This is a list of diplomatic missions of theUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, excluding honorary consulates. The UK has one of the largest global networks ofdiplomatic missions. UK diplomatic missions to capitals of otherCommonwealth of Nations member countries are known asHigh Commissions (headed by 'High Commissioners'). For three Commonwealth countries (namely India, Nigeria, and Pakistan), theForeign, 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.^[1] British citizens may get help from the embassy of any otherCommonwealth country present, when in a country where there is no British embassy, including New Zealand and Australia, to help British nationals in some countries.

TheForeign, 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 ofHM Diplomatic Service) and two-thirds are employed locally by Posts overseas.^[2]

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 inNassau (in the Bahamas),Asunción (Paraguay),Dili (East Timor),Maseru (Lesotho),Mbabane (Swaziland),Antananarivo (Madagascar),Nuku'alofa (Tonga),Tarawa (Kiribati), andPort Vila (Vanuatu). Additionally several consulates and trade offices were also closed, including those inFukuoka (Japan),Vientiane (Laos),Douala (Cameroon),Porto (Portugal), along withFrankfurt,Leipzig, andStuttgart in Germany, andPhoenix,San Juan, andDallas in the United States. Other consulates in Australia, Germany, France, Spain, New Zealand, and the US were downgraded and staffed by local personnel only.^[3] In 2012,Foreign SecretaryWilliam Hague announced the opening of embassies inLiberia andHaiti, the re-opening of embassies in Laos, El Salvador, and Paraguay, and the opening of a Consulate-General inRecife (Brazil). He also said that by 2015, the UK would have opened up to eleven new embassies and eight new Consulates or Trade Offices.^[4] In 2013, a UK government office was established inSeattle.^[5] In 2014, all services at the former UK Consulate inOrlando were transferred to the nearby UK Consulate-General inMiami.^[6] In 2015, the UK Consulate-General inDenver was reclassified as a UK Government Office.^[7]In 2018 theForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office has announced that new High Commissions will open inAntigua and Barbuda,Bahamas,Grenada,Lesotho,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,Samoa,Swaziland,Tonga andVanuatu and a British office inSomaliland like the one in Taipei,Taiwan^[8]

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Algeria	Algiers	Embassy		[9][10]
Angola	Luanda	Embassy	Country: São Tomé and Príncipe	[9][11]
Botswana	Gaborone	High Commission		[9][12]
Burundi	Bujumbura	Embassy office		[9][13]
Cameroon	Yaoundé	High Commission	Countries: Equatorial Guinea Gabon	[9][14]
Chad	N'Djamena	Embassy		[9][15]
Congo-Kinshasa	Kinshasa	Embassy	Countries: Central African Republic Congo-Brazzaville	[9][16]
Djibouti	Djibouti City	Embassy		[9][17]
Egypt	Cairo	Embassy		[9][18]
	Alexandria	Consulate-General		[19]
Eritrea	Asmara	Embassy		[9][20]
Eswatini	Mbabane	High Commission		[9][21]
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Embassy	International Organization: African Union	[9][22]
Gambia	Banjul	High Commission		[9][23]
Ghana	Accra	High Commission	Countries: Burkina Faso Togo	[9][24]
Guinea	Conakry	Embassy		[9][25]
Ivory Coast	Abidjan	Embassy		[9][26]
Kenya	Nairobi	High Commission	International Organizations: United Nations United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Human Settlements Programme	[9][27]
Lesotho	Maseru	High Commission		[9][28]
Liberia	Monrovia	Embassy		[9][29]
Libya	Tripoli	Embassy		[9][30]
Madagascar	Antananarivo	Embassy	Country: Comoros	[9][31]
Malawi	Lilongwe	High Commission		[9][32]
Mali	Bamako	Embassy		[9][33]
Mauritania	Nouakchott	Embassy		[9][34]
Mauritius	Port Louis	High Commission		[9][35]
Morocco	Rabat	Embassy		[9][36]
	Casablanca	Consulate-General		[9][37]
Mozambique	Maputo	High Commission		[9][38]
Namibia	Windhoek	High Commission		[9][39]
Niger	Niamey	Embassy		[9][40]
Nigeria	Abuja	High Commission		[9][41]
	Lagos	Deputy High Commission		[9][42]
	Port Harcourt	Liaison office		[9]
Rwanda	Kigali	High Commission		[9][43]
Senegal	Dakar	Embassy	Country: Guinea-Bissau	[9][44]
Seychelles	Victoria	High Commission		[9][45]
Sierra Leone	Freetown	High Commission		[9][46]
Somalia	Mogadishu	Embassy		[9][47]
	Hargeisa	British office		[9][48]
South Africa	Pretoria	High Commission		[9][49]
	Cape Town	Consulate-General		[9][50]
South Sudan	Juba	Embassy		[9][51]
Tanzania	Dar es Salaam	High Commission		[9][52]
	Dodoma	High Commission Office		[9][53]
Tunisia	Tunis	Embassy		[9][54]
Uganda	Kampala	High Commission		[9][55]
Zambia	Lusaka	High Commission		[9][56]
Zimbabwe	Harare	Embassy		[9][57]

