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List of World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom
There are 29
UNESCO
World Heritage Sites
in the
United Kingdom
and
overseas territories
. The UNESCO list contains one designated site in both England and Scotland (the
Frontiers of the Roman Empire
) plus sixteen exclusively in England, five in Scotland, three in Wales, one in
Northern Ireland
, and one in each of the
overseas territories
of
Bermuda
, the
Pitcairn Islands
, and
Saint Helena
. The first sites in the UK to be inscribed on the World Heritage List were
Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast
; Durham
Castle
and
Cathedral
;
Ironbridge Gorge
;
Studley Royal Park
including the Ruins of
Fountains Abbey
;
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
; and the
Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd
in 1986. The latest site to be inscribed was the
Forth Bridge
in 2015.
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