How can I change the Google search locale with OS X Lion Safari 5 Whenever I perform a search in Safari it takes me to google.com. I am in the UK, so results for eShops etc the results are not relevant - I need google.co.uk.

How do I change the search engine? I don't want to use the Glims plugin because it interferes with the toolbar in a subtle way that I don't like (I can explain if necessary).
From a few articles I found, it sounds like this isn't directly supported in Safari.

However, there is a Safari extension that will redirect google.com to google.co.uk and should take care of your problem. (This is a simple extension, using the built-in mechanism, and not a plugin.)