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.
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.
Contemporary history
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.Strengthening Britain's diplomatic network in Latin America and the Caribbean , Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 21 June 2012 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
Current Missions
Africa Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Algiers Embassy Embassy in Algiers) Luanda Embassy Embassy in Luanda Gaborone High Commission High Commission in Gaborone Bujumbura Embassy office Embassy office in Bujumbura Yaoundé High Commission High Commission in Yaoundé N'Djamena Embassy Embassy in N'Djamena Kinshasa Embassy Embassy in Kinshasa Djibouti City Embassy Embassy in Djibouti City Cairo Embassy Embassy in Cairo Alexandria Consulate-General Consulate-General in Alexandria Asmara Embassy Embassy in Asmara Mbabane High Commission High Commission in Mbabane Addis Ababa Embassy Embassy in Addis Ababa Banjul High Commission High Commission in Banjul Accra High Commission High Commission in Accra Conakry Embassy Embassy in Conakry Abidjan Embassy Embassy in Abidjan Nairobi High Commission High Commission in Nairobi Maseru High Commission High Commission in Maseru Monrovia Embassy Embassy in Monrovia Tripoli Embassy Embassy in Tripoli Antananarivo Embassy Embassy in Antananarivo Lilongwe High Commission High Commission in Lilongwe Bamako Embassy Embassy in Bamako Nouakchott Embassy Embassy in Nouakchott Port Louis High Commission High Commission in Port Louis Rabat Embassy Embassy in Rabat Casablanca Consulate-General Consulate-General in Casablanca Maputo High Commission High Commission in Maputo Windhoek High Commission High Commission in Windhoek Niamey Embassy Embassy in Niamey Abuja High Commission High Commission in Abuja Lagos Deputy High Commission Deputy High Commission in Lagos Port Harcourt Liaison office Kigali High Commission High Commission in Kigali Dakar Embassy Embassy in Dakar Victoria High Commission High Commission in Victoria Freetown High Commission High Commission in Freetown Mogadishu Embassy Embassy in Mogadishu Hargeisa British office British Office Hargeisa Pretoria High Commission High Commission in Pretoria Cape Town Consulate-General Consulate-General in Cape Town Juba Embassy Embassy in Juba Dar es Salaam High Commission High Commission in Dar es Salaam Dodoma High Commission Office Office in Dodoma Tunis Embassy Embassy in Tunis Kampala High Commission High Commission in Kampala Lusaka High Commission High Commission in Lusaka Harare Embassy Embassy in Harare
Americas Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation St. John's High Commission Buenos Aires Embassy Embassy in Buenos Aires Nassau High Commission High Commission in Nassau Bridgetown High Commission High Commission in Bridgetown Belmopan High Commission High Commission in Belmopan La Paz Embassy Embassy in La Paz Brasília Embassy Embassy in Brasília Belo Horizonte Consulate-General Consulate-General in Belo Horizonte Recife Consulate-General Consulate-General in Recife Rio de Janeiro Consulate-General Consulate-General in Rio de Janeiro São Paulo Consulate-General Consulate-General in São Paulo Ottawa High Commission High Commission in Ottawa Calgary Consulate-General Consulate-General in Calgary Montreal Consulate-General Consulate-General in Montreal Toronto Consulate-General Consulate-General in Toronto Vancouver Consulate-General Consulate-General in Vancouver Santiago de Chile Embassy Embassy in Santiago de Chile Bogotá Embassy Embassy in Bogotá San José Embassy Embassy in San José Havana Embassy Embassy in Havana Santo Domingo Embassy Embassy in Santo Domingo Quito Embassy Embassy in Quito San Salvador Embassy Embassy in San Salvador Guatemala City Embassy Embassy in Guatemala City St. George's High Commission Georgetown High Commission High Commission in Georgetown Port-au-Prince Embassy Embassy in Port-au-Prince Kingston High Commission High Commission in Kingston Mexico City Embassy Embassy in Mexico City Cancún