The World Heritage Convention was created in 1972. The UK has signed and ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1984. By signing up to the World Heritage Convention, the Government of the UK promised to promote and protect their UNESCO World Heritage Sites and pass them on to future generations. A UNESCO World Heritage Site must be of outstanding universal value to humanity.
Photos and descriptions of most of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Great Britain:
- Neolithic Orkney
- Avebury
- Beaumaris Castle
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
- Blenheim Palace
- Caernarfon Castle
- Canterbury Cathedral
- Castles of King Edward in Gwynedd
- City of Bath
- Conwy Castle and Town Walls
- Derwent Valley Mills
- Dorset and East Devon Coast
- Harlech Castle
- Ironbridge Gorge
- Liverpool - Mercantile City
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Saltaire, a Victorian model village
- Silbury Hill
- St. Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury
- St. Martin's Church in Canterbury
- Stonehenge
- Studley Royal Park - ruins of Fountains Abbey
- The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales
- West Kennet Avenue