Tourist attractions: London is the main tourist destination for UK, it's home to countless historical and modern attractions, from the British Museum to the National Gallery and Tower of London. Other tourist destinations in the country are cities like Edinburgh, the numerous castles and museums, or the countless prehistoric and historic remains of the country like Stonehenge and Hadrian's Wall.

There are ten national parks, of which 7 are in England (Dartmoor, Exmoor, Lake District, Peak District, Northumberland, North York Moors and Yorkshire Dales) and 3 are in Wales (Brecon Beacons, Coast of Snowdonia and Pembrokeshire). The Broads of Norfolk are protected as a national park. 

Unesco has inscribed 28 United Kingdom sites in the World Heritage List: Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (2009); Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (2000); Blenheim Palace (1987); Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church (1988); Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (1986); City of Bath (1987); Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (2006); Derwent Valley Mills (2001); Durham Castle and Cathedral (1986); Frontiers of the Roman Empire (1987); Heart of Neolithic Orkney (1999); Ironbridge Gorge (1986); Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (2004); Maritime Greenwich (1997); New Lanark (2001); Old and New Towns of Edinburgh (1995); Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2003); Saltaire (2001); Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites (1986); Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey (1986); Tower of London (1988); Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church (1987); Dorset and East Devon Coast (2001); Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast (1986); St Kilda (1986). Among the UNESCO sites listed as part of the United Kingdom are also Gough and Inaccessible Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean (1995); Henderson Island in the Pacific (1988); the Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda (2000).