List of diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom
This is a list of diplomatic missions of the
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
The
Africa
- Algeria
- Algiers (Embassy)
- Angola
- Luanda (Embassy)
- Botswana
- Gaborone (High Commission)
- Burundi
- Bujumbura (Embassy Liaison Office)
- Cameroon
- Yaoundé (High Commission)
- Chad
- N'Djamena (Embassy)
- Congo-Kinshasa
- Kinshasa (Embassy)
- Djibouti
- Djibouti City (Embassy)
- Egypt
- Cairo (Embassy)
- Alexandria (Consulate-General)
- Eritrea
- Asmara (Embassy)
- Eswatini
- Mbabane (High Commission)
- Ethiopia
- Addis Ababa (Embassy)
- Gambia
- Banjul (High Commission)
- Ghana
- Accra (High Commission)
- Guinea
- Conakry (Embassy)
- Ivory Coast
- Abidjan (Embassy)
- Kenya
- Nairobi (High Commission)
- Lesotho
- Maseru (High Commission)
- Liberia
- Monrovia (Embassy)
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Antananarivo (Embassy)
- Malawi
- Lilongwe (High Commission)
- Mali
- Bamako (Embassy)
- Mauritania
- Nouakchott (Embassy)
- Mauritius
- Port Louis (High Commission)
- Morocco
- Rabat (Embassy)
- Casablanca (Consulate-General)
- Mozambique
- Maputo (High Commission)
- Namibia
- Windhoek (High Commission)
- Niger
- Niamey (Embassy office)
- Nigeria
- Abuja (High Commission)
- Lagos (Deputy High Commission)
- Kaduna (High Commission Liaison Office)
- Ibadan (Liaison Office)
- Port Harcourt (High Commission Liaison Office)
- Rwanda
- Kigali (High Commission)
- Senegal
- Dakar (Embassy)
- Seychelles
- Victoria (High Commission)
- Sierra Leone
- Freetown (High Commission)
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Pretoria (High Commission)
- Cape Town (Consulate-General)
- Johannesburg (Trade & Investment Office)
- South Sudan
- Juba (Embassy)
- Tanzania
- High Commission)
- Dodoma (Dodoma Office)[10]
- Tunisia
- Tunis (Embassy)
- Uganda
- High Commission)
- Zambia
- Lusaka (High Commission)
- Zimbabwe
- Harare (Embassy)
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British High Commission in Accra
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British High Commission in Dar es Salaam
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British Embassy in Tunis
Americas
- Antigua and Barbuda
- St. John's (High Commission)
- Argentina
- Bahamas
- Nassau (High Commission)
- Barbados
- Bridgetown (High Commission)
- Belize
- Belmopan (High Commission)
- Bolivia
- La Paz (Embassy)
- Brazil
- Brasília (Embassy)
- Belo Horizonte (Consulate-General)
- Recife (Consulate-General)
- Rio de Janeiro (Consulate-General)
- São Paulo (Consulate-General)
- Canada
- Chile
- Santiago(Embassy)
- Colombia
- Bogotá (Embassy)
- Costa Rica
- San José (Embassy)
- Cuba
- Havana (Embassy)
- Dominican Republic
- Santo Domingo (Embassy)
- Ecuador
- Quito (Embassy)
- El Salvador
- San Salvador (Embassy)
- Grenada
- St. George's (High Commission)
- Guatemala
- Guatemala City (Embassy)
- Guyana
- Georgetown (High Commission)
- Haiti
- Port-au-Prince (Embassy)
- Jamaica
- Kingston (High Commission)
- Mexico
- Mexico City (Embassy)
- Cancún (Consulate-General)
- Monterrey (Consulate)
- Panama
- Panama City (Embassy)
- Paraguay
- Asunción (Embassy)
- Peru
- Lima (Embassy)
- Saint Lucia
- Castries (High Commission)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Kingstown (High Commission)
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Port of Spain (High Commission)
- United States
- 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)
- Uruguay
- Montevideo (Embassy)
- Venezuela
- Caracas (Embassy)
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British High Commission in Bridgetown
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British Embassy in Buenos Aires
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British Embassy in La Paz
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Building hosting the British Embassy in Mexico City
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British High Commission in Port of Spain
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British High Commission in Ottawa
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British Embassy in Santiago
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British Consulate in São Paulo
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British Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Asia
- Armenia
- Yerevan (Embassy)
- Azerbaijan
- Baku (Embassy)
- Bahrain
- Manama (Embassy)
- Bangladesh
- Brunei
- Bandar Seri Begawan (High Commission)
- Cambodia
- Phnom Penh (Embassy)
- China
- Georgia
- Tbilisi (Embassy)
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Tehran (Embassy)
- Iraq
- Israel
- Japan
- Jordan
- Amman (Embassy)
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait
- Kuwait City (Embassy)
- Kyrgyzstan
- Bishkek (Embassy)
- Laos
- Vientiane (Embassy)
- Lebanon
- Maldives
- Malé (High Commission)
- Malaysia
- Kuala Lumpur (High Commission)
- Mongolia
- Ulaanbaatar (Embassy)
- Myanmar
- Yangon (Embassy)
- Nepal
- Kathmandu (Embassy)
