Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
A landscape of tin and copper mines that played a significant role in the Industrial Revolution in the UK and the world.
Blenheim Palace
A grand 18th-century palace in an eclectic style, surrounded by grounds designed by Capability Brown. Also the birthplace of Winston Churchill.
Maritime Greenwich
An elegant ensemble of architecturally important buildings from the 17th and early 18th century.
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
A 19th-century engineering achievement; an elegant structure that still functions to carry a canal high above the ground.
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Location where radio astronomy was developed, leading to a host of new discoveries about the universe.
The Great Spa Towns of Europe
Towns in seven countries where an early tourism industry thrived around natural hot springs.
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
Two mysterious prehistoric stone circles: one, the most sophisticated in the world; the other, the largest.
City of Bath
Famous Georgian-period spa town with surviving elements from its Roman-period history as well.
Tower of London
A historic castle used as palace, fortress and prison since the days of William the Conquerer.
Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including St Margaret’s Church
Three famous London buildings that represent the “intertwined history of church, monarchy and state.”
The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales
A region visibly shaped by its long-standing slate quarry industry.
The English Lake District
A breathtakingly beautiful landscape of mountains, lakes and agriculture.
Dorset and East Devon Coast
A coastline with 185 million years of interesting rock formations, invaluable for our understanding of geology and related sciences.
Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast
An area of seaside cliffs comprising polygonal stone columns that seemingly form a “pavement.”
Derwent Valley Mills
A series of early cotton mills that represent the birth of the factory system at the start of the Industrial Revolution.
Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey
A beautifully-landscaped Georgian garden and a well-preserved medieval monastic ruin.
Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd
Four castles in Wales, fine examples of medieval defensive architecture, all built under orders of King Edward I.
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
A medieval Old Town and a neoclassical New Town that harmonize beautifully and that influenced European urban planning.
St Kilda
An isolated island of dramatic landscapes: a nature sanctuary, with ample evidence of human fortitude in such a remote spot.
Heart of Neolithic Orkney
Remains of a neolithic society that predates Stonehenge and the pyramids of Giza.