• 
  High Commission in Accra
• 
  Embassy in Algiers
• 
  High Commission in Dar es Salaam
• 
  High Commission in Gaborone
• 
  Embassy in Mogadishu
• 
  Embassy in Tunis

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Antigua and Barbuda	St. John's	High Commission		[9]
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Embassy		[9][58]
Bahamas	Nassau	High Commission		[9][59]
Barbados	Bridgetown	High Commission	Countries: Dominica Saint Kitts and Nevis	[9][60]
Belize	Belmopan	High Commission		[9][61]
Bolivia	La Paz	Embassy		[9][62]
Brazil	Brasília	Embassy		[9][63]
	Belo Horizonte	Consulate-General		[9][64]
	Recife	Consulate-General		[9][65]
	Rio de Janeiro	Consulate-General		[9][66]
	São Paulo	Consulate-General		[9][67]
Canada	Ottawa	High Commission		[9][68]
	Calgary	Consulate-General		[9][69]
	Montreal	Consulate-General		[9][70]
	Toronto	Consulate-General		[9][71]
	Vancouver	Consulate-General		[9][72]
Chile	Santiago de Chile	Embassy		[9][73]
Colombia	Bogotá	Embassy		[9][74]
Costa Rica	San José	Embassy	Country: Nicaragua	[9][75]
Cuba	Havana	Embassy		[9][76]
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	Embassy		[9][77]
Ecuador	Quito	Embassy		[9][78]
El Salvador	San Salvador	Embassy		[9][79]
Guatemala	Guatemala City	Embassy	Country: Honduras	[9][80]
Grenada	St. George's	High Commission		[9]
Guyana	Georgetown	High Commission	Country: Suriname	[9][81]
Haiti	Port-au-Prince	Embassy		[9][82]
Jamaica	Kingston	High Commission		[9][83]
Mexico	Mexico City	Embassy		[9][84]
	Cancún	Consulate-General		[9][85]
Panama	Panama City	Embassy		[9][86]
Paraguay	Asunción	Embassy		[9][87]
Peru	Lima	Embassy		[9][88]
Saint Lucia	Castries	High Commission		[9][89]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	High Commission		[9]
Trinidad and Tobago	Port of Spain	High Commission		[9][90]
United States	Washington, D.C.	Embassy	International Organization: IMF World Bank	[9][91]
	Atlanta	Consulate-General		[9][92]
	Boston	Consulate-General		[9][93]
	Chicago	Consulate-General		[9][94]
	Houston	Consulate-General		[9][95]
	Los Angeles	Consulate General		[9][96]
	Miami	Consulate-General		[9][97]
	New York City	Consulate-General		[9][98]
	San Francisco	Consulate-General		[9][99]
Uruguay	Montevideo	Embassy		[9][100]
Venezuela	Caracas	Embassy		[9][101]

• 
  High Commission in Bridgetown
• 
  Embassy in Buenos Aires
• 
  Building hosting the Embassy in Guatemala City
• 
  Embassy in La Paz
• 
  Building hosting the Embassy in Mexico City
• 
  High Commission in Port of Spain
• 
  Building hosting the Consulate-General in Rio de Janeiro
• 
  Embassy in Santiago de Chile
• 
  Consulate-General in São Paulo
• 
  Embassy in Washington, D.C.

