Embassy of the United States, London

{{Short description|Diplomatic mission of the United States in the United Kingdom}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox diplomatic mission | name = Embassy of the United States, London | image = [[File:US Embassy in London Seal.png|105px|Seal of the United States Embassy in London, United Kingdom]]<br/>[[File:U.S. Embassy, London - 2022-04-30.jpg|250px]] | caption = US Embassy in Nine Elms, London | location = 33 Nine Elms Lane, London, SW11 7US | coordinates = {{coord|51.4826|N|0.1317|W|display=inline,title}} | opened = 1785<br>[[Nine Elms]] building: {{start date and age|2018|01|16|df=yes}} | ambassador = [[Warren Stephens]] {{small|(since 2025)}} | jurisdiction = {{UK}} | special_envoy = [[Mark Burnett]] | website = {{url|uk.usembassy.gov/}} }}

The '''Embassy of the United States of America''' in London is the [[diplomatic mission]] of the [[United States]] in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The London Diplomatic List |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263519/LDL_December_2013.pdf |date=14 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211155353/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263519/LDL_December_2013.pdf |archive-date=11 December 2013}}</ref> Its office is located in [[Nine Elms]] and is the largest [[List of diplomatic missions of the United States|American embassy]] in [[Western Europe]]<ref name="moving">{{cite news |work=[[BBC News]] |title=US embassy moving to south London |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7649184.stm |date=2 October 2008 |access-date=27 December 2013}}</ref> and the focal point for events relating to the United States held in the United Kingdom.

The embassy building in Nine Elms overlooks the [[River Thames]] and has been open to the public since 13 December 2017; it was formally opened on 16 January 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last=McKenzie |first=Sheila |title=Billion dollar US embassy opens in London |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/16/politics/us-embassy-opens-london-intl/index.html |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=16 January 2018 |access-date=18 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uk.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/policy-history/|title=Policy & History|website=U.S. Embassy & Consulates in the United Kingdom}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/1/12/trump-cancels-uk-trip-citing-obamas-bad-embassy-deal|title=Trump ditches UK trip citing Obama's 'bad' embassy deal|website=Al Jazeera}}</ref>

[[John Adams]] was the first minister to open an American [[legation]] in London, in 1785 at 9 [[Grosvenor Square]], [[City of Westminster|Westminster]], London.<ref name="sol">{{cite web |title=Grosvenor Square: Individual Houses built before 1926 Survey of London: Volume 40, the Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 2 (The Buildings). |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol40/pt2/pp117-166 |website=British History Online |publisher=LCC 1980 |access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref> For much of the 20th century and into the 21st, the [[Chancery (diplomacy)|chancery]] was in a purpose-built building in Grosvenor Square.

Since 1955, [[Winfield House]] in Regent's Park has served as the ambassador's official residence.

==History== [[File:The_US_Embassy_(geograph_4111175).jpg|thumb|upright|The former embassy chancery in 2014]]

The American [[legation]] in London was first situated in [[Great Cumberland Place]], later moving to [[Piccadilly]], 98 [[Portland Place]] (1863–1866),<ref>Derek Sumeray and John Sheppard, ''London Plaques'' (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011; {{ISBN|0747809402}}), p. 53.</ref> and 123 [[Victoria, London|Victoria Street]] in Westminster (1883–1893). The legation was upgraded to an embassy in 1893 and remained at Victoria Street until 1912, when it moved to 4 [[Grosvenor Gardens]].<ref>A. Holmes and J. Rofe, ''The Embassy in Grosvenor Square: American Ambassadors to the United Kingdom, 1938–2008'' (Springer, 2016; {{ISBN|1137295570}}), p. 2.</ref>

In 1938, the embassy was moved to [[Macdonald House, London|1 Grosvenor Square]] (which later housed part of the [[High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom|Canadian High Commission]]). During this time, Grosvenor Square began to accommodate several U.S. government offices, including the headquarters of Supreme Allied Commander, General [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], and the [[United States Naval Forces Europe|European headquarters of the United States Navy]]. Following [[World War II]], the [[Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster|Duke of Westminster]] donated land for a memorial to wartime [[President of the United States|President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. Several additional statues and memorials related to the American and British relationship remain in Grosvenor Square.

