Category
UNESCO World Heritage
World Heritage Sites — the thirty-three places UNESCO judges to be of outstanding universal value.
38 places in this category.
UNESCO World Heritage by region
- 7 unesco world heritage in South East England
- 5 unesco world heritage in London
- 4 unesco world heritage in Central Scotland
- 4 unesco world heritage in North Wales
- 3 unesco world heritage in West Midlands
- 3 unesco world heritage in Scottish Lowlands
- 3 unesco world heritage in Yorkshire & the Humber
- 2 unesco world heritage in South West England
- 2 unesco world heritage in Scottish Highlands
- 2 unesco world heritage in Northern Ireland
Highlights
UNESCO World Heritage · Central Scotland
Antonine Wall
Antonine Wall — defensive fortification in Roman Britain.
UNESCO World Heritage · South East England
Bath
Bath — city in Somerset, England, United Kingdom.
UNESCO World Heritage · South East England
Beckhampton Avenue
Beckhampton Avenue — former avenue of stones in Wiltshire, England.
UNESCO World Heritage · South Wales
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape — World Heritage Site in Blaenavon, south-east Wales.
UNESCO World Heritage · West Midlands
Blenheim Palace
Blenheim Palace — country house near Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
UNESCO World Heritage · Scottish Lowlands
borders of the Roman Empire
borders of the Roman Empire — world heritage site (limes in Germany and UK).
All unesco world heritage
UNESCO World Heritage · South East England
Buildings and architecture of Bath
Buildings and architecture of Bath — aspect of the city in Somerset, England.
UNESCO 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.
UNESCO 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.
UNESCO 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.
UNESCO 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.
UNESCO World Heritage · Scottish Lowlands
Durham Castle and Cathedral
Durham Castle and Cathedral — World Heritage site in Durham, County Durham, England, UK.
UNESCO World Heritage · Scottish Highlands
Flow Country
Flow Country — Tentative World Heritage site in Highland, Scotland, UK.
UNESCO World Heritage · Central Scotland
Forth Bridge
Forth Bridge — railway bridge in eastern Scotland.
UNESCO World Heritage · Yorkshire & the Humber
Fountains Abbey
Fountains Abbey — ruined Cistercian abbey in Yorkshire, England, UK.
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UNESCO World Heritage · Northern Ireland
Giant's Causeway
Giant's Causeway — rock formation on the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland.
UNESCO World Heritage · Scottish Lowlands
Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall — defensive fortification in Roman Britain.
UNESCO World Heritage · Scottish Islands
Heart of Neolithic Orkney
Heart of Neolithic Orkney — World Heritage site in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK.
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UNESCO World Heritage · West Midlands
Ironbridge Gorge
Ironbridge Gorge — canyon in The Gorge, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England, UK.
UNESCO World Heritage · West Midlands
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Jodrell Bank Observatory — astronomical observatory in Cheshire, England, UK.
UNESCO World Heritage · South West England
Jurassic Coast
Jurassic Coast — World Heritage Site in England.
UNESCO World Heritage · London
Kew Gardens
Kew Gardens — botanical garden and world's largest collection of living plants in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
UNESCO World Heritage · London
Maritime Greenwich
Maritime Greenwich — World Heritage site in the United Kingdom.
UNESCO World Heritage · Northern Ireland
Moravian Church Settlements
Moravian Church Settlements — World Heritage Site in Denmark, Germany, USA and the UK.
UNESCO World Heritage · Central Scotland
New Lanark
New Lanark — village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK.
UNESCO 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.
UNESCO 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.
UNESCO World Heritage · North Wales
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct — navigable aqueduct in Wales.
UNESCO World Heritage · North Wales
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal — World Heritage site in Weston Rhyn, Shropshire, England, UK.
UNESCO World Heritage · London
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew — government botanical research institute in the UK.
UNESCO World Heritage · Yorkshire & the Humber
Saltaire
Saltaire — Victorian model village located in Shipley, City of Bradford Metropolitan District, West Yorkshire, England, UK.
UNESCO World Heritage · Scottish Highlands
St Kilda
St Kilda — archipelago in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom.
UNESCO World Heritage · South East England
Stonehenge
Stonehenge — Neolithic henge monument in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, UK.
UNESCO World Heritage · South East England
Stonehenge Cursus
Stonehenge Cursus — Neolithic cursus monument.
UNESCO 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.
UNESCO 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.
UNESCO World Heritage · North Wales
The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales
The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales — UK World Heritage Site from July 2021.
UNESCO World Heritage · London
Tower of London
Tower of London — castle in central London, United Kingdom.
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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.