diff --git a/src/locales/en_GB/location/index.ts b/src/locales/en_GB/location/index.ts
index 1d694803acc..15d0c313da1 100644
--- a/src/locales/en_GB/location/index.ts
+++ b/src/locales/en_GB/location/index.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import county from './county';
 import default_country from './default_country';
 import postcode from './postcode';
 import state from './state';
+import state_abbr from './state_abbr';
 import street_pattern from './street_pattern';
 import street_suffix from './street_suffix';
 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ const location: LocationDefinition = {
   default_country,
   postcode,
   state,
+  state_abbr,
   street_pattern,
   street_suffix,
 };
diff --git a/src/locales/en_GB/location/state.ts b/src/locales/en_GB/location/state.ts
index 7aabd7259ea..b659a16dbae 100644
--- a/src/locales/en_GB/location/state.ts
+++ b/src/locales/en_GB/location/state.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export default ['England', 'Scotland', 'Wales', 'Northern Ireland'];
+export default ['England', 'Northern Ireland', 'Scotland', 'Wales'];
diff --git a/src/locales/en_GB/location/state_abbr.ts b/src/locales/en_GB/location/state_abbr.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c36ebcb4153
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/locales/en_GB/location/state_abbr.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export default ['ENG', 'NIR', 'SCT', 'WLS'];