List of ports in Great Britain facts for kids
This is a list of the seaports of Great Britain.
Contents
- Major operators
- Cargo handled ports in England
- Major ports
- North-eastern England
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- The Wash and East Anglia
- Thames Estuary and Kent
- South Coast (including Isle of Wight)
- West Country
- Bristol Channel (England)
- Bristol Channel (Wales)
- Wales (west and north)
- Northwest England
- Southwest Scotland
- Northwest Scotland
- Northeast Scotland
- Southeast Scotland
- See also
Major operators
Five companies own many of the largest of UK ports: Associated British Ports (ABP), Forth Ports, Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), Peel Group and PD Ports’ meanwhile the largest independent trust ports are Aberdeen, Belfast, Blyth, Dover, London and Milford Haven.
All of these port operators are members of the British Ports Association, the national trade body for ports and harbours, and publish trade statistics for HM Revenue and Customs.
Some of these ports will be converted to Free-ports: special economic zones where customs rules such as taxes do not apply until goods leave the port.
Cargo handled ports in England
| No. | Name | Established | Image | Town/city | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Port of Felixstowe | 1875 |  |
Felixstowe | Hutchison Port Holdings |
| 2 | Port of Southampton | 1843 | .jpg) |
Southampton | Associated British Ports |
| 3 | Port of Tilbury | 1908 |  |
London | Forth Ports |
| 4 | Port of London | 2013 |  |
London | DP World |
| 5 | Port of Immingham | 1912 |  |
Immingham | Associated British Ports |
| 6 | Port of Liverpool | 1971 |  |
Liverpool | The Peel Group |
| 7 | Port of Tees | 1992 |  |
Middlesbrough | PD Ports |
| 8 | Port of Tyne | 1968 |  |
Tyne and Wear | Port of Tyne Authority |
| 9 | Port of Bristol | 1978 |  |
Bristol | The Bristol Port Company |
Major ports
Ports are listed clockwise from the Scottish border.
North-eastern England
- Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Warkworth
- Blyth
- Port of Tyne, South Shields
- Sunderland Docks, Sunderland
- Seaham
- Hartlepool
- Teesport, Middlesbrough
- Redcar
- Middlesbrough
Yorkshire and the Humber
- Whitby
- Scarborough
- Bridlington
- Port of Hull, Kingston upon Hull
- Port of Goole, Goole
- Grimsby
- Port of Immingham, Immingham
The Wash and East Anglia
- Boston
- Fosdyke
- Port of Wisbech, Wisbech
- Sutton Bridge
- King's Lynn
- Wells-next-the-Sea
- Great Yarmouth Outer Harbour, Great Yarmouth
- Port of Lowestoft, Lowestoft
- Southwold
- Port of Felixstowe, Felixstowe
- Port of Ipswich, Ipswich
- Mistley
- Harwich International Port, Harwich
Thames Estuary and Kent
- Brightlingsea
- Rochford, River Roach, Wallasea Island
- Port of London (includes Port of Tilbury)
- Sheerness
- Whitstable
- Sandwich
- Port of Ramsgate
- Port of Dover, Dover
- Folkestone
- Rye Harbour
South Coast (including Isle of Wight)
- Newhaven
- Shoreham-by-Sea
- Portsmouth International Port, Portsmouth
- Newport, Isle of Wight
- Port of Southampton, Southampton
- Cowes
- Lymington
West Country
- Port of Poole
- Portland Harbour
- Bridport Harbour, Bridport
- Exmouth
- Teignmouth
- Torquay
- Brixham
- Dartmouth
- Plymouth
- Fowey
- Par
- Charlestown
- Penryn
- Falmouth Docks, Falmouth
- Newlyn
- Penzance
- Hugh Town
- St Ives, Cornwall
- Padstow
- Appledore, Torridge, Devon
Bristol Channel (England)
- Bideford
- Barnstaple
- Watchet
- Port of Bridgwater, Bridgwater
- Port of Bristol, Bristol
- Avonmouth Docks, Avonmouth
- Sharpness
- Gloucester
Bristol Channel (Wales)
- Newport Docks, Newport
- Cardiff Docks, Cardiff
- Barry Docks, Barry
- Port of Port Talbot, Port Talbot
- Swansea Docks, Swansea
- Burry Port
Wales (west and north)
- Milford Haven Port, Milford Haven
- Fishguard Harbour, Fishguard
- Caernarfon harbour
- Port of Holyhead, Holyhead
- Mostyn
- Shotton
Northwest England
- Birkenhead
- Port of Manchester, Manchester
- Port Salford, Salford
- Port of Garston, Garston
- Port of Liverpool, see also List of Liverpool Docks
- Preston
- Fleetwood
- Heysham Port, Heysham
- Lancaster
- Port of Barrow, Barrow-in-Furness
- Whitehaven
- Workington
- Maryport
- Silloth
Southwest Scotland
Northwest Scotland
- Ullapool
- Stornoway
Northeast Scotland
- Scrabster
- Stromness
- Lerwick
- Kirkwall
- Scalloway
- Invergordon
- Inverness
- Wick
- Lossiemouth
- Macduff
- Peterhead
Southeast Scotland
- Kirkcaldy
- Inverkeithing
- Tayport
- Grangemouth
- Hound Point Terminal
- Leith
- Montrose
- Methil
- Rosyth
- Dundee
- Burntisland
- Kirkcaldy
- Perth
See also
- List of ports and harbours in Scotland
- List of ports and harbours in Wales
- List of ports and harbours in Northern Ireland
- List of RNLI stations
- List of free ports § United Kingdom
- the Cinque Ports, and their Lord Warden
- List of vice-admirals of the coast
- List of Panamax ports § Great Britain
- List of busiest ports in Europe
- List of ferry operators § Europe
- List of ports
- List of ports and harbours of the Atlantic Ocean
- Canal & River Trust
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