List of diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom

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Diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom

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 and Commonwealth Office (FCO) still uses the term "Deputy High Commission" for Consulates-General (headed by Deputy High Commissioners), although this terminology is being phased out.[1] British citizens may get help from the embassy of any other commonwealth country present, when in a country where there is no British embassy. There are also informal arrangements with some other countries, including New Zealand and Australia, to help British nationals in some countries.

In 2004, the FCO 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.[2] 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.[3] In 2013, a UK government office was established in Seattle.[4] In 2014, all services at the former UK Consulate in Orlando were transferred to the nearby UK Consulate-General in Miami.[5] In 2015, the UK Consulate-General in Denver was reclassified as a UK Government Office.[6] In 2018 the Foreign and Commonwealth 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[7]

Africa[]

  •  Algeria
    • Algiers (Embassy)
  •  Angola
    • Luanda (Embassy)
  •  Botswana
    • Gaborone (High Commission)
  •  Burundi
    • Bujumbura (Embassy Liaison Office)
  •  Cameroon
  •  Chad
  •  Democratic Republic of the Congo
    • Kinshasa (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)
  •  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
    • Mogadishu (Embassy)
  •  Somaliland
    • Hargeisa (British Office Hargeisa)
  •  South Africa
    • Pretoria (High Commission)
    • Cape Town (Consulate-General)
    • Johannesburg (Trade & Investment Office)
  •  South Sudan
    • Juba (Embassy)
  •  Sudan
    • Khartoum (Embassy)
  •  Tanzania
  •  Tunisia
    • Tunis (Embassy)
  •  Uganda
    • Kampala (High Commission)
  •  Zambia
    • Lusaka (High Commission)
  •  Zimbabwe
    • Harare (Embassy)

Americas[]

  •  Antigua and Barbuda
  •  Argentina
    • Buenos Aires (Embassy)
  •  Bahamas
    • Nassau (High Commission)
  •  Barbados
    • Bridgetown (High Commission)
  •  Belize
    • Belmopan (High Commission)
  •  Bolivia
    • La Paz (Embassy)
  •  Brazil
  •  Canada
    • Ottawa (High Commission)
    • Calgary (Consulate-General)
    • Montreal (Consulate-General)
    • Toronto (Consulate-General)
    • Vancouver (Consulate-General)
  •  Chile
    • Santiago (Embassy)
  •  Colombia
  •  Costa Rica
  •  Cuba
    • Havana (Embassy)
  •  Dominican Republic
    • Santo Domingo (Embassy)
  •  Ecuador
    • Quito (Embassy)
  •  El Salvador
    • San Salvador (Embassy)
  •  Grenada
  •  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
  •  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)

  • British High Commission in Bridgetown

  • British Embassy in Buenos Aires

  • British Embassy in La Paz

  • British Embassy in Mexico City

  • British High Commission in Port of Spain

  • British High Commission in Ottawa

  • British Consulate in São Paulo

  • British Embassy in Washington, D.C.

Asia[]

