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This article lists the sites registered with World Heritage to UK.

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Site	Type	Criterion	Description	Drawing
Durham Cathedral and Castle	Cultural	(ii) (iv) (vi)	Built at the end of the 11th century and the beginning of the 12th century, to house the relics of Saint Cuthbert, evangelizer of Northumbria, and of Bede the Venerable, the cathedral attests to the importance of early Benedictine monasticism and appears to be the most extensive monument and the most completed of Norman architecture in England. The innovative daring of its vault already heralds Gothic art. Behind the enclosure of the cathedral stands the castle, a former Norman fortress which then served as the residence of the Prince-Bishops of Durham.	UNESCO sheet
Cathedral, Saint Augustine Abbey and Saint Martin Church in Canterbury	Cultural	(i) (ii) (vi)		UNESCO sheet
Castles and walls of King Edward I in the former principality of Gwynedd	Cultural	(i) (iii) (iv)		UNESCO sheet
Neolithic heart of Orkney	Cultural	(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)		UNESCO sheet
Gorham Caves Complex	Cultural	(iii)		UNESCO sheet
Borders of the Roman Empire	Cultural	(ii) (iii) (iv)		UNESCO sheet
Ironbridge Gorge (in the Shropshire)	Cultural	(i) (ii) (iv) (vi)		UNESCO sheet
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	Cultural	(ii) (iii) (iv)		UNESCO sheet
The English Lakes District	Cultural	(ii) (v) (vi)		UNESCO sheet
The Forth Bridge (To 14 km ofEdinburgh)	Cultural	(i) (iv)		UNESCO sheet
Liverpool - Merchant port	Cultural	(ii) (iii) (iv)		UNESCO sheet
Maritime Greenwich	Cultural	(i) (ii) (iv) (vi)		UNESCO sheet
New Lanark (south-west ofScotland)	Cultural	(ii) (iv) (vi)		UNESCO sheet
Blenheim Palace (20km north-west ofOxford)	Cultural	(ii) (iv)		UNESCO sheet
Palace of Westminster and theWestminster Abbey including the Sainte-Marguerite church	Cultural	(i) (ii) (iv)		UNESCO sheet
Studley Royal Park with the ruins of theFountains Abbey	Cultural	(i) (iv)		UNESCO sheet
Blaenavon industrial landscape (in the South-East of Wales)	Cultural	(iii) (iv)		UNESCO sheet
Mining landscape Cornwall and West Devon	Cultural	(ii) (iii) (iv)		UNESCO sheet
Pontcysyllte canal bridge and canal (in the North-East of Wales)	Cultural	(i) (ii) (iv)		UNESCO sheet
53.8371-1.79021 Saltaire	Cultural	(ii) (iv)	Saltaire is an entire and well-preserved industrial village dating from the second half of the 19th century.e century. Its textile factories, public buildings and workers' housing are built in a harmonious style, of great architectural quality, and the overall urban plan remains intact, offering a vivid image of the philanthropic paternalism of the Victorian era.	UNESCO sheet
Stonehenge, Avebury and associated sites (in the Wiltshire)	Cultural	(i) (ii) (iii)	Stonehenge and Avebury in Wiltshire are among the most famous megalithic complexes in the world. These two sanctuaries are made up of circles of menhirs arranged in an order with astronomical meanings still poorly explained. These sacred places and the various nearby Neolithic sites are irreplaceable witnesses of prehistory.	UNESCO sheet
Tower of London	Cultural	(ii) (iv)		UNESCO sheet
Derwent Valley factories (in the Derbyshire)	Cultural	(ii) (iv)		UNESCO sheet
Old Town and New TownEdinburgh	Cultural	(ii) (iv)		UNESCO sheet
City of Bath	Cultural	(i) (ii) (iv)		UNESCO sheet
Historic town of St George and the associated fortifications, Bermuda	Cultural	(iv)		UNESCO sheet
Giant's Causeway and its coast (in North Ireland)	Natural	(vii) (viii)		UNESCO sheet
Henderson Island (part of Pitcairn Islands)	Natural	(vii) (x)		UNESCO sheet
Gough and Inaccessible Islands (in the archipelago of Tristan da cunha)	Natural	(vii) (x)		UNESCO sheet
Coastline of Dorset and East Devon (in the South West England)	Natural	(viii)		UNESCO sheet
St Kilda Island	Mixed	(iii) (v) (vii) (ix) (x)		UNESCO sheet
Criteria legend (i) Represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. (ii) To testify to a considerable exchange of influences during a given period or in a specific cultural area, on the development of architecture or technology, monumental arts, city planning or the creation of landscapes. (iii) To bring a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or a living or disappeared civilization. (iv) To be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates one or more significant periods in human history. (v) To be a prominent example of traditional human settlement, traditional use of land or sea. (vi) To be directly or materially associated with events or living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (vii) Represent natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. (viii) To be eminently representative examples of the great stages in the history of the Earth. (ix) To be eminently representative examples of ecological and biological processes underway in the evolution and development of ecosystems. (x) Contain the most representative natural habitats and the most important for conservation in situ of biological diversity.

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