List of diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom

Map of diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom

This is a list of diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom. At present, the capital city of London hosts 166 embassies and high commissions. Several other countries have ambassadors accredited to the United Kingdom, with most being resident in Brussels or Paris. There are also a number of Honorary Consuls resident in various locations in the UK.

Embassies and high commissions in London

Main article: List of diplomatic missions in London

The following 166 countries maintain embassies and high commissions in London as their primary diplomatic missions to the United Kingdom. ^[1]

1. Albania
2. Algeria
3. Angola
4. Antigua and Barbuda
5. Argentina
6. Armenia
7. Australia
8. Austria
9. Azerbaijan
10. Bahamas
11. Bahrain
12. Bangladesh
13. Barbados
14. Belarus
15. Belgium
16. Belize
17. Bolivia
18. Bosnia and Herzegovina
19. Botswana
20. Brazil
21. Brunei
22. Bulgaria
23. Burundi
24. Cambodia
25. Cameroon
26. Canada
27. Chile
28. China
29. Colombia
30. Congo-Brazzaville
31. Congo-Kinshasa
32. Costa Rica
33. Croatia
34. Cuba
35. Cyprus
36. Czech Republic
37. Denmark
38. Dominica
39. Dominican Republic
40. Ecuador
41. Egypt
42. El Salvador
43. Equatorial Guinea
44. Eritrea
45. Estonia
46. Eswatini
47. Ethiopia
48. Fiji
49. Finland
50. France
51. Gabon
52. Gambia
53. Georgia
54. Germany
55. Ghana
56. Greece ^[2]
57. Grenada
58. Guatemala
59. Guinea
60. Guyana
61. Haiti
62. Holy See
63. Honduras
64. Hungary
65. Iceland
66. India
67. Indonesia
68. Iran
69. Iraq
70. Ireland
71. Israel
72. Italy
73. Ivory Coast
74. Jamaica
75. Japan
76. Jordan
77. Kazakhstan
78. Kenya
79. Kosovo
80. Kuwait
81. Kyrgyzstan
82. Laos
83. Latvia
84. Lebanon
85. Lesotho
86. Liberia
87. Libya
88. Lithuania
89. Luxembourg
90. Madagascar
91. Malawi
92. Malaysia
93. Maldives
94. Malta
95. Mauritania
96. Mauritius
97. Mexico
98. Moldova
99. Monaco
100. Mongolia
101. Montenegro
102. Morocco
103. Mozambique
104. Myanmar
105. Namibia
106.    Nepal
107. Netherlands
108. New Zealand
109. Nigeria
110. North Korea
111. North Macedonia
112. Norway
113. Oman
114. Pakistan
115. Panama
116. Papua New Guinea
117. Paraguay
118. Peru
119. Philippines
120. Poland
121. Portugal
122. Qatar
123. Romania
124. Russia
125. Rwanda
126. Saint Kitts and Nevis
127. Saint Lucia
128. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
129. Saudi Arabia
130. Senegal
131. Serbia
132. Seychelles
133. Sierra Leone
134. Singapore
135. Slovakia
136. Slovenia
137. Somalia
138. South Africa
139. South Korea
140. South Sudan
141. Spain
142. Sri Lanka
143. Sudan
144. Sweden
145.   Switzerland
146. Tajikistan
147. Tanzania
148. Thailand
149. Timor-Leste
150. Togo
151. Tonga
152. Trinidad and Tobago
153. Tunisia
154. Turkey
155. Turkmenistan
156. Uganda
157. Ukraine
158. United Arab Emirates
159. United States
160. Uruguay
161. Uzbekistan
162. Venezuela
163. Vietnam
164. Yemen
165. Zambia
166. Zimbabwe

Other missions in London

Representative offices of British Overseas Territories

The following British Overseas Territories maintain representative offices in London. ^[3]

•   Anguilla (Representative Office)
•   Bermuda (Representative Office)
•   British Virgin Islands
•   Cayman Islands
•   Falkland Islands (Representative Office)
•   Gibraltar (Representative Office)
•   Montserrat (Representative Office)
•   Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
•   Turks and Caicos Islands

Other regions

The following regions have diplomatic missions in London. ^[3]

• Catalonia (Spain) - Delegation
• Flanders (Belgium) - Delegation
• French Community of Belgium - General Delegation ^[4]
•   Hong Kong (China) - Economic and Trade Office
• Quebec (Canada) - Delegation ^[5]

Countries with limited recognition

The following disputed states have diplomatic missions in London. ^[3]

• Northern Cyprus (Representative Office) ^[6]
•   Palestine (Mission)
• Somaliland (Mission)
• Republic of China (Representative Office) ^[7]

International organisations

•   Arab League (Office)
•   European Union (Delegation)
• United Nations:
  • International Maritime Organization
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and World Food Programme (Office)
• World Bank (Office)

Consular missions

Some countries also maintain career consular missions in the following towns and cities, under a variety of names. All are consulates-general unless otherwise indicated.