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Armenia	Yerevan	Embassy		[102]
Azerbaijan	Baku	Embassy		[103]
Bahrain	Manama	Embassy		[104]
Bangladesh	Dhaka	High Commission		[105]
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	High Commission		[106]
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	Embassy		[107]
China	Beijing	Embassy		[108]
	Guangzhou	Consulate-General		[109]
	Hong Kong	Consulate-General[note 1]		[110]
	Shanghai	Consulate-General		[111]
	Wuhan	Consulate-General		[112]
Georgia	Tbilisi	Embassy		[113]
India	New Delhi	High Commission	Country: Bhutan	[114]
	Ahmedabad	Deputy High Commission		[115]
	Bengaluru	Deputy High Commission		[116]
	Chandigarh	Deputy High Commission		[117]
	Chennai	Deputy High Commission		[118]
	Hyderabad	Deputy High Commission		[119]
	Kolkata	Deputy High Commission		[120]
	Mumbai	Deputy High Commission		[121]
	Panaji	British Nationals Assistance Office		[122]
Indonesia	Jakarta	Embassy	Country: Timor-Leste	[123][124]
	Denpasar	Consulate		[9][125]
Iran	Tehran	Embassy		[126]
Iraq	Baghdad	Embassy		[9][127]
	Erbil	Consulate-General		[9][128]
Israel	Tel Aviv	Embassy		[129]
	Jerusalem	Consulate-General[note 2]		[130]
Japan	Tokyo	Embassy		[131]
	Osaka	Consulate-General		[132]
Jordan	Amman	Embassy		[9][133]
Kazakhstan	Astana	Embassy		[134]
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Embassy		[135]
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Embassy		[136]
Laos	Vientiane	Embassy		[137]
Lebanon	Beirut	Embassy		[9][138]
Maldives	Malé	High Commission		[9][139]
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	High Commission		[9][140]
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	Embassy		[9][141]
Myanmar	Yangon	Embassy		[9][142]
Nepal	Kathmandu	Embassy		[9][143]
Oman	Muscat	Embassy		[9][144]
Pakistan	Islamabad	High Commission		[9][145]
	Karachi	Deputy High Commission		[9][146]
	Lahore	High Commission Office		[147]
Philippines	Manila	Embassy	Country: Palau	[9][148]
Qatar	Doha	Embassy		[9][149]
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Embassy		[9][150]
	Jeddah	Consulate-General		[9][151]
Singapore	Singapore	High Commission		[9][152]
South Korea	Seoul	Embassy		[9][153]
Sri Lanka	Colombo	High Commission		[154]
Republic of China (Taiwan)	Taipei	Office		[155]
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Embassy		[156]
Thailand	Bangkok	Embassy		[157]
Turkey	Ankara	Embassy		[9][158]
	Istanbul	Consulate-General		[9][159]
	İzmir	Consulate		[9][160]
	Antalya	Vice Consulate		[9][161]
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	Embassy		[162]
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Embassy		[9][163]
	Dubai	Embassy/Consulate-General		[164]
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Embassy		[9][165]
Vietnam	Hanoi	Embassy		[9][166]
	Ho Chi Minh City	Consulate-General		[9][167]

• 
  Embassy in Abu Dhabi
• 
  Embassy in Beijing
• 
  Consulate-General in Hong Kong
• 
  High Commission in Dhaka
• 
  Embassy in Hanoi
• 
  Consulate-General in Ho Chi Minh City
• 
  High Commission in New Delhi
• 
  Embassy in Jakarta
• 
  Embassy in Pyongyang
• 
  Embassy in Seoul
• 
  Embassy in Tashkent
• 
  Embassy in Tel Aviv
• 
  Embassy in Tokyo
• 
  Embassy in Yerevan

