Category
UNESCO World Heritage
World Heritage Sites — the thirty-three places UNESCO judges to be of outstanding universal value.
45 places in this category.
UNESCO World Heritage by region
- 7 unesco world heritage in South West England
- 5 unesco world heritage in London
- 5 unesco world heritage in South East England
- 4 unesco world heritage in North Wales
- 3 unesco world heritage in Yorkshire & the Humber
- 3 unesco world heritage in North East England
- 3 unesco world heritage in Central Scotland
- 3 unesco world heritage in Scottish Islands
- 2 unesco world heritage in North West England
- 2 unesco world heritage in Scottish Highlands
Highlights
📷 10UNESCO World Heritage · London
Maritime Greenwich
Maritime Greenwich — World Heritage site in the United Kingdom.
📷 10UNESCO World Heritage · London
Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret's Church
Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret's Church — UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Flagship📷 10UNESCO World Heritage · London
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew — government botanical research institute in the UK.
Flagship📷 10UNESCO World Heritage · London
Tower of London
Tower of London — castle in central London, United Kingdom.
★ Iconic📷 10UNESCO World Heritage · London
Royal Museums Greenwich
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Royal Observatory, Queen's House, Painted Hall, Cutty Sark.
📷 10UNESCO World Heritage · South East England
Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church
Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church — World Heritage site in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK.
All unesco world heritage
Flagship📷 10UNESCO World Heritage · South East England
Stonehenge
Stonehenge — Neolithic henge monument in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, UK.
Flagship📷 10UNESCO World Heritage · South East England
Stonehenge Cursus
Stonehenge Cursus — Neolithic cursus monument.
★ Iconic📷 10UNESCO World Heritage · South East England
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the United Kingdom.
Flagship📷 4UNESCO World Heritage · South East England
Blenheim Palace
Blenheim Palace — country house near Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
Flagship📷 10UNESCO World Heritage · South West England
Bath
Bath — city in Somerset, England, United Kingdom.
Flagship📷 10UNESCO World Heritage · South West England
Beckhampton Avenue
Beckhampton Avenue — former avenue of stones in Wiltshire, England.
★ Iconic📷 10UNESCO World Heritage · South West England
Buildings and architecture of Bath
Buildings and architecture of Bath — aspect of the city in Somerset, England.
★ Iconic📷 10UNESCO World Heritage · South West England
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the United Kingdom.
★ Iconic📷 10UNESCO World Heritage · South West England
Jurassic Coast
Jurassic Coast — World Heritage Site in England.
★ Iconic📷 4UNESCO World Heritage · South West England
Old Harry Rocks
Old Harry Rocks are three chalk formations, including a stack and a stump, located at Handfast Point, on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, southern England. They mark the most eastern point of the Jurass
📷 5UNESCO World Heritage · South West England
Isle of Portland
The Isle of Portland is a tied island, 6 kilometres (4 mi) long by 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) wide, in the English Channel. The southern tip, Portland Bill, lies 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of the resort o
★ Iconic📷 5UNESCO World Heritage · East Midlands
Derwent Valley Mills
Derwent Valley Mills — World Heritage Site, where water-powered cotton-spinning mills were first built in the UK.
Flagship📷 5UNESCO World Heritage · West Midlands
Ironbridge Gorge
Ironbridge Gorge — canyon in The Gorge, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England, UK.
📷 4UNESCO World Heritage · Yorkshire & the Humber
Fountains Abbey
Fountains Abbey — ruined Cistercian abbey in Yorkshire, England, UK.
Flagship📷 5UNESCO World Heritage · Yorkshire & the Humber
Saltaire
Saltaire — Victorian model village located in Shipley, City of Bradford Metropolitan District, West Yorkshire, England, UK.
📷 3UNESCO World Heritage · Yorkshire & the Humber
Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey
Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey — group of structures in North Yorkshire, England, UK.
Flagship📷 5UNESCO World Heritage · North West England
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Jodrell Bank Observatory — astronomical observatory in Cheshire, England, UK.
Flagship📷 3UNESCO World Heritage · North West England
borders of the Roman Empire
borders of the Roman Empire — world heritage site (limes in Germany and UK).
★ Iconic📷 3UNESCO World Heritage · North East England
Milecastle 33
Milecastle 33 in England North East, United Kingdom.
Flagship📷 4UNESCO World Heritage · North East England
Milecastle 8
Milecastle 8 in England North East, United Kingdom.
📷 3UNESCO World Heritage · North East England
Durham Castle and Cathedral
Durham Castle and Cathedral — World Heritage site in Durham, County Durham, England, UK.
Flagship📷 3UNESCO World Heritage · Scottish Highlands
Flow Country
Flow Country — Tentative World Heritage site in Highland, Scotland, UK.
📷 5UNESCO World Heritage · Scottish Highlands
North West Highlands Geopark
North West Highlands Geopark in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
Flagship📷 5UNESCO World Heritage · Scottish Lowlands
New Lanark
New Lanark — village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK.
Flagship📷 4UNESCO World Heritage · Central Scotland
Antonine Wall
Antonine Wall — defensive fortification in Roman Britain.
📷 3UNESCO World Heritage · Central Scotland
Forth Bridge
Forth Bridge — railway bridge in eastern Scotland.
📷 3UNESCO World Heritage · Central Scotland
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh — group of structures or buildings in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
Flagship📷 5UNESCO World Heritage · Scottish Islands
St Kilda
St Kilda — archipelago in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom.
★ Iconic📷 3UNESCO World Heritage · Scottish Islands
Heart of Neolithic Orkney
Heart of Neolithic Orkney — World Heritage site in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK.
Flagship📷 4UNESCO World Heritage · Scottish Islands
Stac Biorach
Stac Biorach in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
★ Iconic📷 3UNESCO World Heritage · North Wales
Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd
Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd — World Heritage site in the United Kingdom.
📷 5UNESCO World Heritage · North Wales
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct — navigable aqueduct in Wales.
📷 3UNESCO World Heritage · North Wales
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal — World Heritage site in Weston Rhyn, Shropshire, England, UK.
📷 3UNESCO World Heritage · North Wales
The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales
The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales — UK World Heritage Site from July 2021.
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★ Iconic📷 5UNESCO World Heritage · South Wales
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape — World Heritage Site in Blaenavon, south-east Wales.
Flagship📷 4UNESCO World Heritage · Northern Ireland
Giant's Causeway
Giant's Causeway — rock formation on the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland.
📷 3UNESCO World Heritage · Northern Ireland
Moravian Church Settlements
Moravian Church Settlements — World Heritage Site in Denmark, Germany, USA and the UK.
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Frequently asked questions
- How many UNESCO World Heritage Sites are in the UK?
- The UK has 33 inscribed World Heritage Sites covering Roman frontiers (Hadrian's Wall), Neolithic stone circles (Stonehenge, Avebury), medieval cathedrals (Canterbury, Durham), Georgian cities (Bath, Edinburgh) and industrial heritage (Ironbridge, the Cornish mining landscape).
- Are these places free to visit?
- Many places in the guide are free to enter — almost every national museum, every public park and garden, every parish church and cathedral. Castles, historic houses and theme parks usually charge admission; National Trust and English Heritage members visit those properties free.
- Where does the data come from?
- Every entry is built from open data: OpenStreetMap (locations, tags, opening hours), Wikipedia (descriptions), Wikidata (structured facts and operator information), Wikimedia Commons (images), ONS open data (population). The site never makes runtime API calls — everything is fetched at build time and committed.
- How often is this updated?
- A weekly automated job re-fetches the upstream sources and rebuilds the site. Manual editorial corrections are applied as overlays on top of the open data.