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 167 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 167 countries maintain embassies and high commissions in London as their primary diplomatic missions to the United Kingdom. ^[1]

1.   Afghanistan
2.   Albania
3.   Algeria
4.   Angola
5.   Antigua and Barbuda
6.   Argentina
7.   Armenia
8.   Australia
9.   Austria
10.   Azerbaijan
11.   Bahamas
12.   Bahrain
13.   Bangladesh
14.   Barbados
15.   Belarus
16.   Belgium
17.   Belize
18.   Bolivia
19.   Bosnia and Herzegovina
20.   Botswana
21.   Brazil
22.   Brunei
23.   Bulgaria
24.   Burundi
25.   Cambodia
26.   Cameroon
27.   Canada
28.   Chile
29.   China
30.   Colombia
31.   Congo-Brazzaville
32.   Congo-Kinshasa
33.   Costa Rica
34.   Croatia
35.   Cuba
36.   Cyprus
37.   Czechia
38.   Denmark
39.   Dominica
40.   Dominican Republic
41.   Ecuador
42.   Egypt
43.   El Salvador
44.   Equatorial Guinea
45.   Eritrea
46.   Estonia
47.   Eswatini
48.   Ethiopia
49.   Fiji
50.   Finland
51.   France
52.   Gabon
53.   Gambia
54.   Georgia
55.   Germany
56.   Ghana
57.   Greece ^[2]
58.   Grenada
59.   Guatemala
60.   Guinea
61.   Guyana
62.   Haiti
63.   Holy See
64.   Honduras
65.   Hungary
66.   Iceland
67.   India
68.   Indonesia
69.   Iran
70.   Iraq
71.   Ireland
72.   Israel
73.   Italy
74.   Ivory Coast
75.   Jamaica
76.   Japan
77.   Jordan
78.   Kazakhstan
79.   Kenya
80.   Kosovo
81.   Kuwait
82.   Kyrgyzstan
83.   Laos
84.   Latvia
85.   Lebanon
86.   Lesotho
87.   Liberia
88.   Libya
89.   Lithuania
90.   Luxembourg
91.   Madagascar
92.   Malawi
93.   Malaysia
94.   Maldives
95.   Malta
96.   Mauritania
97.   Mauritius
98.   Mexico
99.   Moldova
100.   Monaco
101.   Mongolia
102.   Montenegro
103.   Morocco
104.   Mozambique
105.   Myanmar
106.   Namibia
107.     Nepal
108.   Netherlands
109.   New Zealand
110.   Nigeria
111.   North Korea
112.   North Macedonia
113.   Norway
114.   Oman
115.   Pakistan
116.   Panama
117.   Papua New Guinea
118.   Paraguay
119.   Peru
120.   Philippines
121.   Poland
122.   Portugal
123.   Qatar
124.   Romania
125.   Russia
126.   Rwanda
127.   Saint Kitts and Nevis
128.   Saint Lucia
129.   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
130.   Saudi Arabia
131.   Senegal
132.   Serbia
133.   Seychelles
134.   Sierra Leone
135.   Singapore
136.   Slovakia
137.   Slovenia
138.   Somalia
139.   South Africa
140.   South Korea
141.   South Sudan
142.   Spain
143.   Sri Lanka
144.   Sudan
145.   Sweden
146.    Switzerland
147.   Tajikistan
148.   Tanzania
149.   Thailand
150.   Timor-Leste
151.   Togo
152.   Tonga
153.   Trinidad and Tobago
154.   Tunisia
155.   Turkey
156.   Turkmenistan
157.   Uganda
158.   Ukraine
159.   United Arab Emirates
160.   United States
161.   Uruguay
162.   Uzbekistan
163.   Venezuela
164.   Vietnam
165.   Yemen
166.   Zambia
167.   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
•   Hong Kong (China) - Economic and Trade Office
•   Quebec (Canada) - Delegation ^[4]

Countries with limited recognition

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

• Northern Cyprus (Representative Office) ^[5]
•   Palestine (Mission)
•   Somaliland (Mission)
• Republic of China (Representative Office)
• National Coalition for Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces

