{"id":1751,"date":"2020-02-08T08:08:04","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T08:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1751"},"modified":"2020-02-08T08:08:04","modified_gmt":"2020-02-08T08:08:04","slug":"unesco-world-heritage-sites-in-the-united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1751","title":{"rendered":"UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having checked the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites attributed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, we found we had visited a number of them.<\/p>\n<h2>Visited<\/h2>\n<p>Some were easy to visit as they are in the London area and we are London based.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\" cultural \"><a style=\"box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(var(--color-primary-rgb),0.2);\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/488\">Tower of London<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" cultural \"><a style=\"box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(var(--color-primary-rgb),0.2);\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/426\">Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret\u2019s Church<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" cultural \"><a style=\"box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(var(--color-primary-rgb),0.2);\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/795\">Maritime Greenwich<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" cultural \"><a style=\"box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(var(--color-primary-rgb),0.2);\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/1084\">Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Others were further away.<\/p>\n<div class=\"list_site\">\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(var(--color-primary-rgb),0.2);\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/496\">Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine&#8217;s Abbey, and St Martin&#8217;s Church<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" cultural \"><a style=\"box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(var(--color-primary-rgb),0.2);\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/371\">Ironbridge Gorge<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" cultural \"><a style=\"box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(var(--color-primary-rgb),0.2);\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/425\">Blenheim Palace<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" cultural \"><a style=\"box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(var(--color-primary-rgb),0.2);\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/1594\">Jodrell Bank Observatory<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" cultural \"><a style=\"box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(var(--color-primary-rgb),0.2);\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/1029\">Dorset and East Devon Coast<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" cultural_danger \"><a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/1150\">Liverpool \u2013 Maritime Mercantile City<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" cultural \"><a style=\"box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(var(--color-primary-rgb),0.2);\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/422\">The English Lake District<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" cultural \"><a style=\"box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(var(--color-primary-rgb),0.2);\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/984\">Blaenavon Industrial Landscape<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" cultural \"><a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/374\">Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" cultural \"><a style=\"box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(var(--color-primary-rgb),0.2);\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/728\">Old and New Towns of Edinburgh<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" cultural \"><a style=\"box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(var(--color-primary-rgb),0.2);\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/429\">New Lanark<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And one we are planning on visiting this year<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\" cultural \">\u00a0<a style=\"box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(var(--color-primary-rgb),0.2);\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/430\">Frontiers of the Roman Empire<\/a>(<a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/news\/868\/\">Hadrian\u2019s Wall &#8211; The \u201cHadrian\u2019s Wall\u201d which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the transnational property \u201cFrontiers of the Roman Empire\u201d.<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_site\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1751 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=1153'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dsc_3729-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Jodrell Bank Observatory - photo by Juliamaud\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dsc_3729-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dsc_3729-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1153'>\n\t\t\t\t Jodrell Bank Observatory &#8211; photo by Juliamaud\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=370'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/img_7309-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Tower of London - photo by Juliamaud\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/img_7309-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/img_7309-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-370'>\n\t\t\t\tTower of London &#8211; photo by Juliamaud\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=915'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dsc_4265-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - photo by Juliamaud\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dsc_4265-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dsc_4265-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-915'>\n\t\t\t\tRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew &#8211; photo by Juliamaud\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=922'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img_5171-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Palace of Westminster - photo by Juliamaud\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img_5171-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img_5171-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-922'>\n\t\t\t\tPalace of Westminster &#8211; photo by Juliamaud\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=1755'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/dsc_1550-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Edinburgh Castle - photo by Juliamaud\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/dsc_1550-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/dsc_1550-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1755'>\n\t\t\t\tEdinburgh Castle &#8211; photo by Juliamaud\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=1756'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_6703-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Blaenavon - photo by Juliamaud\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_6703-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_6703-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1756'>\n\t\t\t\tBlaenavon &#8211; photo by Juliamaud\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=1757'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/dsc_2768-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Blaenavon - photo by Juliamaud\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/dsc_2768-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/dsc_2768-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1757'>\n\t\t\t\tBlaenavon &#8211; photo by Juliamaud\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"list_site\">\n<h2>Not yet visited<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_site\">\n<p>Although we&#8217;ve been to a lot, there are a number of places we haven&#8217;t visited. Some are relatively easy to visit and some we&#8217;ve tried to visit without success.