List of diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom

This is a list of diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom. At present, the capital city of London hosts 165 embassies and high commissions. Several other countries have ambassadors accredited to the United Kingdom, with most being resident in Brussels or Paris. There are also a number of Honorary Consuls resident in various locations in the UK.

Map of diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom

Embassies and High Commissions in London[1]
Main article: List of diplomatic missions in London

The following 165 countries maintain embassies in London as their primary diplomatic missions to the United Kingdom.

Representative Offices/Other Missions in London

British Overseas Territories[2]
Territory Mission type Photo
 AnguillaRepresentative Office-
 BermudaRepresentative Office -
 British Virgin IslandsRepresentative Office -
 Cayman IslandsRepresentative Office -
 Falkland IslandsRepresentative Office -
 GibraltarRepresentative Office -
 MontserratRepresentative Office -
 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaRepresentative Office -
 Tristan da CunhaRepresentative Office-
 Turks and Caicos IslandsRepresentative Office-

Other dependencies[2]

Disputed regions and states[2]

International organisations

Consular missions

Some countries also maintain consular missions in the following towns and cities (Bangladesh uses the title "Assistant High Commission" instead of "Consulate-General"):[5][6][7]

Belfast

Birmingham

Bradford

Cardiff

Comber

Edinburgh

George Town, Cayman Islands

Glasgow

Hamilton, Bermuda

Manchester

Accredited non-resident embassies

States with no or other representation in the United Kingdom

States with an Honorary Consul:

For a variety of reasons the following sovereign states have no form of representation in the United Kingdom:

There are also a number of partially recognised states not recognised by the United Kingdom; see List of states with limited recognition.

Closed missions
Host city Sending country Mission Year closed Ref.
Birmingham  United States Consulate 1965 [38]
Bradford  United States Consulate 1953 [38]
Bristol  United States Consulate 1948 [38]
Cardiff  United States Consulate 1963 [38]
Edinburgh  Norway Consulate-General 2008 [39]
  Switzerland Consulate-General 2011 [40]
Gibraltar  Spain Consulate-General 1954 [41]
Hull  United States Consulate 1948 [38]
Glasgow  Poland Consulate-General 1985 [42]
 United States Consulate 1965 [38]
Liverpool  Colombia Consulate-General 1988 [43]
 France Consulate-General 1991 [44]
 United States Consulate 1973 [38]
Manchester  Australia Consulate 2001 [45]
 Iran Consulate 1987 [46]
 Italy Consulate 2011 [47]
 United States Consulate 1963 [38]
Newcastle-on-Tyne  United States Consulate 1953 [38]
Plymouth  United States Consulate 1948 [38]
Southampton  Poland Consular agency Unknown [48]
 United States Consulate 1965 [38]

See also

Notes
a.   ^ The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, it is formally recognised as an independent state by 97 UN member states (with another 15 recognising it at some point but then withdrawing recognition), while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory.

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