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 consular missions in the following towns and cities, under a variety of names: ^{[6] [7]}

Belfast

See also: List of diplomatic missions in Northern Ireland

•   China (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [9]}
•   Poland (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [10]}
•   United States (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [11]}

Birmingham

•   Bangladesh (Assistant High Commission) ^{[8] [12]}
•   India (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [13]}
•   Pakistan (Consulate) ^{[8] [14]}
•   Romania (Consulate-General) ^[8]

Bradford

•   Pakistan (Consulate) ^{[8] [14]}

Cardiff

•   Ireland (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [15]}

Comber

•   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [16]}

Edinburgh

See also: List of consular missions in Scotland

•   Brazil (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [17]}
•   Bulgaria (Consulate) ^[8]
•   China (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [18]}
•   France (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [19]}
•   Germany (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [20]}
•   Hungary (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [21]}
•   India (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [22]}
•   Ireland (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [23]}
•   Italy (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [24]}
•   Japan (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [25]}
•   Poland (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [10]}
•   Romania (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [26]}
•   Russia (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [27]}
•   Spain (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [28]}
•   Republic of China (Taiwan) (Office)
•   Turkey (Consulate-General) ^[8]
•   Ukraine (Consulate) ^{[8] [29]}
•   United States (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [30]}

George Town, Cayman Islands

•   United States (Consular Agency)

Glasgow

•   Pakistan (Consulate) ^{[8] [14]}

Hamilton, Bermuda

•   United States (Consulate General) ^[31]

Manchester

•   Bangladesh (Assistant High Commission) ^[32]
•   China (Consulate-General)
•   Czechia (Consulate-General) ^[33]
•   Greece (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [2]}
•   Hungary (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [34]}
•   Iraq (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [35]}
•   Ireland (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [36]}
•   Italy (Consulate) ^{[8] [37]}
•   Libya (Consulate-General) ^[8]
•   Pakistan (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [14]}
•   Poland (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [10]}
•   Portugal (Consulate-General) ^[8]
•   Romania (Consulate-General) ^{[8] [38]}
•   Spain (Consulate-General) ^[8]
•   Turkey (Consulate-General) ^[8]

Accredited non-resident embassies

Resident in Brussels, Belgium: [39]   Burkina Faso†   Cape Verde†   Chad   Mali   Samoa†   São Tomé and Príncipe†   Vanuatu†

Resident in Paris, France: [39]   Benin†   Central African Republic   Djibouti   Guinea-Bissau   Niger   Suriname†

Resident in other locations [39]   Andorra (Andorra la Vella)   Kiribati (Tarawa)†   San Marino (San Marino)†

† 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

For a variety of reasons 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	Burkina Faso	Embassy	Unknown	[40]
	Nicaragua	Embassy	2024
	Solomon Islands	Embassy	2023
	Sweden	Consulate-General	1973	[41]
Bedford	Italy	Vice-consulate	2008	[42]
Birmingham	United States	Consulate	1965	[43]
Bradford	United States	Consulate	1953	[43]
Bristol	United States	Consulate	1948	[43]
Cardiff	United States	Consulate	1963	[43]
Edinburgh	Norway	Consulate-General	2008	[44]
	Switzerland	Consulate-General	2011	[45]
Gibraltar	Spanish State	Consulate-General	1954	[46]
Glasgow	Poland	Consulate-General	1985	[47]
	United States	Consulate	1965	[43]
Kingston upon Hull	United States	Consulate	1948	[43]
Liverpool	Colombia	Consulate-General	1988	[48]
	France	Consulate-General	1991	[49]
	United States	Consulate	1973	[43]
Manchester	Australia	Consulate	2001	[50]
	Iran	Consulate	1987	[51]
	United States	Consulate	1963	[43]
Newcastle-on-Tyne	United States	Consulate	1953	[43]
Plymouth	United States	Consulate	1948	[43]
Southampton	Poland	Consular agency	Unknown	[52]
	United States	Consulate	1965	[43]

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

External links

• List of foreign embassies in the UK

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