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This is a list of the seaports of Great Britain.

Major operators

Five companies own the 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.

Major ports

Ports are listed clockwise from the Scottish border.

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

  • 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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