The next chancery, at [[30 Grosvenor Square]], was designed by [[Finnish American]] [[Modern architecture|modernist]] architect [[Eero Saarinen]] and constructed in the late 1950s, opening in 1960. The embassy was leased from the Duke of Westminster, being the only embassy that the United States did not own outright.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3123915/US-embassy-to-move-from-Grosvenor-Square-to-industrial-estate.html |title=US embassy to move from Grosvenor Square to industrial estate |work=The Telegraph |date=2008-10-02 |first=Damien |last=McElroy |accessdate=2026-01-05}}</ref> The United States paid only a symbolic [[peppercorn rent]] to the Duke of Westminster for use of the land.<ref name="ft">{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=Daniel |title=Bad deal! Trump's nose for property piques London |url=https://www.ft.com/content/aece06c6-f793-11e7-8715-e94187b3017e |work=[[Financial Times]] |date=12 January 2018 |access-date=6 July 2018|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In response to an American offer to buy the site outright, the duke's trustee requested the return of ancestral lands confiscated following the [[American Revolutionary War]], namely the city of Miami.<ref name="ft"/> The chancery had nine storeys, three of which are below ground. A large gilded aluminum [[bald eagle]] by [[Theodore Roszak (artist)|Theodore Roszak]],<ref>{{cite web |title=The American Embassy London Chancery Building |url=https://uk.usembassy.gov/the-american-embassy-london-chancery-building/ |website=US Embassy and Consulates in the United Kingdom |date=30 January 2015 |access-date=21 January 2017}}</ref> with a wingspan of over 11 metres (35 feet), is situated on the roof of the Chancery Building, making it a recognizable London landmark.<ref>{{cite news |title=US embassy moving to south London |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7649184.stm |work=BBC News |date=2 October 2008 |access-date=4 November 2009}}</ref> In October 2009, the building was granted [[Listed building|Grade II listed status]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1393496 |desc=United States of America Embassy|grade=II |access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref><ref name=Spoilt>{{cite news |last=Sherwin |first=Adam |title=US sale plan spoilt as its London embassy is listed |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6886348.ece |newspaper=[[The Times]] |location=London |date=23 October 2009 |access-date=4 November 2009}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{subscription required}}</ref> The building served as the chancery until 2017, and has been described as a modernist classic and architectural gem.<ref name="veconomist" >{{cite news |author=T.A. |title=The American embassy building in London is a modernist classic |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2017/09/polarising-property|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|date=26 September 2017}}</ref> The building reopened in 2025 after substantial interior alterations as The Chancery [[Rosewood Hotel Group|Rosewood]], a luxury hotel.<ref>{{cite web | last=Wainwright | first=Oliver | title='A gilded temple to the new world order': inside the former US embassy that is now a super-luxe hotel | website=the Guardian | date=3 September 2025 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/sep/03/a-gilded-temple-to-the-new-world-order-inside-the-former-us-embassy-that-is-now-a-super-luxe-hotel | access-date=24 October 2025}}</ref>

===Demonstrations=== In March 1968, a crowd of some 10,000 demonstrated at [[Trafalgar Square]] against US involvement in the [[Vietnam War]], before marching to Grosvenor Square. The [[Metropolitan Police]] had attempted to cordon off part of the square nearest to the embassy and there was violence as the crowd broke through the police line. [[Police horse]]s were used to regain control. 200 demonstrators were arrested and 50 people needed hospital treatment including 25 police officers, one of them with a serious spinal injury.<ref>{{cite web |title=On This Day – 17 March – 1968: Anti-Vietnam demo turns violent |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/17/newsid_2818000/2818967.stm |work=BBC News |date=2008 |access-date=2 January 2015}}</ref> In October of the same year, during a demonstration organised by the [[Vietnam Solidarity Campaign]], a splinter group of 6,000 demonstrators returned to the square. A thousand police officers formed a cordon that the protesters failed to breach and remained relatively peaceful until the crowd began to disperse when there was disorder in the neighbouring streets.<ref>{{cite web |title=On This Day – 17 March – 1968: Police clash with anti-war protesters |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/27/newsid_2478000/2478197.stm |work=BBC News |date=2008 |access-date=2 January 2015}}</ref>

