Useful Contacts
Government organisations
English Heritage
1 Waterhouse Square
138 - 142 Holborn
London, EC1N 2ST
Tel: 020 7973 3000
Fax: 020 7973 3001
English Heritage can provide free copies of the 'listing description' of up to 3 buildings within 5 working days (or next day, for a fee) from:
English Heritage Customer Services
PO Box 569
Swindon SN2 2YR
Tel: 0870 333 1181
Fax: 01793 414926
Email: customers@english-heritage.org.uk
Catalogue and ordering of free publications.
English Heritage Mail Order Service
c/o Gillards
Trident Works
Temple Cloud
Bristol BS39 5AZ
Tel: 01761 452530
Fax: 01761 452515
Website: http://www.gillards.com/
E-mail: info@gillards.com
Catalogue and ordering of priced publications.
English Nature
Northminster House
Peterborough PE1 1UA
Tel: 01733 455000
Fax: 01733 568834
Website: http://www.english-nature.org.uk
English Nature publications
Publications
Natural England
PO Box 1995
Wetherby
West Yorkshire
LS23 7XX
Tel: 0870 120 6466
Fax: 0870 1214 178
Website: http://naturalengland.twoten.com/NaturalEnglandShop/
Email: naturalengland@twoten.com
The Home Office
Constitutional and Community Directorate
50 Queen Anne's Gate
London
SW1H 9AT
Tel: 0207 273 3777
Fax: 0207 273 2029
Website: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/
National Monuments Record Centre (NMRC)
Enquiry & Research Services
National Monuments Record
English Heritage
Kemble Drive
Swindon
SN2 2GZ
Tel: 01793 414600
Fax: 01793 414606
Website: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/nmr
Email: nmrinfo@english-heritage.org.uk
To find out whether a building or monument is Listed, or a cemetery landscape design Registered
Historic Scotland
Longmore House
Salisbury Place
Edinburgh EH9 1SH
Tel: 0131 668 8600
Website: http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)
12 Hope Terrace
Edinburgh
EH9 2AS
Tel: 0131 4474784
Fax: 0131 446 2277
Website: www.snh.org.uk
Cadw -- Welsh Historic Monuments
Cathays Park
Cardiff CF10 3NQ
Tel: 029 2050 0200
Fax: 029 2082 6375
Website: http://www.cadw.wales.gov.uk/
Cyngor Cefn Gwlad Cymru -- Countryside Council for Wales (CCW)
Maes y Ffynnon
Ffordd Penrhos
Bangor
Gwynedd
LL57 2DN
Tel: 01248 385 500
Fax 01248 355782
Website: http://www.ccw.gov.uk/
Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
Local Authority Unit
7SW Rose Court
Southwark Bridge
London
SE1 9HS
Tel: 020 7717 6442
Fax: 020 7717 6418
For health and safety legislation and guidance see hsedirect at http://baldwin.butterworths.co.uk
For HSE office addresses see http://www.lexisnexis.com/hse/helpfiles/contactus.asp
For HSE local authority unit's publications see http://www.hse.gov.uk/lau/lacs/23-17.htm
Local authority organisations
Local Government Association
Smith Square
London SW1P 3HZ
Tel: 020 7664 3000
Fax: 020 7664 3030
Website: http://www.lga.gov.uk/
Confederation of Burial Authorities
The Gatehouse
Kew Meadow Path
Richmond TW9 4EN
Tel: 020 8392 9487
Fax: 020 8392 2997
Email: ibcabob@aol.com
Charities and voluntary organisations
Architectural Heritage Fund
Clareville House,
26/27 Oxenden Street
London SW1Y 4EL
Tel: 0207.925.0199.
Website: http://www.ahfund.org.uk/
National Federation of Cemetery Friends
42 Chestnut Grove
South Croydon
CR2 7LH
Website: www.cemeteryfriends.org.uk/
Email: Gwyneth1@btinternet.com
Website has links to other Friends' websites.
