Does England use the Imperial Measurement System?

Question

Okay, I want an answer to a weird thought I had. The Imperial System (foot, pound, mile, gallon) originated in England. Does England still use it, or did they adopt the metric system also? If they did adopt the metric system, WHY did they do it. USA doesn't do it because it would cost to much to convert all machines, road signs, packaging, etc, but why would England abandon their own system?

Answer 1

We (the English) don't use one system or the other exclusively.  It is, sort of, an amalgamation of both.

Go into a shop and ask for a quarter pound of cheese, and you'll get that, but in most cases you could also ask for 100g of cheese, and the they would know what you mean.

The price of fruit (for example) is given both per kilogram and per pound.  (I think there was a case of a grocer who fought for the right to display prices per pound)

Food packaging has the weight printed in grams, or kilograms.  But milk will have both pints and litres printed on it.  

The road signs still measure in miles, but the price of petrol is given in pounds (money not weight) per litre.  And the efficiency of the engine is given in miles per gallon.

People will still generally speak of their height and weight in feet and stone.

Computer and television screen sizes predominantly are measures in inches, but some also have the size in centimeters displayed.

If you study a science based subject at school, college, or university all the units will be given as metric because this significantly eases the calculations, and allows easier conversions.  Metric is the standard used by scientists.  

Temperature is an interesting one.  Weather forecasts generally give both Celsius and Fahrenheit.  But when people talk about temperature they frequently seem to give cold temperatures in Celsius ("it's minus 2"), but warm temperatures in Fahrenheit ("it's in the 90s, it's 92"), as was once joked on the TV program QI.

Basic conversions between the two systems are still frequently taught, but not usually tested.

Answer 2

No it is a mix system -- imperial and metric.