The World Heritage Convention was created in 1972. The UK 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 its 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:
- Avebury Stone Circles
- 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
- Neolithic Orkney
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Saltaire, a Victorian model village
- Silbury Hill
- Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales
- St. Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury
- St. Martin's Church in Canterbury
- Stonehenge
- Studley Royal Park - ruins of Fountains Abbey
- West Kennet Avenue