Belfast, Northern Ireland

See also: List of diplomatic missions in Northern Ireland

1.   China ^{[1] [8]}
2.   India ^{[1] [9]}
3. Poland ^{[1] [10]}
4. Timor-Leste ^{[1] [11]}
5.   United States ^{[1] [12]}

Birmingham, England

1. Bangladesh (Assistant High Commission) ^{[1] [13]}
2. India ^{[1] [14]}
3. Pakistan (Consulate) ^{[1] [15]}
4. Romania ^[1]

Bradford, England

1. Pakistan (Consulate) ^{[1] [15]}

Cardiff, Wales

1.   Ireland ^{[1] [16]}

Comber, Northern Ireland

1. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ^{[1] [17]}

Edinburgh, Scotland

See also: List of consular missions in Scotland

1.   Brazil ^{[1] [18]}
2. Bulgaria (Consulate) ^[1]
3. China ^{[1] [19]}
4. France ^{[1] [20]}
5. Germany ^{[1] [21]}
6. Hungary ^{[1] [22]}
7. India ^{[1] [23]}
8. Ireland ^{[1] [24]}
9. Italy ^{[1] [25]}
10. Japan ^{[1] [26]}
11. Poland ^{[1] [10]}
12. Romania ^{[1] [27]}
13. Russia ^{[1] [28]}
14. Spain ^{[1] [29]}
15.   Republic of China (Taiwan) (Representative office) ^[7]
16.   Turkey ^[1]
17.   Ukraine (Consulate) ^{[1] [30]}
18.   United States ^{[1] [31]}

George Town, Cayman Islands

•   United States (Consular Agency)

Glasgow, Scotland

1. Pakistan (Consulate) ^{[1] [15]}

Hamilton, Bermuda

1.   United States ^[32]

Manchester, England

1.   Bangladesh (Assistant High Commission) ^[33]
2.   China (article) ^[1]
3.   Czech Republic ^{[1] [34]}
4. Greece ^{[1] [2]}
5. Hungary ^{[1] [35]}
6.   India ^{[1] [9]}
7. Iraq ^{[1] [36]}
8. Ireland ^{[1] [37]}
9. Italy (Consulate) ^{[1] [38]}
10. Libya ^[1]
11. Pakistan ^{[1] [15]}
12. Poland ^{[1] [10]}
13. Portugal ^[1]
14. Romania ^{[1] [39]}
15. Spain ^[1]
16. Turkey ^[1]

Accredited non-resident embassies

Resident in Brussels, Belgium:   Burkina Faso† [1]   Cape Verde† [1]   Mali [1]   Samoa† [1]   São Tomé and Príncipe† [1]   Vanuatu† [1]

Resident in Paris, France:   Benin† [1]   Central African Republic [1]   Chad [1]   Djibouti [1]   Guinea-Bissau [1]   Niger [1]

Resident in other locations   Andorra (Andorra la Vella) [1]   Kiribati (Tarawa)†   San Marino (San Marino)† [1]   Suriname (The Hague)† [1]   Tuvalu (Abu Dhabi)† [1]

† States which, in addition to a non-resident diplomatic mission, have a resident honorary consul.

States represented only by honorary consuls

•   Bhutan
•   Comoros
•   Liechtenstein
•   Nauru
•   Palau
•   Tuvalu (Tuvalu House)

States with no representation in the United Kingdom

The following sovereign states have no form of representation in the United Kingdom:

•   Marshall Islands
•   Federated States of Micronesia

There are also a number of partially recognised states not recognised by the United Kingdom; see List of states with limited recognition.

Closed missions

See also: Consular missions in Hong Kong

Host city	Sending country	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
London	Afghanistan	Embassy	2024	[40]
	Burkina Faso	Embassy [a]	Unknown	[41]
	Nicaragua	Embassy	2024
	Solomon Islands	High Commission	2023
	Sweden	Consulate-General [b]	1973	[42]
Bedford	Italy	Vice-consulate	2008	[43]
Belfast	Ireland	Consulate-General	2012
Birmingham	United States	Consulate	1965	[44]
Bradford	United States	Consulate	1953	[44]
Bristol	United States	Consulate	1948	[44]
Cardiff	United States	Consulate	1963	[44]
Edinburgh	Norway	Consulate-General	2008	[45]
	Switzerland	Consulate-General	2011	[46]
Gibraltar	Spanish State	Consulate-General	1954	[47]
Glasgow	Polish People's Republic	Consulate-General	1985	[48]
	United States	Consulate	1965	[44]
Kingston upon Hull	United States	Consulate	1948	[44]
Liverpool	Colombia	Consulate-General	1988	[49]
	France	Consulate-General	1991	[50]
	United States	Consulate	1973	[44]
Manchester	Australia	Consulate	2001	[51]
	Iran	Consulate	1987	[52]
	United States	Consulate	1963	[44]
Newcastle-on-Tyne	United States	Consulate	1953	[44]
Plymouth	United States	Consulate	1948	[44]
Southampton	Poland	Consular agency	Unknown	[53]
	United States	Consulate	1965	[44]

See also

• Foreign relations of the United Kingdom
• List of diplomatic missions in Scotland
• List of diplomatic missions in Northern Ireland
• List of diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom
• List of ambassadors and high commissioners to the United Kingdom
• List of country codes on British diplomatic vehicle registration plates
• Visa requirements for British citizens

Notes

1. Resident in Brussels, Belgium
2. Upgraded to Embassy of Sweden.

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External links

• List of foreign embassies in the UK