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This is a list of diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, excluding honorary consulates. The UK has one of the largest global networks of diplomatic missions. UK diplomatic missions to capitals of other Commonwealth of Nations member countries are known as High Commissions (headed by 'High Commissioners'). For three Commonwealth countries (namely India, Nigeria, and Pakistan), the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) still uses the term "Deputy High Commission" for Consulates-General (headed by Deputy High Commissioners), although this terminology is being phased out.{{cite web |url=http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front/TextOnly?pagename=OpenMarket%2FXcelerate%2FShowPage&c=Page&cid=1017919088968&to=true |title=[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Definition of Missions Foreign & Commonwealth Office |website=webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk |access-date=2017-07-23 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080206130948/http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front/TextOnly?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1017919088968&to=true |archive-date=2008-02-06 }} British citizens may get help from the embassy of any other Commonwealth country present, when in a country where there is no British embassy, including New Zealand and Australia, to help British nationals in some countries.
In 2004, the FCDO carried out a review of the deployment of its diplomatic missions, and subsequently over a two-year period closed its missions in Nassau (in the Bahamas), Asunción (Paraguay), Dili (East Timor), Maseru (Lesotho), Mbabane (Swaziland), Antananarivo (Madagascar), Nuku'alofa (Tonga), Tarawa (Kiribati), and Port Vila (Vanuatu). Additionally several consulates and trade offices were also closed, including those in Fukuoka (Japan), Vientiane (Laos), Douala (Cameroon), Porto (Portugal), along with Frankfurt, Leipzig, and Stuttgart in Germany, and Phoenix, San Juan, and Dallas in the United States. Other consulates in Australia, Germany, France, Spain, New Zealand, and the US were downgraded and staffed by local personnel only.{{cite web|url=http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/2004/12/17/close.htm |access-date=February 19, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728024756/http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/2004/12/17/close.htm |archive-date=July 28, 2009 |title=Caribbean Net News: Britain to close to High Commission in Nassau }} In 2012, Foreign Secretary William Hague announced the opening of embassies in Liberia and Haiti, the re-opening of embassies in Laos, El Salvador, and Paraguay, and the opening of a Consulate-General in Recife (Brazil). He also said that by 2015, the UK would have opened up to eleven new embassies and eight new Consulates or Trade Offices.[https://www.gov.uk/government/news/strengthening-britains-diplomatic-network-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean Strengthening Britain's diplomatic network in Latin America and the Caribbean] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222031238/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/strengthening-britains-diplomatic-network-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean |date=2014-02-22 }}, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 21 June 2012 In 2013, a UK government office was established in Seattle.{{cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2013/02/04/uk-government-re-establishes-official.html |title=United Kingdom sends consul to re-establish official Washington state presence - Puget Sound Business Journal |website=Bizjournals.com |access-date=2016-01-22 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530063649/http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2013/02/04/uk-government-re-establishes-official.html |archive-date=2013-05-30 }} In 2014, all services at the former UK Consulate in Orlando were transferred to the nearby UK Consulate-General in Miami.{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/world-location-news/changes-to-uk-government-representation-in-orlando-florida |title=Changes to UK government representation in Orlando, Florida - News articles |website=GOV.UK |date=2014-01-29 |access-date=2016-01-22 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121170745/https://www.gov.uk/government/world-location-news/changes-to-uk-government-representation-in-orlando-florida |archive-date=2016-01-21 }} In 2015, the UK Consulate-General in Denver was reclassified as a UK Government Office.{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-consulate-general-chicago |title=British Consulate General Chicago |website=GOV.UK |access-date=2016-01-22 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071130/https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-consulate-general-chicago |archive-date=2016-03-04 }}
In 2018 the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has announced that new High Commissions will open in Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Grenada, Lesotho, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Swaziland, Tonga and Vanuatu and a British office in Somaliland like the one in Taipei, Taiwan{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretary-expands-uk-commonwealth-diplomatic-network|title=Foreign Secretary expands UK Commonwealth diplomatic network|website=GOV.UK}}
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office employs approximately 13,200 staff in the UK and in more than 260 Posts overseas. Approximately one-third of these employees are UK-based civil servants (including members of HM Diplomatic Service) and two-thirds are employed locally by Posts overseas.
