United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List (32)
Cultural (27)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (2000)
- Blenheim Palace (1987)
- Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church (1988)
- Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (1986)
- City of Bath (1987)
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (2006)
- Derwent Valley Mills (2001)
- Durham Castle and Cathedral (1986)
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire (1987,2005,2008)
- Gorham's Cave Complex (2016)
- Heart of Neolithic Orkney (1999)
- Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda (2000)
- Ironbridge Gorge (1986)
- Jodrell Bank Observatory (2019)
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (2004)
- Maritime Greenwich (1997)
- New Lanark (2001)
- Old and New Towns of Edinburgh (1995)
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church (1987)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (2009)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2003)
- Saltaire (2001)
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (1986)
- Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey (1986)
- The English Lake District (2017)
- The Forth Bridge (2015)
- Tower of London (1988)
Natural (4)
- Dorset and East Devon Coast (2001)
- Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast (1986)
- Gough and Inaccessible Islands (1995,2004)
- Henderson Island (1988)
Mixed (1)
- St Kilda (1986,2004, 2005)
Sites on the Tentative List (10)
A Tentative List is an inventory of those properties which each State Party intends to consider for nomination. More about the Tentative List Process...
- Chatham Dockyard and its Defences (2012)
- Creswell Crags (2012)
- Darwin’s Landscape Laboratory (2012)
- Island of St Helena (2012)
- Mousa, Old Scatness and Jarlshof: the Zenith of Iron Age Shetland (2012)
- Slate Industry of North Wales (2012)
- Flow Country (2012)
- The Twin Monastery of Wearmouth Jarrow (2012)
- Turks and Caicos Islands (2012)
- Great Spas of Europe (2014)
News (20)
- Six cultural sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List Sunday, 7 July 2019
- UNESCO launches new travel platform ‘World Heritage Journeys’ to promote sustainable tourism in the EU Thursday, 13 September 2018
- State of conservation of the World Heritage Property "Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites" (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) Tuesday, 26 September 2017
- State of conservation of Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) Tuesday, 4 August 2015
- State of conservation of Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) Tuesday, 19 May 2015
Events (11)
- Third World Heritage Marine Managers Conference 27-Aug-2016-31-Oct-2018
- Conference "World Heritage for tomorrow” - ICOMOS/UK 01-Dec-2012
- Meeting on the Historic Urban Landscape Action Plan for Durham World Heritage site, UK 26-Oct-2012-27-Oct-2012
- Lecture “World Heritage and Economic Development” 17-Apr-2012-17-Apr-2012
- International World Heritage Expert Meeting on criterion (vi) 28-Mar-2012-30-Mar-2012
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Ratification of the Convention:
Tuesday, 29 May 1984
2001-2005
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