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Albania	Tirana	Embassy		[9][168]
Austria	Vienna	Embassy		[9][169]
Belarus	Minsk	Embassy		[9][170]
Belgium	Brussels	Embassy		[9][171]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	Embassy		[9][172][173]
	Banja Luka	Embassy office		[9][174][173]
Bulgaria	Sofia	Embassy		[9][175]
Croatia	Zagreb	Embassy		[9][176]
	Split	Consulate		[9]
Cyprus	Nicosia	High Commission		[9][177]
Czech Republic	Prague	Embassy		[9][178]
Denmark	Copenhagen	Embassy		[9][179]
Estonia	Tallinn	Embassy		[9][180]
Finland	Helsinki	Embassy		[9][181]
France	Paris	Embassy	Country: Monaco International Organizations: UNESCO	[9][182]
	Bordeaux	Consulate		[9][183]
	Marseille	Consulate		[9][184]
Germany	Berlin	Embassy		[9][185]
	Düsseldorf	Consulate-General		[9][186]
	Munich	Consulate-General		[9][187]
Greece	Athens	Embassy		[9][188]
	Corfu	Vice-Consulate		[9][189]
	Heraklion	Vice-Consulate		[9][190]
	Rhodes	Vice-Consulate		[9][191]
	Zakynthos	Vice-Consulate		[9][192]
Holy See[a]	Rome	Embassy		[9][193]
Hungary	Budapest	Embassy		[9][194]
Iceland	Reykjavík	Embassy		[9][195]
Ireland	Dublin	Embassy		[9][196]
Italy	Rome	Embassy	Country: San Marino International Organizations: Food and Agriculture Organization International Fund for Agricultural Development World Food Programme	[9][197]
	Milan	Consulate-General		[9][198]
Kosovo	Pristina	Embassy		[9][199]
Latvia	Riga	Embassy		[9][200]
Lithuania	Vilnius	Embassy		[9][201]
Luxembourg	Luxembourg City	Embassy		[9][202]
Malta	Valletta	High Commission		[9][203]
Moldova	Chișinău	Embassy		[9][204]
Montenegro	Podgorica	Embassy		[9][205]
Netherlands	The Hague	Embassy	International Organization: Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons	[9][206]
North Macedonia	Skopje	Embassy		[9][207]
Norway	Oslo	Embassy		[9][208]
Poland	Warsaw	Embassy		[9][209]
Portugal	Lisbon	Embassy	Country: Cape Verde	[9][210]
	Portimão	Vice-consulate		[9]
Romania	Bucharest	Embassy		[9][211]
Russia	Moscow	Embassy		[9][212]
	Yekaterinburg	Consulate-General		[9][213]
Serbia	Belgrade	Embassy		[9][214]
Slovakia	Bratislava	Embassy		[9][215]
Slovenia	Ljubljana	Embassy		[9][216]
Spain	Madrid	Embassy	Country: Andorra	[9][217]
	Barcelona	Consulate-General		[9][218]
	Alicante	Consulate		[9][219]
	Ibiza	Consulate		[9][220]
	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	Consulate		[9][221]
	Málaga	Consulate		[9][222]
	Palma de Mallorca	Consulate		[9][223]
	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Consulate		[9][224]
Sweden	Stockholm	Embassy		[9][225]
Switzerland	Bern	Embassy	Country: Liechtenstein	[9][226][227]
Ukraine	Kyiv	Embassy		[9][228]

• 
  Embassy in Athens
• 
  Embassy in Berlin
• 
  Consulate-General in Munich
• 
  Embassy in Belgrade
• 
  Embassy in Bratislava
• 
  Embassy in Budapest
• 
  Embassy in Chișinău
• 
  Embassy in Dublin
• 
  Embassy in The Hague
• 
  Embassy in Helsinki
• 
  Embassy in Kyiv
• 
  Embassy in Lisbon
• 
  Torre Emperador hosting the Embassy in Madrid
• 
  British Embassy in Minsk
• 
  Embassy in Moscow
• 
  Embassy in Oslo
• 
  Embassy in Paris
• 
  Embassy in Prague
• 
  Embassy in Reykjavík
• 
  Embassy in Riga
• 
  Embassy in Rome
• 
  Embassy in Sarajevo
• 
  Embassy in Sofia
• 
  Embassy in Stockholm
• 
  Embassy in Vienna
• 
  Embassy in Vilnius
• 
  Embassy in Warsaw

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Australia	Canberra	High Commission		[9][229]
	Brisbane	Consulate-General		[9][230]
	Melbourne	Consulate-General		[9][231]
	Perth	Consulate-General		[9][232]
	Sydney	Consulate-General		[9][233]
Fiji	Suva	High Commission	Countries: Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia Tuvalu	[9][234]
New Zealand	Wellington	High Commission	Countries: Cook Islands Niue	[9][235]
	Auckland	Consulate-General		[9][236]
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	High Commission		[9][237]
Samoa	Apia	High Commission		[9][238]
Solomon Islands	Honiara	High Commission	Country: Nauru	[9][239]
Tonga	Nukuʻalofa	High Commission		[9][240]
Vanuatu	Port Vila	High Commission		[9][241]

• 
  High Commission in Canberra
• 
  High Commission in Nukuʻalofa
• 
  High Commission in Wellington