  •  Armenia
    • Yerevan (Embassy)
  •  Azerbaijan
    • Baku (Embassy)
  •  Bahrain
    • Manama (Embassy)
  •  Bangladesh
    • Dhaka (High Commission)
    • Sylhet (Consular office)
  •  Brunei
    • Bandar Seri Begawan (High Commission)
  •  Cambodia
    • Phnom Penh (Embassy)
  •  China
    • Beijing (Embassy)
    • Chongqing (Consulate-General)
    • Guangzhou (Consulate-General)
    • Hong Kong (Consulate-General)[note 1]
    • Shanghai (Consulate-General)
    • Wuhan (Consulate-General)
  •  Georgia
    • Tbilisi (Embassy)
  •  India
    • New Delhi (High Commission)[8]
    • 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)
  •  Indonesia
    • Jakarta (Embassy)
    • Denpasar (Consulate)
  •  Iran
    • Tehran (Embassy)
  •  Iraq
    • Baghdad (Embassy)
    • Basra (Consulate-General)
    • Erbil (Consulate-General)
  •  Israel
  •  Japan
    • Tokyo (Embassy)
    • Osaka (Consulate-General)
  •  Jordan
    • Amman (Embassy)
  •  Kazakhstan
    • Nur-Sultan (Embassy)
    • Almaty (Embassy Office)
  •  Kuwait
    • Kuwait City (Embassy)
  •  Kyrgyzstan
    • Bishkek (Embassy)
  •  Laos
    • Vientiane (Embassy)
  •  Lebanon
    • Beirut (Embassy)
  •  Maldives
  •  Malaysia
    • Kuala Lumpur (High Commission)
  •  Mongolia
    • Ulaanbaatar (Embassy)
  •  Myanmar
    • Yangon (Embassy)
  •    Nepal
    • Kathmandu (Embassy)
  •  North Korea
    • Pyongyang (Embassy)
  •  Oman
    • Muscat (Embassy)
  •  Pakistan
    • Islamabad (High Commission)
    • Karachi (Deputy High Commission)
    • Lahore (Trade Office)
  •  Palestine
    • Jerusalem (Consulate-General)[9]
  •  Philippines
    • Manila (Embassy)
  •  Qatar
    • Doha (Embassy)
  •  Saudi Arabia
    • Riyadh (Embassy)
    • Jeddah (Consulate-General)
    • Al Khobar (Trade Office)
  •  Singapore
    • Singapore (High Commission)
  •  South Korea
    • Seoul (Embassy)
  •  Sri Lanka
    • Colombo (High Commission)
  •  Taiwan
  •  Tajikistan
    • Dushanbe (Embassy)
  •  Thailand
  •  Turkey
    • Ankara (Embassy)
    • Istanbul (Consulate-General)
    • İzmir (Consulate)
    • Antalya (Vice-Consulate)[10]
  •  Turkmenistan
    • Ashgabat (Embassy)
  •  United Arab Emirates
    • Abu Dhabi (Embassy)[11]
    • Dubai (Embassy)[12]
  •  Uzbekistan
    • Tashkent (Embassy)
  •  Vietnam
    • Hanoi (Embassy)
    • Ho Chi Minh City (Consulate-General)

  • British Embassy in Abu Dhabi

  • British Embassy in Bangkok

  • Bitish Embassy in Beijing

  • British Consulate-General in Hong Kong

  • British High Commission in Dhaka

  • British Embassy in Hanoi

  • British Consulate-General in Ho Chi Minh City

  • British High Commission in New Delhi

  • British Embassy in Seoul

  • British Embassy in Tashkent

  • British Embassy in Tel Aviv

  • British Embassy in Tokyo

  • 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
    • Zagreb (Embassy)
    • Split (Consulate)
  •  Cyprus
    • Nicosia (High Commission)
  •  Czech Republic
    • Prague (Embassy)
  •  Denmark
    • Copenhagen (Embassy)
  •  Estonia
    • Tallinn (Embassy)
  •  Finland
    • Helsinki (Embassy)
  •  France
    • Paris (Embassy)
    • Bordeaux (Consulate)
    • Marseille (Consulate)
    • Lyon (British Trade & Investment Office)
  •  Germany
    • Berlin (Embassy)
    • Düsseldorf (Consulate-General)
    • Munich (Consulate-General)
  •  Greece
    • Athens (Embassy)
    • Corfu (Vice-Consulate)[13]
    • Heraklion (Vice-Consulate)[14]
    • Rhodes (Vice-Consulate)[15]
  •   Holy See
  •  Hungary
    • Budapest (Embassy)
  •  Iceland
  •  Ireland
  •  Italy
    • Rome (Embassy)
    • Milan (Consulate-General)
  •  Kosovo
    • Pristina (Embassy)
  •  Latvia
    • Riga (Embassy)
  •  Lithuania
    • Vilnius (Embassy)
  •  Luxembourg
    • Luxembourg City (Embassy)
  •  Malta
    • Valletta (High Commission)
  •  Moldova
  •  Montenegro
    • Podgorica (Embassy)
  •  Netherlands
    • The Hague (Embassy)
    • Amsterdam (Consulate-General)
  •  North Cyprus[16]
    • Lefkoşa (Nicosia) (Visa office)
  •  North Macedonia
    • Skopje (Embassy)
  •  Norway
    • Oslo (Embassy)
  •  Poland
    • Warsaw (Embassy)
  •  Portugal
  •  Romania
    • Bucharest (Embassy)
  •  Russia
    • Moscow (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

