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Local Authorities working together for World Heritage
The Local Authority World Heritage Forum (LAWHF) is a network of local authorities in the UK that have the whole or part of an Inscribed World Heritage Site or Tentative Site within their administrative boundaries.
LAWHF exists to help local authorities play their part in protecting, conserving and presenting UK World Heritage Sites.
News
25 Jan 2012: Jedward's Big Adventure - World Heritage series on CBBC
Five of the UK's iconic World Heritage Sites feature in a new TV series on the CBBC Channel. ... MORE22 Oct 2011: New Cornish Mining website a hit
The new 'Discover the Extraordinary' website was recently reviewed by New Media Age who awarded it their highest score ever for design, content and useability. ... MORE23 Mar 2011: DCMS announces new Tentative List
Tourism and Heritage Minister John Penrose announced on 22 March 2011 the new UK tentative list for potential nomination for World Heritage status. ... MORE16 Dec 2010: Studley Royal defines its OUV
Comments are invited on a draft revised Statement of Outstanding Universal Value.... MORE11 Oct 2010: Lake District World Heritage Bid
Lake District World Heritage Bid - Cumbria intends to submit a bid for World Heritage Status and the draft nomination document is now available online... MORE5 Oct 2010: English Heritage seeks views on the Setting of Heritage Assets
English Heritage is inviting comments on 'The Setting of Heritage Assets: English Heritage guidance'. ... MORE1 Oct 2010: Stonehenge & Avebury Outstanding Universal Value consultation
Wiltshire Council is seeking views on the Statement of Outstanding Universal Value for the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites World Heritage Property.... MORE1 Sep 2010: South West World Heritage website
World Heritage Sites in South West England have jointly launched a new website... MORE1 Aug 2010: Darwin's home listing deferred
The UK’s nomination for the workplace and home of Charles Darwin to join UNESCO’s international list of World Heritage Sites has been deferred.... MORE7 Jul 2010: Tentative List applicant sites published
DCMS publishes list of applicant sites for UK Tentative List.... MORE3 Jun 2010: Liverpool presses EU to invest more in Cultural Heritage
Liverpool is a key partner in the EU-funded Urbact Project HerO (Heritage as an Opportunity) which is a networking project, seeking to develop and share best practice in the manage... MORE3 Jun 2010: Liverpool’s WHS creates interest at World Expo in Shanghai
Liverpool is the only city in the UK which is exhibiting at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. ... MORE3 Jun 2010: Liverpool’s Old Dock opens to the public
Old Dock in Liverpool’s World Heritage Site was the world’s first commercial enclosed wet dock when it opened in 1715.... MORE3 Jun 2010: Liverpool adopts SPD for the WHS
On 9th October 2009, Liverpool City Council adopted the Supplementary Planning Document for the WHS after 3 years hard work by many people.... MORE7 Mar 2010: Planning & World Heritage Conference
Papers from the "Planning & World Heritage" conferences now available on this website... MORE26 Jan 2010: Tentative List update
Culture Minister Margaret Hodge has announced the Government's intention to update the UK's Tentative List of World Heritage Sites.... MORE30 Sep 2009: World Heritage status - Opportunity into Advantage
UNESCO World Heritage Site status has come under greater scrutiny than ever before in terms of its costs and benefits. One simple question has come to be asked of WHS status: Is it... MOREHeritage Lottery Bid helps Bromley Council evolve Darwin discovery project
It was in the peaceful countryside that now forms part of the Borough of Bromley that naturalist Charles Darwin formulated his seminal theories on evolution. And now, thanks to a g... MOREPontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal - the UK's newest World Heritage Site
The UK's newest World Heritage Site is the magnificent Pontcysyllte Aqueduct near Wrexham in North Wales... MORELake District Towns Essential to World Heritage Bid
New research published this week by the Lake District World Heritage Project gives the strongest indication yet that Keswick, Ambleside and Windermere & Bowness could play an impor... MORE