Organization	Host city	Host country	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Association of Southeast Asian Nations	Jakarta	Indonesia	Delegation		[9][242]
Council of Europe	Strasbourg	France	Delegation		[9][243]
European Union	Brussels	Belgium	Mission		[9][244]
NATO	Brussels	Belgium	Delegation		[9][245]
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development	Paris	France	Delegation		[9][246]
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe	Vienna	Austria	Delegation		[9][247]
United Nations	New York City	United States	Permanent Mission		[9][248]
	Geneva	Switzerland	Permanent Mission	International Organizations: Conference on Disarmament International Committee of the Red Cross International Organisation for Migration World Trade Organization	[9][249]
	Vienna	Austria	Permanent Mission		[9][250]

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Cameroon	Douala	Consulate	2005	[2][251]
Congo-Brazzaville	Brazzaville	Embassy	1991/2	[251]
Congo-Kinshasa	Goma	Embassy Office	Unknown	[9]
Gabon	Libreville	Embassy	1991/2	[251]
Libya	Benghazi	Consulate	2012	[252]
Nigeria	Kaduna	Liaison Office	Unknown	[9]
Sudan	Khartoum	Embassy	2023	[9][253]

Host country	Host city	Mission level	Year closed	Ref.
Colombia	Barranquilla	Consulate	1998	[2]
	Cali	Consulate	2014	[254]
	Cartagena	Consulate	2014	[254]
Honduras	Tegucigalpa	Embassy	2003	[2][255]
Nicaragua	Managua	Embassy	2003	[2]
United States	Cleveland	Consulate	1999	[2]
	Dallas	Consulate	2005	[2][256]
	Orlando	Consulate	2014	[257]
	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Consulate	2005	[2][256]

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Afghanistan	Kabul	Embassy	2021
East Timor	Dili	Embassy	2007	[2]
Iraq	Basra	Consulate	2012	[254]
Japan	Fukuoka	Consulate	2006	[2]
	Hakodate	Consulate	1934	[258]
	Nagoya	Consulate	2007	[2]
	Shimonoseki	Consulate	1940	[259]
	Yokohama	Consulate	1972
Malaysia	Kuching	Consulate General	1999	[2]
North Korea	Pyongyang	Embassy	2020	[9]
Republic of China	Kashgar	Consulate-General	1949	[260]
South Vietnam[b]	Saigon	Embassy	1975	[261]
Syria	Damascus	Embassy	2012	[9][2][254]
Thailand	Chiang Mai	Consulate	1999	[2]
	Pattaya	Consulate	2012	[254][262]
Yemen	Sana'a	Embassy	2015	[9][263]
	Aden	Consulate-General	2005	[2]

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
France	Calais	Consulate	1980	[264]
	Lille	Consulate-General	2011	[2][254]
	Lyon	Consulate-General	2012	[254]
Germany	Bonn	Embassy branch office	2002	[265]
	Frankfurt	Consulate General	2005	[266]
	Hamburg	Consulate General	2006	[267]
	Leipzig	Consulate General	2005	[266]
	Stuttgart	Consulate General	2006	[266]
Italy	Florence	Consulate	2011	[254][268]
	Naples	Consulate	2012	[268]
	Turin	Consulate	2006	[251][269]
	Venice	Consulate-General	2011	[254]
Greece	Thessaloniki	Consular office	2013	[254]
Portugal	Funchal	Consulate	2012	[254]
	Porto	Consular office	2012	[254]
Russia	Saint Petersburg	Consulate General	2018	[270]
Spain	Seville	Consulate	2001	[2]
Sweden	Gothenburg	Consulate-General	2006	[2]
Switzerland	Geneva	Consulate-General	2010	[254]
	Zürich	Consulate-General	1998	[2]

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Australia	Adelaide	Consulate	2006	[2][251]
Kiribati	Tarawa	High Commission	1994	[271]

The United Kingdom is one of two countries, the other beingThailand, that usediplomatic flags abroad. These special flags are flown at the chanceries of their embassies and consulates. ForHigh Commissions, theUnion Flag is used. In addition, there is a flag in use for British consularvessels ininternational orforeign waters.

Flag	Use	Description
	Flag used by Embassies	A Union Flag defaced with theRoyal coat of arms of the United Kingdom
	Flag used by High Commissions	A Union Flag
	Flag used by Consulates and Consulates-General	A Union Flag defaced with theSt Edward’s Crown
	Flag used by Consular officials onboard vessels	ABlue Ensign with the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom

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