Africa
- {{Flag|Algeria}}
- Algiers (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Angola}}
- Luanda (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Botswana}}
- Gaborone (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Burundi}}
- Bujumbura (Embassy Liaison Office)
- {{Flag|Cameroon}}
- Yaoundé (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Chad}}
- N'Djamena (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Congo-Kinshasa}}
- Kinshasa (Embassy)
- {{DJI}}
- Djibouti City (Embassy)
- {{EGY}}
- Cairo (Embassy)
- Alexandria (Consulate-General)
- {{Flag|Eritrea}}
- Asmara (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Eswatini}}
- Mbabane (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Ethiopia}}
- Addis Ababa (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Gambia}}
- Banjul (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Ghana}}
- Accra (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Guinea}}
- Conakry (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Ivory Coast}}
- Abidjan (Embassy)
- {{KEN}}
- Nairobi (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Lesotho}}
- Maseru (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Liberia}}
- Monrovia (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Libya}}
- Tripoli (Embassy){{cite news|url=https://www.libyaobserver.ly/news/british-embassy-reopened-libya |title=British embassy reopened in Libya |publisher=The Libya Observer |date=6 June 2022 |access-date=11 June 2022}}
- {{Flag|Madagascar}}
- Antananarivo (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Malawi}}
- Lilongwe (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Mali}}
- Bamako (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Mauritania}}
- Nouakchott (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Mauritius}}
- Port Louis (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Morocco}}
- Rabat (Embassy)
- Casablanca (Consulate-General)
- {{Flag|Mozambique}}
- Maputo (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Namibia}}
- Windhoek (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Niger}}
- Niamey (Embassy office)
- {{Flag|Nigeria}}
- Abuja (High Commission)
- Lagos (Deputy High Commission)
- Kaduna (High Commission Liaison Office)
- Ibadan (Liaison Office)
- Port Harcourt (High Commission Liaison Office)
- {{Flag|Rwanda}}
- Kigali (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Senegal}}
- Dakar (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Seychelles}}
- Victoria (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Sierra Leone}}
- Freetown (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Somalia}}
- Mogadishu (Embassy)
- Hargeisa (British Office Hargeisa)
- {{ZAF}}
- Pretoria (High Commission)
- Cape Town (Consulate-General)
- Johannesburg (Trade & Investment Office)
- {{Flag|South Sudan}}
- Juba (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Tanzania}}
- Dar es Salaam (High Commission)
- Dodoma (Dodoma Office){{Cite tweet |user=UKinTanzania |number=1776247443589365906 |title=The British High Commission, Dodoma Office is open!}}
- {{Flag|Tunisia}}
- Tunis (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Uganda}}
- Kampala (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Zambia}}
- Lusaka (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Zimbabwe}}
- Harare (Embassy)
File:British High Commission Building in Accra.jpg|British High Commission in Accra
File:Umoja House, British High Commission, Dar es Salaam.jpg|British High Commission in Dar es Salaam
File:Opening of the new British Embassy in Mogadishu.jpg|British Embassy in Mogadishu
File:British embassy in Tunis.jpg|British Embassy in Tunis
Americas
- {{Flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}
- St. John's (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Argentina}}
- Buenos Aires (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Bahamas}}
- Nassau (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Barbados}}
- Bridgetown (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Belize}}
- Belmopan (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Bolivia}}
- La Paz (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Brazil}}
- Brasília (Embassy)
- Belo Horizonte (Consulate-General)
- Recife (Consulate-General)
- Rio de Janeiro (Consulate-General)
- São Paulo (Consulate-General)
- {{CAN}}
- Ottawa (High Commission)
- Calgary (Consulate-General)
- Montreal (Consulate-General)
- Toronto (Consulate-General)
- Vancouver (Consulate-General)
- {{Flag|Chile}}
- Santiago (Embassy)
- {{COL}}
- Bogotá (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Costa Rica}}
- San José (Embassy)
- {{CUB}}
- Havana (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
- Santo Domingo (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Ecuador}}
