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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

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

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

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

Closed missions

=Africa=

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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|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}}

| Brazzaville

| Embassy

| 1991/2

|

scope="row" | {{Flag|Gabon}}

| Libreville

| Embassy

| 1991/2

|

scope="row" | {{Flag|Libya}}

| Benghazi

| Consulate

| 2012

| {{Cite news |title=Westerners in Benghazi at Imminent Risk of Terror Threat |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/libya-benghazi-threat-west-terrorist-427632 |work=International Business Times |date=2 July 2014 |access-date=24 September 2021}}

scope="row" | {{Flag|Sudan}}

| Khartoum

| Embassy

| 2023

| {{Cite web |title=British Embassy Khartoum - GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-khartoum |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=www.gov.uk |language=en}}

=Americas=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" | Host country

! scope="col" | Host city

! scope="col" | Mission level

! scope="col" | Year closed

! scope="col" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

scope="row" rowspan="3" | {{Flag|Colombia}}

| Barranquilla

| Consulate

| 1998

|

Cali

| Consulate

| 2014

| {{cite web |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmselect/cmfaff/516/516.pdf |title=Support for British nationals abroad: The Consular Service |publisher=House of Commons |access-date=13 January 2022}}

Cartagena

| Consulate

| 2014

|

scope="row" | {{Flag|Honduras}}

| Tegucigalpa

| Embassy

| 2003

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2003-11-30-0311300090-story.html|title=BRITAIN WILL CLOSE HONDURAN EMBASSY TO FOCUS ON TERRORISM |first=Orlando|last=Sentinel|website=OrlandoSentinel.com|date=30 November 2003 }}

scope="row" | {{Flag|Nicaragua}}

| Managua

| Embassy

| 2003

|

scope="row" rowspan="4" | {{Flag|United States}}

| Cleveland

| Consulate

| 1999

|

Dallas

| Consulate

| 2005

| {{cite web| url = https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2005/04/04/newscolumn5.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090727072438/http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2005/04/04/newscolumn5.html| archive-date = 2009-07-27| title = Dallas' British Consulate to close in money-saving move - Dallas Business Journal}}

Orlando

| Consulate

| 2014

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/changes-to-uk-government-representation-in-orlando-florida|title=Changes to UK government representation in Orlando, Florida|website=GOV.UK}}

San Juan, Puerto Rico

| Consulate

| 2005

|

=Asia=

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" | {{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

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.hakodate.travel/en/sightseeing_spots/historic-building/former-british-consulate-of-hakodate|title=Former British Consulate of Hakodate|website=Travel Hakodate}}

Nagoya

| Consulate

| 2007

|

Shimonoseki

| Consulate

| 1940

| {{Cite web|url=http://www.kyu-eikoku-ryoujikan.com/english/|title=English | 重要文化財旧下関英国領事館|website=www.kyu-eikoku-ryoujikan.com}}

Yokohama

| Consulate

| 1972

|

scope="row" | {{Flag|Malaysia}}

| Kuching

| Consulate General

| 1999

|

scope="row" | 25px Republic of China

| Kashgar

| Consulate-General

| 1949

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3016257/dead-drunk-or-driven-insane-life-british-consul|title=Dead, drunk or driven insane: British consuls in pre-1949 China|date=June 27, 2019|website=South China Morning Post}}

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}}

| Chiang Mai

| 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

| {{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/10/us-close-embassy-yemen-rebels-sanaa|title=US and UK close Yemen embassies after rebels seize control of Sana'a|date=February 10, 2015|website=the Guardian}}

Aden

| Consulate-General

| 2005

|

=Europe=

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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" rowspan="3" | {{Flag|France}}

| Calais

| Consulate

| 1980

| {{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1983-10-27/debates/14fd8601-b61e-4167-82ab-433f29724707/BritishEmbassiesAndConsulates(AnsweringMachines)|title = British Embassies and Consulates (Answering Machines) - Thursday 27 October 1983 - Hansard - UK Parliament}}

Lille

| Consulate-General

| 2011

|

Lyon

| Consulate-General

| 2012

|

scope="row" rowspan="5" | {{Flag|Germany}}

| Bonn

| Embassy branch office

| 2002

| {{Cite web|url = https://ga.de/lokales/region/Briten-schliessen-Bonner-Aussenstelle-article146471.html|title = Briten schließen Bonner Außenstelle|date = 8 November 2001|access-date = 29 May 2021|archive-date = 2 June 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210602212812/https://ga.de/lokales/region/Briten-schliessen-Bonner-Aussenstelle-article146471.html|url-status = dead}}

Frankfurt

| Consulate General

| 2005

| {{Cite web|url=http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/2004/12/17/close.htm|title=Caribbean Net News: Britain to close to High Commission in Nassau|date=July 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728024756/http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/2004/12/17/close.htm|archive-date=2009-07-28}}

Hamburg

| Consulate General

| 2006

| {{Cite news|url=https://www.spiegel.de/international/mostly-empty-us-consulate-blocks-hamburg-streets-round-the-clock-security-for-skeleton-staff-a-462976.html|title=Mostly Empty US Consulate Blocks Hamburg Streets: Round-the-Clock Security for Skeleton Staff|first=Sebastian|last=Knauer|newspaper=Der Spiegel|date=30 January 2007}}

Leipzig

| Consulate General

| 2005

|

Stuttgart

| Consulate General

| 2006

|

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| 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}}

| Thessaloniki

| Consular office

| 2013

|

scope="row" rowspan="2"| {{Flag|Portugal}}

| Funchal

| Consulate

| 2012

|

Porto

| Consular office

| 2012

|

scope="row"| {{Flag|Russia}}

| Saint Petersburg

| Consulate General

| 2018

| {{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43440992|title=Russia spy poisoning: 23 UK diplomats expelled from Moscow|work=BBC News|date=March 17, 2018}}

scope="row" | {{Flag|Spain}}

| Seville

| Consulate

| 2001

|

scope="row" | {{Flag|Sweden}}

| Gothenburg

| Consulate-General

| 2006

|

scope="row" rowspan="2"| {{Flag|Switzerland}}

| Geneva

| Consulate-General

| 2010

|

Zürich

| Consulate-General

| 1998

|

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| Adelaide

| Consulate

| 2006

|

scope="row" | {{Flag|Kiribati}}

| Tarawa

| High Commission

| 1994

| {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=buX-25fujSwC&q=%22closed+its+embassy+in+Kiribati%22&pg=PA330|title=The Pacific Islands and the USA|isbn=9789820201163|last1=Crocombe|first1=R. G.|year=1995|publisher=Editorips@usp.ac.fj }}

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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{{ListFlag|British Ambassador Flag.svg}}Flag used by British EmbassiesA 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 CommissionsA Union Flag
{{ListFlag|Flag of the Consulates and Consulates General of the United Kingdom.svg}}Flag used by British Consulates and Consulates-GeneralA Union Flag defaced with the St Edward’s Crown
{{ListFlag|Diplomatic ensign.png}}Flag used by Consular officials onboard vesselsA Blue Ensign with the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom

See also

Notes

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References

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