- North Korea
- Oman
- Muscat(Embassy)
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Manila (Embassy)
- Qatar
- Doha (Embassy)
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- Singapore (High Commission)
- South Korea
- Sri Lanka
- Colombo (High Commission)
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Dushanbe (Embassy)
- Thailand
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ashgabat (Embassy)
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
- Tashkent (Embassy)
- Vietnam
- Hanoi (Embassy)
- Ho Chi Minh City (Consulate-General)
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British Embassy in Abu Dhabi
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British Embassy in Bangkok
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British Embassy in Beijing
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British Consulate-General in Hong Kong
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British High Commission in Dhaka
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British Embassy in Hanoi
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British Consulate-General in Ho Chi Minh City
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British High Commission in New Delhi
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British Embassy in Tashkent
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British Embassy in Tel Aviv
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British Embassy in Yerevan
Europe
- Albania
- Tirana (Embassy)
- Austria
- Vienna (Embassy)
- Belarus
- Minsk (Embassy)
- Belgium
- Brussels (Embassy)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Sarajevo (Embassy)
- Banja Luka (Embassy Office)
- Bulgaria
- Sofia (Embassy)
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Nicosia (High Commission)
- Czechia
- Prague (Embassy)
- Denmark
- Copenhagen (Embassy)
- Estonia
- Tallinn (Embassy)
- Finland
- Helsinki (Embassy)
- France
- Germany
- Embassy)
- Düsseldorf (Consulate-General)
- Munich (Consulate-General)
- Greece
- Holy See
- Hungary
- Budapest (Embassy)
- Iceland
- Reykjavík (Embassy)
- Ireland
- Italy
- Kosovo
- Latvia
- Riga (Embassy)
- Lithuania
- Vilnius (Embassy)
- Luxembourg
- Luxembourg (Embassy)
- Malta
- Valletta (High Commission)
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Podgorica (Embassy)
- Netherlands
- Northern Cyprus[19]
- North Nicosia (High Commission Office)
- North Macedonia
- Skopje (Embassy)
- Norway
- Oslo (Embassy)
- Poland
- Warsaw (Embassy)
- Portugal
- Romania
- Bucharest (Embassy)
- Russia
- Embassy)
- Yekaterinburg (Consulate-General)
- Serbia
- Belgrade (Embassy)
- Slovakia
- Bratislava (Embassy)
- Slovenia
- Ljubljana (Embassy)
- Spain
- Madrid (Embassy)
- Barcelona (Consulate-General)
- Alicante (Consulate)
- Ibiza (Consulate)
- Las Palmas (Consulate)
- Málaga (Consulate)
- Palma de Mallorca (Consulate)
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Consulate)
- Sweden
- Stockholm (Embassy)
- Switzerland
- Bern (Embassy)
- Ukraine
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British Embassy in Athens
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British Embassy in Berlin
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British Embassy in Belgrade
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British Embassy in Bratislava
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British Embassy in Budapest
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British Embassy in Chișinău
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British Embassy in Dublin
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British Embassy in The Hague
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British Embassy in Helsinki
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British Embassy in Kyiv
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British Embassy in Lisbon
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Torre Espaciohosting the British Embassy in Madrid
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British Embassy in Minsk
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British Embassy in Moscow
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British Embassy in Oslo
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British Embassy in Paris
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British Embassy in Reykjavík
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British Embassy in Riga
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British Embassy in Sarajevo
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British Embassy in Sofia
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British Embassy in Stockholm
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British Embassy in Vienna
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British Embassy in Vilnius
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British Embassy in Warsaw
Oceania
- Australia
- Fiji
- Suva (High Commission)
- New Zealand
