[4][3] Gujarati connections with the United Kingdom date back to the British Raj, when the East India Company founded a trading post in Surat.

Today, nearly half of England's[clarification needed] Gujarati speakers reside in Greater London, where they are predominantly found in the boroughs of Harrow, Brent, Barnet, and Newham.

[6] Specifically, the community of Wembley and Harrow has been considered a center for Gujarati culture and cuisine throughout London and the United Kingdom.

[10][11] However, several communities in Northern England also have large Gujarati populations including the primarily working-class towns of Bolton, Preston, and Blackburn with Darwen.

The United Kingdom also has a large and influential community of Parsis, who speak the Gujarati language despite practicing Zoroastrianism.