World Heritage Sites
World Heritage SitesUNESCO World Heritage Sites in United Kingdom
35 recognised sites
UNESCO lists 35 World Heritage Sites in United Kingdom. Each one below links to its city guide or attraction page where we have one.
Full list
World Heritage Sites in United Kingdom
Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast
Durham Castle and Cathedral
Ironbridge Gorge
Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd
St Kilda
Blenheim Palace
Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church
City of Bath
Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Henderson Island
Tower of London
Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
Gough and Inaccessible Islands
Maritime Greenwich
Heart of Neolithic Orkney
Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
New Lanark
Saltaire
Dorset and East Devon Coast
Derwent Valley Mills
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
Moravian Church Settlements
The Forth Bridge
Gorham's Cave Complex
The English Lake District
Jodrell Bank Observatory
The Great Spa Towns of Europe
The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales
The Flow Country
Q&A
Answers to your questions
How many UNESCO World Heritage Sites does United Kingdom have?
35 sites recognised by UNESCO as World Heritage — cultural, natural or mixed.
What's the difference between a cultural and natural site?
A cultural site is human-made (an old town, a monument, an archaeological site); a natural site is a unique geological/ecological feature; a mixed site is both.
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Sources: Site list: UNESCO World Heritage List (CC BY-SA 4.0)