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV)
Conservation Centre
163 Balby Road
Doncaster
Tel: 01302 572 244
Fax: 01302 310 167
Website: http://www.btcv.org.uk/
UK's leading charity working with people to bring about positive environmental change
Friends of War Memorials
4 Lower Belgrave Street
London
SW1W 0LA
Tel: charity: 020 7259 0403 conservation: 020 7881 0862
Fax: 020 7259 0296
Email: info@warmemorials.org
Website: http://www.warmemorials.org/
Association of Gardens Trusts
70 Cowcross Street
London EC1M 6BP
Tel: 020 7251 2610
Website: www.gardenstrusts.org.uk/
Email: http://www.gardenstrusts.org.uk/new/contact_us.asp
The national organisation of County Gardens Trusts engaged in conserving, researching, documenting and caring for parks, gardens and designed landscapes.
Fieldfare Trust
67a The Wicker
Sheffield S3 8HT
Tel: 0114 270 1668
Fax:0114 276 7900
Website: http://www.fieldfare.org.uk
Promoting access to the countryside and environmental education for people with disabilities.
Monuments and sculpture organisations
Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA)
C/o Courtauld Institute of Art
Somerset House
Strand
London
WC2R 0RN
Tel: 020 7848 2614
E-mail: pmsa@pmsa.org.uk
Website: http://www.pmsa.org.uk/
For individuals and organisations interested in the history, conservation and promotion of Britain's public monuments and sculpture.
The Memorial Awareness Board (MAB)
Southbank House
Black Prince Road
London SE1 7SJ
Tel: 020 7463 2020
Fax: 020 7463 2008
Website: http://www.namm.org.uk/
Historic environment organisations
The Churches Conservation Trust
89 Fleet Street
London
EC4Y 1DH
Tel: 020 7936 2285
Website: http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/
Cares for redundant churches.
Council for the Care of Churches
Church House
Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3NZ
Tel: 020 7898 1000
Website: http://www.churchcare.co.uk/
Co-ordinating body for Diocesan Advisory Committees; publishes advice on all aspects of caring for churches.
English Historic Towns Forum
PO Box 22
Bristol, BS16 1RZ
United Kingdom
Tel: 0117 975 0459
Fax: 0117 975 0460
Website: http://www.ehtf.org.uk/
Email: ehtf@uwe.ac.uk
Garden History Society
The Garden History Society
70 Cowcross Street
London EC1M 6EJ
Phone: 020 7608 2409
Fax: 020 7490 2974
Website: http://www.gardenhistorysociety.org/
Email: enquiries@gardenhistorysociety.org
National amenity society for the study and protection of historic parks and gardens.
The Victorian Society
1 Priory Gardens
London
W4 0LT
Tel: 0208 994 1019
Fax: 020 8995 4895
Website: http://www.victorian-society.org.uk/
Email: info@victorian-society.org.uk
National amenity society for the study and protection of Victorian and Edwardian architecture.
Wildlife organisations
The Living Churchyard and Cemetery Project
The Arthur Rank Centre
Stoneleigh Park, (B4113, Stoneleigh Road)
Warwickshire
CV8 2LZ
Tel: 024 7685 3060
Fax: 024 7641 4808
Website: http://www.arthurrankcentre.org.uk/
Email: admin@arthurrankcentre.org.uk
The project works to enhance wildlife in and promote conservation and community use of all kinds of burial grounds.
Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC)
ARC
The House
Kelston Park
Bath
BA1 9AE
Tel: 01225 758 004
Fax: 01225 442 962
Website: www.arcworld.org/
Email: info@arcworld.org
A charity that works with religious communities and environmental groups around the world to create and expand efforts to care for the environment.
The Bat Conservation Trust
15 Cloisters House
8 Battersea Park Road
London
SW8 4BG
Tel: 020 7627 2629
Website: http://www.bats.org.uk
Membership organisation devoted to the conservation of bats and their habitats.
The British Lichen Society
C/o Department of Botany
Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road
London
SW7 5BD
Tel: please email prior to a telephone enquiry
Fax: 0207 942 5529
Website: www.thebls.org.uk/
Email: bls@nhm.ac.uk
The Wildlife Trusts
The Kiln
Waterside
Mather Road
Newark
Nottinghamshire
NG24 1WT
Tel: 0870 036 7711
Fax: 0870 036 0101
Website: www.wildlifetrusts.org/
Email: enquiry@wildlifetrusts.org
Conservation charity dedicated to wildlife conservation, with network of 47 local wildlife trusts. Website includes links to local wildlife trusts.