  • British Embassy in Berlin

  • British Embassy in Belgrade

  • British Embassy in Bratislava

  • British Embassy in Budapest

  • British Embassy in Chișinău

  • British Embassy in Dublin

  • British Embassy in The Hague

  • British Embassy in Helsinki

  • British Embassy in Kyiv

  • British Embassy in Lisbon

  • Torre Espacio hosting the British Embassy in Madrid

  • British Embassy in Minsk

  • British Embassy in Moscow

  • British Embassy in Oslo

  • British Embassy in Paris

  • British Embassy in Prague

  • British Embassy in Reykjavík

  • British Embassy in Riga

  • British Embassy in Sarajevo

  • British Embassy in Sofia

  • British Embassy in Stockholm

  • British Embassy in Vienna

  • British Embassy in Vilnius

  • British Embassy in Warsaw

Oceania[]

  •  Australia
    • Canberra (High Commission)
    • Melbourne (Consulate-General)
    • Sydney (Consulate-General)
    • Brisbane (Consulate)
    • Perth (Consulate)
  •  Fiji
    • Suva (High Commission)
  •  New Zealand
  •  Papua New Guinea
    • Port Moresby (High Commission)
  •  Samoa
    • Apia (High Commission)
  •  Solomon Islands
    • Honiara (High Commission)
  •  Tonga
  •  Vanuatu
    • Port Vila (High Commission)

Multilateral organisations[]

  • Brussels (mission to the European Union)
  • Brussels (permanent representation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)

Former missions[]

Africa[]

Host country City Mission level Year closed
 Cameroon Douala Consulate 2005[17][18]
 Congo-Brazzaville Brazzaville Embassy 1991/2 [18]
 Gabon Libreville Embassy 1991/2 [18]

Americas[]

Host country Host city Mission level Year closed Ref.
 Colombia Baranquilla Consulate 1998 [17]
 Honduras Tegucigalpa Embassy 2003 [17][19]
 Nicaragua Managua Embassy 2003 [17]
 United States Cleveland Consulate 1999 [17]
Dallas Consulate 2005 [17][20]
Orlando Consulate 2014 [21]
San Juan, Puerto Rico Consulate 2005 [17][20]

Asia[]

Host country Host city Mission level Year closed Ref.
 Afghanistan Kabul Embassy 2021
Flag of the Republic of China.svg China Kashgar Consulate General 1949 [22]
 East Timor Dili Embassy 2007 [17]
 Japan Fukuoka Consulate 2006 [17]
Hakodate Consulate 1934 [23]
Nagoya Consulate 2007 [17]
Shimonoseki Consulate 1940 [24]
Yokohama Consulate 1972
 Malaysia Kuching Consulate General 1999 [17]
 South Vietnam Saigon Embassy 1975
 Syria Damascus Embassy 2012 [17]
 Thailand Chiang Mai Consulate 1999 [17]
 Yemen Sana'a Embassy 2015 [25]
Aden Consulate General 2005 [17]

Europe[]

Host country Host city Mission level Year closed Ref.
 France Calais Consulate 1980 [26]
Lille Consulate General 2011 [17]
Lyon Consulate General 2012 [27]
 Germany Bonn Embassy branch office 2002 [28]
Frankfurt Consulate General 2005 [29]
Hamburg Consulate General 2006 [30]
Leipzig Consulate General 2005 [29]
Stuttgart Consulate General 2006 [29]
 Italy Florence Consulate 2011 [31]
Naples Consulate 2012 [31]
Turin Consulate 2006 [18][32]
 Portugal Porto Consulate 2006 [33]
 Russia Saint Petersburg Consulate General 2018 [34]
 Spain Seville Consulate 2001 [17]
 Sweden Gothenburg Consulate General 2006 [17]
  Switzerland Zurich Consulate General 1998 [17]

Oceania[]

Host country Host city Mission level Year closed Ref.
 Australia Adelaide Consulate 2006 [35][18]

Flags[]

Flag used on British Embassies (pictured in Rome).

The United Kingdom is one of two countries, the other being Thailand, that uses 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.

Flag Use Description
British Ambassador Ensign.svg Flag used by British Embassies A Union Flag defaced with the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag used by British High Commissions A Union Flag
UK-Consular.svg Flag used by British Consulates and Consulates-General A Union Flag defaced with the Royal Crown
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[]

  1. ^ The British Consulate-General, Hong Kong reports directly to the FCO, instead of the British embassy in Beijing
  2. ^ The British Embassy to the Holy See is located outside Vatican territory in Rome.

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