UK World Heritage Sites
UK World Heritage Sites
A full list of the World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland can be found on the UNESCO State Parties website
Five of these monuments represent a period in which Britain held centre-stage as the world’s first industrial nation. The Derwent Valley Mills is part of this sub group of industrial sites as are Ironbridge Gorge, Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, New Lanark and Saltaire.
The Derwent Valley Mills is the only site to be located within the East Midlands Region.
World Heritage UK
World Heritage UK (WHUK) brings together the World Heritage Sites in the UK. Its mission is to raise the profile and secure the future of all sites within the UK by advocating for support and resources, promoting the Sites’ values and facilitating training, networking and the sharing of good practice.
World Heritage UK is open to individual members. If you are interested in supporting it visit www.worldheritageuk.org.
UK UNESCO Sites
From expansive mountain ranges and stunning coastlines to vibrant cities and rural landscapes – the UK’s UNESCO sites are destinations of world-class natural and cultural heritage.
This map, designed by the creative cartographer Tom Woolley, brings together all of the Biosphere Reserves, Creative Cities, Global Geoparks and World Heritage Sites across the British Isles that are waiting to be discovered.