- High Commission)
- Auckland (Consulate-General)
- Papua New Guinea
- Port Moresby (High Commission)
- Samoa
- Apia (High Commission)
- Solomon Islands
- Honiara (High Commission)
- Tonga
- Nukuʻalofa (High Commission)
- Vanuatu
- Port Vila (High Commission)
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British High Commission in Canberra
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British High Commission in Wellington
Multilateral organisations
- Brussels (mission to the European Union)
- Brussels (permanent representation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)[20]
- 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)
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
- Paris (delegations to the UNESCO)
- )
- Strasbourg (delegation to the Council of Europe)
- Tunis (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
Africa
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
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Cameroon | Douala | Consulate | 2005 | [8][21] |
Congo-Brazzaville | Brazzaville | Embassy | 1991/2 | [21] |
Gabon | Libreville | Embassy | 1991/2 | [21] |
Libya | Benghazi | Consulate | 2012 | [22] |
Sudan | Khartoum | Embassy | 2023 | [23] |
Americas
Host country | Host city | Mission level | Year closed | Ref. |
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Colombia | Baranquilla
|
Consulate | 1998 | [8] |
Cali | Consulate | 2014 | [24] | |
Cartagena | Consulate | 2014 | [24] | |
Honduras | Tegucigalpa | Embassy | 2003 | [8][25] |
Nicaragua | Managua | Embassy | 2003 | [8] |
United States | Cleveland | Consulate | 1999 | [8] |
Dallas | Consulate | 2005 | [8][26] | |
Orlando | Consulate | 2014 | [27] | |
San Juan, Puerto Rico | Consulate | 2005 | [8][26] |
Asia
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
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Afghanistan | Kabul | Embassy | 2021 | |
East Timor | Dili | Embassy | 2007 | [8] |
Iraq | Basra | Consulate | 2012 | [24] |
Japan | Fukuoka | Consulate | 2006 | [8] |
Hakodate | Consulate | 1934 | [28] | |
Nagoya | Consulate | 2007 | [8] | |
Shimonoseki | Consulate | 1940 | [29] | |
Yokohama | Consulate | 1972 | ||
Malaysia | Kuching | Consulate General | 1999 | [8] |
Republic of China | Kashgar | Consulate-General | 1949 | [30] |
South Vietnam[a] | Saigon
|
Embassy | 1975 | [31] |
Syria | Damascus | Embassy | 2012 | [8][24] |
Thailand | Chiang Mai | Consulate | 1999 | [8] |
Pattaya | Consulate | 2012 | [24][32] | |
Yemen | Sanaa | Embassy | 2015 | [33] |
Aden | Consulate-General | 2005 | [8] |
Europe
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
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France | Calais | Consulate | 1980 | [34] |
Lille | Consulate-General | 2011 | [8][24] | |
Lyon | Consulate-General | 2012 | [24] | |
Germany | Bonn | Embassy branch office | 2002 | [35] |
Frankfurt | Consulate General | 2005 | [36] | |
Hamburg | Consulate General | 2006 | [37] | |
Leipzig | Consulate General | 2005 | [36] | |
Stuttgart | Consulate General | 2006 | [36] | |
Italy | Florence | Consulate | 2011 | [24][38] |
Naples | Consulate | 2012 | [38] | |
Turin | Consulate | 2006 | [21][39] | |
Venice | Consulate-General | 2011 | [24] | |
Greece | Thessaloniki | Consular office | 2013 | [24] |
Portugal | Funchal | Consulate | 2012 | [24] |
Porto | Consular office | 2012 | [24] | |
Russia | Saint Petersburg | Consulate General | 2018 | [40] |
Spain | Seville | Consulate | 2001 | [8] |
Sweden | Gothenburg | Consulate-General | 2006 | [8] |
Switzerland | Geneva | Consulate-General | 2010 | [24] |
Zürich | Consulate-General | 1998 | [8] |
Oceania
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Australia | Adelaide | Consulate | 2006 | [8][21] |
Kiribati | Tarawa | High Commission | 1994 | [41] |
Flags
The United Kingdom is one of two countries, the other being
Flag | Use | Description |
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Flag used by British Embassies | A Union Flag defaced with the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom
| |
Flag used by British High Commissions | A Union Flag | |
Flag used by British Consulates and Consulates-General | A Union Flag defaced with the St Edward’s Crown
| |
Flag used by Consular officials onboard vessels | A Blue Ensign with the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom |
See also
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Foreign relations of the United Kingdom
- List of heads of missions of the United Kingdom
- List of diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom
Notes
- ^ The British Consulate-General, Hong Kong reports directly to the FCDO, instead of the British embassy in Beijing
- ^ The British Consulate-General, Jerusalem reports directly to the FCDO, instead of the British embassy in Tel Aviv
- 2023 Israel–Hamas war.
- ^ The British Embassy to the Holy See is located outside Vatican territory in Rome.
- ^ 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.
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