Is there cultural differences between the 4 countries of the UK?

Yes we do. People like football more than cricket.

I think there are some differences but people over egg it. Interestingly how some non English are generalising all English as not friendly or stuck up or obsessed with class.

No cricket but you forgot about football. For my colleagues its a big topic of conversation during lunch breaks etc here both men and women talk about it with passion. Not something I’d ever heard in England.

You are aware that the English have Celtic ancestry too?

I’m was born in England but live in Scotland (wouldn’t live anywhere else now). Most supermarkets very clearly label Scottish products they obviously feel that this is a selling point. When I come down to England I just don’t see this much. Scots are very proud of there history and culture, I was surprised to hear that they have to learn Scottish country dancing at primary and secondary, a colleague showed me a video of her DS and his friends all doing Scottish country dancing at the leavers disco, all seem able to quote large chunks of Robbie Burns, I doubt many English could quote large chunks of even Shakespere, and they study Scottish history at school and are happy to fill any gaps in my knowledge 😀. They have some different foods here as well, forget haggis everyone has heard of that, I’d never heard or a square sausage/lorne or tattie scones before I came here and “mince and tatties” is a very popular dish again it’s not something I’d ever really heard of.
Culturally it just feels very different. Personally I love it but I know some English up here who are not so keen they feel it’s quite insular.

So I'm Scottish but have lived in England for most of my adult life. There are multiple cultural differences.

1. Language. Scots speak Gaelic or Scots.
2. Education. In Scotland you start school later, and finish earlier. University is 4 years and St Andrews, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh are all older than Durham. The principles behind the Curriculum for Excellence are very different to the principles behind the National Curriculum. Children sit different exams at different ages, and breadth is maintained for longer so there isn't the same two cultures you get in England between the sciences and the humanities. The Scottish private schools are not as elitist as the English private schools and there's a longer history of people bettering themselves through education and empire.
3. Law. There is the Children's Panel system for children. There are Advocates not Barristers. There's the 'not proven' verdict. The qualifications to practice law are different.
4. Religion. Scotland is a Presbyterian (Calvinist) protestant country. The church is not hierarchical, there are no bishops and no cathedrals.
5. Sport. Scots play golf, shinty, curling. We don't play cricket
6. Politics. The government is devolved in Scotland. Scotland is generally more left leaning than England. Scotland didn't want Brexit.
7. Marriage. Gravestones have the surname women were born with. The profession of the mother of the bride and groom is included on the marriage certificates.
8. Most importantly, the water tastes amazingand the Scots talk to everyone

I know how you feel! I always tell people who call me a Brit, that I'm English first and British second.

Indeed. Best to play the victim though! Scotland were huge players in the early stages of the British Empire.

Not rude. Grow a thicker skin.

Big generalisation there. I live in a Yorkshire city where some of it is much less friendly than say Essex for example.

To be fair we often seem to be made to feel guilty for actions hundreds of years ago. I am sure all four nations can feel guilty for their involvement in owning slaves and profiting from that and the British Empire.

Wales Scotland Ireland Cornwall and the Isle of Man are Celtic nations - as are Brittany and Galicia. The Scandinavian influence is very strong in Newcastle and York.

Some diverse traditions.

It seems strange to me that you would consider four neighbouring countries that have been tied together in a political union for hundreds of years "very different."

Cuba. Morocco. Laos. The Netherlands. That feels more like four countries with very different cultures.

I find them very different culturally. It seems like a strange union of countries tbh, the UK.

How rude

British here. I have relatives throughout Britain. No cultural differences they’ve have noticed whatsoever. Each country has their more affluent areas and poorer areas, and the culture between the wealthy is the same in all 4 parts of the Uk, and the poorer areas likewise.

While there are cultural differences between the nations of the UK, I think there are many more similarities between us and across boundaries than within them.

I find it faintly ridiculous when people say that Welsh people love their families or English people don't talk to strangers. We're all different!

Yes I think the different countries have very different cultures. I'm English and have lived in Wales for 20+ years. There is a great affinity with the arts here, music, singing, poetry etc and they have a wonderful cultural festival called Eisteddfod which all schoolchildren participate in that celebrates Welsh language and culture. The Welsh people are very warm and funny and community/family minded.

Nope not me. I’m English. And the Scot’s Welsh and Irish were also involved in the empire building.

Lived in Scotland for most of my adult life, Parents and my sibling all born in Scotland but I was born in England. I’m British.

Yes. Now as a nation we are fabulous. Been together legally for many centuries, but culturally very different, both historically and more recently. I might mention 31st Oct/ 1st Nov / 5 th Nov. These dates are significant in the British Isles, but different countries and different counties have such different experiences. For events that are at least four centuries old and many are much older. My personal experience: south east England. 31st Oct, halloween american. 5th Nov, bonfire night, penny for the guy, longstanding tradition without even being part of the county that does the parades. Elsewhere: posters will tell their glorious tales of guising and their customs. So lovely to hear, it sounds amazing, but not my experience at all. My experience is equally valid.

Definitely! All 4 countries are the same but very different. I'm Scottish and feel insulted to be described as English. When on holiday abroad I always make a point of saying I'm Scottish not English.

I'm surprised you've put Scotland vs Eng & Wales, I would think Wales and Scotland (and to some extent NI but due to its specific history that has its own very distinct culture that is separate again to any of the other 3) have more in common than either of the others and England - Wales also has things like free prescriptions, most people I know would identify as Welsh over British if given the choice, we also have our own parliament and representatives rather than 'just' Westminster, etc.

Even in terms of the education system, while E&W have the same system of GCSEs/A levels etc, Wales is more similar to Scotland in that there are no grammar schools (and far fewer private schools) which I think is much more relevant/impactful in terms of social class/diversity and therefore overall 'culture' than starting/finishing school a few months later and having slightly different exams

Wales is also different in that Welsh is compulsory, and there are lots of welsh medium/joint language schools, whereas Scots Gaelic may be taught in some schools but afaik isn't compulsory - a different language (even if not all of the population is fluent) has a huge effect on culture.