Poles in the United Kingdom
British Poles, alternatively known as Polish British people or Polish Britons, are ethnic Poles who are citizens of the United Kingdom. The term includes people born in the UK who are of Polish descent and Polish-born people who reside in the UK. There are approximately 682,000 people born in Poland residing in the UK. Since the late 20th century, they have become one of the largest ethnic minorities in the country alongside Irish, Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Germans, and Chinese. The Polish language is the second-most spoken language in England and the third-most spoken in the UK after English and Welsh. About 1% of the UK population speaks Polish. The Polish population in the UK has increased more than tenfold since 2001.
Poland Street in London's Soho district (2015)
Stanislaus II Augustus, c. 1780 by Marcello Bacciarelli
Dulwich Picture Gallery, where the Polish art collection still remains
Chopin, soon to die, gave concerts in Britain in 1848.
Bernard Łubieński, CSsR, was a Polish Redemptorist priest, missionary and writer, closely associated with Bishop Robert Coffin and with the Roman Catholic Church in England, where he spent his youth and early career. He was a member of the Redemptorist convent at St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Clapham in London before returning to Poland in the 1880s to join in re-establishing his order over there with the help of his family. He is currently the subject of a beatification process.
Bernard Aloyzy Łubieński c. 1900
Pomian CoA on sarcophagus of Maciej Łubieński, Primate, in Gniezno Cathedral