List of ports in Great Britain

This is a list of the seaports of Great Britain.

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.^[1]^[2]

All of these port operators are members of the British Ports Association, the national trade body for ports and harbours,^[3] and publish trade statistics for HM Revenue and Customs.^[4]

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.^[5]

Cargo handled ports in England

No.^{[clarification needed]}	Name	Established	Town/city	Ownership
1	Port of Felixstowe	1875	Felixstowe	Hutchison Port Holdings
2	Port of Southampton	1843	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