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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').
This is a list of diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom. At present, the capital city of London hosts 167 embassies and high commissions . Several other countries have ambassadors accredited to the United Kingdom, with most being resident in Brussels or Paris .
The following list sorts 65 countries according to their number of diplomatic missions in 2024. Also indicated are the number of different missions abroad such as embassies, consulates, permanent missions and of other diplomatic representations.
The remaining two-thirds are employed locally by one of nearly 270 British diplomatic missions abroad (such as embassies, consulates and high commissions). [1] The Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs is also the Head of the Diplomatic Service. [1] Entry into the Diplomatic Service is highly competitive.
Embassy/High Commission Location Neighbourhood Image Notes Albania 33 St George’s Drive. Pimlico [1] Algeria 1–3 Riding House Street. Westminster [2] Angola 22 Dorset Street
The British Embassy's front gate, as seen from Merrion Road. By contrast, the Irish High Commission (now the Embassy of Ireland) in London was established as early as 1923. [3] It was not until 1939 that a separate mission, known as the British Representative's Office, was finally established. [4]
The following is the list of ambassadors and high commissioners to the United Kingdom, or more formally, to the Court of St James's.High commissioners represent member states of the Commonwealth of Nations and ambassadors represent other states.
During World War II and the Nazi occupation of France, the embassy's archives were burned as its staff fled the building to go south with the civilian Vichy regime from 1940 to 1944 to escape the German military, placing the embassy building, as well as several other buildings representing British interests in Paris, under Swiss protection in the meantime.