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Metric martyrs, a group that campaigns to be able to sell goods in any chosen measurement system. The UK Metric Association campaigns for the complete replacement of the imperial measurement system with the metric system in the United Kingdom. [122]
In 1965, the UK began an official programme of metrication, and as of 2025, in the United Kingdom the metric is the official measurement system for all regulated trading by weight or measure purposes, however imperial pint remains the sole legal unit for milk in returnable bottles and for draught beer and cider in British pubs.
The former Weights and Measures office in Seven Sisters, London (590 Seven Sisters Road). The imperial system of units, imperial system or imperial units (also known as British Imperial [1] or Exchequer Standards of 1826) is the system of units first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act 1824 and continued to be developed through a series of Weights and Measures Acts and amendments.
The UK Metric Association, or UKMA, is an advocacy group in the United Kingdom that argues for completion of metrication in the United Kingdom and advocates the use of the metric system among the general public in the UK.
The Winchester measure was made obsolete in the British Empire but remained in use in the US. [c] The Winchester bushel was replaced with an imperial bushel of eight imperial gallons. The subdivisions of the bushel were maintained. As with US dry measures, the imperial system divides the bushel into 4 pecks, 8 gallons, 32 quarts or 64 pints.
The Metrication Board was set up with a mandate to "consult, advise, inform, stimulate and coordinate". [5] Its mandate specifically excluded a campaigning role. [ 6 ] The board held its first meeting in May 1969 under the chairmanship of Lord Ritchie-Calder [ 5 ] when eight committees were set up to deal with the most important sectors of ...
The current UK imperial system is based on the Weights and Measures Act 1824 (5 Geo. 4. c. c. 74), dating from about 30 years after the founding of the metric system, and some of its units differ very significantly from the United States customary units of the same name.
The Metric Martyrs was a British advocacy group who campaigned for the freedom to choose what units of measurement are used by traders. The group believed that vendors should have the freedom to mark their goods with imperial weights and measurements alone. This opposes the current legal position that imperial units may be used so long as ...