- Quito (Embassy)
- {{Flag|El Salvador}}
- San Salvador (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Grenada}}
- St. George's (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Guatemala}}
- Guatemala City (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Guyana}}
- Georgetown (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Haiti}}
- Port-au-Prince (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Jamaica}}
- Kingston (High Commission)
- {{MEX}}
- Mexico City (Embassy)
- Cancún (Consulate-General)
- Monterrey (Consulate)
- {{Flag|Panama}}
- Panama City (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Paraguay}}
- Asunción (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Peru}}
- Lima (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Saint Lucia}}
- Castries (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
- Kingstown (High Commission)
- {{TTO}}
- Port of Spain (High Commission)
- {{USA}}
- Washington, D.C. (Embassy)
- Atlanta (Consulate-General)
- Boston (Consulate-General)
- Chicago (Consulate-General)
- Houston (Consulate-General)
- Los Angeles (Consulate-General)
- Miami (Consulate-General)
- New York City (Consulate-General)
- San Francisco (Consulate-General)
- Denver (UK government office)
- Minneapolis (UK government office)
- Raleigh (UK government office)
- San Diego (UK government office)
- Seattle (UK government office)
- {{Flag|Uruguay}}
- Montevideo (Embassy)
- {{VEN}}
- Caracas (Embassy)
File:British High Commission at Bridgetown-1.jpg|British High Commission in Bridgetown
File:Escalera y anexo embajada británica Buenos Aires.JPG|British Embassy in Buenos Aires
File:Miradores Guatemala 17 Cropped.jpg|Building hosting the British Embassy in Guatemala City
File:British Embassy in La Paz, Bolivia.jpg|British Embassy in La Paz
File:Torre del Ángel, Ciudad de México.jpg|Building hosting the British Embassy in Mexico City
File:BritishHC PortofSpain.jpg|British High Commission in Port of Spain
File:UK High Commission in Canada.JPG|British High Commission in Ottawa
File:Embassy of the United Kingdom in Santiago de Chile.jpg|British Embassy in Santiago
File:Centro Brasileiro Britânico, São Paulo, Brasil.jpg|British Consulate in São Paulo
File:Embassy of the United Kingdom in Washington, D.C..jpg|British Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Asia
- {{Flag|Armenia}}
- Yerevan (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
- Baku (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Bahrain}}
- Manama (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Bangladesh}}
- Dhaka (High Commission)
- Sylhet (Consular office)
- {{Flag|Brunei}}
- Bandar Seri Begawan (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Cambodia}}
- Phnom Penh (Embassy)
- {{CHN}}
- Beijing (Embassy)
- Chongqing (Consulate-General)
- Guangzhou (Consulate-General)
- Hong Kong (Consulate-General)The British Consulate-General, Hong Kong reports directly to the FCDO, instead of the British embassy in Beijing
- Shanghai (Consulate-General)
- Wuhan (Consulate-General)
- {{Flag|Georgia}}
- Tbilisi (Embassy)
- {{IND}}
- New Delhi (High Commission){{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/india#/world/british-embassy-or-high-commission-india|title=UK help and services in India - GOV.UK|website=www.gov.uk|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201172112/https://www.gov.uk/world/india#/world/british-embassy-or-high-commission-india|archive-date=2018-02-01}}
- Ahmedabad (Deputy High Commission)
- Bangalore (Deputy High Commission)
- Chandigarh (Deputy High Commission)
- Chennai (Deputy High Commission)
- Hyderabad (Deputy High Commission)
- Kolkata (Deputy High Commission)
- Mumbai (Deputy High Commission)
- Panaji (British Nationals Assistance Office)
- {{IDN}}
- Jakarta (Embassy)
- {{IRN}}
- Tehran (Embassy)
- {{IRQ}}
- Baghdad (Embassy)
- Erbil (Consulate-General)
- {{Flag|Israel}}
- Tel Aviv (Embassy)
- Jerusalem (Consulate-General)The British Consulate-General, Jerusalem reports directly to the FCDO, instead of the British embassy in Tel Aviv{{cite web |date=22 May 2020 |title=The British Consulate General in Jerusalem represents the UK government in Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza. |url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-consulate-general-jerusalem |website=British Government}}
- {{JPN}}
- Tokyo (Embassy)
- Osaka (Consulate-General)
- {{Flag|Jordan}}
- Amman (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
- Astana (Embassy)
- Almaty (Embassy Office)
- {{Flag|Kuwait}}
- Kuwait City (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
- Bishkek (Embassy)
- {{LAO}}
- Vientiane (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Lebanon}}
- Beirut (Embassy)Some embassy staff have been temporarily withdrawn due to the Gaza war.
