The body of my first guitar was made of uk cherry and all but the fingerboard of my second guitar was british wood.
Ash, cherry, beech, sycamore, a little bit of maple, poplar, lime (also known as basswood), alder, elm (became almost extinct because of dutch elm disease) and oak can all be found in the uk.
Beech and oak are faily heavy so its best not to make whole bodys out of them but necks out of oak and tops out of beech should be fine.
Sycamore is closly related to maple and tonally is about that same and colour wise maple is a bit yellowish and sycamore is more grey.
Cherry is great for necks and bodies as it is similar to maple and is easy to work.
British ash tends to be heavier than swamp ash and others but is still perfectly useable in guitars.
I don't really know anything about fingerboard wood but i know yew and hornbeam are very hard but im not sure how good they would be on a fingerboard.
I would definatly reccomend using british wood for a guitar and it will more than likely turn out a lot cheaper.
Hope this helped and good luck.