Today marks the 200th anniversary of the end of the traditional ale pint 🍺. Imperial measures led to a reduction in the size of a #pint of #beer, from about 578 ml to about 568 ml. #metric #metrication #OTD Our latest blog article: The end of the traditional pint metricviews.uk/2026/01/01/t...

"The public will not be forced to buy a 568ml beverage at the bar or from their local corner shop." Good to hear that no one will be "forced to buy" anything if they go into a bar. Bottled beer is sold in #metric of course. The British pint protected from going metric www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@ukma.org.uk The only Metric Highway in the US may be no more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8wm...

The conversion to ⁰F is unnecessary; please stop pandering to people who refuse to adopt the metric system.

🎄 🎅 Merry Christmas 🎁 🎄 A metric-size Robertson's Christmas Pudding 🥳 400 g METRIC PACK - circa 1980 #ChristmasPudding #metricpack #metrication #metric #metricsystem #Christmas

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I’m truly disappointed with #M&S. After years of displaying sizes in both imperialist and metric units, the company has reverted to displaying only imperialist.

A switch to #metric speed limits would allow all speed limits to be reviewed at no extra cost. #metricsystem #metrication #speedlimit

A bad day at the office for U.N.I.T.'s science team? • They mistake a latitude of "0.1667° S" as being NORTH of the Equator. • They've seemingly never heard of METRES. • The scales on their dual-unit pressure meter don't align. #TheWarBetween #DoctorWho #metric metricviews.uk/2025/12/12/i...

#OTD On this day 55 years ago, the Government postponed the introduction of #metric speed limits 🚗, previously scheduled for 1973. #metrication #metricsystem Our latest blog article: Metric speed limits – 55 years of dilly-dallying metricviews.uk/2025/12/09/m...

Goddammit people, the metric system is right there. This article reads like the author very recently wrote an article about a small species of rhino and couldn't believe their luck.

Can we have an option for wind speed in standard metric units please (metres per second and km/h). FUN FACT: The Met Office officially adopted metres per second for wind speed (along with mm for rainfall, and millibars for surface air pressure) on 1 May 1914.

you are using the metric system for temperature and distance (visibility in km) but MPH for winds?

The contestants' words both had five letters. But the best word had six. It pays to #ThinkMetric 📺 🔠 ⏲️ #countdown #channel4 www.channel4.com/programmes/c...

Our latest blog article ⚖️: "Why can I not record my cat’s weight as five pounds?" metricviews.uk/2025/11/11/w...

Went on Facebook for a few mins tonight. First thing I saw was this... No comment necessary, I imagine.

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: Before Europe went metric in the 1870s, Norwegian, Swedish, Amsterdamse, Preussian, Bavarian, Saxon, Württemberg, Viennese and imperial feet and inches were all different.

The roadworks signs say yards, but the actual distances are in metres.

fascinated by the editorial choices around the use of the metric system or not

On this day 50 years ago, breakfast cereals went #metric. On 1 November 1975, METRIC PACK sizes ⚖️ were introduced for flaked breakfast cereals 🌽❄️. Imperial pack sizes were withdrawn on 30 June 1978. #OTD #metricsystem #metrication

Just got back from a trip to Winnipeg in the 70s. Brought back some souvenirs.

Outside of Canada, many assume that the entire country uses bagged milk. The truth is, only part of Canada have bagged milk in the fridge. But why? Well, it comes down when Canada made the transition to the metric system. This is the story! 🧵 1/9

Hey BBC, it's time to update your guidelines around use of metric and imperial for weights. Seeing this headline I felt like I was looking at a historical newspaper.

Today, being the 10th day of the 10th month, is National Metric Day in the USA.

I work with these type of measurements in my work but not in Imperial, no one on the planet, except the US, use Imperial in the design & construction industry. We use it then the press realase convert it back to Imperial. Pathetic really seeing the UK are a metric country officially. 🙄

I am in my 50s and was never taught the imperial system at school. Why on earth is the transition to metric taking so long. It's got to be holding the country back.

If we had just actually properly kept on with the original plan of going fully metric (like the rest of the British Commonwealth did), we wouldn’t even have this crazy problem… @ukma.org.uk

Our latest blog article: #Metric speed limits, with a limit of 30 km/h in built-up areas, could reduce annual insurance premiums by £50 metricviews.uk/2025/10/05/m...

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.

The cost can be reduced if the speed limit reduction takes place at the same time as a switch to metric speed limits. “30” signs could be retained, but perhaps with the addition of a temporary “km/h” plate. Metric also provides a more flexible range of speed limits. metricviews.uk/2023/09/01/o...

In September of 1977 our speed limit signs went metric 🇨🇦 ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️ ❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️

No 50th anniversary special #stamps from the Post Office today, but here's an event day cover ✉️, from 50 years ago, commemorating the Post Office's 🏤 very own M-Day.

The UK : Anything but the metric system

As a massive proponent of the metric system I have recently devised a collection of stickers encouraging people to “think metric”.

Sep 1974: Metric System ad from The Metrication Board (+Cement; Plaster; Linseed Oil Putty; Deodorants; Cosmetics; Shaving Creams; Hair Sprays; Pharmaceutical Products; Dog Meat; and After Shave) «Weighing up the kilogram.»

Our latest blog article: "Do British road signs display symbols or abbreviations?" #metric #metrication metricviews.uk/2025/09/08/d...

2025 is the 50th anniversary of Rugby's switch to the #metric system for all measurements. In 1975, the 25-yard line became the 22-metre line, and the crossbar height was set at 3.0 metres. passport.world.rugby/laws-of-the-...

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.

Just watched BBC2's "Passport: The Secret Genius of Modern Life", in which Hannah Fry and co re-stage Alphonse Bertillon's pioneering work on biometric data in an 1880s Paris police station. Not a totally convincing reconstruction though. They measure in ... inches! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BRITISH RECORD Morgan Lake creates history in Zurich by becoming the first ever British female athlete to clear 2.00m in the high jump 🇬🇧 She went over it on her first attempt in the Swiss city 🤯

Occasional reminder that we adopted the #Metric system in 1968 and anyone over the age of 60 was probably taught it in school.

"British Measurements … it’s even different for different generations!! 🇬🇧🫠" youtube.com/shorts/IPbrO...

Metric, Imperial, and Flexibility

It wasn't nearly as complicated as some people would have you believe.

Sugar in 1 kg METRIC PACKS first appeared in the shops 49 years ago, in the summer of 1976: bsky.app/profile/oldu...

Aug 1979: Butter ad from The Metrication Board «And now butter goes metric too. The new metric packs weigh 10% more than the old sizes.»

Win a TV how big? - 55 feet is about 16.76 metres. #KeepItSimple #metricsystem #metric #dailyexpress

When I teach the metric system to year 9 I make them guess what the ratios are for imperial measure. We all have fun with the absurdity. "And how many pounds do you think there are in a hundredweight? A hundred, right? That would be sensible, right? Well guess what!"