World Heritage Sites in United Kingdom

Causeway Coast and Glens, United Kingdom

Giant's Causeway
Rock formation on the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106187
Official site: http://www.giantscausewayofficialguide.com/Home.aspx
Photo: Lindy Buckley from Nanjing, China / CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giant%27s_Causeway_(36834542085).jpg

United Kingdom

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Navigable aqueduct in Wales
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q158822
Official site: http://www.pontcysyllte-aqueduct.co.uk/
Photo: Adrian Pingstone / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pontcysyllte_aqueduct_arp.jpg

United Kingdom

St Kilda
Archipelago in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q166479
Photo: Otter / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Kilda_20090611_Hirta_-_Village_Bay_overview.jpg

United Kingdom

Kew Gardens
Botanical garden and world's largest collection of living plants in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188617
Official site: https://www.kew.org/
Photo: Paul Hermans at Dutch Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palmhuis.jpg

United Kingdom

Blenheim Palace
Country house near Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208181
Official site: https://www.blenheimpalace.com
Photo: Jvhertum / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blenheim_Palace_6-2008_4.jpg

United Kingdom

Lake District
Mountainous region in North West England, UK
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q211778
Official site: http://www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/
Photo: Diliff / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Keswick_Panorama_-_Oct_2009.jpg

United Kingdom

Jurassic Coast
World Heritage Site in England
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q575976
Official site: http://www.jurassiccoast.com
Photo: JimChampion / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gad_cliff_dorset.jpg

United Kingdom

Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
World Heritage Site
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q587584
Photo: Wikityke at English Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Avebury_henge_and_village_UK.jpg

United Kingdom

New Lanark
Village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q743108
Official site: https://www.newlanark.org/
Photo: user:R Pollack / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewlanarkNL06.jpg

United Kingdom

Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd
World Heritage site in the United Kingdom
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837627
Photo: Herbert Ortner / CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caernarfon_Castle_1994.jpg

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Forth Bridge
Railway bridge in eastern Scotland
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q275
Official site: https://www.theforthbridges.org/
Photo: George Gastin / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forthrailbridgefromsouthqueensferry.jpg

United Kingdom

Gorham's Cave complex
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60346199
Photo: Gibmetal77 / CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gorham%27s_Cave.jpg

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Henderson Island
Atoll in the Pitcairn Islands, British Overseas Territories
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q379759
Official site: http://www.winthrop.dk/hender.html
Photo: Makemake at German Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henderson.JPG

United Kingdom

St George and Related Fortifications
17th-century World Heritage Site in Bermuda
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7865260
Photo: Seán Pòl Ó Creachmhaoil / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BL_6_inch_rifle,_with_two_BL_9.2_inch_rifles_beyond,_at_St._David%27s_Battery,_Bermuda,_2011.jpg

City of Westminster, United Kingdom

Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret's Church
UNESCO World Heritage Site
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10344038
Photo: en:User:Tebbetts / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westminsterabbeyfromeye.jpg

United Kingdom

Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
Cultural landscape
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q464566
Photo: John Gibson / CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Levant-Mine-by-John-Gibson.jpg

City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
Group of structures or buildings in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15260680
Photo: Ad Meskens / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_town_from_the_Castle_2.JPG

City of Durham, United Kingdom

Durham Castle and Cathedral
World Heritage site in Durham, County Durham, England, UK
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15732525
Photo: Vik Walker from Durham, England / CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Durham_Cathedral_and_Castle.jpg

United Kingdom

Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church
World Heritage site in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15924897
Photo: BabelStone / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canterbury_Cathedral_August_2019_B.jpg

United Kingdom

Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey
Group of structures in North Yorkshire, England, UK
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16363480
Official site: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/fountains-abbey-and-studley-royal-water-garden
Photo: silver_doctor. Iain Gilmour - www.silverexpressions.co.uk / CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Studley_Royal,_Ripon.jpg

United Kingdom

Gough and Inaccessible Islands
World Heritage Site
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16891784
Photo: Photo: Steven Chown / CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gough_island_top_view.png

United Kingdom

Maritime Greenwich
World Heritage site in the United Kingdom
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16921416
Official site: https://www.greenwichworldheritage.org/
Photo: Dmitry Tonkonog / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Naval_College_Greenwich_view_from_the_Thames.jpg

Orkney Islands, United Kingdom

Heart of Neolithic Orkney
World Heritage site in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1334966
Photo: Dr. John F. Burka / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orkney_Skara_Brae.jpg

Lower Withington, United Kingdom

Jodrell Bank Observatory
Astronomical observatory in Cheshire, England, UK
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1569783
Official site: https://www.jodrellbank.manchester.ac.uk/
Photo: Mike Peel; Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lovell_Telescope.jpg

United Kingdom

Flow Country
Tentative World Heritage site in Highland, Scotland, UK
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1847928
Photo: Graeme Smith / CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sutherland_Flow_Country.jpg

United Kingdom

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Government botanical research institute in the UK
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18748726
Official site: https://www.kew.org/
Photo: Daniel Case / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flowers_in_front_of_the_Palm_House,_Kew_Gardens.jpg

Wales, United Kingdom

The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales
UK World Heritage Site from July 2021
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107719670
Photo: User:Stemonitis / CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blaenau_Ffestiniog.jpg

United Kingdom

Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
World Heritage Site in Blaenavon, south-east Wales
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23818211
Photo: Rafaël Delaedt (Arafi) / CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Big_Pit_Mining_Museum.jpg

United Kingdom

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
World Heritage site in Weston Rhyn, Shropshire, England, UK
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24677919
Photo: Llywelyn2000 / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Awyrlun_o_Bontcysyllte_-_Pontcysyllte_Aqueduct,_part_of_a_UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site_in_Wales_01.jpg

United Kingdom

Stonehenge
Neolithic henge monument in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39671
Official site: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/stonehenge
Photo: Stefan Kühn / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stonehenge_Total.jpg

United Kingdom

Tower of London
Castle in central London, United Kingdom
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62378
Official site: https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/
Photo: Bob Collowan / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tower_of_London_viewed_from_the_River_Thames.jpg

United Kingdom

borders of the Roman Empire
World heritage site (limes in Germany and UK)
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4147903
Photo: Unknown / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Limes03.jpg

United Kingdom

Buildings and architecture of Bath
Aspect of the city in Somerset, England
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4986623
Photo: Diliff / CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roman_Baths_in_Bath_Spa,_England_-_July_2006.jpg

United Kingdom

Derwent Valley Mills
World Heritage Site, where water-powered cotton-spinning mills were first built in the UK
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q646076
Official site: http://www.derwentvalleymills.org
Photo: Unknown / CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arkwright_Masson_Mills.jpg

United Kingdom

Ironbridge Gorge
Canyon in The Gorge, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England, UK
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q647958
Official site: http://www.ironbridgegorge.com
Photo: Alice Humphreys - transatracurium / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Iron_Bridge_(Aerial).JPG

United Kingdom

Saltaire
Victorian model village located in Shipley, City of Bradford Metropolitan District, West Yorkshire, England, UK
UNESCO World Heritage Site — United Kingdom
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q838920
Official site: http://www.saltairevillage.info
Photo: Foto43 / CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saltaire_Salts_Mill_1.jpg