Thousands of protesters marched on the embassy as part of a worldwide anti-racism demonstration following the [[murder of George Floyd]] in 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=George Floyd death: Thousands gather outside US embassy in anti-racism protest |url=https://news.sky.com/video/george-floyd-death-thousands-gather-outside-us-embassy-in-anti-racism-protest-12002341 |publisher=[[Sky News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Topping |first1=Alexandra |last2=Sabbagh |first2=Dan |last3=Carrell |first3=Severin |title=Mass anti-racism protests take place in cities across the UK |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/07/anti-racism-mass-protests-take-place-in-cities-across-the-uk |work=The Guardian |date=7 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Thousands turn out for UK anti-racism protests |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52949014 |work=BBC News |date=7 June 2020}}</ref>

On 6 November 2024, the environmental activist group [[Just Stop Oil]] vandalised the compound wall of the embassy with orange paint in response to [[Donald Trump]] winning the [[2024 United States presidential election]]. Two men were arrested by the [[Metropolitan Police]] in response to the incident.<ref>{{cite news |title=Climate activists spray-paint US embassy in London after Trump election win |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/climate-activists-spray-paint-us-embassy-london-after-trump-election-win-2024-11-06/ |work=Reuters |date=6 November 2024}}</ref>

Furthermore, on 10 April 2025, twelve [[Greenpeace UK]] activists poured "blood-red" pond dye into the water outside the embassy to protest the U.S.'s arms sales to [[Israel]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-10 |title=Greenpeace UK boss arrested over US embassy dye protest |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy700zk38zro |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-10 |title=Greenpeace activists arrested in London after red dye poured into US Embassy pond |url=https://apnews.com/article/uk-london-us-embassy-greenpeace-arrests-a74ed27ebe3271d7af4a1f1a2238965f |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> As a result, six people were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and conspiracy to commit criminal damage; the Co-Executive Director of Greenpeace UK, Will McCallum, was among those arrested.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burton |first=Florri |date=2025-04-10 |title=Activists pour hundreds of litres of blood-red dye into US Embassy pond in protest against arms sales to Israel |url=https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/activists-pour-hundreds-of-litres-of-blood-red-dye-into-us-embassy-pond-in-protest-against-arms-sales-to-israel/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Greenpeace UK |language=en-GB}}</ref>

===Security concerns=== Security at the Grosvenor Square embassy was tightened in the 1980s and 1990s following successive [[terrorist]] attacks on U.S. embassies and [[consulate]]s worldwide. It was further increased after the [[September 11 attacks]] in 2001. A massive security operation at the embassy saw one side of Grosvenor Square closed to public access by car, and armed roadblocks were stationed outside the building. On 29 August 2002, [[Kerim Chatty]], a [[Sweden|Swedish]] citizen of [[Tunisia]]n descent, was arrested at [[Stockholm-Västerås Airport]] trying to board a [[Ryanair]] Flight 685 destined for [[London Stansted Airport]] with a loaded gun in his luggage. Anonymous intelligence sources cited in the media claimed that the man was planning to hijack the aircraft and crash it into the United States embassy in London, using the rooftop eagle to identify it from the air. [[Swedish Security Service|Sweden's Security Service]], Säpo, denied the claims and called the reports "false information".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Whitaker |first1=Raymond |last2=Hetland |first2=Jarle |last3=Carrell |first3=Severin |title=Hijack suspect had flight training in US |url=http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article175451.ece |url-status=dead |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |location=London |date=1 September 2002 |access-date=27 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001062219/http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article175451.ece |archive-date=1 October 2007}}</ref> The man was subsequently cleared of all [[terrorism]]-related charges.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sweden drops hijack inquiry |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2377641.stm |work=BBC News |date=30 October 2002 |access-date=27 December 2006}}</ref>

