French consulate for England: which office covers you

French consulate for England

England has the Consulate General of France in London and twelve honorary consuls, from Newcastle upon Tyne in the north to Plymouth and Dover in the south. Passports and ID cards are applied for in London (or Edinburgh, if you are ready to collect there).

Which French consulate covers England?

England belongs to the district of the Consulate General of France in London, which covers French nationals living in or visiting the UK outside Scotland, according to the network's emergency page.

England also has twelve honorary consuls under the London consulate: Birmingham, Brighton and Newhaven, Bristol and Bath, Chester, Dover, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham and Chesterfield and Plymouth.

They issue no passports; any of them can hand one over if you ask for it when you apply.

See the French consulate in London
See the honorary consul in Birmingham
See the honorary consul in Brighton and Newhaven
See the honorary consul in Bristol and Bath
See the honorary consul in Chester
See the honorary consul in Dover
See the honorary consul in Leeds
See the honorary consul in Leicester
See the honorary consul in Liverpool
See the honorary consul in Manchester
See the honorary consul in Newcastle upon Tyne
See the honorary consul in Nottingham and Chesterfield
See the honorary consul in Plymouth

Cities in England and their French consulate

City Nearest honorary consul (straight line) To the London consulate
London Brighton and Newhaven, 50 miles the consulate is here
Birmingham Birmingham, in the city 117 miles, 2 h 27 min*
Manchester Manchester, in the city 197 miles, 3 h 56 min*
Liverpool Liverpool, in the city 209 miles, 4 h 7 min*
Leeds Leeds, in the city 194 miles, 3 h 52 min*
Sheffield Nottingham and Chesterfield, 26 miles 161 miles, 3 h 23 min*
Bristol Bristol and Bath, 11 miles 116 miles, 2 h 19 min*
Bath Bristol and Bath, in the city 109 miles, 2 h 22 min*
Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne, in the city 282 miles, 5 h 26 min*
Nottingham Nottingham and Chesterfield, 9 miles 128 miles, 2 h 43 min*
Leicester Leicester, in the city 102 miles, 2 h 15 min*
Coventry Birmingham, 16 miles 96 miles, 2 h 8 min*
Bradford Leeds, 8 miles 203 miles, 4 h 2 min*
Southampton Bristol and Bath, 53 miles 78 miles, 1 h 41 min*
Portsmouth Brighton and Newhaven, 50 miles 73 miles, 1 h 39 min*
Brighton Brighton and Newhaven, 8 miles 62 miles, 1 h 36 min*
Plymouth Plymouth, in the city 214 miles, 4 h 18 min*
Exeter Plymouth, 36 miles 171 miles, 3 h 32 min*
Reading Bristol and Bath, 60 miles 39 miles, 56 min*
Oxford Bristol and Bath, 54 miles 60 miles, 1 h 23 min*
Cambridge Leicester, 62 miles 60 miles, 1 h 38 min*
York Leeds, 22 miles 211 miles, 4 h 10 min*
Derby Nottingham and Chesterfield, 8 miles 128 miles, 2 h 39 min*
Chesterfield Nottingham and Chesterfield, 16 miles 149 miles, 2 h 59 min*
Wolverhampton Birmingham, 13 miles 129 miles, 2 h 44 min*
Stoke-on-Trent Manchester, 32 miles 158 miles, 3 h 12 min*
Hull Leeds, 49 miles 189 miles, 4 h 1 min*
Sunderland Newcastle upon Tyne, 10 miles 276 miles, 5 h 22 min*
Middlesbrough Newcastle upon Tyne, 31 miles 251 miles, 4 h 49 min*
Durham Newcastle upon Tyne, 13 miles 269 miles, 5 h 8 min*
Milton Keynes Leicester, 45 miles 54 miles, 1 h 18 min*
Northampton Leicester, 31 miles 66 miles, 1 h 34 min*
Luton Leicester, 62 miles 33 miles, 58 min*
Norwich Leicester, 101 miles 116 miles, 2 h 42 min*
Ipswich Dover, 65 miles 79 miles, 2 h 3 min*
Colchester Dover, 56 miles 63 miles, 1 h 45 min*
Chelmsford Dover, 56 miles 38 miles, 1 h 19 min*
Bournemouth Bristol and Bath, 50 miles 105 miles, 2 h 8 min*
Swindon Bristol and Bath, 28 miles 79 miles, 1 h 40 min*
Southend-on-Sea Dover, 39 miles 45 miles, 1 h 27 min*
Peterborough Leicester, 37 miles 87 miles, 2 h 4 min*
Canterbury Dover, 15 miles 63 miles, 1 h 40 min*
Dover Dover, in the city 79 miles, 1 h 59 min*
Folkestone Dover, 6 miles 72 miles, 1 h 52 min*
Chester Chester, in the city 189 miles, 3 h 59 min*
Gloucester Bristol and Bath, 34 miles 110 miles, 2 h 16 min*
Cheltenham Bristol and Bath, 38 miles 96 miles, 2 h 7 min*
Worcester Birmingham, 26 miles 131 miles, 2 h 35 min*
Preston Manchester, 27 miles 220 miles, 4 h 19 min*
Blackpool Liverpool, 28 miles 239 miles, 4 h 41 min*
Lancaster Liverpool, 45 miles 242 miles, 4 h 46 min*
Carlisle Newcastle upon Tyne, 52 miles 308 miles, 5 h 53 min*
Lincoln Nottingham and Chesterfield, 37 miles 145 miles, 3 h 7 min*
Guildford Brighton and Newhaven, 41 miles 30 miles, 51 min*
Winchester Bristol and Bath, 51 miles 66 miles, 1 h 27 min*
Salisbury Bristol and Bath, 33 miles 85 miles, 1 h 51 min*
Truro Plymouth, 41 miles 261 miles, 5 h 7 min*
Hereford Cardiff, 44 miles 138 miles, 3 h 1 min*
Shrewsbury Chester, 35 miles 161 miles, 3 h 17 min*
Taunton Cardiff, 32 miles 150 miles, 3 h 2 min*
Eastbourne Brighton and Newhaven, 10 miles 82 miles, 2 h*
Maidstone Dover, 36 miles 41 miles, 1 h 16 min*

*Driving distance and time to the consulate, at posted speed limits and without traffic (OSRM); the miles are reliable, the time is optimistic.

England by the numbers: 62 cities in this table, Guildford the closest to the consulate at 30 miles by road, Carlisle the farthest at 308 miles, 133 miles on average. Ten of them have an honorary consul in town.

What you can settle without going to the consulate

If you live far from London, the honorary consul nearest to you can hand over a new passport or ID card, provided you ask for it when you apply. Check the consul's closing dates first: several agencies close for weeks at a time.

Details checked against the official pages on 10 November 2026.

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