 3 pin plugs.

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Please be aware that whilst a travel adaptor will allow you to physically plug a UK plug into a different socket it will not change the voltage or frequency of the supply.

Voltage - The mains voltage in United Kingdom is 230 V which is compatible with all UK appliances (UK voltage is currently specified as 230 V +10% / - 6%).

Frequency - The frequency in United Kingdom is 50 Hz which is the same as the UK.

Special considerations - "Voltage tolerance of 230 V +10%/-6% (216.2 V to 253 V), widened to 230 V ±10% (207 V to 253 V) in 2008. The system supply voltage remains centered on 240 V. [14] A "shaver socket" (similar to Type C) is sometimes found in bathrooms that will provide low current to some other plug types. These sometimes have a ~110 V socket and a ~240 V socket in the same unit, or a switch to select voltage for a single socket. The G type socket usually has an on-off switch. IEC 60309 plugs and connectors are used in industrial and construction locations as well as for outdoor use in domestic and other business premises. Plug types D and M were used until the 1960s and are still in preferred use for theatre and TV stage lighting applications due to lack of internal fuse."

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Please note that while we take great care to give the best advice available our recommendations may not always be the most suitable for your particular circumstances. When you travel as much as we do you come to realise that some countries just don't know how to stick to the rules! Please use our recommendations responsibly and do some extra research on the particular area that you are travelling to if necessary.

Plug / Socket Types in use in
United Kingdom


Voltage: 230 V
Frequency: 50 Hz

Type G Socket used in United Kingdom
Type G Socket

Type G Plug used in United Kingdom
Type G Plug



At a Glance

United Kingdom flag
 
 
 
 
Capital:
London
Population:
"64,511,000
(2014 estimate)"
Area:
243,610 km2
(94,058 sq mi)
   Land:
98.66 %
   Water:
1.34 %
 
 
 
 
Time Zone:
UTC
Dialling Code:
44
Currency:
United Kingdom Pound (GBP)
Language:
English
 
 
 
 
Country Code:
(ISO 3166-1 alpha-2)
GB
Country Code:
(ISO 3166-1 alpha-3)
GBR
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