Skittles is an old European target sport, from which Ten-pin bowling, Duckpin_bowling, and Candlepin bowling in the United States, and Five-pin bowling in Canada are descended. In the United Kingdom the game remains a very popular pub sport in England and Wales, though it tends to be found in particular regions, not nation-wide. It is perhaps most common in the south west counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and South Wales.