UK sovereign base

A UK sovereign base is a British military area which is effectively part of the UK for all legal purposes, though physically part of another country.

Cyprus

Akrotiri[?] and Dhekelia[?] military bases are UK sovereign bases in Cyprus, a former UK overseas territory. They are the homes of the British peacekeeping forces on the island.

There is certain disorientation when entering a sovereign base area (unlike Guantanamo Bay, there are roads running through the bases open to traffic from Cyprus). In particular, the road names are all very English, like "Worcester Road".

Eire

After the creation of the Irish republic in 1922, the UK retained two ports in Queenstown, Ireland[?] (now Cobh[?]) and Berehaven[?] and a base at Lough Swilly[?]. These were returned to Eire in 1938. This was a short-sighted decision, since following the outbreak of World War II, the British supply routes across the Altantic were much more difficult to protect with bases in the Republic.