Seven Sites Listed to Celebrate Railway 200 Anniversary

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport, on the advice of Historic England, have listed five heritage railway stations, alongside two other railway sites, in recognition of their historic and architectural interest and to mark 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in September 1825. All the sites have been given…

HE Webinar on Stockton & Darlington Railway Heritage Now Available On-line

The recording of Historic England’s industrial heritage webinar looking at the various research projects undertaken as part of Stockton and Darlington Railway Heritage Action Zone is now available online. The Stockton & Darlington Railway opened on September 27, 1825, connecting places, people, communities and ideas and ultimately transforming the world. The Stockton & Darlington Railway…

Historic England Looking for Heritage Sites to Take Part in their ‘Pilot Carbon Bookkeeping & Carbon Reduction Training’

This spring, Historic England will launch a new training programme to follow on from the successful Heritage Carbon Literacy courses. Guided by discussions and feedback from the sector, this new training will support heritage organisations to measure their carbon footprint and write a carbon reduction action plan. The aim is to help demystify what organisations…

Ecton Copper Mine Removed from Heritage At Risk Register

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…

Industrial Heritage in England Survey, 2024

The IHSO project is pleased to announce that Heritage Innovation have been appointed to undertake a re-survey of the c.600 publicly accessible and protected industrial heritage sites in England. This appointment follows an open tender process managed by Historic England. The 2024 resurvey follows on from earlier projects delivered by PLB Consultancy in 1998, and by Sir Neil Cossons in 2008. These bodies…