Consulate-General Consulate-General in Cancún Panama City Embassy Embassy in Panama City Asunción Embassy Embassy in Asunción Lima Embassy Embassy in Lima Castries High Commission High Commission in Castries Kingstown High Commission Port of Spain High Commission High Commission in Port of Spain Washington, D.C. Embassy Embassy in Washington, D.C. Atlanta Consulate-General Consulate-General in Atlanta Boston Consulate-General Consulate-General in Boston Chicago Consulate-General Consulate-General in Chicago Houston Consulate-General Consulate-General in Houston Los Angeles Consulate General Consulate-General in Los Angeles Miami Consulate-General Consulate-General in Miami New York City Consulate-General Consulate-General in New York City San Francisco Consulate-General Consulate-General in San Francisco Montevideo Embassy Embassy in Montevideo Caracas Embassy Embassy in Caracas
Asia Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Yerevan Embassy Embassy in Yerevan Baku Embassy Embassy in Baku Manama Embassy Embassy in Manama Dhaka High Commission High Commission in Dhaka Bandar Seri Begawan High Commission High Commission in Bandar Seri Begawan Phnom Penh Embassy Embassy in Phnom Penh Beijing Embassy Embassy in Beijing Chongqing Consulate-General Consulate-General in Chongqing Guangzhou Consulate-General Consulate-General in Guangzhou Hong Kong Consulate-GeneralThe British Consulate-General, Hong Kong reports directly to the FCDO, instead of the British embassy in Beijing Consulate-General in Hong Kong Shanghai Consulate-General Consulate-General in Shanghai Wuhan Consulate-General Consulate-General in Wuhan Tbilisi Embassy Embassy in Tbilisi New Delhi High Commission High Commission in New Delhi Ahmedabad Deputy High Commission Deputy High Commission in Ahmedabad Bengaluru Deputy High Commission Deputy High Commission in Bangalore Chandigarh Deputy High Commission Deputy High Commission in Chandigarh Chennai Deputy High Commission Deputy High Commission in Chennai Hyderabad Deputy High Commission Deputy High Commission in Hyderabad Kolkata Deputy High Commission Deputy High Commission in Kolkata Mumbai Deputy High Commission Deputy High Commission in Mumbai Panaji British Nationals Assistance Office British Nationals Assistance Office Goa Jakarta Embassy Embassy in JakartaMission to ASEAN Tehran Embassy Embassy in Tehran Baghdad Embassy Embassy in Baghdad Erbil Consulate-General Consulat-General in Erbil Tel Aviv Embassy Embassy in Tel Aviv Tokyo Embassy Embassy in Tokyo Osaka Consulate-General Consulate-General in Osaka Amman Embassy Embassy in Amman Astana Embassy Embassy in Astana Kuwait City Embassy Embassy in Kuwait City Bishkek Embassy Embassy in Bishkek Vientiane Embassy Embassy in Vientiane Beirut Embassy Embassy in Beirut Malé High Commission High Commission in Malé Kuala Lumpur High Commission High Commission in Kuala Lumpur Ulaanbaatar Embassy Embassy in Ulaanbaatar Yangon Embassy Embassy in Yangon Kathmandu Embassy Embassy in Kathmandu Muscat Embassy Embassy in Muscat Islamabad High Commission High Commission in Islamabad Karachi Deputy High Commission Deputy High Commission in Karachi Lahore High Commission Office High Commission Office in Lahore Manila Embassy Embassy in Manila Doha Embassy Embassy in Doha Riyadh Embassy Embassy in Riyadh Jeddah Consulate-General Consulate-General in Jeddah Singapore High Commission High Commission in Singapore Seoul Embassy Embassy in Seoul Colombo High Commission High Commission in Colombo Taipei Office British Office in Taipei Dushanbe Embassy Embassy in Dushanbe Bangkok Embassy Embassy in Bangkok Ankara Embassy Embassy in Ankara Istanbul Consulate-General Consulate-General in Istanbul İzmir Consulate Consulate in İzmir Antalya Vice Consulate Vice Consulate in Antalya Ashgabat Embassy Embassy in Ashgabat Abu Dhabi Embassy Embassy in Abu Dhabi Dubai Embassy/Consulate-General Embassy/Consulate-General in Dubai Tashkent Embassy Embassy in Tashkent Hanoi Embassy Embassy in Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City Consulate-General Consulate-General in Ho Chi Minh City
Europe