The security threat against the embassy prompted the U.S. government to consider moving the embassy. Several British media outlets reported that the U.S. government had wished to use [[Kensington Palace]] as their embassy, which allegedly had been vetoed by Queen [[Elizabeth II]], as several members of the [[British royal family]] have their residences there. The embassy "strenuously denied" the reports, and a spokesman for [[Buckingham Palace]] reported that no formal request had been made.<ref name=BBCKensington>{{cite news |title=US 'eyed royal palace' |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3157759.stm |work=BBC News |date=17 August 2003 |access-date=4 November 2009}}</ref> Another possible option was [[Chelsea Barracks]], for which the U.S. Embassy made an unsuccessful bid in February 2007.<ref name=TimesonlineChelseaBarracks>{{cite news |title=US Embassy bids for Chelsea Barracks |url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/construction_and_property/article1418622.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070223054035/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/construction_and_property/article1418622.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 February 2007 |work=[[The Times]] |date=21 February 2007 |access-date=27 May 2011}}</ref>

===New building=== [[File:New Embassy of the United States of America in Battersea Nine Elms, London, seen from Pimlico (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|American Embassy nearing completion of construction, as seen from [[Pimlico]], across the River Thames]] On 8 October 2008, the embassy announced a conditional agreement with the real estate developer [[Ballymore Group]] to purchase property for a new embassy site on the [[South Bank]] of the [[River Thames]] in the [[Nine Elms]] area of the [[London Borough of Wandsworth]].<ref name="embassy-design">{{cite news |last=Lee |first=Matthew |title=US looks upscale for London embassy design |url=http://origin2.foxnews.com/wires/2009Jan02/0,4670,USLondonEmbassy,00.html |publisher=[[Fox News Channel]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |location=Washington |date=2 January 2009 |access-date=4 November 2009}} {{dead link |date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> The site lies within the Vauxhall/Nine Elms/Battersea Opportunity Area as set out in the [[London Plan]]. The proposed plan would only go forward if approved by the [[United States Congress]] and by the local planning authority.<ref>{{cite press release |title=U.S. Takes First Steps Toward Embassy Relocation |url=http://www.usembassy.org.uk/ukpapress84.html |publisher=Embassy of the United States in London |date=2 October 2008 |access-date=4 November 2009 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127194610/http://www.usembassy.org.uk/ukpapress84.html |archive-date=27 January 2010}}</ref> The [[Northern line extension to Battersea]] includes new stations at Battersea and Nine Elms, combined with major local development. The [[United States Department of State]] announced in January 2009 that it was choosing among nine architectural firms, all "modern" and "upmarket", to replace the ageing embassy headquarters.<ref name="embassy design"/> In March 2009, the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations announced that four architectural firms had been selected for the final phase of the design competition.<ref name="embassy design">{{cite press release |title=Department of State Selects Final Architectural Firms To Prepare Designs for the New London Embassy |url=http://london.usembassy.gov/new_embassy/new_embassy2.html |url-status=dead |publisher=Embassy of the United States in London |date=10 March 2009 |access-date=15 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803224112/http://london.usembassy.gov/new_embassy/new_embassy2.html |archive-date=3 August 2009}}</ref> By law, the architect for a U.S. embassy must be an American firm with "numerous [[security clearance]]s".<ref name="embassy design"/>

[[File:cmglee_London_US_Embassy_Sky_Pool.jpg|thumb|View of the US Embassy building from Ponton Road with the [[Sky Pool, London|Embassy Gardens Sky Pool]] in the background]]

