United Kingdom
England
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 Saint Margaret’s Church
Three famous London buildings that represent the “intertwined history of church, monarchy and state.”
City of Bath
Famous Georgian-period spa town with surviving elements from its Roman-period history as well. Also see Great Spa Towns of Europe.
Derwent Valley Mills
A series of early cotton mills that represent the birth of the factory system at the start of the Industrial Revolution.
Dorset and East Devon Coast
A coastline with 185 million years of interesting rock formations, invaluable for our understanding of geology and related sciences.
The English Lake District
A breathtakingly beautiful landscape of mountains, lakes and agriculture.
Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey
A beautifully-landscaped Georgian garden and a well-preserved medieval monastic ruin.
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
Two mysterious prehistoric stone circles: one, the most sophisticated in the world; the other, the largest.
Blenheim Palace
Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine’s Abbey, and St Martin’s Church
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
Durham Castle and Cathedral
Maritime Greenwich
Ironbridge Gorge
Jodrell Bank Observatory
DELISTED: Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Saltaire
Wales
The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales
A region visibly shaped by its long-standing slate quarry industry.
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.
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
Scotland
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
A medieval Old Town and a neoclassical New Town that harmonize beautifully and that influenced European urban planning.
Heart of Neolithic Orkney
Remains of a neolithic society that predates Stonehenge and the pyramids of Giza.
St Kilda
An isolated island of dramatic landscapes: a nature sanctuary, with ample evidence of human fortitude in such a remote spot.
The Forth Bridge
New Lanark
Northern Ireland
Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast
An area of seaside cliffs comprising polygonal stone columns that seemingly form a “pavement.”
Gibraltar
Gorham’s Cave Complex
Caribbean
Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda
Atlantic and Pacific
Gough and Inaccessible Islands
Henderson Island
Transnational sites
The Great Spa Towns of Europe
Towns in seven countries where an early tourism industry thrived around natural hot springs.
Frontiers of the Roman Empire