- {{Flag|Maldives}}
- Malé (High Commission)
- {{MYS}}
- Kuala Lumpur (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Mongolia}}
- Ulaanbaatar (Embassy)
- {{MMR}}
- Yangon (Embassy)
- {{NPL}}
- Kathmandu (Embassy)
- {{PRK}}
- Pyongyang (Embassy)
- {{OMN}}
- Muscat (Embassy)
- {{PAK}}
- Islamabad (High Commission)
- Karachi (Deputy High Commission)
- Lahore (Trade Office)
- {{PHI}}
- Manila (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Qatar}}
- Doha (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
- Riyadh (Embassy)
- Jeddah (Consulate-General)
- Al Khobar (Trade Office)
- {{SGP}}
- Singapore (High Commission)
- {{KOR}}
- Seoul (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Sri Lanka}}
- Colombo (High Commission)
- {{TWN}}
- Taipei (Office)
- {{Flag|Tajikistan}}
- Dushanbe (Embassy)
- {{THA}}
- Bangkok (Embassy)
- {{TUR}}
- Ankara (Embassy)
- Istanbul (Consulate-General)
- İzmir (Consulate)
- Antalya (Vice-Consulate){{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-vice-consulate-antalya|title=British Vice Consulate Antalya - GOV.UK|website=www.gov.uk}}
- {{Flag|Turkmenistan}}
- Ashgabat (Embassy)
- {{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
- Abu Dhabi (Embassy){{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-abu-dhabi|title=British Embassy Abu Dhabi - GOV.UK|website=www.gov.uk}}
- Dubai (Embassy){{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-dubai|title=British Embassy Dubai - GOV.UK|website=www.gov.uk}}
- {{Flag|Uzbekistan}}
- Tashkent (Embassy)
- {{VNM}}
- Hanoi (Embassy)
- Ho Chi Minh City (Consulate-General)
File:British Embassy in Abu Dhabi 01 977.JPG|British Embassy in Abu Dhabi
File:British Embassy, Bangkok, March 2017.jpg|British Embassy in Bangkok
File:Embassy of the United Kingdom in Beijing (20210406162713).jpg|British Embassy in Beijing
File:HK British Consulate Justice Drive 1.JPG|British Consulate-General in Hong Kong
File:Shapla building, British High Commission premises in Baridhara, Dhaka.jpg|British High Commission in Dhaka
File:British Embassy This is Great Britain HN.jpg|British Embassy in Hanoi
File:British Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City.jpg|British Consulate-General in Ho Chi Minh City
File:British High Commission Delhi 1089.JPG|British High Commission in New Delhi
File:British Embassy Jakarta.JPG|British Embassy in Jakarta
File:German Embassy in Pyongyang, DPRK.JPG|British Embassy in Pyongyang
File:Korean Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs Park Sung-Choon.jpg|British Embassy in Seoul
File:British Embassy, Tashkent.jpg|British Embassy in Tashkent
File:UKEmbassy.jpg|British Embassy in Tel Aviv
File:British Embassy, Tokyo (after 1929).jpg|British Embassy in Tokyo
File:Yerevan - British Embassy (2018).jpg|British Embassy in Yerevan
Europe
- {{Flag|Albania}}
- Tirana (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Austria}}
- Vienna (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Belarus}}
- Minsk (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Belgium}}
- Brussels (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
- Sarajevo (Embassy)
- Banja Luka (Embassy Office)
- {{Flag|Bulgaria}}
- Sofia (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Croatia}}
- Zagreb (Embassy)
- Split (Consulate)
- {{Flag|Cyprus}}
- Nicosia (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Czechia}}
- Prague (Embassy)
- {{DNK}}
- Copenhagen (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Estonia}}
- Tallinn (Embassy)
- {{FIN}}
- Helsinki (Embassy)
- {{FRA}}
- Paris (Embassy)
- Bordeaux (Consulate)
- Marseille (Consulate)
- Lyon (British Trade & Investment Office)
- {{DEU}}
- Berlin (Embassy)
- Düsseldorf (Consulate-General)
- Munich (Consulate-General)
- {{Flag|Greece}}
- Athens (Embassy)
- Corfu (Vice-Consulate){{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-vice-consulate-corfu|title = British Vice Consulate Corfu - GOV.UK}}
- Heraklion (Vice-Consulate){{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-vice-consulate-crete|title=British Vice Consulate Crete - GOV.UK|website=www.gov.uk}}
- Rhodes (Vice-Consulate){{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-vice-consulate-rhodes/office/british-vice-consulate-rhodes|title=British Vice Consulate Rhodes - GOV.UK|website=www.gov.uk}}
- {{Flag|Holy See}}
- Rome (Embassy)The British Embassy to the Holy See is located outside Vatican territory in Rome.
