Completion of the restoration work on the balance cone at the historic Ecton Copper Mines in the Staffordshire Moorlands means that the site has been removed from Historic England’s ‘Heritage at Risk Register’. The mines were worked for over 3,500 years, closing in 1891. The Ecton Mines are a complex site, which includes a scheduled…
Author: mikenevell
I am the Industrial Heritage Support Officer for England, based at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust.
Heritage Carbon Literacy Training for Transport Industrial Sites this Autumn
Carbon Literacy training for industrial heritage sites specialising in transport will be available this September, run by Historic England with the support of the Heritage Alliance. The training session for mobile heritage organisations is on the 17th and 19th September, with the opportunity to schedule other sessions if there is demand. Historic England will include…
Industrial Heritage Sites Amongst RIBA Award Winners for 2024
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) announced in July the 26 winners of the RIBA National Awards 2024 for architecture, which this year included repurposed industrial buildings. The awards, presented since 1966, recognise the best of UK architecture and provide insight into the country’s design and social trends. The awards show-cased two industrial heritage…
Heritage Under Increasing Financial Stress in 2024
UK Heritage Pulse is a collaborative data and insight project for the UK’s heritage sector, that informs strategy, recovery, and reinvention. In January 2024, 162 UK Heritage Pulse panel members responded to a survey which asked whether their organisation is currently experiencing costs or budget pressures. Then, in March 2024, 49 UK Heritage Pulse panel members responded to a…
Chance Glassworks on Victorian Society’s 10 Most Endangered Buildings for 2024
In May, the Victorian Society published its annual list of the ten most endangered buildings in Britain. The buildings in this year’s Top Ten are nationally important Grade II* and Grade II listed buildings and a scheduled monument, all of which are in risk of being lost if action is not taken immediately. This year’s…
Root & Branches: Carbon Literacy Training for the Cultural (Industrial Heritage) Sector, 2024-26
Roots & Branches is an award-winning, environmentally-driven collaborative project between Museum Development England (MDE), The Carbon Literacy Project and Manchester Museum. Managed by Museum Development North (MD North), MDE are continuing the project for another two years with a programme launching in June 2024 and continuing until March 2026. Managed by Museum Development North (MD North), MDE are continuing the project for…
ERIH WORK it OUT #7: Registration Closes 30 June 2024
There is still time (just) to register for the 7th edition of ERIH’s award-winning dance event WORK it OUT featuring industrial heritage sites across Europe. For ERIH members or potential ones – this is a great opportunity to address new and, most importantly, young target groups and promote themselves as part of a pan-European community….
Wave of Vandalism Hits Heritage Railways
This spring has seen a series of vandalsim incidents on hertiager railways across England. Heritage railways are paricualrly vulnerable to such occurances due to the difficulrly of secure long linear transport industrial monuments which can run for many kilometers. The focus for such attcks is often the goods yard where rolling stock and locmotives are…
Mill Archive Trust Water Power Appeal
The Mill Archive Trust needs your help to preserve waterpower records from erosion and protect this knowledge for the future. Their previous appeal has helped them to preserve the work of past watermill and hydropower experts.The latest appeal is to help them with cataloguing and preserving several new collections which have been gifted to the…
Proposed Lifting of Permitted Development Ban in National Parks and AONBs Abandoned
Just before the UK General Election was called on 23 May 2024, the Government announced that it had abandoned plans to lift a ban on the use of a new Permitted Development (PD) policy in national parks and landscapes. While the new PD policy that will enable the conversion of agricultural buildings and barns into…
Industrial Heritage Support 