Spanish consulates in England

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England is the only part of the UK that Spain splits between all three consulates general, and the line follows ceremonial counties, not cities or distance. Someone in Bristol books with London, someone in Leeds with Manchester and someone in Newcastle with Edinburgh.

The table below gives the published split, region by region.

Spain splits the United Kingdom between three consulates general, and the Ministry's district decides which one covers England.

Which Spanish consulate covers you in England?

England is split by county between the three consulates general: London takes the south and east, Manchester the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands, and Edinburgh the far north.

Region	Ceremonial counties	Consulate
North East	Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham, Tees Valley (Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees, Hartlepool, Darlington)	Edinburgh
North West	Cumbria	Edinburgh
North West	Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside	Manchester
Yorkshire and the Humber	East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire	Manchester
East Midlands	Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland	Manchester
West Midlands	Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire	Manchester
East of England	Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk	London
London	Greater London, City of London	London
South East	Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey, West Sussex	London
South West	Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire	London

Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland sit in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, which Manchester’s page lists as its own. Edinburgh’s page (8 May 2025) and the Embassy’s name them expressly as Edinburgh’s, as part of the Tees Valley. This guide follows the express mention; if you live there, confirm with Edinburgh before booking.

There are honorary offices in Newcastle and Leeds. They help with assistance and passports for children under 12, not with adult passports, visas or powers of attorney. The honorary consulates in Liverpool, Nottingham and Birmingham are listed as vacant.

See the Spanish consulate in London

See the Spanish consulate in Manchester

See the Spanish consulate in Edinburgh

See the Spanish consulate in Newcastle

See the Spanish consulate in Leeds

Cities in England and their consulate

City	By road*	Consulate
Brighton	62 mi (100 km), 1 h 35 min	London
Bristol	117 mi (188 km), 2 h 22 min	London

* At speed limits and without traffic (OSRM); the miles are the reliable part.

2 towns in England have a page here. The closest to its consulate is Brighton (62 miles) and the furthest Bristol (117 miles); the average is about 90 miles.

What you can sort out without going to the consulate

Check whether you need a visa at all: with a British passport you can visit Spain for up to 90 days in any 180 without one.
Order a Spanish birth certificate by email or post: it is free at all three consulates and needs no appointment.
Join the consular register in London by post: it is the only way London takes it, and the number arrives by email.

Before going, check the office page for its hours and how it takes bookings: each consulate has its own system.

Checked against the official pages on 10 November 2026.

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