Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places. The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most ...

Countries that have ratified the World Heritage Convention are able to submit nomination proposals for properties in their territory to be considered for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

The protection and management system for a World Heritage property reflects all the measures put in place to ensure its status can be maintained. To demonstrate Outstanding Universal Value (OUV), each ...

The UK ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1984 and, by doing so, joined an international community that has committed to protecting and preserving the world’s natural and cultural heritage. The ...

"Attributes convey the potential Outstanding Universal Value and enable an understanding of that value. These attributes will be the focus of protection and management actions, and institutional ...

Under paragraph 172 of the Operational Guidelines the UNESCO World Heritage Committee asks to be informed of the State Party's intention to undertake or authorise in an area protected under the World ...

As 2024 draws to a close, Historic England is celebrating 17 remarkable and unusual historic buildings and places that have been granted protection over the past year. Among the newly listed historic ...

Auditing and monitoring workforce diversity is an important tool for inclusion. Auditing workforce diversity can highlight gaps in representation and help uncover why these gaps exist. It can also ...

Part of the Heritage Counts series. 6 minute read. Retaining, using, and appropriately adapting our historic buildings can be a key part of the solution for lower carbon emissions (Historic England, ...

Part of the Heritage Counts series. 10+ minute read. The UKGBC reports that up to 20% of the emissions from the built environment are embodied carbon emissions. These emissions originate from ...

Part of the Heritage Counts series. Over 10 minute read. The built environment (buildings and infrastructure) is responsible for a significant proportion (25%) [1] of the UK's total carbon emissions.

Buildings are the UK's second-highest carbon-emitting sector, accounting for 76 MtCO2e or 17% of total UK emissions in 2022 or 23% of total emissions if electricity consumption is included (indirect ...