The Ministry of Defence is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for implementing the defence policy set by the government and serves as the headquarters
MoD Main Building, Westminster
Air Chief Marshal Sir Rich Knighton, Chief of the Defence Staff since September 2025
Defence chiefs at the Coronation of Charles III in 2023
A British armed forces careers office in Oxford
The Ministry of Defence Main Building or MOD Main Building, also known as MOD Whitehall or originally as the Whitehall Gardens Building, is a Grade I listed government office building located on White
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
…and other (3.0%). These are largely managed by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation. The headquarters of the MOD are in Whitehall and is known as MOD Main Building. This structure is neoclassical in style and was originally built between 1938 and 1959 to designs by Vincent Harris to house the Air Ministry and the…
Henry VIII's wine cellar beneath Main Building
Main Building with Whitehall Gardens in the foreground
Staff within an atrium area at Main Building