In November 2009, the U.S. government conditionally agreed to sell the lease of the Grosvenor Square Chancery Building to [[Qatar]]i real-estate investment firm [[Qatar Investment Authority|Qatari Diar]], which in 2007 purchased Chelsea Barracks.<ref name=TimesQatar>{{cite news |last=O'Connor |first=Rebecca |title=Qataris buy US Embassy building in London |url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/construction_and_property/article6901412.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612202420/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/construction_and_property/article6901412.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 June 2011 |newspaper=[[The Times]] |location=London |date=3 November 2009 |access-date=3 November 2009}}</ref> Though the price was undisclosed, the lease's worth was estimated at [[£]]500 million in July 2000.<ref name=BloombergQatar>{{cite web |last=Bourke |first=Chris |title=U.S. Embassy Building in London Sold to Qatari Diar |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=a1Qtc5S4AfCY |publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]] |date=3 November 2009 |access-date=3 November 2009}}</ref> The development value of the property was reduced when the building was given [[Listed building|Grade II listed status]], requiring developers to maintain its current design. The building is now one of Mayfair's 238 listed buildings and monuments.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Heritage List |url=http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/advancedsearch.aspx# |url-status=dead |publisher=[[English Heritage]] |access-date=22 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104054329/http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/advancedsearch.aspx |archive-date=4 January 2015}}</ref><ref name=BBCQatar>{{cite news |title=US embassy sold to Qatari group |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8340118.stm |work=BBC News |date=3 November 2009 |access-date=3 November 2009}}</ref> In 2016, plans were approved for the conversion of the building into a hotel.<ref>{{cite news |last=Farrell |first=Sean |title=Qatar wins approval to turn US embassy in London into hotel |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/nov/16/qatar-wins-approval-to-turn-american-embassy-into-luxury-hotel |work=The Guardian |date=16 November 2016 |access-date=16 November 2016}}</ref> [[File:United States Embassy, London (cropped).png|left|thumb|View of the US embassy building from Nine Elms Lane]] On 23 February 2010, the U.S. government announced that a team led by the firm of [[KieranTimberlake]] had won the competition to design the new embassy building and surrounding green spaces.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kennicott |first=Philip |title=KieranTimberlake chosen to build 'modern, open' U.S. Embassy in London |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/23/AR2010022302193.html?referrer=emailarticle |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=24 February 2010 |access-date=1 May 2010}}</ref> The winning design resembles a crystalline cube, with a semi-circular pond on one side (called a "moat" by ''[[The Times]]'')<ref name="TimesOnline-Battersea">{{cite news |last=Philp |first=Catherine |title=US diplomats add a moat to their expenses at $1bn London embassy |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/us-diplomats-add-a-moat-to-their-expenses-at-1bn-london-embassy-qgqct5xvlmx |publisher=Times Online |date=24 February 2010 |access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref> and surrounded by extensive public green spaces<ref name=KieranTimberlake>{{cite web |title=New U.S. Embassy in London |url=http://blog.kierantimberlake.com/2010/02/new-us-embassy-in-london/ |url-status=dead |publisher=KieranTimberlake ISO |date=23 February 2010 |access-date=9 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118013452/http://blog.kierantimberlake.com/2010/02/new-us-embassy-in-london/ |archive-date=18 November 2010}}</ref> and the [[Embassy Gardens]] housing development.

[[Groundbreaking|Ground was broken]] on 13 November 2013, and the building opened to the public on 13 December 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Mission Breaks Ground for New Embassy in London |url=http://london.usembassy.gov/ukpapress140.html |publisher=U.S. Department of State |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140901011441/http://london.usembassy.gov/ukpapress140.html |archive-date=1 September 2014}}</ref><ref name=CNNQatar>{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Melissa |title=Qatari firm buys U.S. Embassy building in London |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/03/us.embassy.london/index.html |publisher=CNN |date=3 November 2009 |access-date=3 November 2009}}</ref> [[President of the United States|US President]] [[Donald Trump]] had been expected to visit in February 2018 to undertake the official opening of the new embassy but, in January 2018, announced he would not make the trip. Trump publicly criticized the cost of the new embassy and its location, as well as the apparent price received for the sale of the lease of the building in Grosvenor Square, blaming the administration of his predecessor, [[Barack Obama]], for making what he referred to as a "bad deal".<ref>{{cite web |title=Donald Trump cancels February visit to UK |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42657954 |author= |work=BBC News |date=12 January 2018 |access-date=12 January 2018}}</ref> However, the decision to move the embassy to its new location was made before the Obama administration.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/40400/was-the-obama-administration-responsible-for-the-decision-to-move-the-uk-embassy |title=Skeptics rebuttal of Trump claims |author= |date=12 January 2018 |website=skeptics.stackexchange.com |access-date=14 January 2018}}</ref>

