Does the Lake District have wifi? What is Yorkshire? Common Google searches by visitors to the UK

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What is Yorkshire? Does England have snakes? Does Great Britain have the death penalty?

These are just some of the things that visitors to the UK are curious about, according to Google.

Visitors to the UK are clueless about our laws, weather, wildflife and wifi, according to new research from Kiwi Movers, a London relocation and removals firm.

Researchers in 13 countries, including the USA, New Zealand, Poland, Germany and South Africa, collated the top autocomplete suggestions for queries about the UK and the most-visited places within it, such as London, Edinburgh and the Lake District.

The autocomplete suggestions ranged from funny and confusing to a bit depressing.

What do visitors want to know about popular British places? Top autocomplete suggestions by country included the following.

Does London... have Walmart? - Canada

Does Great Britain... rule Canada? - USA

Does Scotland... have bears? - Australia

Does England... have a summer? - Germany

What is Yorkshire? - Germany

Does England... have snakes? - New Zealand

Does Scotland... have bears? - Australia

Does London...have Uber? - USA, Australia & South Africa

Does the Lake District have wifi? - New Zealand

Does London have a port? - Belgium

Does the Lake District... have a beach? - America

Does the Lake District... have many lakes? - Germany

See more funny searches in the slideshow below:

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