Bank of England	1694	Known as the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street.
BBC
Big Ben
Boat Race	1829	Traditonally held on the River Thames between Putney and Mortlake between the University Boat Crews of Oxford and Cambridge.
Bonfire Night
Burns Night
Church of England
City of London	c. 50 AD
Cowes Week	1826	Yachting Regatta on the Isle of Wight.
Crufts	1891	First held at the Royal Agricultural Hall in Islington.
Eisteddfod	12th Century	Welsh festival of music, Literature and Performing Arts. Held anually in August. 150,000+ attendence.
Fish and Chips
Glastonbury	1970	World's biggest greenfield music and performing arts festival.
Harrods	1834	Charles Henry Harrod founder. Scene of first esculator installed in Britain.
Henley Regatta	1839	Trintiy College Cambridge won the first grand challenge cup.
Hogmanay
Honours System		Normans played key role in it's institution. Edward III formalised system with his Order of the Garter (1348).
Last Night at the Proms		Founded by Henry Wood in 1895. Held at the Royal Albert Hall. Traditonally ends with Jerusalem (William Blake) and the British National Anthem with the audience finally signing off with a rendition of Auld Lang Syne.
Lloyd's of London	1688	Motto - "of the utmost good faith". Insurance and reinsurance marketplace. Founded in a London Coffee House.
London to Brighton Veteren Car Rally	1896 - present	First run in 1896. World's longest running motoring event. Cars must be pre 1905. Staged first Sunday in November.Distance 54 miles (87km).
London Underground Map	1931	Designed by Harry Beck.
National Trust
Public House (The Pub)
Punch and Judy	1662	Owes it's roots to Italian Commedia Del Arte.
Monarch's Christmas Speech	1932	Started by George V on the BBC Corporation Empire Service. First televised Christmas message broadcast in 1957.
Red Arrows		Based at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire. Aircraft - BAE Hawk Trainer. Started training in 1964. French word Eclat(meaning excellence) features on design of the Red Arrows badge. They originally inherited 7 Folland Gnat trainers from the RAF's Yellowjacks display team.
Rolls Royce	1906	World renowned British (now foreign owned BMW) luxury car maker.
Royal Ascot
Royal Mail	1516	Henry VIII cretaed 'Master of the Posts' which evolved into Postmaster General. Made available to public by Charles I in 1635. Penny Post instituted in 1840 provided uniform cost for post anywhere on British mainland.
Royal Edinburgh Military Tatoo	1950	Takes place in August on the Esplanade at Edinburgh Castle.
Speaker's Corner		North-East corner of Hyde Park.
Stag Night
Stock Exchange	1801	Motto - 'My word is my bond', 4th largest in World (largest in Europe)for market value. Founded 1801. Situated in Paternoster square. Main index - FTSE 100
Sunday Roast Dinner
Trooping the Colour		Marks Queen's Official Birthday. Held in June on Horseguard's Parade.
Yeoman of the Guard		Oldest British military corps. There are 60 Yeoman of the Guard and 6 Officers. Drawn from retired members of the Army, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force.

Great Britain is world renowned for it's inventions , firsts and institutions. The following table lists some of those most famous institutions along with the date they were founded and some triva and facts relating to each of them.