UK Metric Association
@ukma.org.uk
The UK Metric Association is an independent organisation campaigning for the UK to complete metrication ukma.org.uk
The contestants' words both had five letters. But the best word had six.
It pays to #ThinkMetric
📺 🔠 ⏲️ #countdown #channel4
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It pays to #ThinkMetric
📺 🔠 ⏲️ #countdown #channel4
www.channel4.com/programmes/c...
November 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The contestants' words both had five letters. But the best word had six.
It pays to #ThinkMetric
📺 🔠 ⏲️ #countdown #channel4
www.channel4.com/programmes/c...
It pays to #ThinkMetric
📺 🔠 ⏲️ #countdown #channel4
www.channel4.com/programmes/c...
For a TV show @qi.com in 2025 to be using #inches to measure a wavelength in the millimetre-to-metre range is #QuiteInteresting.
FUN FACT: Since the first UK radio stations began broadcasting in the 1920s, wavelengths have been given in #metres.
#metricsystem #SI #QI
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
FUN FACT: Since the first UK radio stations began broadcasting in the 1920s, wavelengths have been given in #metres.
#metricsystem #SI #QI
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
November 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
For a TV show @qi.com in 2025 to be using #inches to measure a wavelength in the millimetre-to-metre range is #QuiteInteresting.
FUN FACT: Since the first UK radio stations began broadcasting in the 1920s, wavelengths have been given in #metres.
#metricsystem #SI #QI
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
FUN FACT: Since the first UK radio stations began broadcasting in the 1920s, wavelengths have been given in #metres.
#metricsystem #SI #QI
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
The roadworks signs say yards, but the actual distances are in metres.
November 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The roadworks signs say yards, but the actual distances are in metres.
This can still happen though, as the pressure for England to reduce urban speed limits is not going away.
#Metric speed limits also have the added benefit that they provide highway authorities with a greater range of available speed limits to choose from.
#Metric speed limits also have the added benefit that they provide highway authorities with a greater range of available speed limits to choose from.
October 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This can still happen though, as the pressure for England to reduce urban speed limits is not going away.
#Metric speed limits also have the added benefit that they provide highway authorities with a greater range of available speed limits to choose from.
#Metric speed limits also have the added benefit that they provide highway authorities with a greater range of available speed limits to choose from.
A taste of metric road signs in the UK 🇬🇧 today, with km in MK.
Milton Keynes saw the start of stage 3 of the all #metric 🚴 #TourOfBritain 2025.
Milton Keynes saw the start of stage 3 of the all #metric 🚴 #TourOfBritain 2025.
September 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A taste of metric road signs in the UK 🇬🇧 today, with km in MK.
Milton Keynes saw the start of stage 3 of the all #metric 🚴 #TourOfBritain 2025.
Milton Keynes saw the start of stage 3 of the all #metric 🚴 #TourOfBritain 2025.
August 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
#OTD 56 years ago, 👨🚀 man first landed on the Moon 🌑
MYTH: NASA didn't use the #metric system to go to the Moon
FACT: The Lunar Module’s onboard Apollo Guidance Computer used SI units during the computer-controlled phases of the craft’s descent to the Moon
ukma.org.uk/why-metric/m...
#mythbusted
MYTH: NASA didn't use the #metric system to go to the Moon
FACT: The Lunar Module’s onboard Apollo Guidance Computer used SI units during the computer-controlled phases of the craft’s descent to the Moon
ukma.org.uk/why-metric/m...
#mythbusted
July 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
#OTD 56 years ago, 👨🚀 man first landed on the Moon 🌑
MYTH: NASA didn't use the #metric system to go to the Moon
FACT: The Lunar Module’s onboard Apollo Guidance Computer used SI units during the computer-controlled phases of the craft’s descent to the Moon
ukma.org.uk/why-metric/m...
#mythbusted
MYTH: NASA didn't use the #metric system to go to the Moon
FACT: The Lunar Module’s onboard Apollo Guidance Computer used SI units during the computer-controlled phases of the craft’s descent to the Moon
ukma.org.uk/why-metric/m...
#mythbusted
There are plenty of reasons for upgrading road signs to metric, especially in Wales ...
#metricsystem #metric
metrication.uk/transport/ro...
#metricsystem #metric
metrication.uk/transport/ro...
June 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
There are plenty of reasons for upgrading road signs to metric, especially in Wales ...
#metricsystem #metric
metrication.uk/transport/ro...
#metricsystem #metric
metrication.uk/transport/ro...
Our latest blog article:
Happy 150th anniversary to the Metre Convention
metricviews.uk/2025/05/20/h...
Happy 150th anniversary to the Metre Convention
metricviews.uk/2025/05/20/h...
May 20, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Our latest blog article:
Happy 150th anniversary to the Metre Convention
metricviews.uk/2025/05/20/h...
Happy 150th anniversary to the Metre Convention
metricviews.uk/2025/05/20/h...
This Cambridge University team included alumni who were over 60 at the time, and even they didn't know a key fact about the #Fahrenheit scale, when quizzed about it back in 2018.
May 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This Cambridge University team included alumni who were over 60 at the time, and even they didn't know a key fact about the #Fahrenheit scale, when quizzed about it back in 2018.
The @metoffice.bsky.social switched to degrees #Celsius for all #weather reports 63 years ago, yet some TV forecasts 🌦️ still give temperatures in #Fahrenheit.
In contrast, Australia and Canada both managed the change in one day: 🇦🇺 1972-09-01, 🇨🇦 1975-04-01.
#metrication #metricsystem #bbc
In contrast, Australia and Canada both managed the change in one day: 🇦🇺 1972-09-01, 🇨🇦 1975-04-01.
#metrication #metricsystem #bbc
May 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The @metoffice.bsky.social switched to degrees #Celsius for all #weather reports 63 years ago, yet some TV forecasts 🌦️ still give temperatures in #Fahrenheit.
In contrast, Australia and Canada both managed the change in one day: 🇦🇺 1972-09-01, 🇨🇦 1975-04-01.
#metrication #metricsystem #bbc
In contrast, Australia and Canada both managed the change in one day: 🇦🇺 1972-09-01, 🇨🇦 1975-04-01.
#metrication #metricsystem #bbc
The Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk have become the latest political party to join the populist "save the pint" 🍺 bandwagon.
Our latest blog post : Lib Dems block ability of Minister to allow metric measures for draught beer
metricviews.uk/2025/04/04/l...
Our latest blog post : Lib Dems block ability of Minister to allow metric measures for draught beer
metricviews.uk/2025/04/04/l...
April 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk have become the latest political party to join the populist "save the pint" 🍺 bandwagon.
Our latest blog post : Lib Dems block ability of Minister to allow metric measures for draught beer
metricviews.uk/2025/04/04/l...
Our latest blog post : Lib Dems block ability of Minister to allow metric measures for draught beer
metricviews.uk/2025/04/04/l...
"It's only 15C for chrissakes ... 59F in old money!"
What's with the old money temperatures @dailystar.co.uk ? Will we be seeing the Star priced at one guinea and two tanners next? 😀
What's with the old money temperatures @dailystar.co.uk ? Will we be seeing the Star priced at one guinea and two tanners next? 😀
March 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"It's only 15C for chrissakes ... 59F in old money!"
What's with the old money temperatures @dailystar.co.uk ? Will we be seeing the Star priced at one guinea and two tanners next? 😀
What's with the old money temperatures @dailystar.co.uk ? Will we be seeing the Star priced at one guinea and two tanners next? 😀