# List of 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, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) still uses the term "Deputy High Commission" for Consulates-General (headed by Deputy High Commissioners), although this terminology is being phased out. British citizens may get help from the embassy of any other Commonwealth country present, when in a country where there is no British embassy, including New Zealand and Australia, to help British nationals in some countries.
In 2004, the FCDO 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. 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. In 2013, a UK government office was established in Seattle. In 2014, all services at the former UK Consulate in Orlando were transferred to the nearby UK Consulate-General in Miami. In 2015, the UK Consulate-General in Denver was reclassified as a UK Government Office. In 2018 the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development 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
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office employs approximately 13,200 staff in the UK and in more than 260 Posts overseas. Approximately one-third of these employees are UK-based civil servants (including members of HM Diplomatic Service) and two-thirds are employed locally by Posts overseas.

## Africa

* Algeria
** Algiers (Embassy)
* Angola
** Luanda (Embassy)
* Botswana
** Gaborone (High Commission)
* Burundi
** Bujumbura (Embassy Liaison Office)
* Cameroon
** Yaoundé (High Commission)
* Chad
** N'Djamena (Embassy)
* Congo-Kinshasa
** Kinshasa (Embassy)
* Djibouti
** Djibouti City (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)
* Libya
** Tripoli (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)
** Hargeisa (British Office Hargeisa)
* South Africa
** Pretoria (High Commission)
** Cape Town (Consulate-General)
** Johannesburg (Trade & Investment Office)
* South Sudan
** Juba (Embassy)
* Tanzania
** Dar es Salaam (High Commission)
** Dodoma (Dodoma Office)
* Tunisia
** Tunis (Embassy)
* Uganda
** Kampala (High Commission)
* Zambia
** Lusaka (High Commission)
* Zimbabwe
** Harare (Embassy)
* British High Commission in Accra
* British High Commission in Dar es Salaam
* British Embassy in Mogadishu
* British Embassy in Tunis

## Americas

* Antigua and Barbuda
** St. John's (High Commission)
* Argentina
** Buenos Aires (Embassy)
* Bahamas
** Nassau (High Commission)
* Barbados
** Bridgetown (High Commission)
* Belize
** Belmopan (High Commission)
* Bolivia
** La Paz (Embassy)
* Brazil
** Brasília (Embassy)
** Belo Horizonte (Consulate-General)
** Recife (Consulate-General)
** Rio de Janeiro (Consulate-General)
** São Paulo (Consulate-General)
* Canada
** Ottawa (High Commission)
** Calgary (Consulate-General)
** Montreal (Consulate-General)
** Toronto (Consulate-General)
** Vancouver (Consulate-General)
* Chile
** Santiago (Embassy)
* Colombia
** Bogotá (Embassy)
* Costa Rica
** San José (Embassy)
* Cuba
** Havana (Embassy)
* Dominican Republic
** Santo Domingo (Embassy)
* Ecuador
** Quito (Embassy)
* El Salvador
** San Salvador (Embassy)
* Grenada
** St. George's (High Commission)
* 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
** Asunción (Embassy)
* 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
* Building hosting the British Embassy in Guatemala City
* British Embassy in La Paz
* Building hosting the British Embassy in Mexico City
* British High Commission in Port of Spain
* British High Commission in Ottawa
* British Embassy in Santiago
* 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)
** Shanghai (Consulate-General)
** Wuhan (Consulate-General)
* Georgia
** Tbilisi (Embassy)
* India
** New Delhi (High Commission)
** 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)
* Iran
** Tehran (Embassy)
* Iraq
** Baghdad (Embassy)
** Erbil (Consulate-General)
* Israel
** Tel Aviv (Embassy)
** Jerusalem (Consulate-General)
* Japan
** Tokyo (Embassy)
** Osaka (Consulate-General)
* Jordan
** Amman (Embassy)
* Kazakhstan
** Astana (Embassy)
** Almaty (Embassy Office)
* Kuwait
** Kuwait City (Embassy)
* Kyrgyzstan
** Bishkek (Embassy)
* Laos
** Vientiane (Embassy)
* Lebanon
** Beirut (Embassy)
* Maldives
** Malé (High Commission)
* 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)
* 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
** Taipei (Office)
* Tajikistan
** Dushanbe (Embassy)
* Thailand
** Bangkok (Embassy)
* Turkey
** Ankara (Embassy)
** Istanbul (Consulate-General)
** İzmir (Consulate)
** Antalya (Vice-Consulate)
* Turkmenistan
** Ashgabat (Embassy)
* United Arab Emirates
** Abu Dhabi (Embassy)
** Dubai (Embassy)
* Uzbekistan
** Tashkent (Embassy)
* Vietnam
** Hanoi (Embassy)
** Ho Chi Minh City (Consulate-General)
* British Embassy in Abu Dhabi
* British Embassy in Bangkok
* British 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 Jakarta
* British Embassy in Pyongyang
* 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)
* Czechia
** 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)
** Heraklion (Vice-Consulate)
** Rhodes (Vice-Consulate)
* Holy See
** Rome (Embassy)
* Hungary
** Budapest (Embassy)
* Iceland
** Reykjavík (Embassy)
* Ireland
** Dublin (Embassy)
* Italy
** Rome (Embassy)
** Milan (Consulate-General)
* Kosovo
** Pristina (Embassy)
* Latvia
** Riga (Embassy)
* Lithuania
** Vilnius (Embassy)
* Luxembourg
** Luxembourg (Embassy)
* Malta
** Valletta (High Commission)
* Moldova
** Chișinău (Embassy)
* Montenegro
** Podgorica (Embassy)
* Netherlands
** The Hague (Embassy)
** Amsterdam (Consulate-General)
* Northern Cyprus
** North Nicosia (High Commission Office)
* North Macedonia
** Skopje (Embassy)
* Norway
** Oslo (Embassy)
* Poland
** Warsaw (Embassy)
* Portugal
** Lisbon (Embassy)
** Portimão (Vice-Consulate)
* 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
** Kyiv (Embassy)
* British Embassy in Athens
* 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 Rome to Italy, and the Holy See and to the UN Organizations in Rome
* 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
** Wellington (High Commission)
** Auckland (Consulate-General)
* Papua New Guinea
** Port Moresby (High Commission)
* Samoa
** Apia (High Commission)
* Solomon Islands
** Honiara (High Commission)
* Tonga
** Nukuʻalofa (High Commission)
* Vanuatu
** Port Vila (High Commission)
* British High Commission in Canberra
* British High Commission in Wellington

