The UK currently has 35 World Heritage Sites and more sites progressing towards World Heritage Site status. All of them contribute to the story of humankind and our planet. They stretch across the whole of the UK and beyond to our Overseas Territories and cover geology, the natural world and all aspects of our history from prehistory to the 20 ...

Flow Country World Heritage Site. Congratulations to the Flow Country and the team behind their successful inscription as a new natural World Heritage Site. Gracehill… Read more

Flow Country World Heritage Site. Congratulations to the Flow Country and the team behind their successful inscription as a new natural World Heritage Site. Gracehill… Read more

Canterbury World Heritage Site Symposium – “Re-awakening World Heritage Sites: Restoration, storytelling, inclusion and sustainability”. At Verena Holmes Building –… Read more

Being placed on the World Heritage List is a high accolade and demonstrates international recognition of the Site’s significance. Countries with World Heritage Sites give an undertaking to UNESCO to manage them to ensure that their Outstanding Universal Value is …

Flow Country World Heritage Site. Congratulations to the Flow Country and the team behind their successful inscription as a new natural World Heritage Site. Gracehill… Read more

Each State Party should create a shortlist of important natural and cultural heritage sites that they believe warrant World Heritage status over the coming 5 – 10 years. This list is the Tentative List and is provided to the World Heritage Committee and updated as required.

World Heritage Autumn Webinar # 2 – Gracehill. Number 2 in a series of 4 webinar talks, on the UK’s World Heritage Tentative List – Wednesday 11th October 2023. “Impossible- Difficult… Read more

The saltmarshes, mudflats, and seagrasses in the proposed Natural World Heritage Site store vast amounts of carbon. Some 12 million tonnes is likely to be present in the top 1 metre alone. This is equivalent to 11% of the UK’s carbon emissions in 2020.

Three UK heritage sites celebrate two decades of global recognition. Three of the UK’s World Heritage Sites comprising of globally significant textile mills, are celebrating 20 years of UNESCO inscription… Read more