- {{Flag|Hungary}}
- Budapest (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Iceland}}
- Reykjavík (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Ireland}}
- Dublin (Embassy)
- {{ITA}}
- Rome (Embassy)
- Milan (Consulate-General)
- {{XKX}}
- Pristina (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Latvia}}
- Riga (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Lithuania}}
- Vilnius (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Luxembourg}}
- Luxembourg (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Malta}}
- Valletta (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Moldova}}
- Chișinău (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Montenegro}}
- Podgorica (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Netherlands}}
- The Hague (Embassy)
- Amsterdam (Consulate-General)
- {{flag|Northern Cyprus}}The United Kingdom doesn't recognize Northern Cyprus, but has [https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-nicosia/office/british-high-commission/ a high commission office] in North Nicosia.
- North Nicosia (High Commission Office)
- {{Flag|North Macedonia}}
- Skopje (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Norway}}
- Oslo (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Poland}}
- Warsaw (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Portugal}}
- Lisbon (Embassy)
- Portimão (Vice-Consulate)
- {{Flag|Romania}}
- Bucharest (Embassy)
- {{RUS}}
- Moscow (Embassy)
- Yekaterinburg (Consulate-General)
- {{Flag|Serbia}}
- Belgrade (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Slovakia}}
- Bratislava (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Slovenia}}
- Ljubljana (Embassy)
- {{ESP}}
- Madrid (Embassy)
- Barcelona (Consulate-General)
- Alicante (Consulate)
- Ibiza (Consulate)
- Las Palmas (Consulate)
- Málaga (Consulate)
- Palma de Mallorca (Consulate)
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Consulate)
- {{SWE}}
- Stockholm (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Switzerland}}
- Bern (Embassy)
- {{Flag|Ukraine}}
- Kyiv (Embassy)
File:20211106 athenes096.jpg|British Embassy in Athens
File:Embassy of the United Kingdom, Berlin.jpg|British Embassy in Berlin
File:British Embassy Belgrade.jpg|British Embassy in Belgrade
File:British Embassy Bratislava 6250556.JPG|British Embassy in Bratislava
File:Embassy of the United Kingdom, Budapest, street (2019).jpg|British Embassy in Budapest
File:Посольство Великобритании, Кишинев, Республика Молдова UK Embassy, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova (51218577994).jpg|British Embassy in Chișinău
File:British Embassy, Dublin.jpg|British Embassy in Dublin
File:British Embassy, The Hague.jpg|British Embassy in The Hague
File:British Embassy helsinki.JPG|British Embassy in Helsinki
File:Особняк Симиренків-1.JPG|British Embassy in Kyiv
File:Britisch Embassy in Lisbon 02.jpg|British Embassy in Lisbon
File:Madrid - CTBA, Torre Espacio 20.jpg|Torre Espacio hosting the British Embassy in Madrid
File:Мінск. Вуліца Карла Маркса (10).jpg|British Embassy in Minsk
File:Smolenskaya Nab 10 02.JPG|British Embassy in Moscow
File:Storbritannias ambassade Oslo.jpg|British Embassy in Oslo
File:Ambassade Royaume-Uni Paris 1.jpg|British Embassy in Paris
File:Thunovský palác.jpg|British Embassy in Prague
File:DeUkEmbassyRkv.JPG|British Embassy in Reykjavík
File:British Embassy, Riga.jpg|British Embassy in Riga
File:Castro Pretorio - Osborne House ambasciata GB s Sede 051218-01.JPG|British Embassy in Rome to Italy, and the Holy See and to the UN Organizations in Rome
File:Embassy of Great Britain, Sarajevo 1.jpg|British Embassy in Sarajevo
File:British Embassy, Sofia - panoramio.jpg|British Embassy in Sofia
File:British Embassy Stockholm 2021-04-09 (cropped).jpg|British Embassy in Stockholm
File:Jauresgasse12.JPG|British Embassy in Vienna
File:Vilnius Britu taryba.jpg|British Embassy in Vilnius
File:Kawalerii Street in Warsaw DSC 1557.JPG|British Embassy in Warsaw
Oceania
- {{Flag|Australia}}
- Canberra (High Commission)
- Melbourne (Consulate-General)
