ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd wˈʌn ðə nˈuːklɪɹ fˈɪzɪks lˈæbɹətˌɔːɹi æt ðə jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ʌv ˈɑːksfɚd, wˌɪtʃ hiː hæd hˈɛlpt tə kɹiːˈeɪt, wʌz ɹᵻnˈeɪmd ðə dᵻnˈaɪz wˈɪlkɪnsən bˈɪldɪŋ ɪn hɪz ˈɑːnɚ.
In 2001 the Nuclear Physics Laboratory at the University of Oxford, which he had helped to create, was renamed the Denys Wilkinson Building in his honour.