World Heritage for the Nation: Call for applicants for the new UK tentative list

The UK Government is preparing a new Tentative List of natural, cultural and mixed sites for potential nomination for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List, to be submitted to UNESCO in 2011, with a view to putting forward nominations to the World Heritage Committee from 2012. The closing date for applications is: 11 June [...]

World Heritage Sites: Their Value, Nomination and Management

Course/Professional Development 22 March 2010, Oxford Cultural World Heritage Sites are incredibly diverse, ranging from individual monuments and sites, such as Stonehenge and Avebury, to historic areas and cities such as Bath, Liverpool and Edinburgh. The defining characteristic that links all cultural World Heritage Sites is that the asset or property must be recognised as [...]

Planning and World Heritage

Wednesday 24 February 2010 – Museum of Iron, Coalbrookdale, Telford Tuesday 2 March 2010 – Civic Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne A 1-day event aimed at people involved in the planning system within World Heritage Sites, including Planners, Conservation Officers, WHS Co-ordinators and Councillors. The event, which is being held at two alternative venues, has been [...]