United Kingdom Cruises: Ports, Ships and Things to Do

At a glance

119 current cruises call at the 4 ports Cruiseable lists under United Kingdom, on 27 ships from 11 cruise lines. The busiest of those ports is Falmouth (Cornwall), on 73 itineraries. The lowest lead fare across those cruises is $924. The lines sailing the most of them are Princess Cruises (47), Seabourn (23) and Azamara Club Cruises (13).

Photos of United Kingdom

Moorish fortifications in Gibraltar signal the contested nature of the region over the centuries.
The Rock of Gibraltar as seen from an approaching cruise ship.
Look but don't touch: One of the 300 or so Barbary Macaques on Gibraltar.
The Gibraltar Airport stands in the shadow of the Rock.
Visitors to Gibraltar can take the cable car to the Top of the Rock.
British pageantry on display as the Corps of Drums of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment passes by the Convent.
Stroll through Gibraltar and stop for refreshments at Casemates Square.
The famed Barbary Macaques make themselves seen on the Rock of Gibraltar.
St. Michael's Cave is the most visited of the more than 150 caves in Gibraltar.
One of the famed Barbary Macaques (pronounced ma-KAK), Europe’s only free-living monkeys, peers down from a perch in Gibraltar.
A limestone formation inside St. Michael's Cave at Gibraltar.
The Strait of Gibraltar, separating Africa and Europe, brings visitors from across the globe.
A Barbary macaque at Gibraltar seen on a Celebrity Silhouette shore excursion.
A sunset in Britain's Isles of Scilly.
The Palace of Westminster, better known as Parliament, at night as seen from the opposite side of the River Thames in London. Victoria Tower, seat of the House of Lords, is on the left. The Clock Tower of Big Ben and the House of Commons is on the right.
Ancient Egyptian art seen at the British Museum in London. This is a painted wooden coffin of the priest Amun Amenemope from Thebes, circa 900 BC.
Royal Albert Hall as viewed from the Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens in London.
The 30 St Mary Axe office tower — widely known as The Gerkin — as seen from Leadenhall Street in London's financial district. Standing 590 feet and 41 stories, it's the second tallest building in London.
Saint Paul's Cathedral in London.
Entrance to the Natural History Museum on Cromwell Road in London.
Nimrud Palace reliefs: Assyrian artwork from 9th century BC at the British Museum in London.
"The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last Berth to be broken up" (1838), oil on canvas by J. M. W. Turner at the National Gallery in London.
"Nevermore (O Taiti)" (1897), oil on canvas by Paul Gauguin, at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London.
"A Bar at the Folies-Bergère" (1882), by Edouard Manet. See it at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London.