<\/p>\n<p>We did try to visit Bath once, but found we couldn&#8217;t park so ended up visiting nearby Wells instead.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve also seen Stonehenge from a distance, but have yet to visit the tourist attraction. Similarly we have seen the Forth bridge but not been on it.<\/p>\n<p>The list includes some places we will never visit. Remote islands, especially those inaccessible and untouched by a human presence, are never going to happen.<\/p>\n<p>But Bermuda? (Why is that under UK sites?*) Now there&#8217;s an idea&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list_site\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:none;\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\" mixed \"><a style=\"box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(var(--color-primary-rgb),0.2);\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/428\">City of Bath<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" cultural \"><a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/373\">Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" cultural \"><a style=\"box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(var(--color-primary-rgb),0.2);\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/1485\">The Forth Bridge<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" cultural \"><a style=\"box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(var(--color-primary-rgb),0.2);\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/369\">Giant&#8217;s Causeway and Causeway Coast<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" cultural \"><a style=\"box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(var(--color-primary-rgb),0.2);\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/370\">Durham Castle and Cathedral<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" cultural \"><a style=\"box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(var(--color-primary-rgb),0.2);\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/1030\">Derwent Valley Mills<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" cultural \"><a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/372\">Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey<\/a> (Yorkshire)<\/li>\n<li class=\" cultural \"><a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/1028\">Saltaire\u00a0<\/a> (West Yorkshire)<\/li>\n<li class=\" cultural \"><a style=\"box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(var(--color-primary-rgb),0.2);\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/1215\">Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape\u00a0<\/a> (Cornwall and West Devon)<\/li>\n<li class=\" cultural \"><a style=\"box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(var(--color-primary-rgb),0.2);\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/1303\">Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal<\/a>\u00a0(north-eastern Wales)<\/li>\n<li class=\" cultural \"><\/li>\n<li class=\" mixed \"><a style=\"box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(var(--color-primary-rgb),0.2);\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/387\">St Kilda<\/a>\u00a0(volcanic archipelago situated off the coast of the Hebrides)<\/li>\n<li class=\" cultural \"><a style=\"box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(var(--color-primary-rgb),0.2);\" href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/514\">Heart of Neolithic Orkney\u00a0<\/a> (remote archipelago in the far north of Scotland)<\/li>\n<li class=\" cultural \"><\/li>\n<li class=\" cultural \"><a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/1500\">Gorham&#8217;s Cave Complex<\/a> (The steep limestone cliffs on the eastern side of the Rock of Gibraltar contain four caves with archaeological and paleontological deposits that provide evidence of Neanderthal occupation over a span of more than 100,000 years.)<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li class=\" natural \"><a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/740\">Gough and Inaccessible Islands<\/a> (located in the south Atlantic &#8211; &#8220;Gough Island Wildlife Reserve&#8221;).<\/li>\n<li class=\" natural \"><a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/487\">Henderson Island<\/a>(Henderson Island, which lies in the eastern South Pacific, is one of the few atolls in the world whose ecology has been practically untouched by a human presence.)<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li class=\" natural \"><a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/983\">Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>*Bermuda is a British island territory in the North Atlantic Ocean known for its pink-sand beaches, so it&#8217;s UNESCO site is included as a UK site.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1761\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1761\" style=\"width: 3648px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1761\" src=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/dsc00727.jpg\" alt=\"Caernarfon Castle - photo by Juliamaud\" width=\"3648\" height=\"5472\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caernarfon Castle &#8211; photo by Juliamaud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Join City Adventurers and start exploring UNESCO sites and other places of interest\u2026..<\/h3>\n<p>Join our club for people who want to find new adventures to share with like-minded people. Just\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/dwITKb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click the link\u00a0<\/a>and join the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/dwITKb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">club<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having checked the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites attributed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, we found we had visited a number of them. Visited Some were easy to visit as they are in the London area and we are London based. Tower of London Palace of Westminster and Westminster &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1751\">More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,73,2],"tags":[184,332,333,285,186,189,87,88,192],"class_list":["post-1751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activity","category-bucket-list","category-travel","tag-blaenavon-industrial-landscape","tag-caernarfon-castle","tag-edinburgh-castle","tag-jodrell-bank-observatory","tag-kew-gardens","tag-palace-of-westminster","tag-tower-of-london","tag-unesco","tag-unesco-world-heritage-sites"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - City Adventurers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1751\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - City Adventurers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Having checked the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites attributed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, we found we had visited a number of them. 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