Professional and crafts organisations
The Cremation Society of Great Britain
2nd Floor, Brecon House
16/16a Albion Place
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 5DZ
Tel: 01622 688292/3
Fax: 01622 686698
Email: cremsoc@aol.com
Website: http://www.cremation.org.uk/
The National Association of Memorial Masons
27a Albert Street
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV21 2SG
Tel: 01788 542264
Fax: 01788 542276
Website: http://www.namm.org.uk/index.htm
Email: enquiries@namm.org.uk
To further the memorial masonry industry and safeguard the interests of the bereaved through the promotion of high standards, wide choice and increased understanding in all matters relating to natural stone memorials.
Heritage Building Contractors Group
C/o Linford Group Ltd
Quonians
Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS13 7LB
Tel: 01543 441367
Fax: 01543 410065
Website: www.linfordgroup.com
Email: dlinford@linford-bridgeman.co.uk
Institution of Civil Engineers
1 Great George Street
London
SW1P 3AA
Tel: 0207 222 7722
Fax: 0207 222 7500
Website: http://www.ice.org.uk/
Landscape Institute
33 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 8QG
Tel: 020 7299 4500
Fax: 020 7299 4501
Website: www.landscapeinstitute.org/
Email: mail@landscapeinstitute.org
Royal Institute of British Architects
66 Portland Place
London
W1N 4AD
Tel: 0207 580 5533
Fax: 0207 255 1541
Website: http://www.architecture.com/
Email: admin@inst.riba.org
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Building Conservation Group
12 Great George Street
London
SW1P 3AD
Tel:0207 222 7000
Fax: 0207 222 9430
Website: http://www.rics.org.uk/
Email: info@rics.org.uk
Stone Federation of Great Britain
Channel Business Centre
Ingles Manor, Castle Hill Avenue
Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2RD
Tel: 01303 856123
Fax: 01303 221095
Website: www.stone-federationgb.org.uk/
Email: jane.buxey@stone-federationgb.org.uk
United Kingdom Institute for Conservation
109 The Chandlery
50 Westminster Bridge Road
London
SE1 7QY
Tel: 020 7 721 8721
Fax: 020 7 721 8722
Website: http://www.ukic.org.uk/
Email: ukic@ukic.org.uk
Institute of Burial and Cremation Administration
ICCM National Office
City of London Cemetery
Aldersbrook Road
Manor Park
London, UK
E12 5DQ
Tel: 020 8989 4661
Fax: 020 8989 6112
Website: http://www.iccm-uk.com/
Email: julie@iccm.fsnet.co.uk
Sets ethical professional and social standards for the management of burial, cremation and related services, and provides education and training.
Institute of Leisure and Amenity Managers (ILAM)
ILAM House
Lower Basildon
Reading RG8 9NE
Tel: 01491 874800
Fax: 01491 874801
Website: http://www.ilam.co.uk
Represents every aspect of leisure, cultural and recreation management and is committed to the improvement of management standards.
Green Space (formerly the Urban Parks Forum Ltd)
GreenSpace
Caversham Court
Church Road
Reading
RG4 7AD
T: 0118 946 9060
F: 0118 946 9061
E: info@green-space.org.uk
Website: http://www.green-space.org.uk/
A membership organisation for all those in public open space design, management and care.
Funding
English Heritage
See 'Government organisations', above.
Heritage Lottery Fund
7 Holbein Place
London
SW1W 8NR
Tel: 020 7591 6000
Fax: 020 7591 6271
Website: http://www.hlf.org.uk/
Email: enquire@hlf.org.uk
Wildspace!
LNR Grants Management Team
English Nature
Northminster House
Peterborough
PE1 1UA
Tel: 01733 455415
Application pack: 0845 0000 121
Email: enquiries@english-nature.org.uk
New Opportunities Fund grant schemes for green spaces and sustainable communities.
Doorstep Greens
Doorstep Greens National Project Team
Countryside Agency
1st Floor, Vincent House
92-93 Edward Street
Birmingham
B1 2RA
Tel: 0121 233 9399
Information: 0845 0000121
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