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

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No.	Name	Estb. Date/Year	Image	City	Cargo Handled (FY2022-23)		Container Traffic (FY2022-23)	Ownership
No.	Name	Estb. Date/Year	Image	City	1	Port of Felixstowe	1875	Ownership	Felixstowe	Hutchison Port Holdings
2	Port of Southampton	1843		Southampton				Associated British Ports
3	Port of Tilbury	1908		London				Port of London Authority
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		River Tees, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire				PD Ports
8	Port of Tyne	1968		Tyne and Wear				Port of Tyne Authority
9	Port of Bristol	1978		Bristol				The Bristol Port Company