UK World Heritage Sites
There are just over 500 World Heritage Sites spread
through most countries in the world. They include famous
places such as the Taj Mahal, the Great Wall of China,
and the Galapagos Islands, as well as lesser known but
equally significant sites such as Great Zimbabwe Ruins or
the Kakadu National Park in Australia.
What they all have in common is that they are inscribed
by UNESCO on the Register of World Heritage Sites and
are thereby recognised as being of universal significance
to all humanity. World Heritage Sites can be inscribed
because of either their cultural or their natural
significance.
Below are links directly to the UNESCO pages of the
World Heritage sites in the
United Kingdom
.
Properties inscribed on the World
Heritage List
Cultural
•
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)
•
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)
•
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)
•
Tower of London
(1988)
•
The English Lake District
(2017)
•
The Forth Bridge
(2015)
•
Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church
(1987)
Where we list an inn that is close to a World Heritage site
we include the ‘Visit Britain’ symbol
Natural
•
Dorset and East Devon Coast
(2001)
•
Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast
(1986)
•
Gough and Inaccessible Islands
(1995)
•
Henderson Island
(1988)
Mixed
•
St Kilda
(1986)
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