With a tag price of [[United States dollar|US$]]1 billion, the Embassy in London was once the most expensive U.S. Embassy building ever, sharing its first position with the [[Embassy of the United States, Beirut|Embassy in Beirut]] until the 2021 groundbreaking of a new $1.2 billion [[Embassy of the United States, Hanoi|compound in Hanoi]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mai |first=Valerie |date=2021-08-26 |title=Close Look at Billion-dollar New Office of US Embassy in Vietnam |url=https://vietnamtimes.thoidai.com.vn/close-look-at-billion-dollar-new-office-of-us-embassy-in-vietnam-35279.html |access-date=2025-08-02 |website=Vietnam Times |language=en |quote=The new US Embassy campus project in Hanoi costs US$1.2 billion, higher than the country's new embassy in London, UK, which was built in 2018.}}</ref>

==Mission leaders== ===Ambassador=== [[Warren Stephens]] is currently the [[List of ambassadors of the United States to the United Kingdom|Ambassador]] at the Embassy in London.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome Ambassador Warren Stephens |url= https://uk.usembassy.gov/welcome-ambassador-warren-a-stephens/ |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=U.S. Embassy & Consulates in the United Kingdom |date= 14 May 2025 |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Winfield House]] in [[Regent's Park]] has been the official residence of the [[United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom]] since 1955.

===Other diplomatic staff=== * [[Consul General]] Belfast, James Applegate * [[Consul General]] Edinburgh, Kathryn Porter * [[Consul (representative)|Consul General]] Bermuda, Antoinette Hurtado

==Embassy sections== *Consular Section **American Citizen Services **Visa Services *[[United States Commercial Service]] **Liaison Office to [[European Bank for Reconstruction & Development|European Bank for Reconstruction and Development]] *[[Defense Attaché System|Defense Attaché]] *[[Foreign Agricultural Service]] *[[U.S. Customs and Border Protection]] *Public Affairs *Office of Defense Cooperation *[[Department of Homeland Security]] (Immigration)

There are also American [[consulate general|consulates general]] in [[Belfast]], [[Edinburgh]] and [[Hamilton, Bermuda|Hamilton]], [[Bermuda]], a Welsh Affairs Office in [[Cardiff]], and a contact centre in [[Glasgow]].

==Previous embassy chancery locations== * [[Great Cumberland Place]] * [[Piccadilly]] * 98 [[Portland Place]] (1863–1866) * 123 Victoria Street in Westminster (1883–1893) (1893–1912) * 4 [[Grosvenor Gardens]] (1912–1938) * [[Macdonald House, London|1 Grosvenor Square]] (1938–1960) * London Chancery Building in [[Grosvenor Square]] (1960–2018)

==See also== {{Portal|United States|United Kingdom|London}} * [[United Kingdom–United States relations]] * [[United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom]] * [[Winfield House]] – the official residence of the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom

==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=35em}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Embassy of the United States in London}} * [http://uk.usembassy.gov Embassy of the United States – London] ** [https://uk.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/new-embassy/ Building the new Embassy of the United States in Nine Elms] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202184728/https://uk.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/new-embassy/ |date=2 February 2018 }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071017094732/http://www.buyusa.gov/uk/en/ US Commercial Service at the US Embassy, London] * [https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/17/newsid_2818000/2818967.stm BBC News – "1968: Anti-Vietnam demo turns violent"] * [https://www.e-architect.co.uk/london/american-embassy-building Former Embassy of the United States building at 30 Grosvenor Square]

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