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As the UK braces for a general election, CNN visited a street named London Road in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and found a nation divided and worried about what Brexit has done to the union three years after the UK voted to leave the EU. cnn.it/347FRxa

Four separate countries make up the UK.

CNN traveled to each one, meeting voters in Belfast, Glasgow, Holyhead and Sheffield -- cities and towns where many feel disconnected from the British capital London and anxious about the future.

Read more: cnn.it/36q5WJa

Voters in the UK clash on a whole host of issues -- and that's before we even get to choosing a new leader.

Brexit is still the sticking point. cnn.it/36q5WJa

Glasgow.

The largest city in Scotland, voted overwhelmingly to remain in the EU in 2016. The Scottish National Party is on course for another landslide victory across Scotland. cnn.it/36q5WJa

5 years after Scots rejected independence from the UK, calls for a second vote are growing. Holy Baxter-Weir works on Glasgow’s London Road. Though she feels more Scottish than British, she is unsure how she would vote in another independence referendum. cnn.it/36q5WJa

This London Road winds through eastern Glasgow.

Home to Celtic football club, which is historically linked to Irish Catholicism, and pubs aligned with Scottish Protestants, it epitomizes the city’s historic sectarian divide. cnn.it/36q5WJa

Irene Birkett owns the oldest sweet shop in Glasgow and says London feels like “another planet.” cnn.it/36q5WJa

Belfast.

Brexit has stirred political tensions in Northern Ireland. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plans would effectively create a border between the country and the rest of the UK, emboldening Irish nationalists who want reunification with Ireland. cnn.it/36q5WJa

London Road in southeast Belfast is home mainly to working-class unionists, many of whom are enraged by Boris Johnson’s plan.

In one pub, community worker Bradley Ferguson says he fears the deal will “drive us closer to an economic united Ireland.” cnn.it/36q5WJa

Holyhead.

The Welsh island of Anglesey narrowly voted to leave the EU. However, the Welsh nationalist Plaid Cymru party — which wants to cancel Brexit altogether — has made taking the seat from the Labour Party a top target. cnn.it/36q5WJa

Anglesey’s London Road forms part of a 252-mile route from London to the small, and once prosperous, Welsh ferry port of Holyhead.

Dawn Jones manages a fish and chip shop on London Road. She identifies as both Welsh and British. cnn.it/36q5WJa

Sheffield.

The London Road here is one of the most multicultural areas of the English city of Sheffield. It was easily won by the main opposition Labour Party in 2017’s election. cnn.it/36q5WJa

A student called Mohammed Hendawi came to Sheffield in 2012 as a Syrian refugee.

Last month, he and his family opened a restaurant on London Road. He’s proud to be voting in his first UK election. cnn.it/36q5WJa

Just how important is this election?

Chris Camps, a self-employed trader, who voted remain in 2016, thinks it is the most important vote the UK has had “for a number of years.” cnn.it/36q5WJa

Conversely, Joe Mitchell, an antiques dealer, voted to leave in 2016.

He thinks England is like two countries, split between the north and south. cnn.it/36q5WJa

Voters across the UK’s four countries will go to the polls on Thursday for its most important election in modern history.

You can read more about that here: cnn.it/2Pdj5iU

What they decide will not only help determine what happens next on Brexit, but likely shape the kingdom for some time to come.

Not done with London Road? You can watch the entire video from CNN’s trip here: cnn.it/2REVfyf