Research & Conservation

We seek to secure a sustainable future for the historic environment. Research allows us to identify what is significant.

We then protect this significance by managing change in the historic environment through our advice on planning and conservation issues, and our support through our grants and other resources.

Conservation

Advice and information on issues from maintenance of historic buildings through to promoting characterisation.

Grants

Grants are given out for a variety of reasons; we expect work supported by our grants to be sympathetic to the character and importance of the building, site or landscape.

Archaeology & Buildings

We work with others to improve understanding of England’s historic environment, from prehistory to present-day.

Heritage Protection

Identifying heritage through designation; and protecting it through the planning system

Public Policy

We engage with a range of policy issues to draw attention to the public value of the historic environment.

Blue Plaques

Blue plaques celebrate great figures of the past and the buildings that they inhabited.

Quick find topics

Historic Parks & Gardens
English Heritage manages a number of historic parks and gardens.
Theft of lead and other types of metal
What steps can be taken to prevent theft of lead and other metals from places of worship? In the event of theft, can lead be replaced with a different material?

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