## Multilateral organisations

* Brussels (mission to the European Union)
* Brussels (permanent representation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
* 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)
* Jakarta (mission to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
* 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)
* Abidjan (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)

## Closed missions
### Africa

| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed |
| Cameroon | Douala | Consulate | 2005 |
| Congo-Brazzaville | Brazzaville | Embassy | 1991/2 |
| Gabon | Libreville | Embassy | 1991/2 |
| Libya | Benghazi | Consulate | 2012 |
| Sudan | Khartoum | Embassy | 2023 |

### Americas

| Host country | Host city | Mission level | Year closed |
| Colombia | Barranquilla | Consulate | 1998 |
| Colombia | Cali | Consulate | 2014 |
| Colombia | Cartagena | Consulate | 2014 |
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa | Embassy | 2003 |
| Nicaragua | Managua | Embassy | 2003 |
| United States | Cleveland | Consulate | 1999 |
| United States | Dallas | Consulate | 2005 |
| United States | Orlando | Consulate | 2014 |
| United States | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Consulate | 2005 |

### Asia

| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed |
| Afghanistan | Kabul | Embassy | 2021 |
| East Timor | Dili | Embassy | 2007 |
| Indonesia | Denpasar | Consulate | Unknown |
| Iraq | Basra | Consulate | 2012 |
| Japan | Fukuoka | Consulate | 2006 |
| Japan | Hakodate | Consulate | 1934 |
| Japan | Nagoya | Consulate | 2007 |
| Japan | Shimonoseki | Consulate | 1940 |
| Japan | Yokohama | Consulate | 1972 |
| Malaysia | Kuching | Consulate General | 1999 |
| Republic of China | Kashgar | Consulate-General | 1949 |
| South Vietnam | Saigon | Embassy | 1975 |
| Syria | Damascus | Embassy | 2012 |
| Thailand | Chiang Mai | Consulate | 1999 |
| Thailand | Pattaya | Consulate | 2012 |
| Yemen | Sanaa | Embassy | 2015 |
| Yemen | Aden | Consulate-General | 2005 |

### Europe

| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed |
| France | Calais | Consulate | 1980 |
| France | Lille | Consulate-General | 2011 |
| France | Lyon | Consulate-General | 2012 |
| Germany | Bonn | Embassy branch office | 2002 |
| Germany | Frankfurt | Consulate General | 2005 |
| Germany | Hamburg | Consulate General | 2006 |
| Germany | Leipzig | Consulate General | 2005 |
| Germany | Stuttgart | Consulate General | 2006 |
| Italy | Florence | Consulate | 2011 |
| Italy | Naples | Consulate | 2012 |
| Italy | Turin | Consulate | 2006 |
| Italy | Venice | Consulate-General | 2011 |
| Greece | Thessaloniki | Consular office | 2013 |
| Portugal | Funchal | Consulate | 2012 |
| Portugal | Porto | Consular office | 2012 |
| Russia | Saint Petersburg | Consulate General | 2018 |
| Spain | Seville | Consulate | 2001 |
| Sweden | Gothenburg | Consulate-General | 2006 |
| Switzerland | Geneva | Consulate-General | 2010 |
| Switzerland | Zürich | Consulate-General | 1998 |

### Oceania

| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
| Australia | Adelaide | Consulate | 2006 | |
| Kiribati | Tarawa | High Commission | 1994 | |

## Flags

The United Kingdom is one of two countries, the other being Thailand, that use 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.
| Use | Description |
| Flag used by British Embassies | A Union Flag defaced with the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom |
| Flag used by British High Commissions | A Union Flag |
| Flag used by British Consulates and Consulates-General | A Union Flag defaced with the St Edward’s Crown |
| Flag used by Consular officials onboard vessels | A Blue Ensign with the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom |