This is a compilation of 27 United Kingdom Guinness records in 2001. You may want to take a look at our complete list of United Kingdom Guinness Records broken down by year.
| When | Record name | What | Who |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 December 2001 | Oldest picture postcard | Theodore Hook Esq. postcard | |
| 20 December 2001 | Largest Christmas cracker | 63.1 metre(s) | Robin Carr |
| 10 December 2001 | Most expensive medal set | 241500 UK pound(s) sterling | 'Johnnie' Johnson |
| 24 November 2001 | Most expensive greetings card sold at auction | 20000 UK pound(s) sterling | Sir Henry Cole Christmas Card |
| 18 November 2001 | Longest distance rowed on a Concept II Indoor Rower in 24 hours - male (individual) | 307683 kilometre(s) | David Harris |
| 28 October 2001 | Motorcycle and trailer speed record | 224.5 kilometre(s) per hour | Kevin Smith, Watsonian Squire |
| 25 September 2001 | Most expensive diary sold at auction | 104950 UK pound(s) sterling | Dr. Alexander Macklin journal |
| 25 September 2001 | Most expensive chocolate bar sold at auction | Cadbury's chocolate bar | |
| 07 September 2001 | Heaviest beetroot | 23.4 kilogram(s) | Ian Neale |
| September 2001 | Fastest journey from Land's End to John-O'-Groats by bicycle (male) | 44/4/19 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Gethin Butler |
| 26 August 2001 | Fastest North Atlantic kayak crossing (solo) | Peter Bray | |
| 06 August 2001 | Oldest internet bench | first | Unknown |
| 29 July 2001 | Longest horizontal power slide | 2/11/18 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Simon de Banke |
| 13 July 2001 | Fastest journey from Land's End to John-O'-Groats on foot (male) | 9/2/26 day(s):hour(s):minute(s) | Andrew Rivett |
| 25 June 2001 | Greatest distance by a remote-controlled model boat in 24 hours (RC) | Francis Macnaughton, Mike Watts, Paul Ellison | |
| 19 June 2001 | Most runs scored by a player in a one-day first-class match (male) | Alistair Brown | |
| 19 June 2001 | Most airfields visited in 24 hours by helicopter | 104 total number | Zoe Smith, Richard Craske |
| 26 May 2001 | Most runs scored by a player in a Test match (male) | Graham Gooch | |
| 22 May 2001 | Horse, Oldest race winner | Al Jabal | |
| 21 May 2001 | First broadcast use of Hawk-Eye technology | England v Pakistan, 21 May 2001 | |
| 13 May 2001 | Most rugby conversions in 12 hours | 1782 total number | Braintree RFC |
| 09 May 2001 | First win of a Grand Slam tennis tournament by a wild card entrant | first | Goran Ivanisevic |
| 09 May 2001 | Most beer mats flipped | 112 total number | Mat Hand |
| 01 May 2001 | Longest serving bell tower captain | Dr Digby Burton | |
| 06 April 2001 | Most milk crates balanced on the head | John Evans | |
| 27 February 2001 | Longest hospital trolley duration | Tony Collins | |
| 27 January 2001 | Fastest 100 metre 737 aircraft pull by a team | Royal Marine Reserves |