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The United Kingdom currently has 26 World Heritage Sites, 16 of which are in England.

Durham Cathedral and Castle (1986)

Fountains Abbey, St Mary's Church and Studley Royal Park (1986)

Ironbridge Gorge (1986)

Stonehenge, Avebury and associated sites (1986)

Blenheim Palace and Park (1987)

Palace of Westminster, St Margaret's Church and Westminster Abbey (1987)

City of Bath (1987)

Hadrian's Wall (1987)

The Tower of London (1989)

Canterbury Cathedral (with St Augustine's Abbey and St Martin's Church) (1988)

Castle and Town Walls of Edward I in Gwynedd (1986)

St Kilda (1986) (natural site)

Giant's Causeway and Causeway coast (1986) (natural site)

Henderson Island, South Pacific Ocean (1986) (natural site)

Edinburgh Old and New Towns (1996)

Gough island Wildlife Reserve, South Atlantic Ocean (1996) (natural site)

Maritime Greenwich(1997)

Heart of Neolithic Orkney (1999)

Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications Bermuda (2000)

Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (2000)

Dorset and East Devon Coast (2001) (natural site)

Derwent Valley Mills (2001)

New Lanark (2001)

Saltaire (2001)

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2003)

Maritime City of Liverpool (2004)


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