The route shouldn't be needed, both ends of the cryptomap need to inversely match contents, try this to prevent return traffic being nat'ed from the UK side:
UK
no route inside 192.168.253.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.88.254 1
object network NETWORK_OBJ_192.168.253.0_24
subnet 192.168.253.0 255.255.255.0
nat (inside,Outside) source static NETWORK_OBJ_192.168.254.0_24 NETWORK_OBJ_192.168.254.0_24 destination static NETWORK_OBJ_192.168.253.0_24 NETWORK_OBJ_192.168.253.0_24 no-proxy-arp
access-list Outside_cryptomap_2 extended permit ip 192.168.254.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.253.0 255.255.255.0
EU:
access-list crymap_4 extended permit ip 192.168.253.0 255.255.255.0 UKnet 255.255.255.0