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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

Americas

  • British High Commission in Bridgetown British High Commission in Bridgetown
  • British Embassy in Buenos Aires British Embassy in Buenos Aires
  • Building hosting the British Embassy in Guatemala City Building hosting the British Embassy in Guatemala City
  • British Embassy in La Paz British Embassy in La Paz
  • Building hosting the British Embassy in Mexico City Building hosting the British Embassy in Mexico City
  • British High Commission in Port of Spain British High Commission in Port of Spain
  • British High Commission in Ottawa British High Commission in Ottawa
  • British Embassy in Santiago British Embassy in Santiago
  • British Consulate in São Paulo British Consulate in São Paulo
  • British Embassy in Washington, D.C. British Embassy in Washington, D.C.

Asia

Europe

Oceania

Multilateral organisations

Closed missions

Africa

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

Asia

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
 Afghanistan Kabul Embassy 2021
 East Timor Dili Embassy 2007
 Iraq Basra Consulate 2012
 Japan Fukuoka Consulate 2006
Hakodate Consulate 1934
Nagoya Consulate 2007
Shimonoseki Consulate 1940
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
Pattaya Consulate 2012
 Yemen Sanaa Embassy 2015
Aden Consulate-General 2005

Europe

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

Oceania

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

Flags

Flag used on British Embassies (pictured in Rome).

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.

Flag 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

See also

Notes

  1. The British Consulate-General, Hong Kong reports directly to the FCDO, instead of the British embassy in Beijing
  2. The British Consulate-General, Jerusalem reports directly to the FCDO, instead of the British embassy in Tel Aviv
  3. Some embassy staff have been temporarily withdrawn due to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.
  4. The British Embassy to the Holy See is located outside Vatican territory in Rome.
  1. The embassy closed down on 24 April 1975, in the midst of the Fall of Saigon, which marked the end of the Vietnam War and the start of a transition period to the formal reunification of Vietnam.

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