- Sydney (Consulate-General)
- Brisbane (Consulate)
- Perth (Consulate)
- {{Flag|Fiji}}
- Suva (High Commission)
- {{Flag|New Zealand}}
- Wellington (High Commission)
- Auckland (Consulate-General)
- {{Flag|Papua New Guinea}}
- Port Moresby (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Samoa}}
- Apia (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Solomon Islands}}
- Honiara (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Tonga}}
- Nukuʻalofa (High Commission)
- {{Flag|Vanuatu}}
- Port Vila (High Commission)
File:British High Commission in Canberra.jpg|British High Commission in Canberra
File:British High Commission Wellington 2015.JPG|British High Commission in Wellington
Multilateral organisations
- Brussels (mission to the European Union)
- Brussels (permanent representation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization){{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/uk-joint-delegation-to-nato |title=UK Joint Delegation to NATO |website=gov.uk |access-date=26 June 2023}}
- Geneva (mission to the Office of the United Nations)
- Geneva (permanent representation to the Conference on Disarmament)
- The Hague (representation to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons)
- Jakarta (mission to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
- Manila (representation to the Asian Development Bank)
- Montreal (representation to the International Civil Aviation Organization)
- Nairobi (Mission to United Nations Human Settlements Programme)
- Nairobi (Mission to United Nations Environment Programme)
- New York City (delegation to the United Nations)
- Paris (delegations to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
- Paris (delegations to the UNESCO)
- Rome (representation to the United Nations specialized agencies: FAO, World Food Programme and International Fund for Agricultural Development)
- Strasbourg (delegation to the Council of Europe)
- Abidjan (representation to the African Development Bank)
- Vienna (mission to the Office of the United Nations)
- Vienna (delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)
- Washington, D.C. (representation to the Inter-American Development Bank)
- Washington, D.C. (delegations to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group)
Closed missions
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scope="row" | {{Flag|Cameroon}}
| Douala | Consulate | 2005 | {{cite web |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/32884/about-fco.pdf |title=The Foreign & Commonwealth Office |publisher=Foreign and Commonwealth Office |date=January 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmselect/cmfaff/memo/438/annex.pdf|title=Annex|website=parliament.uk}} |
scope="row" | {{Flag|Congo-Brazzaville}}
| Embassy | 1991/2 |
scope="row" | {{Flag|Gabon}}
| Embassy | 1991/2 |
scope="row" | {{Flag|Libya}}
| Benghazi | Consulate | 2012 |
scope="row" | {{Flag|Sudan}}
| Khartoum | Embassy | 2023 |
=Americas=
=Asia=
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scope="col" | Host country
! scope="col" | Host city ! scope="col" | Mission ! scope="col" | Year closed ! scope="col" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}} |
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scope="row" | {{Flag|Afghanistan|2013}}
| Kabul | Embassy | 2021 | |
scope="row" | {{Flag|East Timor}}
| Dili | Embassy | 2007 |
scope="row" | {{Flag|Indonesia}}
| Denpasar | Consulate | Unknown | |
scope="row" | {{Flag|Iraq}}
| Basra | Consulate | 2012 |
scope="row" rowspan="5" | {{Flag|Japan}}
| Fukuoka | Consulate | 2006 |
Hakodate
| Consulate | 1934 |
Nagoya
| Consulate | 2007 |
Shimonoseki
| Consulate | 1940 |
Yokohama
| 1972 | |
scope="row" | {{Flag|Malaysia}}
| Kuching | Consulate General | 1999 |
scope="row" | 25px Republic of China
| Kashgar | Consulate-General | 1949 |
scope="row" | {{Flag|South Vietnam}}{{efn|The embassy closed down on 24 April 1975, in the midst of the Fall of Saigon, which marked the end of the Vietnam War and the start of a transition period to the formal reunification of Vietnam.}}
| Saigon | Embassy | 1975 | {{cite news |title=Four Embassies Close |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/04/25/archives/four-embassies-close-4-countries-shut-embassies-in-saigon.html |author=Fox Butterfield |newspaper=The New York Times |page=1 |date=25 April 1975 |access-date=15 March 2023}} |
scope="row" | {{Flag|Syria}}
| Damascus | Embassy | 2012 |
scope="row" rowspan="2" | {{Flag|Thailand}}
| Consulate | 1999 |
Pattaya
| Consulate | 2012 | {{Cite news|url=https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-british-consulate-in-pattaya-closes-34402.php |title=Phuket: British Consulate in Pattaya closes |publisher=The Phucket News |date=7 November 2012 |access-date=13 January 2022}} |
scope="row" rowspan="2" | {{Flag|Yemen}}
| Sanaa | Embassy | 2015 |
Aden
| Consulate-General | 2005 |
=Europe=
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
scope="col" | Host country
! scope="col" | Host city ! scope="col" | Mission ! scope="col" | Year closed ! scope="col" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}} |
---|
scope="row" rowspan="3" | {{Flag|France}}
| Calais | Consulate | 1980 |
Lille
| Consulate-General | 2011 |
Lyon
| Consulate-General | 2012 |
scope="row" rowspan="5" | {{Flag|Germany}}
| Bonn | Embassy branch office | 2002 |
Frankfurt
| Consulate General | 2005 |
Hamburg
| Consulate General | 2006 |
Leipzig
| Consulate General | 2005 |
Stuttgart
| Consulate General | 2006 |
scope="row" rowspan="4" | {{Flag|Italy}}
| Florence | Consulate | 2011 | {{Cite web|url=https://www.theflorentine.net/2012/06/07/doors-close-in-naples/|title=Doors close in Naples|date=June 6, 2012|website=The Florentine}} |
Naples
| Consulate | 2012 |
Turin
| Consulate | 2006 | {{Cite web|url=https://italychronicles.com/british-embassies-and-consulates-in-italy/|title = British Embassies and Consulates in Italy|date = September 2007}} |
Venice
| Consulate-General | 2011 |
scope="row" | {{Flag|Greece}}
| Consular office | 2013 |
scope="row" rowspan="2"| {{Flag|Portugal}}
| Funchal | Consulate | 2012 |
Porto
| Consular office | 2012 |
scope="row"| {{Flag|Russia}}
| 2018 |
scope="row" | {{Flag|Spain}}
| Seville | Consulate | 2001 |
scope="row" | {{Flag|Sweden}}
| Consulate-General | 2006 |
scope="row" rowspan="2"| {{Flag|Switzerland}}
| Geneva | Consulate-General | 2010 |
Zürich
| Consulate-General | 1998 |
=Oceania=
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scope="col" | Host country
! scope="col" | Host city ! scope="col" | Mission ! scope="col" | Year closed ! scope="col" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}} |
---|
scope="row" | {{Flag|Australia}}
| Adelaide | Consulate | 2006 |
scope="row" | {{Flag|Kiribati}}
| Tarawa | High Commission | 1994 |
Flags
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The United Kingdom is one of two countries, the other being Thailand, that use diplomatic flags abroad. These special flags are flown at the chanceries of their embassies and consulates. For High Commissions, the Union Flag is used. In addition, there is a flag in use for British consular vessels in international or foreign waters.
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style="background:#efefef;"
! style="width:110px;"|Flag!! style="width:100px;"|Use!! style="width:250px;"|Description | ||
{{ListFlag|British Ambassador Flag.svg}} | Flag used by British Embassies | A Union Flag defaced with the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom |
{{ListFlag|Flag of the United Kingdom.svg}} | Flag used by British High Commissions | A Union Flag |
{{ListFlag|Flag of the Consulates and Consulates General of the United Kingdom.svg}} | Flag used by British Consulates and Consulates-General | A Union Flag defaced with the St Edward’s Crown |
{{ListFlag|Diplomatic ensign.png}} | Flag used by Consular officials onboard vessels | A Blue Ensign with the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom |
See also
Notes
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External links
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